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MC Hammersmith announces the Apollo outside the wrong Apollo

A Stirling blinds shop supplies the backdrop for a tour extension and his biggest London show announcement.

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The shopfront says Apollo. Close enough for MC Hammersmith's tour announcement, until a Scottish passerby points out that blinds and live comedy are rather different businesses.

His only upload this week is a scripted promotional sketch, not one of his audience-prompted freestyles. He announces that his almost sold-out UK and Ireland tour will extend into 2028, including what he bills as his biggest London show at the Hammersmith Apollo. The camera, however, has found Apollo Blinds in Stirling.

Once challenged, he drops the rap and explains that he lives in Edinburgh and needed an Apollo sign for a video his agency wanted quickly. Even that shortcut required an hour's drive. The passerby then gives the shop an unsolicited endorsement, setting up a mock advertising end card immediately after Hammersmith insists this is not an advert for the blinds business.

The announcement has reached roughly 96,000 views. In the comments, viewers turn the location gag into a joke about targeted advertising, while others request dates in Australia and Poland or suggest a collaboration with freestyle rapper Harry Mack.

Away from the shopfront, older improvisations carry the strongest daily momentum: "Random words improv rap! 🥒", followed by the Glasgow audience clip and a front-row freestyle. Channel-wide daily views are running at less than half their usual pace, though the audience continues to grow, adding about 4,000 subscribers over the week.

Among nearby stand-up channels, Jeff Arcuri is enjoying above-usual daily viewing, while CarlBarronVideos is quieter. Hammersmith's own week puts the written material in the announcement and leaves the fastest-moving archive clips to the improvisation.

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What viewers say

These targeted ads are getting ridiculous, only yesterday I said I need some new blinds.
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The only ad I would pay to not skip
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Congrats, glad you're taking off, well deserved
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