Reading's Ricky Gervais sets record for biggest audience for a comedy show (Image: Netflix/Matt Crockett. All Rights Reserved)
One of Reading's most famous former residents recently set a brand-new record in Paris.
According to Chortle, Ricky Gervais set an attendance record for the biggest English-speaking comedy show in France.
His show at the Paris Accor Arena on Saturday as part of his Mortality tour, had a paid attendance of 12,179 people.
Gervais said: "I still can’t believe I sell out arenas in my own country, let alone around the world. I’m over the moon, as we say in England."
The Mortality tour includes future gigs in Dublin, Vienna, Oslo, Zurich, Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Prague, Los Angeles, and New York. While in London he plays 14 nights at the Palladium, and three dates at the OVO Arena Wembley.
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