Flight of the Conchords Tickets

Flight of the Conchords: comedy duo to play UK in 2018

Billing themselves as New Zealand's 'fourth most popular folk-parody comedy duo', Flight of the Conchords are made up of friends Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. In fact, the two are incredibly popular comedians in their home country, as well as Europe and North America. 

Active on the comedy circuit in New Zealand and Australia since 1998, the pair play spoof folk, rock, disco, funk and hip-hop tracks, which are frequently praised for their comedic lyrics. In addition, the duo have also made a number of comedy TV series in the United States.

They visit the UK in March and April 2018, with shows in Manchester, Birmingham, London and more; meaning fans up and down the country will have the chance to see this unique duo live. Buy Flight of the Conchords tickets today at StubHub. 

Flight of the Conchords' awards

McKenzie and Clement have won a string of awards for their work in Flight of the Conchords. The duo won a nomination for the highly prestigious Perrier Comedy Award at Edinburgh Festival Fringe for their 2003 show staged at The Caves that year. The pair won the Best Alternative Comedy Act award at the US Comedy Arts Festival in 2005. In addition, Flight of the Conchords was named as the Best Newcomer at the Melbourne Comedy Festival that year.

According to the New Zealand Music Awards in 2008, the pair were the Best Group in any category, the Breakthrough Artist of the Year and produced the Album of the Year. Finally, among their many plaudits, Flight of the Conchords have won a Grammy for the Best Comedy Album, a prize conferred on them for The Distant Future.

Flight of the Conchords' career highlights

Initially performing as part of a five-man lineup called So You're a Man, McKenzie and Clement went on to form Flight of the Conchords to showcase their songwriting and comedy skills. Initial TV appearances at home were followed by trips to Europe in 2002 and 2003. A half-hour comedy special was soon offered to the group by HBO in the United States, followed by appearances at a number of festivals in America.

In 2004, the duo made a radio series for the BBC, which featured Rob Brydon as a narrator. Also starring Rhys Darby as their manager, this format became adapted for a US TV series in 2007, also called Flight of the Conchords. Two series of 22 episodes in total were shot. As well as their much-vaunted EP The Distant Future, the pair have released two albums. The first was an eponymous LP of 2008, which was followed by I Told You I Was Freaky in 2009, the latter reaching number 19 in the US Billboard 200 charts.

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