Peter Kay made the news last weekend when he kicked two hecklers out of his show at the Manchester Arena. Kay defended the move afterwards, saying he'd done his "best to address the situation and made light of it, as any comedian would, but unfortunately their interruptions continued".

Myar Curran was one of two people kicked out of Peter Kay's gig at the AO Arena in Manchester after 'heckling' the comedian. | ITV News Granada

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Darragh Murphy is a stand-up comedian and journalist from Cork city. He performs regularly at gigs across the country, including clubs like the Comedy Cavern, the Comedy Bunker and the CoCo Club here on Leeside - and now he's given us his opinion on the 'heckler row' that has overshadowed Peter Kay's big comeback tour.

Dispatching hecklers used to be seen as a "badge of honour" on the comedy circuit but that fell out of favour for a while, as "the art form gentrified", said Logan. Now, however, "crowd backchat is back in vogue",