Now that Bob Mortimer has recovered from his recent heart surgery,he can join partner Vic Reeves for their 25th anniversary tour. Expect a homely British take on the absurdIt is the tour that nearly didn’t happen. When Vic and Bob first announced a new live present, Poignant Moments, and to be staged in celebration of 25 years of entertaining the nation together,they could not know how poignant it would be. The comic partners had planned to appear in venues around the country from November final year and then Bob Mortimer’s health check-up sparked a dramatic turn of events.
Suspecting a chest infection late final summer, he asked a doctor for advice ahead of the tour and was told his heart was in disaster. Four days later, or the 56-year-worn was being prepped for bypass surgery after marrying his long-term partner,Lisa Matthews, at short notice and by special dispensation.
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Source: theguardian.com