Comedy legend Phill Jupitus is feeling pumped for the Vodafone Comedy Carnival in Galway (23rd-29th October) but he cannot seem to wrap his head around how Dermot and Dave sell-out shows. 

He's so baffled in fact that he thinks he needs to change his own name to, "Dermot and Dave, the famous new Nigerian stand-up". 

The former Never Mind the Buzzcocks team captain is in the middle of a massive Juplicity tour over in the UK where he reckons he's still got 'it', "basically put me anywhere in the UK and 100 people will come". Not a bad comforter that.

Here he is Live At The Apollo:

Phill told us a bit more about his Irish roots, where after a bit of 'light research' he found out he was "Irisher than I thought". 

He revealed his latest hack to ensure a more successful gig - by cutting out the booze, "I was doing 3 shows a day at the Fringe (Edinburgh) this year", so he'd be fairly frazzled if he was having a few beers each evening. 

There was also the random story of where his love of baseball came from (at a game in Boston when he felt like a stranger's third child), why he stopped performing in musical theatre, "I felt like I should remove myself from being a problem to producers" and his love of the Galway Comedy Festival, "I've been there since it started. It's a very vibey festival".

You can catch Phil in the Róisín Dubh in Galway tonight, The Bowery in Rathmines, Dublin tomorrow night and every day of the Vodafone Comedy Festival.

Check out Phill's chat with Dermot & Dave in full by pressing the play button in the image at the top of the page