Well, you couldn't say the first-night crowd of his sold-out run quite ruptured themselves laughing.

This gloriously dark mixture of live acting and music with animation by the theatre company 1927 returns after a sold-out run last year.

Sure enough, during his sold-out run he builds an atmosphere that's more than just comedy.

The sold-out run of the production received rave reviews from all quarters.

He was unable to perform a full-length show on the final night of a two-night sold-out run but put in a 40-minute appearance nonetheless.

There were umpteen opportunities for this sold-out show to get soppy, but it never came close.

On the strength of this sold-out show, which had a palpable buzz of expectation, he needs to discipline all those ideas into cohesion.

Tickets priced at 45 for this sold-out show were changing hands for three times that outside the venue, and more than ten times online.

Being first in line to get theatre tickets for an otherwise sold-out show or to eat in the trendy pop-up restaurant around the corner no longer means hours spent queuing.

Only 2,000 had attended the sold-out show, in a venue that had a capacity of 15,000.

In front of the sold-out stadium.

Reports suggested that about 15,000 in what was a sold-out stadium never made it.

Part of the seats were already uninstalled because of planned deconstruction, so the match was visited by only 44,000 spectators despite the sold-out stadium.

It's perfect for us to play at home and get sold-out stadiums in 15 minutes.

Sold-out stadiums can help to guarantee lucrative television slots for games.

The sold-out tour grossed $75 million; the live album that followed topped the charts and sold more than ten million copies.

He's had a great year with a sold-out tour which helped sway their decision.

The group embarked on a successful, sold-out tour.

A reunion in 2014 brought triumphant festival gigs, sold-out tours and a lovely new album.

Speech followed up with various sold-out tours and heavy promotional schedules.