Russell Brand is heading to Margate as part of his latest tour.

The controversial comic has announced a date at the town's Winter Gardens on April 26.

It is part of his Re:Birth tour, which follows the arrival of his daughter Mabel in November.

He said: “Once you’ve had a baby you’re a parent and immediately you go from being a madman (cool) to a mad dad (not cool).

"How can you be a dangerous, edgy, rebel with a tiny, little daughter?”

“How do we make sense of the madness of our lives once we become parents? What am I going to tell my daughter about conformity and responsibility? What happens if she grows up to be like me?

"Or, worse, to date a man like me?”

There is a 24-hour ticket pre-sale for Friends of Margate Theatres which starts on Thursday, February 2, at 10am and tickets are on sale to the general public at 10am on Friday, February 3.

They cost £27.50.