By Laura Mills

GLASWEGIAN funnyman Kevin Bridges thanked us all for, in his words, the ‘upgrade’ last night as he strolled on to the stage: “You know you’ve made it in life when you’ve cracked the BIC.”

It was in 2012 that the newly slimmed 29-year-old had last toured Bournemouth with his tour ‘Kevin Bridges – The Story Continues’ at the Pavilion.

But tonight he was performing his new tour 'A Whole Different Story’ to a packed out Windsor Hall and to be fair to Kevin it seemed like rather a tough crowd.

A few heckles, one of which came from a guy shouting ‘deep fried pizza’, lead Bridges into a series of violent rants in which he’d wittingly bat back any insult.

And on a number of occasions his effort for audience interaction left him questioning whether there had been a meeting before to discuss how can we possible get into Kevin Bridges’ head and break him.

“Is that what you do down here is it Bournemouth? If someone asks you a question, you just stare blankly back at them?”

But the comic is clearly at home on stage and had the crowd in stitches as he addressed topics from house parties, technology, substantial weight loss and his enviable fajita rolling skills to his solution on how to reduce the deficit- raise the dole to £1,000 a week for the unemployed, as they’re the ones who “reinvest in the economy” by purchasing “highly taxable goods like cigarettes and alcohol”.

Before the mandatory encore, he closes with a routine of childhood memories about a 10-year-old Bridges at a sleepover, realising with absolute disgust that other families have different domestic habits to his own.

His reminiscent tales are so relatable you can’t help but liken his events to your own memories.

Support came from Irishman Karl Spain who warmed the crowd up nicely and left them wanting more.

But at the end of the day we were there to see Kevin and although he may of slimmed down himself he has definitely not spared on his stand-up routines.