ONE of the country's best up-and-coming comedians has just announced his 2020 tour - and he's coming to Galashiels.

Gary Meikle, known internationally for his hilarious, stand-up and observational viral videos, is heading back out on the road with a brand-new 44-date tour ‘Surreal’.

Meikle has had quite the year in 2019 as one of his social media video rants about his daughter’s obsession with her eyebrows went viral.

And Gary also rocketed to international fame, taking his stand-up comedy across the globe, also being named at the top of The List’s ‘Comedy Hot 100’ for 2019.

His new stand-up show ‘Surreal’ tells his own unexpected success story, also drawing material from real-life, focusing heavily on his daughter Ainsley and granddaughter Gracie and his experiences as a live-in single dad and granddad.

Gary told us: "What audiences can expect is a lot more honesty in terms of my opinions.

"The tour is called Surreal, because that’s pretty much how my year’s been since my videos went viral, it just got a little crazy overnight.

"I’ve got a bit of imposter syndrome about it. I find it all very… well yeah, surreal."

The former debt collector admits he's more suited to stand-up than squeezing money out of people.

He added: "I was a debt collector for nine years, but because I’m small and I smile too much, they wouldn’t let me out of the office.

"I was made a part of the social committee at work and that meant I had to send out an email bulletin about all sorts of boring work stuff.

"So in-between them to liven things up a bit, I used to write jokes. People would respond really well, I think that’s the first time in my life that I was told that I was funny.

"I was always daft, and people would always laugh at me… but mainly for the stupid things I did.

"Like, I was in that job for nine years, but it took me seven years before I discovered that I had Microsoft Word!"

Gary brings his smile to the Mac Arts in Galashiels on Sunday, June 7. Tickets are on sale from the box office.