Ticket demand for Barlow’s spring solo shows has increased by almost 100% over the week, despite his widely panned New Year’s Eve BBC bonanza, according to ticket marketplace Seatwave.

Gary Barlow’s Big Ben Bash saw the Take That star perform a medley of his hits and included a segment where he performed a duet with himself, via a video projection of him singing in 1993. The show, seen by many as a step too far, prompted one viewer to ask whether the “BBC was being renamed the GBC”.

Louise Mullock, spokesperson for Seatwave, says: “Although the BBC’s Barlow show garnered near universal derision it pulled in a massive audience of 10.2 million. It seems as a result of this exposure, tickets for Barlow’s shows are now selling like hotcakes, perhaps the star’s duet with himself proves that two Barlows are better than one.”

Gary Barlow is performing across the UK starting at the end of March at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on the 29th.

Full dates below:

02/04/2014 Wed 19:30 Hydro, Glasgow,

03/04/2014 Thu 19:30 First Direct Arena, Leeds,

05/04/2014 Sat 18:30 The O2 Arena, London,

06/04/2014 Sun 18:30 The O2 Arena, London,

08/04/2014 Tue 18:30 LG Arena, Birmingham,

09/04/2014 Wed 18:30 Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff

11/04/2014 Fri 18:30 Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool

12/04/2014 Sat 18:30 Metro Radio Arena Newcastle Upon Tyne,

14/04/2014 Mon 18:30 Phones 4u Arena, Manchester,

15/04/2014 Tue 18:30 Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool,

17/04/2014 Thu 18:30  Capital FM Arena Nottingham, Nottingham

19/04/2014 Sat 19:30 LG Arena, Birmingham

20/04/2014 Sun 19:30 Sheffield Motorpoint Arena,

22/04/2014 Tue 19:30 Royal Albert Hall

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