NORTHERN humour comes home again this November as Lancashire's favourite funnyman Peter Kay stops off in Blackpool.

The multi award-winning star of the hit Channel Four series' Phoenix Nights and That Peter Kay Thing will be at the Opera House on November 30 as part of a national tour.

And Bolton-born Peter said: "Stand-up is my first love, well that's if you don't count Carol Farrel who cracked two of my ribs doing the Hucklebuck at a church dance.

"And now I'm living the dream, on my first big tour, fifty nights with something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue (for the dads).

"Look, seriously, just come -- it'll be a laugh and my mum wants a bungalow."

Peter was last by the seaside in1999 with sell-out shows at Blackpool Tower which were filmed and released on video.

Peter co-wrote, co-produced and starred in That Peter Kay Thing in which he played15 characters. This unique hybrid of comedy and drama fused with documentary won Best New Comedy Series at the British Comedy Awards 2000 and led to Phoenix Nights -- a 6-part comedy drama, set in a northern social club -- which was broadcast in January 2001.

This series was his directorial debut and won him his second Royal Television Society award nomination.

Fans will also be able to enjoy a brand new six-part series of Phoenix Nights on Channel 4 this autumn, following a re-run of series one.

Tickets for November 30 are £15 and are available from Blackpool Live on (01253) 292029 and from www.peterkay.co.uk.