Rob Beckett has been compelled to axe a string of reveals after beforehand asserting he was quitting stand-up.

The comic started performing stand-up in 2009, making his debut at Edinburgh Fringe three years later.

He’s now greatest recognized for showing on reveals together with Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Taskmaster and Lol: Final One Laughing UK.

Nonetheless, in March, the 39-year-old detailed his plans to take a step again from the stage.

A month after Rob had introduced he was stepping down from his BBC Radio 2 present, he defined he was planning on pausing stand-up reveals to prioritise time together with his youngsters.

Though he’d had reveals deliberate in Scotland subsequent week, Rob’s now needed to pull the plug after falling ailing.

Posting a message on Instagram, he wrote: ‘Good day everybody, I’m so sorry however I’m not nicely and might’t do the reveals in Scotland this week.

‘Aberdeen has been rescheduled to Wednesday 14th Jan 20206 and Edinburgh has been rescheduled to Thursday fifteenth Jan 2026.

‘The venue will likely be in contact, however tickets stay legitimate for each reveals. I hate doing this, however I’m not nicely sufficient to provide the greatest present potential, however I look ahead to seeing you all on the new reveals.’

Regardless of his plans to take a break from stand-up, Rob has reveals all through the UK up till April subsequent yr.

Nonetheless, after the cancellation of his Scotland reveals, he gained’t be again on stage once more till September, the place he’ll carry out in Liverpool, Sheffield, Southend, Buxton, Oxford, Belfast, Derry and Dublin, earlier than he embarks on a tour of Australia.

When beforehand explaining his determination to spend extra time together with his household, Rob instructed The Solar: ‘I’ll nonetheless do get up and native golf equipment and charity gigs however I’m going to take a break from touring till the children are 16/17.

‘Then I’ll do a giant tour once they’re sixth type and once they go to Uni, me and Lou are going to spend Feb and March in Australia bumming round.’

The comic additionally revealed that when he’s 50, he wished ‘to do a psychology diploma’.

When revealing he was quitting his radio present, Rob stated in a press release: ‘I’ve had such amusing every Sunday attending to know the listeners, however as my tour schedule hots up and my household neglect what I seem like, I’ve determined to step away from a weekly present.’

Nonetheless, the comic additionally promised followers that he would return.

He added: ‘However you gained’t get away from me that simply as I’ll be again presenting reveals on Radio 2 later within the yr when regular service is resumed!’ 

Rob has been married to instructor Louise Watts since 2015. They share two daughters.

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