Back Tour

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BACK
Tour by Tim Minchin
BACK tour poster.jpg
2019 tour poster
Start date5 March 2019
End date22 January 2022
Legs6
No. of shows133
Attendance260,836
Tim Minchin concert chronology

The BACK Tour (subtitled Old Songs, New Songs, F*** You Songs) was a concert tour by Australian musician Tim Minchin. The tour began on 5 March 2019 at the Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide before touring Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom before concluding on 22 January 2022 at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney.

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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 (with the exception of a micro tour of Los Angeles in 2017 called Leaving LA) 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 2019 tour featured old songs from his previous musical comedy shows and songs from his stage musicals Matilda, Groundhog Day and his TV series Upright. It also featured 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 in 2020. [2] [3] [4]

Due to the popularity of the sold-out Australian and New Zealand 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, with a couple of dates announced as part of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. [5] [6] Also dates were announced for an Encore tour of the UK in October and November 2021. [7] The 2021 dates feature most of the songs from the 2019/20 tour with more songs replaced with songs from the Apart Together album including "Airport Piano" and "The Absence of You".

During the tour, VIP tickets were sold raising the money to various charities in which $1.25million was raised. [8]

Tour band

Set list

  1. "If This Plane Goes Down"
  2. "F Sharp"
  3. "Mitsubishi Colt"
  4. "Thank You God"
  5. "Airport Piano"
  6. "15 Minutes"
  7. "The Absence of You"
  8. "If I Didn't Have You"
Interval
  1. "Leaving LA"
  2. "Cheese"
  3. "I'll Take Lonely Tonight"
  4. "Talked Too Much, Stayed Too Long"
Encore
  1. "Carry You"
Notes
  • Minchin performs "If This Plane Goes Down", "F Sharp", "Mitsubishi Colt" and "Thank You God" solo (piano and vocals) before performing with the full band in "Airport Piano" onwards.
  • Songs previously used in the 2019/20 tour included "Rock N Roll Nerd", "Woody Allen Jesus" (with a segment of "Heaven on their Minds" from Jesus Christ Superstar ), "Prejudice", "Pope Song", "Fuck This", "When I Grow Up" (from Matilda ), "Seeing You" (from Groundhog Day ) and "White Wine in the Sun"
  • Songs added for the 2021 tour include "Airport Piano", "The Absence of You" and "Talked Too Much, Stayed Too Long". On the final UK tour date at Shepherd's Bush Empire, an impromptu rendition of the song "White Wine in the Sun" was also performed after the encore.

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Australia and New Zealand tour [9]
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 [10]
6 March 2020 Perth Australia Crown
7 March 2020
12 March 2020 Hobart Wrest Point Entertainment Centre
13 March 2020
14 March 2020
Australia and New Zealand – Encore tour (rescheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic) [11]
12 June 2021 Adelaide Australia Adelaide Festival Theatre (as part of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival)
13 June 2021
17 June 2021 Wellington New Zealand Michael Fowler Centre
19 June 2021 Auckland Civic Theatre
20 June 2021
25 June 2021 Christchurch Christchurch Town Hall
2 July 2021 Melbourne Australia Hamer Hall
3 July 2021
4 July 2021
5 July 2021
6 July 2021
7 July 2021
12 July 2021 Brisbane Fortitude Music Hall
13 July 2021
14 July 2021
15 July 2021
United Kingdom – Encore tour
16 October 2021 Aberdeen Scotland P&J Live
17 October 2021 Edinburgh Festival Theatre
19 October 2021 York England Barbican
20 October 2021 Dundee Scotland Caird Hall
23 October 2021 Birmingham England Hippodrome
24 October 2021
25 October 2021 Brighton Brighton Centre
26 October 2021
28 October 2021 Portsmouth Portsmouth Guildhall
31 October 2021 Newcastle upon Tyne O2 City Hall
1 November 2021
2 November 2021 Leeds First Direct Arena
3 November 2021 Hull Bonus Arena
6 November 2021 Manchester O2 Apollo
7 November 2021
8 November 2021 London Eventim Apollo
9 November 2021
10 November 2021 Portsmouth Portsmouth Guildhall
11 November 2021 London Eventim Apollo
14 November 2021 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
15 November 2021 Manchester O2 Apollo
17 November 2021 Leicester De Montfort Hall
18 November 2021 Ipswich Regent Theatre
20 November 2021 Blackpool Opera House
21 November 2021 Stockton-on-Tees Globe Theatre
22 November 2021
24 November 2021 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena
25 November 2021 Oxford England New Theatre
27 November 2021 Plymouth Plymouth Pavilion
28 November 2021 Bournemouth International Centre
30 November 2021 London Shepherd's Bush Empire
1 December 2021
Australia – Encore tour (rescheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic) [12]
11 January 2022 Newcastle Australia Civic Theatre
12 January 2022
18 January 2022 Sydney Enmore Theatre
19 January 2022
20 January 2022
21 January 2022
22 January 2022

Filmed recording

On 17 February 2022, Minchin revealed that the final UK shows at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, London were filmed and due to be released at a later date. [13] On 11 October 2022, it was revealed that the recording would be shown in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 23 November 2022. [14]

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