It was Thin Lizzy way back in the annals of time who had a major hit with ‘The Boys are Back in Town’ however, it was Kirkcaldy on Saturday night that had the updated version, when ‘The Bhoy was Back in Town’, but it was as much of a smash hit as the song.

For what was the final gig on the British leg of his world tour, a tour that started back in February in Australia, one of Scotland’s finest examples of Stand-up comedian wowed the audience for over an hour and a half as only he can.

Starting with a VT of our star ‘extolling’ the virtues of Scotland, which warmed up the audience nicely for the fairly laid back, yet exceptionally funny material that was to follow.

Bhoy does not really tell jokes; he relates stories and funny events that have happened to him on his globe trotting over the last few years. The situations usually have him as the butt of the story, precious and pretentious do not seem to be words in his vocabulary, but what he does have in his repertoire is a keen observational sense of humour and ability to gather up his audience and transport them with him on his journey.

As with many of his peers occasionally he gets sidetracked into a different story part way through what he was originally saying, but usually returns to finish them later. I say usually, ‘cause we never did get to hear about his Glasgow Airport protest due to the fact that he ran out of time, even though he was way over his scheduled finishing hour, but hey ho, maybe we’ll get to hear it on next year’s tour.

I have been following his career for a number of years now since first seeing him compere a gig during the Fringe, it must have been nearly ten years ago now, and since then both Sheila and I have become big fans. We always make a point of catching him perform whenever possible and have even seen him perform live at The Royal Variety Performance when it visited Edinburgh too.

Danny starts the six-week Canadian leg of his tour early next week so it maybe some time before he is back in the area. However, if you do get a chance to see him grab a ticket with both hands.

All the information of his gigs and other news can be found on his website www.dannybhoy.com so check it out.