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I did some press and radio interviews to publicise the tour. I don't think these ever work, but you have to do them so the PR people I am paying can justify their fee. Also it's nice to talk to people.
I think maybe I am a bit of a special case though. There are more famous comedians who might get ticket sales if the public find out they are playing their town, but I think if I send out a few tweets and an email newsletter and mention it on my podcast then I have pretty much reached every single person who is interested in me. It's not entirely true, because whenever I've been somewhere someone will almost immediately tweet and ask when I am coming to their town.
But basically.
I remain confused as to why anyone pays to see me and also as to why more people don't pay to see me.
I had a fun Radio Leeds interview with a man who was clearly a big fan of my work and knew all about me and a slightly tricky chat with Radio Suffolk because that was on my mobile and the signal wasn't good enough. We truncated the call and they rang me on the landline and now they could hear me, but I sometimes couldn't hear them. Was anyone listening who is likely to buy a ticket? Was anyone listening at all? I certainly never notice any huge leap in ticket sales, even when I am doing something that goes out on TV. But small hops in ticket sales can make a difference. I suspect the two interviews will result in under 10 ticket sales. And maybe as little as zero. But you never know. Tickets for Ipswich and Leeds are still on sale I notice.
I then talked to a journalist from the New Humanist magazine about my show (which he saw last night) and when I turned my back on religion and what humanism means to me. I am a patron of the Humanist society (I don't think that's what they're called) but I realised that I wasn't 100% sure what the definition of Humanism is. I am not sure anyone definitely knows, but in essence for me it's about celebrating humans, behaving morally without the hope of eternal reward and trying to make the world fairer for all. I think selflessness in this instance is also more advantageous for the selfish because everyone paying for their own health insurance, emergency services, education or whatever is clearly more expensive then sharing it out equally and not trying to make a profit from it. But we've been so conditioned into worrying about someone getting one over on us, or us paying something for somebody else's use that many of us would rather pay more to make sure no one gets anything we've paid for.
I am not saying you should become a humanist (whatever it is) because you're a cunt, I'm just saying you shouldn't not do that.
