Today Dr. John Cooper Clarke announces that the Irish leg of his tour has been extended. 

The three new dates are April 23 in An Grianán Theatre Letterkenny, April 26 in Hawk’s Well Sligo and April 28 at St Lukes in Cork. The new concerts will be in addition to previously announced shows in Vicar Street, Dublin on March 19 and Ulster Hall, Belfast on April 25.  Mike Garry and Stephen James Smith have also been announced as supports for all shows, with the addition of Luke Wright for Ulster Hall only.  Tickets are now on sale for all dates.

His new book The Luckiest Guy Alive, with a cover by Sir Peter Blake, was released in November. His new live show, touring across Ireland, the UK, USA, Canada and Australasia, is a mix of classic verse including pieces from his new book, extraordinary new material, hilarious ponderings on modern life, good honest gags, riffs and chat - a chance to witness a living legend at the top of this game.

The Luckiest Guy Alive is the first new collection of poetry from Dr. John Cooper Clarke for several decades – and a brilliant, scabrous, hilarious collection from one of our most beloved and influential writers and performers. From the ‘Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman’ to a hymn to the seductive properties of the pie – by way of hand-grenade haikus, machine-gun ballads and a meditation on the loss of Bono’s leather pants – The Luckiest Guy Alive collects stunning set pieces, tried-and-tested audience favourites and brand-new poems to show Cooper Clarke still effortlessly at the top of his game.

John Cooper Clarke shot to prominence in the 1970s as the original ‘people’s poet’. Since then his career has spanned cultures, audiences, art forms and continents. Today, Cooper Clarke is as relevant and vibrant as ever, and his influence just as visible on today’s pop culture. Aside from his trademark ‘look’ continuing to resonate with fashionistas young and old, and his poetry included on national curriculum syllabus in the UK, his effect on modern music is huge. His influence can be heard within the keen social observations of the Arctic Monkeys and Plan B. These collaborations mean that John has been involved in two recent global number one albums - with The Arctic Monkeys putting one of John's best loved poems, I Wanna Be Yours, to music on their critically acclaimed A:M album.