AMERICAN comedian Rich Hall will perform a song about Hereford when he appears at The Courtyard theatre next month.

The 58-year-old is one of the headliners at this year’s Court Laughing festival and will be taking to the stage at 8pm on Saturday, June 8.

And he explained that he is singing about every city and town that he will perform at during his tour.

“I will do a specific song in every single town,” said Rich.

“I will build a structured song around the information I gather about each place I’m in.

“I will take into account the history of that town and what it is known for.

“I will also bring in things that have happened during the first half of the show.

“Whenever I ask, ‘what’s this place famous for?’, I always get an amazing response.

“Recently, they have mainly been downbeat stories about closed factories.

“Someone is always hacked off that they don’t make trouser presses there any more.

“So I take the Woody Guthrie approach and turn it into a song.”

Rich, who is from Montana, is known for his deadpan style of comedy and rapid-fire wit.

He won the coveted Perrier Award for his Tennessee redneck, Country and Western singer alter-ego Otis Lee Crenshaw at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2000 and has presented documentaries such as How The West Was Lost, Rich Hall’s The Dirty South, Rich Hall’s Continental Drifters and Rich Hall’s Gone Fishing.

He also written and appeared on Saturday Night Live and The David Letterman Show in the USA, for which he won two Emmy Awards.

“I have always loved doing comedy, I adore the electricity of it,” said Rich.

“You have to think on your feet and that always keeps it interesting.

“Because I’ve lived here for 14 years, I feel I’ve earned the right to talk about Britain.

“I like to talk about what’s going on in America and compare that to here.

“There’s plenty of material to build on.”

Tickets are £17.50 and can be purchased by calling 01432 340555 or visiting courtyard.org.uk.