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Ricky Gervais to do gigs as David Brent in October

They’ll be cheap, low key and in London, apparently.

Sep 17th 2013, 10:19 AM 936 Views 0 Comments

IF YOU’RE A fan of The Office, you’ll be happy to hear that you will have the opportunity to see David Brent in the flesh this October.

Last night, via his Twitter account, Ricky Gervais confirmed that the character will be playing a couple of warm-up gigs in October.

ricky tweet

David Brent has reemerged over the last year after initially appearing in a Comic Relief special in March. Forgone Conclusion is the name of his rock band.

Source: The Ricky Gervais Channel

Gervais has said that he is working on developing a film based on David Brent, as well as having recorded lots of ‘Learn Guitar with David Brent’ videos for YouTube.

Who said it: Apprentice candidate or David Brent?>

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Ricky Gervais to do gigs as David Brent in October

They’ll be cheap, low key and in London, apparently.

Who said it: Apprentice candidate or David Brent?>