Michael McIntyre takes aim at fans from Southport as he walks onto M&S Bank Arena stage

Michael McIntyre aimed a joke at latecomers from a Merseyside town as he walked onto stage in Liverpool.

The stand up comedian's 'Macnificent' tour had its second night at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena on Saturday (April 20). A video sent to the ECHO from reader Meg Duncan showed that, as Michael emerged onto the arena's stage, he said it was "the best part of my day" before welcoming the audience.

He then noticed a group of people hurrying to their seats after arriving late and began to question them. Jokingly, Michael said: "You're late, come on, where are you sitting? You're trying to steal my thunder, where are you going?

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"You're looking at the numbers, it's disconcerting isn't it? It looks like there are three seats there.

"How are you? Welcome. Where have you come from?"

When the group replied saying Southport, Michael joked: "Southport? I came here from London and I got here on time".

The arena then burst into laughter, Michael welcomed the latecomers once more and continued his set.

In his review of Friday's show, the ECHO's Joe Thomas said: "This was an accomplished performance from one of the country’s biggest comedians. His energy is limitless and it carries the audience along with him. Sometimes it is less his humour and more his body language that captivates as he shimmies and shakes and bounces across stage. You don’t know whether to focus more on looking or listening. He is as much a performer as a comedian.

"But for all the impression of chaos and spontaneity make no mistake, his work is carefully put together. And that is perhaps the most impressive