PETER Kay has cancelled his mammoth arena tour due to family reasons. 

Social media went mad last month when tickets went on sale, with Ticketmaster crashing, leaving many fans directed to resale sites, where the tickets cost more than the original price. 

Kay recently added a string of dates to the mammoth tour, which was due to kick off in Birmingham on Saturday, April 21 2018 and wrap in Liverpool on March 19, 2019.

However, today the 44-year-old confirmed that he's had to pull the plug.

The announcement on his Facebook page read: "Due to unforeseen family circumstances, I deeply regret that I am having to cancel all of my upcoming work projects."

Ticketholders will be given a full refund. 

You shouldn't need to do anything - if you bought your tickets from a site such as GetMeIn, you should be refunded in due course. 

By law, the ticket seller is responsible for giving you a refund for tickets to a cancelled event.

According to consumer website Which? if an event you booked is cancelled, rescheduled or has changed location, you are entitled to a refund of at least the face value of the ticket. If you paid a discounted rate - you'll get the amount you paid back instead.

The face value is the cost of the ticket as printed on it, without extras on top such as postage, administration and booking fees.

This is a condition of membership of the industry's self-regulatory body, the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers (STAR), that ticket sellers refund the ticket's face value price when an event is cancelled.

If you have difficulty getting a refund for the event, you can complain to the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers (STAR) if your ticket seller is a member.