Ben Elton is to tour another stand-up show in 2024.

Ben Elton: Authentic Stupidity will run between September and November.

His promoters say: "Following the huge success of Ben Elton's critically acclaimed sold-out UK tour in 2019, which marked his return to stand-up after a 15 year hiatus, the undisputed godfather of modern stand-up is going back on the road with a brand new live show - Authentic Stupidity. Taking in 54 dates across the UK & Ireland, the tour opens at York Barbican on 1 September and culminates in London's West End on 18 November.

"The world has changed a lot since Ben last toured five years ago - a whole new existential threat has emerged to challenge our very existence: Artificial Intelligence. Apparently, it's going to render all human life meaningless, but Ben is here to warn you that AI is not the greatest threat that we face; it's Authentic Stupidity!"

Elton says: "The verdict's in! Humanity is thick! Homo halfwit. The idiot branch of the Ape family! We need signs to tell us to step off escalators, we elect gibbering fools to lead us and now we've invented Artificial Intelligence which is actually going to replace us! I've spent 45 years in comedy exploring the outer limits of human idiocy and my mission has never been more timely. Forget AI! It's AS we need to be worrying about!"

Tickets are on sale from sites including Ticketmaster

2024 dates

1 September: York, Barbican
2 September: Newcastle, Tyne Theatre and Opera House
3 September: Edinburgh, Queen's Hall
4 September: Glasgow, Pavilion Theatre
5 September: Aberdeen, Music Hall
7 September: Warrington, Parr Hall
8 September: Nottingham, Theatre Royal
9 September: Birmingham, Symphony Hall
10 September: Sheffield, City Hall
11 September: Cambridge, Corn Exchange
12 September: Bristol, Beacon
15 September: Milton Keynes Theatre
16 September: High Wycombe, Swan Theatre
17 September: Bedford, Corn Exchange
19 September: Colchester, Charter Hall
20 September: Hayes, Beck Theatre
21 September: St Albans, Alban Arena
22 September: Basingstoke, Anvil Theatre
23 September: Guildford, G Live
27 September: Leeds, Playhouse
28 September: Swindon, Wyvern Theatre
29 September: Cardiff, New Theatre
2 October: Wolverhampton, Grand Theatre
3 October: Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre
4 October: Stevenage, Gordon Craig Theatre
5 October: Ipswich, Corn Exchange
6 October: Canterbury, Marlowe Theatre
7 October: Aylesbury, Waterside Theatre
10 October: Salford, The Lowry
11 October: Oxford, New Theatre
12 October: Folkestone, Leas Cliff Hall
13 October: Woking, New Victoria Theatre
14 October: Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
15 October: Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall
19 October: Poole, Lighthouse
20 October: Portsmouth, Guildhall
21 October: Hastings, White Rock Theatre
24 October: Weston-Super-Mare, Playhouse
25 October: Barnstaple, Queen's Theatre
26 October: Yeovil, Octagon Theatre
27 October: Torquay, Princess Theatre
31 October: Belfast, Ulster Hall
1 November: Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre
3 November: Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall
4 November: Leicester, De Montfort Hall
6 November: Northampton, Royal and Derngate
7 November: Worthing, Assembly Halls
8 November: Crawley, Hawth Theatre
9 November: Weymouth, Pavilion Theatre
11 November: Brighton, Theatre Royal
14 November: Lincoln, Engine Shed
15 November: Chatham, Central Theatre
16 November: Dorking Halls
18 November: London, Lyceum Theatre