COMEDIAN Tim Vine is going on the road with Plastic Elvis – his “unique tribute to a legend”.

The tour, which takes in three Sussex dates, follows a one-off sell-out show at last summer’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Tim said: “This is it, people.

“The moment has arrived.

“Backed by an amazing five-piece, The High Noon Band, Plastic Elvis will shake, smoulder and try to control his hair.

“In the end, he’ll break your heart as he belts out some of the King’s greatest hits.”

The show features special guests John Archer as Big Buddy Holly and songwriting star David Martin (who wrote four songs for the real Elvis).

Tim said: “This isn’t a stand up show, but a concert dedicated to my favourite performer.

“When I was 11 years old, I would stand in front of my bedroom mirror and mime to the whole of 1972’s Elvis: As Recorded at Madison Square Garden album.

“This is a tribute act that is 40 years in the making. Well, the waiting is over. It’s time to go public.

“Warning: this show may contain moves that even Plastic Elvis himself isn’t expecting.”

The show

Tim Vine is a comedian who has performed numerous sell-out shows in the UK and beyond.

His six stand-up DVDs include the latest tour Sunset Milk Idiot, which came out at Christmas 2018.

His vast wealth of material has been preserved in books such as The Biggest Ever Tim Vine Joke Book and The Tim Vine Bumper Book of Silliness.

He has also won Best Joke at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, twice.

Recently, he has been seen on BBC1 in Tim Vine Travels Through Time, on ITV hosting the quiz Football Genius, and on Dave in Taskmaster series six. He hosts the Tim Vine Chat Show on BBC Radio 4, interviewing members of the audience and continuing to prove that not everyone has a story. His new YouTube channel, Tim Vine Televisual (TVTV), serves up nonsense every Monday.

The tour is scheduled to kick off on May at the Assembly Hall in Tunbridge Wells and finish in London on December 4.

There will be three Sussex dates – Worthing Pavilion on May 9, The Hawth theatre in Crawley on May 23 and Hastings’ White Rock theatre on June 12.