Former footballer, sports broadcaster and conspiracy theorist David Icke is set to speak at a secret venue in Kent.

The public figure, who has been met with controversy since the 1990s, is touring the country to share his perspective on a range of topics and take questions from both fans and sceptics.

His list of tour dates includes a night in Chatham on Friday, September 15.

However, the location of the speaker’s Secret Tour show will only be revealed to ticket holders 90 minutes before the event is due to start.

The writer, who has penned more than 25 books on topics including the Illuminati, the Holocaust and reptilian-human hybrids, has attracted plenty of criticism throughout his career.

Starting out as a footballer for Coventry City in the 1970s, the goalkeeper was forced into early retirement at the age of 21 due to arthritis.

He went on to become a household name as a sports broadcaster, working on BBC Radio Leicester and working his way up to co-host of the Grandstand.

During this time, he also became known as a spokesperson for the Green Party, from which he later resigned and was eventually banned.

In 1990, Icke visited psychic healer Betty Shine who claimed that the presenter was sent to heal the earth and would receive messages from the spiritual world.

After being dropped by the BBC, the writer then entered his infamous ‘turquoise period’.

During this time he would only wear turquoise clothes, wrote his first New Age book, Truth Vibrations, and held a press conference where he claimed that he was a ‘Son of the Godhead’.

This unusual behaviour led to an appearance on Wogan where his claims were met with disbelief by host Terry Wogan and the live audience.

After the interview, during which he also warned viewers of devastating tidal waves and earthquakes, was broadcast, members of the public began to gather outside Icke’s family home to ridicule and protest his ideas.

His beliefs also include claims that an inter-dimensional race of reptilian beings called the Archons has secretly taken over the earth.

He believes that shape-shifting reptilian-human hybrids known as the Babylonian Brotherhood have been manipulating global events and, in 2003, suggested that this reptilian bloodline included all American presidents and the royal family.

Since the 1990s, the contentious figure has gained a cult following and has continued to speak to crowds all over the world, including an 11-hour talk at Wembley Arena in 2012.

His most recent conspiracy theories have focused on a link between 5G and Covid-19, which resulted in Icke’s Facebook page being removed due to the spreading of misinformation regarding the pandemic.

More information on the Secret Tour, including how to book tickets, can be found here.

Ticket holders will receive information on the exact location of the show via email 90 minutes before the start time of 6pm.