London ( CNN ) -- The five surviving Monty Python comics will do five more live shows next summer -- a total of 10 -- their PR agency announced Wednesday . The British comedy troupe announced last week it would perform live at London 's O2 arena on July 1 -- the five surviving stars ' first show on stage together since appearing at the Hollywood Bowl in September 1980 . Tickets for the reunion performance , which went on sale Monday , sold out in 43 seconds . A further four dates , July 2-5 , were then added and sold out soon afterwards . The group now will also perform on July 15 , 16 , 18 , 19 , 20 , Neil Reading PR said in a news release . Tickets will go on sale Friday , it added . All shows will be at the O2 arena . `` The response to our planned reunion has been very , very silly , '' member John Cleese said in the release . `` But , we 're all touched that so many fans still want to see such old people perform . '' The greatness that is 'Monty Python ' Cleese , Eric Idle , Michael Palin , Terry Gilliam , Terry Jones and the late Graham Chapman became comedic legends with the creation of Monty Python 's Flying Circus in October 1969 . They produced 45 TV episodes for the BBC and five films together before going their separate ways in 1983 . The shows mostly consisted of a string of often incoherent sketches , only occasionally with conventional punch lines and loosely tied together by Gilliam 's stream of consciousness animations . Although the TV show ran for only four seasons , it proved a massive cult hit when it was shown in the United States beginning in 1974 -- just as the show was winding up on the other side of the Atlantic . Monty Python returns , promising 'comedy , music , ancient sex ' CNN 's Richard Allen Greene and Marie-Louise Gumuchian in London contributed to this report .
The first five show dates quickly sold out ; now there will be five . All of the shows are scheduled for last week at the O2 arena in London . Monty Python ' : `` The response to our planned reunion has been very , very silly ''