Back Tour
The BACK Tour (subtitled Old Songs, New Songs, F*** You Songs) is an ongoing concert tour by Australian musician Tim Minchin.
| Tour by Tim Minchin | |
 | |
| Start date | 5 March 2019 |
|---|---|
| End date | 15 July 2021 |
| Legs | 4 |
| No. of shows | 94 |
| Tim Minchin concert chronology | |
Background
On 29 August 2018, it was announced that Tim Minchin would be making his first tour following his orchestra arena tour in 2010 and 2011 promoted by Live Nation Entertainment in Australian and New Zealand in March and April 2019 and Phil McIntyre in the UK in October and November 2019.[1]
The tour features old songs from his previous musical comedy shows and songs from his stage musicals Matilda, Groundhog Day and his TV series Upright. It also features new songs reflecting Minchin's past experiences, relationships, social and political views such as "If This Plane Goes Down", "Leaving LA", "I'll Take Lonely Tonight", "Carry You" and "Talked Too Much, Stayed Too Long" which also feature on Minchin's studio album Apart Together released on 20 November 2020.[2][3][4]
Due to the popularity of the sold-out Australian tour, it was announced that Minchin would be touring again as an Encore tour in March 2020, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic dates had to be rescheduled to January and February 2021, then again to June and July 2021.[5]
Tour band
- Tim Minchin; lead vocals, piano, guitar
- Jak Housden; guitar, BV's
- Sarah Belkner; keys, BV's, guiro, tamborine, melodica, keytar, guitar, piano, assistant MD
- Pete Clements; bass guitar (UK tour)
- Brad Webb; drums (UK tour)
- Tom Richards; alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute, dancer (UK tour)
- Rory Simmons; trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, dancer (UK tour)
- Emma Bassett; trombone (UK tour)
Set list
- "If This Plane Goes Down"
- "F Sharp"
- "Mitsubishi Colt"
- "Thank You God"
- "Rock N Roll Nerd"
- "15 Minutes"
- "If I Didn't Have You"
- "Woody Allen Jesus"
- "Prejudice"
- Interval
- "Leaving LA"
- "I'll Take Lonley Tonight"
- "Cheese"
- "Fuck This"
- Encore
- "When I Grow Up" (from Matilda)
- "Carry You" (from Upright)
Notes
- "Woody Allen Jesus" contains a segment of "Heaven on their Minds" from Jesus Christ Superstar (music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice) which Minchin sung in the 2012 and 2013 UK and Australian arena tours playing Judas.
- From 5 March to 9 April 2019, "Seeing You" from Groundhog Day was played in the encore before "When I Grow Up", before it was replaced with "Carry You"
- From 14 April 2019, "Pope Song" was removed from the set list.
- From 19 to 30 November 2019, "Carry You" was replaced by "White Wine in the Sun".
- From 6 to 13 March 2020, "When I Grow Up" was replaced by "Talked Too Much, Stayed Too Long".
Tour dates
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia and New Zealand tour[6] | |||
| 5 March 2019 | Adelaide | Australia | Thebarton Theatre |
| 6 March 2019 | |||
| 7 March 2019 | |||
| 8 March 2019 | |||
| 9 March 2019 | |||
| 12 March 2019 | Canberra | Canberra Theatre | |
| 13 March 2019 | |||
| 14 March 2019 | |||
| 15 March 2019 | |||
| 16 March 2019 | |||
| 19 March 2019 | Perth | Crown Theatre | |
| 20 March 2019 | |||
| 21 March 2019 | |||
| 22 March 2019 | |||
| 23 March 2019 | |||
| 26 March 2019 | Sydney | State Theatre | |
| 27 March 2019 | |||
| 28 March 2019 | |||
| 29 March 2019 | |||
| 3 April 2019 | Melbourne | Palais Theatre | |
| 4 April 2019 | |||
| 5 April 2019 | |||
| 6 April 2019 | |||
| 7 April 2019 | |||
| 9 April 2019 | Brisbane | Queensland Performing Arts Centre | |
| 10 April 2019 | |||
| 11 April 2019 | |||
| 12 April 2019 | |||
| 14 April 2019 | Auckland | New Zealand | ASB Theatre |
| 15 April 2019 | |||
| 16 April 2019 | |||
| 18 April 2019 | Wellington | Michael Fowler Centre | |
| 19 April 2019 | |||
| 23 April 2019 | Melbourne | Australia | Palais Theatre |
| 24 April 2019 | |||
| 28 April 2019 | Sydney | State Theatre | |
| 29 April 2019 | |||
| 30 April 2019 | |||
| 3 May 2019 | Gold Coast | The Star | |
| 4 May 2019 | |||
| United Kingdom tour | |||
| 15 October 2019 | Ipswich | England | Regent Theatre |
| 16 October 2019 | |||
| 17 October 2019 | Oxford | New Theatre | |
| 18 October 2019 | |||
| 19 October 2019 | |||
| 22 October 2019 | Sheffield | City Hall | |
| 23 October 2019 | Nottingham | Royal Concert Hall | |
| 24 October 2019 | |||
| 25 October 2019 | Manchester | O2 Apollo | |
| 26 October 2019 | |||
| 29 October 2019 | Cardiff | Wales | St David's Hall |
| 30 October 2019 | |||
| 31 October 2019 | Liverpool | England | Empire Theatre |
| 1 November 2019 | |||
| 2 November 2019 | Portsmouth | Guildhall | |
| 5 November 2019 | Plymouth | Pavilions | |
| 6 November 2019 | |||
| 7 November 2019 | London | Eventim Apollo | |
| 8 November 2019 | |||
| 9 November 2019 | Palladium | ||
| 12 November 2019 | Eventim Apollo | ||
| 13 November 2019 | |||
| 14 November 2019 | |||
| 15 November 2019 | Birmingham | Hippodrome | |
| 16 November 2019 | |||
| 19 November 2019 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Playhouse |
| 20 November 2019 | |||
| 21 November 2019 | Gateshead | England | Sage |
| 22 November 2019 | Glasgow | Scotland | SEC Armadillo |
| 23 November 2019 | Edinburgh | Playhouse | |
| 26 November 2019 | Brighton | England | Dome |
| 27 November 2019 | |||
| 28 November 2019 | Southend-on-Sea | Cliffs Pavilion | |
| 29 November 2019 | |||
| 30 November 2019 | |||
| Australia – Encore tour[7] | |||
| 6 March 2020 | Perth | Australia | Crown |
| 7 March 2020 | |||
| 12 March 2020 | Hobart | Wrest Point Entertainment Centre | |
| 13 March 2020 | |||
| 14 March 2020 | |||
| Australia – Encore tour (rescheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic)[8] | |||
| 28 June 2021 | Newcastle | Australia | Civic Theatre |
| 29 June 2021 | |||
| 1 July 2021 | Melbourne | Hamer Hall | |
| 2 July 2021 | |||
| 3 July 2021 | |||
| 6 July 2021 | Brisbane | Fortitude Music Hall | |
| 7 July 2021 | |||
| 8 July 2021 | |||
| 9 July 2021 | |||
| 11 July 2021 | Sydney | Enmore Theatre | |
| 12 July 2021 | |||
| 13 July 2021 | |||
| 14 July 2021 | |||
| 15 July 2021 | |||
References
- Bennett, Steve. "Tim Minchin announces 2019 UK tour : News 2018 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- Bennett, Steve. "Tim Minchin: Back : Reviews 2019 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- "Tim Minchin review – a triumphant comeback that is short on laughs". the Guardian. 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- "Review – Tim Minchin, Back". London is Funny. 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- "Tim Minchin reschedules Back: Encore Tour for 2021 | NME Australia". NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs | NME.COM. 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- "Tim Minchin · 2019 TOUR – BACK (Old Songs, New Songs, Fuck You Songs)". Tim Minchin. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
- "Tim Minchin · Australia! 2020 Tour – BACK (Old Songs, New Songs, Fuck You Songs) returns!". Tim Minchin. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
- "Tim Minchin · Australia! Rescheduled Dates for Tim's BACK Encore Tour of Australia!". Tim Minchin. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
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