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Comedian Jimmy Carr To Bring His Laughs Funny Tour To Australia In 2026
AdvertisementFunnyman Jimmy Carr is heading Down Under.
The 52-year-old British-born comedian is set to bring his stand-up comedy show to Australia in 2026.
The controversial Netflix star will kick off his Jimmy Car: Laughs Funny Tour in February.
And in a move that is bound to please his fans, the Netflix star will perform a whopping 21 dates, including regional shows in Victoria, NSW, and Queensland.
Jimmy, known for his edgy humour, will also perform a show in the Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia, and Tasmania.
Tour organisers announced that all tickets to his Down Under tour will go on sale on April 7.
Funnyman Jimmy Carr is bringing his Jimmy Car: Laughs Funny Tour to Australia next year
The 52-year-old British-born comedian is set to bring his stand-up show to Australia in 2026. Pictured: Jimmy appearing in Battle in the Box
Jimmy will begin his lengthy Australian jaunt on February 25 at the Caloundra Events Centre on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
The tour is set to finish two months later on May 6 at Melbourne's John Cain Centre.
In between, Jimmy will be doing gigs all over Australia, including shows on the Gold Coast, Mackay, Tamworth, Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Cairns, Townsville, Rockhampton, and Wollongong.
He'll be doing a show for his Sydney fans at the ICC Theatre on March 13.
Jimmy will perform in each of the of state capitals including Perth, Adelaide, Darwin, Brisbane and Hobart.
Known for his comedy specials and hosting appearances on the Netflix comedy panel show The Fix, Jimmy played to over 1 million people on his last world tour, covering 45 countries.
It comes after Jimmy shrugged off the backlash he's received over his more controversial comedy, as he insisted that 'there's a real functionality' to making jokes about 'terrible' events.
The comedian has found himself embroiled in controversy several times over the years for making quips about 9/11 and the Holocaust, previously admitting he was 'a dab hand at [being cancelled] now.'
In a move that is bound to please his fans the Netflix star will do a whopping 21-dates, including regional centres in Victoria, NSW and Queensland. Pictured: Jimmy on the red carpet last month in London
But in an interview last month he has insisted with comedy where it is today that 'it feels like you can do whatever you want now'.
Jimmy admitted that his edgier jokes were 'slightly playing with fire', but that his 'intention' behind them was the most important thing, believing that they could be used as a way to 'make sense of' difficult topics.
Speaking to The Times about the criticism to his quips, he said: 'Intention is important. With me, it's clear what the intention of the evening is.
'But the way it can get reported is as if you're shouting jokes through someone's letterbox at 9am.
'I subscribe to the benign violation theory — that jokes are benign violations. You take a violation, no matter how extreme, but make it benign by joking about it.
'Jokes can be a way to make sense of stuff. Think about how we use humour in our lives when something terrible happens, never mind on stage.
'There is a lot of laughter around grief, death and disease. There's a real functionality to it. It makes something OK.'
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Oscar Piastri Shares A Funny Joke With Jeremy Clarkson About The Mistake That Ruined His Australian Grand Prix
Jeremy Clarkson hilariously claimed he had given McLaren driver Oscar Piastri a special set of driving skills that had helped the youngster get out of a spot of bother during this weekend's Australian Grand Prix.
The 23-year-old racing driver cut an anguished figure following Sunday's rain-affected Grand Prix in which he placed ninth.
But that doesn't do justice to his driving this weekend.
Barring a blip in 45, the home-town hero had produced a sensational performance pushing team-mate Lando Norris in first place and could have won the Grand Prix.
However, the rain-effected conditions took their toll on multiple drivers throughout the day, with six cars crashing out.
Piastri had a lucky escape, taking one corner a little too quickly before spinning onto a flat bed of grass.
Jeremy Clarkson (left) hilariously claimed that he had 'trained Oscar Piastri (right) to drive in reverse while off-road'
Piastri had spun off the track during the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday and was forced to spend several moments reversing his car off a grassy paddock
It was a costly error that saw him plummet from second in the ladder to 15th in a matter of seconds, as other drivers passed the McLaren driver.
The Aussie star, who signed a new deal to remain at McLaren until the end of the decade, was then seen attempting to reverse off the grass, before eventually finding the track.
He would go on to finish the race, and while devastated by the costly error, he shared a joke with the Clarksons Farm star on Instagram.
Clarkson published a picture on his feed, claiming that he had taught Piastri to drive in reverse while off-road during a visit to his farm Diddly Squat.
In the picture, Piastri posed alongside the former Top Gear star and his Clarkson's Farm co-star Caleb and Piastri.
'Training Oscar Piastri to drive in reverse while off-road. Who knew that would come in handy,' Clarkson captioned the image.
Piastri subsequently posted a clip of himself backing up a tractor that had a trailer attached to its rear, captioning the video: 'Came in very handy @JeremyClarkson.'
Reflecting on Sunday's race, Piastri had said that his training from Clarkson had come in use during the race.
Piastri posted a clip of himself reversing a tractor with a trailor attached to it on Clarkson's Diddly Squat farm
Piastri cut a hugely dejected figure after the mistake caused him to place ninth in the standings
"I tried to push a bit too much, I guess. In those conditions, very difficult to judge just how slippery it's going to be.
"I think from one lap to the next, it had really changed a lot and I could see Lando going off in front of me, but I was also already in the corner, basically, so there wasn't much I could do to slow myself down at that point.
"Then once you're in the gravel, in the grass, you obviously try to keep the car as straight as possible, and then obviously to get stuck in the grass like that was pretty unbelievable sat in the car.
"But I've only got myself to blame for being there, so it's a shame.
"I just was trying to stay in the race.
"Tried to go forwards and couldn't, so good thing I spent some time in the off-season trying to learn how to reverse a tractor on Jeremy Clarkson's farm.
"I think it came in handy today."
Clarkson, meanwhile, invited other Formula One drivers to take part in his reversing crash course.
'F1 drivers: If you want to learn how to reverse off-road, give me a call. It certainly helped Oscar Piastri today.'
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