A new date in Blackburn has been announced for Professor Brian Cox’s tour Horizons – A 21st Century Space Odyssey.

Professor Brian Cox has announced a final raft of theatre dates to conclude his sell-out, live arena tour and will bring his show to Blackburn King George’s Hall on February 23, 2024.

Horizons – A 21st Century Space Odyssey is a celebration of our civilisation, of our music, art, philosophy and science; an optimistic vision of our future if we continue to explore Nature with humility and to value ourselves and our fellow human beings.

Brian has undertaken several sell-out live arena tours, setting several Guinness World Records, including for the biggest selling science tour.

He is credited with boosting the popularity of subjects such as astronomy and physics.

The professor is also known for his TV shows - The Planets, Forces of Nature, Human Universe, The Wonders of Life, and has also co-hosted the BBC Radio 4 series ‘Infinite Monkey Cage’ with comedian Robin Ince.

More than 250,000 people across three continents have seen his show, Horizons which tells a story of “how we came to be and what we can become”.

Using state of the art screen technology, venues across the world from New Zealand to the Arctic Circle have been filled with images of far-away galaxies, alien worlds, supermassive black holes and the latest theories of the origin of the Universe.

The show delves into these existential questions like, “What is the nature of space and time?”, “How did life begin, how rare might it be and what is the significance of life in the Cosmos?” and “And what does it mean to live a small, finite life in a vast, eternal Universe?”

Tickets are on sale today (May 10), via Ticketmaster pre-sale, with general sale opening at 10am on Friday, May 12.