Hey! Every year, every dollar made from the sale of (either version of) Tim’s sentimental Christmas song White Wine In The Sun during the months of November, December and January, go to an organisation which supports children and adults on the autism spectrum. Once again, that will be Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect).
If you already have the song, you might like to gift it via iTunes or donate directly here.
All tickets remain valid for the rescheduled shows without the need for exchange. Patrons unable to attend the new dates can obtain a refund from the point of purchase. Refund requests are to be submitted prior to 5pm, Tuesday 31st August 2021.
Brisbane! Due to a change in capacity restrictions in Brisbane, Tim’s BACK encore shows in Brisbane are being rescheduled back to July ’21. Next week!
The Tim Minchin – BACK, Brisbane tour dates will now be scheduled as follows:
Mon 16th August 2021 – Brisbane, Fortitude Music Hall.
(Previously Fri 9th July, 2021) Now Monday 12th July 2021.
Tue 17th August 2021 – Brisbane, Fortitude Music Hall.
(Previously Tue 6th July, 2021) Now Tuesday 13th July 2021.
Wed 18th August 2021 – Brisbane, Fortitude Music Hall.
(Previously Wed 7th July, 2021) Now Wednesday 14th July 2021.
Thu 19th August 2021 – Brisbane, Fortitude Music Hall.
(Previously Thu 8th July, 2021) Now Thursday 15th July 2021.
All tickets remain valid for the rescheduled shows without the need for exchange. Patrons unable to attend the new dates can obtain a refund from the point of purchase. Refund requests are to be submitted prior to 5pm, Sun 11th July 2021.
OK sailors, here’s the goss on upcoming shows. Big breath…
MELBOURNE: As most of you know, we can no longer play to a full capacity crowd this weekend. It’s a total bugger, BUT – with a lot of work and wiggling and a few minor miracles – we are now going to do 6 shows at half capacity! Friday, Saturday and Sunday are going ahead, BUT HALF OF YOU WILL BE ASKED TO MOVE to a show next week. Which is obviously really annoying, but hopefully better than cancelling. And on the upside, you will have considerably better seats at the rescheduled shows! Silver linings. Small mercies. Grimacing smiley faces. The venue will be contacting you today or tomorrow. PLEASE keep an eye on your email.
BRISBANE and SYDNEY: Sadly, despite our desperate best efforts, we are moving dates to August and September respectively. Again, you will be contacted by your ticketing agency, so please keep an eye out for the email. NEWCASTLE, you should have already been contacted about that reschedule.
I’m so sorry about all this. It’s a total fucker of a thing. Meanwhile, please, if you get a chance, get a frickin vaccine.
Thanks! Love Tim.
The Tim Minchin – BACK, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney tour dates will now be scheduled as follows:
Fri 2nd July 2021 – Melbourne, Hamer Hall
Sat 3rd July 2021 – Melbourne, Hamer Hall
Sun 4th July 2021 – Melbourne, Hamer Hall
Mon 5th July 2021 – Melbourne, Hamer Hall (backfill date for Fri 2nd July, 2021)
Tue 6th July 2021 – Melbourne, Hamer Hall (backfill date for Sat 3rd July, 2021)
Wed 7th July 2021 – Melbourne, Hamer Hall (backfill date for Sun 4th July, 2021)
—————————————————————————————————
Mon 16th August 2021 – Brisbane, Fortitude Music Hall (previously Fri 9th July, 2021)
Tue 17th August 2021 – Brisbane, Fortitude Music Hall (previously Tue 6th July, 2021)
Wed 18th August 2021 – Brisbane, Fortitude Music Hall (previously Wed 7th July, 2021)
Thu 19th August 2021 – Brisbane, Fortitude Music Hall (previously Thu 8th July, 2021)
—————————————————————————————————
Sun 5th September 2021 – Sydney, Enmore Theatre (previously Sun 11th July, 2021)
Mon 6th September 2021 – Sydney, Enmore Theatre (previously Mon 12th July, 2021)
Tue 7th September 2021 – Sydney, Enmore Theatre (previously Tue 13th July, 2021)
Wed 8th September 2021 – Sydney, Enmore Theatre (previously Wed 14th July, 2021)
Thu 9th September 2021 – Sydney, Enmore Theatre (previously Thu 15th July, 2021)
All tickets remain valid for the rescheduled shows without the need for exchange. Patrons unable to attend the new dates can obtain a refund from the point of purchase. Refund requests are to be submitted prior to 5pm, Sat 3rd July 2021 for Melbourne and 5pm, Thu 29th July 2021 for Brisbane and Sydney.
Hey Australia! An update on the status of some of the shows on Tim’s BACK encore tour:
Due to current Victorian Government COVIDSafe measures, the Melbourne show, at Hamer Hall, on Thursday 1st July has been rescheduled to Sunday 4th July. Ticket holders have been emailed updated information about this show.
The other Melbourne shows on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd July will proceed as planned.
The Newcastle tour dates will now be rescheduled as follows:
All tickets remain valid for the rescheduled shows without the need for exchange. Ticket holders unable to attend the new dates can obtain a refund from the point of purchase. Refund requests are to be submitted prior to 5pm, Sunday 25th July 2021.
For any further ticket enquiries please contact your point of purchase, or visit: ShowUpdatesLNAU.
Hi! This is Tim talking here. Hope you’re all still paddlin’. Funny old river, this one.
I wanna tell you about the charities we’re supporting, in Australia and New Zealand, this year through our BACK encore tour.
Some of you know that ever since I started touring again in early 2019, I’ve sold 50 premium-priced “VIP” seats per night and donated that money to charity (all of it, thanks to cooperation from venues and promoters and ticketing companies).
It generally comes to about $AU10K a night… and if we manage to (finally!) get through this “encore” tour, then BACK will have raised around a million bucks. Which, if you’ll forgive me, makes me pretty fucking proud. And grateful, too, that my audience members are so keen to snap those tickets up. They are, after all, very bloody overpriced. Mwahahaaa.
In 2019, the charities were varied, and you can find out all about them here.
In the aborted 2020 tour, and its current reboot, I have decided to focus on independent theatre and dance. It has been a terrible time for that sector, with funding cuts and covid both playing their role in threatening the survival of really fantastic companies. So in every city we play, my completely awesome management team have helped me find wonderful organisations to gift some dosh to.
Find out all about the recipients below. (And thank you again, so much, for helping us with this project.)
*Oh, btw, while I’m virtue-signaling… we’re also making this tour as GREEN as possible. In fact, we’re going for carbon neutral. Find out more about that project here.*
Restless is Australia’s leading dance theatre company working with artists with and without disability. Their artistic voice is loud, strong and original. Restless creates innovative, award winning works that have featured in 3 recent Adelaide Festivals. Touring nationally and internationally their works celebrate diversity on stage.
Tawata Productions is a Māori and Kuki ‘Āirani creative company based in Te Ūpoko-o-te-ika-a-Maui – Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. Specialising in the rigorous development and presentation of theatre, Tawata blurs the lines between text, movement and image presenting a dynamic performance experience from Aotearoa to the world beyond.
Critically acclaimed, sweeping the 2012 Olivier Awards with a record-breaking seven awards amongst many more worldwide, including four Tonys, this autumn marks 10 years since the show opened in the West End. Matilda The Musical is the 6th longest running show in the West End and the 16th longest running musical in West End history.
Tim’ll be bringing BACK back to New Zealand for an encore in June.
There’s a Live Nation presale Tuesday 27th April, 12pm. Tickets go on general sale Thursday 29th April, 1pm.
Tim Minchin – BACK Encore – New Zealand 2021
WELLINGTON Michael Fowler Centre – Thursday 17th June AUCKLAND Civic Theatre – Saturday 19th June – SOLD OUT AUCKLAND Civic Theatre – Sunday 20th June – New date! CHRISTCHURCH Town Hall – Friday 25th June
Carry You, written by Tim for UPRIGHT and released by Missy Higgins, has been nominated in the Song of the Year category at the 2021 APRA Music Awards.
The APRA Music Awards celebrate excellence in contemporary music, honouring songwriters and publishers who have achieved artistic excellence and outstanding success in their fields.
Tim: “I am very pleased indeed that Carry You (as sung by the great Missy Higgins) has been nominated for APRA AMCOS APRA Song of the Year. It’s up against songs by Tame Impala, Amy Shark, Midnight Oil & Dan Sultan, Guy Sebastian, so I’ve got feck-all chance of winning… but YAY! Really thrilled actually, cos it’s peer voted and all. And am also excited cos on the awards night, another Aussie artist (I don’t know who – it’s a secret) will play a version of it live!”
You’ll find the full list of nominees for the 2021 APRA Music Awards here.
The 2021 APRA Music Awards take place on Wednesday 28th April at the International Convention Centre Grand Ballroom at Darling Harbour in Sydney. You’ll be able to watch rolling highlights on the night via the APRA AMCOS YouTube channel.
Hey UK! In 2019 Tim’s long-awaited tour BACK sold out in record time, received rave audience reviews, critical acclaim and in Australia won the prestigious Helpmann Award for Best Australian Contemporary Concert.
This autumn Tim returns to the UK with encore performances of BACK. So, if you missed out last time or want to go back-to-BACK, this is your chance.
Again there will be Premium Charity Tickets. All of the income from those seats will go to Barnardo’s and Samaritans, the same two charities he supported in 2019. More details here.
Tickets go on sale for the two New! dates at 10am Friday 22nd October, 2021.
Tim Minchin – BACK Encore – UK 2021
ABERDEEN P&J Live – Sat 16th October EDINBURGH Festival Theatre – Sun 17th October – Try venue for tickets. YORK Barbican – Tue 19th October DUNDEE Caird Hall – Wed 20th October BIRMINGHAM Hippodrome – Sat 23rd Oct – Limited. Try venue for tickets. BIRMINGHAM Hippodrome – Sun 24th Oct – Limited.Try venue for tickets. BRIGHTON Centre – Mon 25th October – Low availability BRIGHTON Centre – Tue 26th October PORTSMOUTH Guildhall – Thur 28th October – Low availability NEWCASTLE O2 City Hall – Sun 31st October – Low availability NEWCASTLE O2 City Hall – Mon 1st November LEEDS First Direct Arena – Tues 2nd November HULL Bonus Arena – Wed 3rd November MANCHESTER O2 Apollo – Sat 6th Nov – SOLD OUT MANCHESTER O2 Apollo – Sun 7th November – Low availability LONDON Eventim Apollo – Mon 8th November LONDON Eventim Apollo – Tue 9th November PORTSMOUTH Guildhall – Wed 10th November LONDON Eventim Apollo – Thur 11th November – Low availability NOTTINGHAM Motorpoint Arena – Sun 14th November MANCHESTER Apollo – Mon 15th November LEICESTER De Montfort Hall – Wed 17th Nov – Low availability IPSWICH Regent Theatre – Thur 18th Nov – SOLD OUT BLACKPOOL Opera House – Sat 20th Nov – Low availability STOCKTON Globe Theatre – Sun 21st November STOCKTON Globe Theatre – Mon 22nd November CARDIFF Motorpoint Arena – Wed 24th November OXFORD New Theatre – Thur 25th November PLYMOUTH Pavilions – Sat 27th November – Low availability BOURNEMOUTH International Centre – Sun 28th November LONDON Shepherd’s Bush Empire – Tue 30th November – New! LONDON Shepherd’s Bush Empire – Wed 1st December – New!
2019 UK REVIEWS FOR BACK “Even when you think you know what’s coming, Minchin retains a remarkable knack for staying ahead,
with verbal shimmies and tonal feints” ***** The i paper “A triumphant comeback, a three-hour spectacular” The Guardian “Spectacular […] A rare example of a long-awaited return that has been worth the long-await” **** The Times “More music gig than stand-up set. Except that rock lyrics are never, ever this funny” **** Evening Standard
“Roof raising return” **** The Sunday Telegraph
Tim is returning to Adelaide on Saturday 12th June 2021, bringing BACK back for an encore as a part of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
Tickets on sale Wednesday 24th February at 12pm (AEDT) here.
UPDATE: Due to demand a second date has been added – Sunday 13th June – tickets on sale now.
Tim: “I love Adelaide, and I can’t wait to bring “BACK” back for another spin. I first played the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2004 – at the late-night slot in the foyer of Festival Theatre. Since then, Adelaide has been home to so many huge moments for me: comedy shows in tents, musicals in arenas, filming Upright, orchestra shows and festival openings… I always adore my time there.”
Tim: “This is exciting. I have two songs on the shortlist for APRA AMCOS Song Of the Year. There are many excellent songs on the list, including a statistically unlikely number of West Aussies, which is nice, if you’re into parochialism, which I am, rarely. This is the award that Paul Kelly won a few years ago for “Firewood and Candles”, which my band and I performed at the awards dinner. Last time I was nominated was for Come Home (Cardinal Pell), which Kate Miller-Heidke performed when it ended up in the top 5.
So there.”
The APRA Music Awards celebrate excellence in contemporary music, honouring songwriters and publishers who have achieved artistic excellence and outstanding success in their fields.
The Song Of The Year shortlist will be cut down to five final nominees in March, before the 2021 APRA Music Awards take place on Wednesday 28th April at the International Convention Centre Grand Ballroom at Darling Harbour in Sydney.
The segment will be posted online after it airs on CBS.com and their social channels, with some territory restrictions.
UPDATE: 16/01/21
At the time of this update the YouTube videos (all embedded below) are not available in Australia but the three performances and the interview are viewable on the CBS website here:
Leave a Comment