Professor Brian Cox breaks own record with Birmingham show

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TV boffin Professor Brian Cox has broken his own previous Guinness World Records title for ‘Most tickets sold for a science show’ with an upcoming show in Birmingham.

The presenter sold a grand total of 11,433 tickets for his Arena Birmingham on February 2019, part of his Universal: Adventures in Space and Time world tour.

Due to demand, an additional date has been announced for the venue on September 21.

Professor Cox also holds a second Guinness World Records title for ‘Most tickets sold for a science tour’, with more than 150,000 people attending his last tour.

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