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Sallad on Monday, 28 July 2025

Hey Tim , guess what? Turns out , It grew on me. But I love your song and the new version is rocking! Saw you in Leeds ( great Not Perfect video , thanks for starring Leeds), And couldn't resist seeing you again in Manchester ( Great telling folks I was not here for Oasis! ). And you are all over the telly, that I never usually watch, so that was fun. So these musical and fun memories will help me , as always . You are one of the good guys. Thank you

Cian on Sunday, 27 July 2025

I absolutely love your work, please visit the USA again! (Texas in particular!)

Jennie Uller on Thursday, 24 July 2025

This is silly because I don’t really think you will read it in person but I still want to say Thank you for saving my marriage! We’ve been through a lot and there are so many times I’ve just wanted to walk away from everything. It took me a long time to discover you (since I live in Sweden where “everyone” says “Heh, Tim who?”) but the two first songs I heard were White wine in the sun (which reminded me of the importance of family) and Not perfect (which reminded me that I am pretty nice and can stand myself). Your rock ‘n’ roll nerding makes me happy and your love songs make me sad and happy at the same time and I confess the huuuuge confirmation biases 🫣 My 50th birthday was coming up and I felt trapped, old and unloved. I thought about spending it in Paris all by myself. Then you unveiled your UK tour! Bam! I bought tickets to Edinburgh and told my husband that he could come with me if he promised to try to understand WHY I really had to go and he was not allowed ruin it! He prepared by listening to the songs and our kids gave him “clues and keys to mummy” and he nailed them all. I haven’t felt so loved in years! And to be there seeing and hearing you live, sharing tears of laughter and touched hearts, feeling his eyes on me when I was ALIVE for the first time in years and holding his hand to all the lovesongs (including the boobs 😉)... yes, you saved us. Thank you ❤️

Victoria from South Yorkshire on Wednesday, 23 July 2025

Can you please please release thats what friends are for.... Also can you hurry up back to UK preferably sheffield again ASAP

Phyllis Foundis on Tuesday, 22 July 2025

Tim. You are an AI-defying, Maestro of Soul Expression. That's why I dedicated my recent Phylosophy to you... For the love of soul... can we please keep AI’s indiscriminate, sticky, techy tentacles off the Creative Arts?! Sure, a futile request. But an artist can dream – and therein lies our unfu**able, power. I’ve just watched arguably one of the most articulate, passionate and ridiculously witty diatribes on the inadequacies of AI by Tim Minchin, a legendary Aussie court jester of stage and screen. For more details on this talented dude with the smudged eyeliner and iconic rock star locks, get thee to Google. Tim used his acceptance speech at this year’s Gday USA event to share his unfiltered thoughts on the tech that cannibalises originality and vomits it back up, calling it – art. Aside from the stunningly intelligent way Tim detonates the bots that are taking over our ability to think for ourselves, feel and create for ourselves, his speech made a heartfelt pitch for authentic, messy, beautiful human expression. There’s profound divinity in our flaws. Here’s my prediction for our brave new world even as bloated AI bots, jacked up on the world’s knowledge, roam… The meek shall inherit the Earth? No. The geeks shall inherit the Earth? Also, no. The freaks shall inherit the Earth. Those with noses deep in books, not screens. The free thinkers staring into space not pixels, admiring blue skies, not smiles preening for your feed. The clue is in the name – artificial intelligence. And last time I checked there’s no place in art for fakes. But that’s just a philosophy. My Phylosophy. I love you, Mr Minchin.

Michael C on Sunday, 20 July 2025

Dear Tim I was having dinner with some friends last night and I got talking to one guy (I'd never met before) who mentioned he studied music at university, which got us talking. Turns out he wrote one of his undergraduate dissertations on the use of comedy with music by Mozart as compared to Tim Minchin. Delighted, I launched into a slightly maniacal tirade about your concert which saw on the Sunday night in the Hammersmith Apollo. I've never seen you live before although I've always admired your work and my children are fvcking obsessed with Matilda (they've not seen the stage show and we are taking them in a few weeks, but the playlist has been etched into my mind forever from being on repeat in the car). So a few weeks ago when I heard you were playing I paid the crooks at ViaGogo some money on the Saturday well above face value of the tickets for the Sunday show and I've never been so grateful to give my money away. I'm not a rock'n'roll nerd by any stretch. I don't even go and see that much live music, although I love it. But I was totally transfixed that Sunday night from the beginning to the end, and quite genuinely your show had a profound effect on me. Everything resonated with me - from AI to boobs to loving children the most the more dead they look. The way you intersperse commentary (delivered at the speed of bullets but so articulate and cleverly put together) with your music was just mindblowingly awesome. I'm actually also an Aussie, living in the UK since 2007, a lawyer by profession. Sometimes my junior team members bring me a letter written by AI, makes me weep. It might sound weird, but writing letters, even in a legal context, is also about creativity, emotion, and connecting with the person to whom the letter is addressed. AI can't replace that. When I had the audacity to challenge their use of AI, the response was 'work smarter not harder Michael'. At that point, I realised that humanity is doomed. What the fuck is happening to us. As you sagely noted during your show, humans seem to be determined to convenience ourselves into oblivion. Quite. I was also really moved by the stories about your wife and it brought tears to my eyes thinking about my own wonderful wife, and the amazing time we've had and are having bringing up our own two children. Following the show I called my wife and said you have to see this show and I came up with a harebrained scheme to drive up north with my wife to see another one of your shows. Sadly, nothing ever came of that due to childcare issues. My brother is a born-again Christian and basically a missionary spreading the word of Jesus. When I was younger I used to challenge him on his beliefs but now I respect his faith although it seems crazy to me. I love him and if it makes him happy I'm good with that. But your Good Book Song was fucking hilarious and I wondered what my brother would have thought about it. Maybe I'll play it for him at Christmas. Anyway there's a lot more I wanted to say, but I'll keep it to just 'slightly embarrassingly long' rather than 'obsessively weird and concerningly long'. The whole point of this post to you was regarding the guy I met at dinner. His dad had just died and he's writing the eulogy today. He was having a tough time. I will probably never see this guy again, but when we left I gave him a hug and said - please, if you take one thing away from our chat tonight, go and see Tim Minchin before the end of his current tour. I believe it will help him get through this tough time. Plus he wrote a fvcking dissertation on you so it was insane to me that he wouldn't go and see you. Also, as an aside. In a moment of excitement following your show, I bought two t-shirts (never bought concert merch in my life before). Was a bit stressful trying the t-shirts on in the foyer of the Apollo (much to the amusement of the staff) and so I misjudged my size. I bought large t-shirts instead of medium (prefer the fitted look and have been working hard at the gym recently). Is there any way to exchange one of them (which I haven't yet worn)? Expect it's unlikely you will have made it to the end of this rambling post, but if by some magical intervention you have, then thank you for taking the time to read, but more importantly, thank you for being you. The world needs more people like Tim Minchin. Michael

Louis on Saturday, 19 July 2025

Saw you in Sheffield on Thursday and it was amazing. I've been a fan since forever but never paid much attention to tour dates, until the latest one popped up and I immediately booked. So glad I did. It's been two days and I can't stop thinkigng about it. Maybe I'm being weird. Maybe I'm a bit drunk. But it genuinely affected me. You have such charisma and a way with words that I've never seen from anyone else. Absolute genius move to do the 'turn off your phones' song. Until you pointed it out, I hadn't noticed that not a single person had their phone out. Live in the moment. Unfortunately, I wish I was still in the moment. I think I'm grieving for the moment. Can we be friends?

Marc on Friday, 18 July 2025

I had the single pleasure of being in Sheffield last night (17th july). Thank you Tim for sharing your genius and your memories. I felt that the audience shared such an emotional bond with you and I hope that came across to you and your incredible band. I felt overwhelmed. Pure talent, pure love.

Jackie on Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Brilliant in Bournemouth on July 14th. Fantastic lyricist and raconteur

Clíona McDonough on Friday, 11 July 2025

Any plans to perform in Ireland in the not-too- distant future?

Rúben Almeida on Sunday, 6 July 2025

Dear Tim, I am Rúben, a 30y/o from Porto, Portugal and was last night at the Hammersmith Apollo show. Thank you for the performance and I am deeply sorry for the loss of your friend. It really moved me deeply and felt aligned with ‘life goes on’ attitude. I came to London for the weekend to watch you show on the 6th but as I was boarding the plane I received news of the passing of my aunt who has been fighting cancer for a year and a half. I made my mind to go back to attend the funeral on the 6th but had to watch your show – I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to see you live for about 15 years. So I got a chance to reschedule the Hamilton performance for the afternoon and then had to go on Viagogo to get a overpriced double ticket to see you. Worth. Every. Euro. So in case you ever get permeated with self-doubt, just know that if some people put this amount of effort to see you play, you must be doing something right. Amazing band and amazing stage artwork, by the way. Hope you get to mourn your friend. Life goes on and it’s beautiful ❤️ hope this message gets to you. Love, Rúben

Shane on Tuesday, 1 July 2025

When are the North American tour tickets available?

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