Roy Chubby Brown Live in Concert Blackpool Winter Gardens

Roy Chubby Brown Live in Concert at the Opera House Blackpool Winter Gardens Summer 2009

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Sat 25th July Sat 26th September

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Sat 15th August Sat 17th October

Sat 22nd August Sat 24th October

Sat 5th September Sat 7th November

Sat 12th September

@7.30PM

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Chubby’s Website is Here

Roy Chubby Brown’s Bio

Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown (born Royston Vasey on 5 February, 1945 is an English stand up comedian, notorious for his decidedly blue humour. The controversial nature of his act means that he rarely appears on major television channels, and Brown has attracted accusations that his comedy style is outdated whilst also being described as “The most important comedian of the past 25 years”.It is claimed that he performs to over 350,000 people each year.

Brown was born in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, and left home at the age of fourteen. He lived rough and held many jobs, at one time joining the Merchant Navy, and served time in Borstal and prison. He later moved into working men’s clubs in the 1960s, first as a drummer and later as a comedy act, under the name “Alcock & Brown”. He appeared on the television show New Faces in the 1970s and came second in the show, losing to a country and western band. Brown failed the audition for Opportunity Knocks after saying the word ‘arse’ during his interview.

Part of Brown’s image is his stage costume; he typically wears a flying helmet and goggles, a multicoloured patchwork jacket and trousers, white shirt, red bow tie and moccasins.

During his long career, he has caused offence by mocking various things, including race, women, the Queen Mother (whose death occurred hours before Standing Room Only began recording) and himself. His ribald act causes offence to many, yet he still maintains a strong fan base. Roy’s shows are very rarely seen on television, as nearly all of his material is highly sexist and contains a lot of strong language, especially the word “cunt”. However, a show about Brown’s comedy was broadcast on Channel 4 on 8 May 2007.

One of the rituals of his shows is that they always start with the crowd shouting “You fat bastard!” repeatedly, to which he dances. He then approaches the microphone and says “Fuck off!” This heckling occasionally continues during his act. One example is from “Standing Room Only”: Brown is playing the piano when an audience member shouts something along the lines of “fat bastard”, to which he replies “Fuck off, daft arse!”

His real name, Royston Vasey, was used for the fictional village in the comedy television show The League of Gentlemen. He also made several cameo appearances as the foulmouthed mayor of the village.