Sean Lock to play Londonderry

Sean will perform at the Millenium Forum on Saturday, December 4, as part of his extensive 'Lockipedia' tour.

Equally, the Forum announces that a unique concert, Mario Lanza – The Loveliest Night Of The Year arrives on Tuesday, October 26.

Tickets for both shows go on sale from the Millennium Forum Box Office at 9.30am on Friday, May 21.

Millennium Forum Chief Executive, David McLaughlin, said: "I am delighted to welcome both Sean Lock and the Mario Lanza concert to our stage for the very first time.

"Both events promise to be two very different shows that I'm sure will appeal to audiences young and old.

"Our forthcoming Sept-Dec season is already shaping up to be quite an eclectic mix with something for everyone guaranteed."

Hailing from Woking in Surrey, Sean Lock began his career as a stand-up comedian.

He has since established himself as one of the key acts on the live comedy circuit and was recently voted 19th on Channel 4's 2010 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians poll.

In 2000, he won the British Comedy Award for Best Live Comic and was also nominated for the prestigious Perrier Comedy Award.

Well known for his numerous appearances on television and radio including 8 Out Of 10 Cats, he has also written material for such comics as Bill Bailey, Lee Evans and Mark Lamarr.

Mario Lanza - The Loveliest Night of the Year, is a special celebration concert honouring the life and times of one of the world's most famous singers, featuring Vladimir Joblokov, leader of the Slovak Festival Orchestra, with tenor Sean Costello and special guests Niall Morris (ex Celtic Tenor) and Sandra Oman (Opera Ireland).

In a short career spanning only ten years, Mario Lanza became the biggest star of his generation. At the height of his career he even out-sold Elvis Presley!

His recordings sold in their millions; his songs including Golden Days, Loveliest Night of the Year and A Walk with God, are still popular fifty years after his death, and his movies The Great Caruso, The Student Prince, and That Midnight Kiss, to name but a few, became classics worldwide.