PETER Kay fans have been left disappointed at not being able to get a ticket to his show when he comes to Dorset.

The Bolton-born comedian last week announced he would be coming to the BIC in January 2026 as part of his ongoing tour Peter Kay Live. 

Tickets went on sale at 10am on Saturday, November 23, starting at £35, which the comedian said was “important” to keep them low. 

Carole Jones opened her laptop and loaded the BIC website ready for 10am when the tickets went live and waited one hour and 20 minutes before being told they had been sold out. 

She said the experience of buying tickets for shows isn’t like a memorable time in the 80s when pop star Diana Ross came to Bournemouth. 

The BIC in Exeter RoadThe BIC in Exeter Road (Image: Daily Echo)

The Bournemouth resident said: “When Diana Ross was announced to be coming to the BIC, I ran to the car as I was, got down to the BIC to join a queue and I managed to get 10 tickets. 

“Why can’t we do that anymore?” 

Carole, who wanted to buy a ticket for her husband, then went to look at external websites for tickets but was left “disappointed” at the ticket prices. 

“The cheapest were about £240, some at the front were over £1,000. It’s shocking because the tickets on the BIC website were only £49,” she added. 

Poole resident Alan Burden he had his “finger on the buy button” at 10am, was put in a queue and continued to monitor how far he got. 

However, his final check at 11.30am revealed the tickets had all sold out. 

“As a matter of interest, I Googled Peter Kay Bournemouth tickets and, surprise, surprise, our good friends Viagogo had a good choice of tickets to sell. 

“Not joining in the Black Friday spirit, Viagogo had the lowest price per ticket at £270 for a seat up in the gods ranging up to an astonishing price of £1007 for the best seats. 

“How can they be allowed to get away with this? Surely in this age of high technology it would be possible to have some method of invalidating tickets that have been sold on.” 

He added the experience left a “bad taste all round”. 

A spokeswoman for the BIC said: "We received unprecedented public demand for Peter Kay tickets.

"While it's impossible for everyone to get tickets to these big-name shows, our website accommodated tens of thousands of people queuing for tickets, with hundreds more ringing our phone lines. The show sold out in a matter of hours.

"More than 90 per cent of our current ticket sales are made online."