He has also appeared on television, performing a fifteen-minute set on the extended version of Russell Howard's Good News in late 2010.
In 2010 he appeared as a mystery guest on Russell Howard's Good News and in 2011 he ran the London Marathon and now holds the record for successfully completing the race while doing continuous kickups.
The 90 second clip was shown in its entirety in the It's not all doom and gloom section of Russell Howard's Good News on BBC2 in 2010.
He was talked about in an episode of the BBC Three topical comedy programme Russell Howard's Good News.
Tony performed on Russell Howard's Good News in April 2011 as part of one of the extended episodes called Russell Howard's Good News Extra.
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That same month he also featured on comic book maestro Mark Millar’s final GFT Geekfest, performed on BBC Three’s Russell Howard's Good News and was a guest speaker at the illustrious TEDx, recorded in Ealing.
Over 2,500 productions have been staged at the Etcetera, including runs by Russell Brand, Simon Amstell, Al Murray, Milton Jones, Mark Thomas, Robin Ince, We Are Klang, Bill Bailey, Jerry Sadowitz, Russell Howard and Richard Herring.
Paddy McGuinness, Frankie Boyle, Pete Firman, Russell Howard, Jason Manford, Keith Chegwin and Russell Kane performed at what was billed "the difficult second festival".
The company has discovered many acts who have become household names including Frank Skinner, David Baddiel, Harry Hill, Al Murray, Russell Howard, The Mighty Boosh, Stewart Lee,Greg Davies,Russell Kane Lee Mack,Chris Ramsay Dave Gorman, Chris Addison, Kristen Schaal and John Oliver and has an international reputation for cutting edge comedy, theatre and TV production.
The hall has also seen many comedians over the years, including Victoria Wood, Ken Dodd, Norman Wisdom, Lenny Henry, Brian Conley, Ross Noble, Frankie Boyle and Russell Howard.
Since being founded in 1998, it has hosted a number of notable artists and performers including Buzzcocks, The Blockheads, Hayseed Dixie, Andy C, Rusko, Pulled Apart by Horses, Two Door Cinema Club, Scratch Perverts, Krafty Kutz, Sub Focus, Alabama 3, The Correspondents, Vintage Trouble, Toddla T, Foreign Beggars, and comedians Phill Jupitus, Stephen Frost and Russell Howard.
Howard was born to Dave and Ninette Howard and has two younger siblings, twins Kerry and Daniel.
Harrison wrote the song as a tribute to his friend Eric Clapton's chocolate addiction, and indeed he derived the title and many of the lyrics from a box of Mackintosh's Good News chocolates.
It has also gained a reputation as an ideal venue for comedians to try out new work prior to major tours, and well known names such as Russell Brand, Harry Hill, Russell Howard, Dara Ó Briain and Al Murray have all played there.