PHOENIX Nights stars are bringing their own brand of comedy to Bolton in the spring.

Paddy McGuinness, who plays Paddy the Doormen in the hit Channel 4 series, Archie Kelly (Kenny Senior), Steve Edge (Alan from Les Alanos) and Janice Connolly (Holy Mary) are embarking on a tour of the UK.

The Jumping on the Bandwagon show -- named tongue-in-cheek following the huge success of the Channel 4 comedy series, starring Peter Kay -- runs throughout April at venues across England.

It will be compered by Paddy, while Archie, Janice and Steve will perform their stand-up comedy acts.

Paddy said: "We won't be appearing as characters from Phoenix Nights, but the show will be a great laugh -- a mix of comedy and songs.

"We had planned to do this show for a while and tested the water with one in Manchester at the end of last year.

"It went so well that we thought we should do a tour. Peter saw it and he said that we would be mad not to organise a tour, so here we are.

"Both Peter and Dave Spikey have toured and done DVDs and we're funnier than them, so we're going to have a go."

Jokes aside, Peter and Paddy are best pals who have known each other since school days at Mount St Joseph's, Farnworth.

They are currently putting the finishing touches to the script for their next comedy TV series, Road to Nowhere, which follows the adventures of Max and Paddy, the hapless bouncers from Phoenix Nights.

Two of their three Bolton dates (April 9 and 26) are already sold out, but an extra night -- Tuesday, April 27, is now on sale.

The full list of dates is:

April 1 - Huddersfield Town Hall (01484 223 200)

2nd - Liverpool Neptune Theatre (0151 709 7844)

3rd - Wolverhampton Civic Hall (01902 552 121)

7th - Southport Arts Centre (01704 540 011)

8th - Warrington Parr Hall (01925 442345)

9th - Bolton Albert Halls (Sold Out)

13th - Cheltenham Town Hall (01242 227 979)

14th - Derby Assembly Rooms (01332 255 800)

15th - Sheffield City Hall (0114 278 9789)

16th - Middlesbrough Town Hall (01642 242 561)

17th - Burnley Mechanics (01282 66 44 00)

18th - Morecambe The Dome (01524 582 803)

22nd - St Albans Arena (01727 84 44 88)

23rd - Aylesbury Civic Centre (01296 486 009)

25th - Leeds City Palace of Varieties (0113 243 0808)

26th - Bolton Albert Halls (Sold out)

27th - Bolton Albert Halls (01204 33 44 00)

28th - Wrexham Central Station (01978 264 948)

29th - Middleton Civic Hall (0161 643 2389)

30th - Blackburn King George's Hall (01254 582 582)