To be clear, I love his solo album I struggle to give you another album where I actively rate such a high percentage of the songs. Nonetheless, this is not the ‘Apart Together’ Tour, it is the ‘Back – Encore’ tour and with it should have come a slightly wider audit of his different works. The lack of ‘old songs’ in the set list is a bold choice and it was excellent to hear 6 out of 11 of his 2020 solo album ‘Apart Together’ live. He spent several minutes cracking up mid- Cheese after bantering with someone in the audience about wanting to steal his punchline, and he said how he felt reassured that the Nottingham audience were enjoying his cheesy puns. Needless to say, his singing voice and piano playing was spot on all night.Ī post shared by Tim Minchin he didn’t ask for too much audience interaction, a handful of fans got a few reactions. The band also freed him from the piano so he could bounce around the stage and stare into the cameras.
They complimented Tim very well throughout, adding a new dimension to his old songs, even if his voice was occasionally drowned out by poor mixing. The band were introduced at the right time in the show, early enough to get his (and our) money’s worth, but late enough for me to have forgotten about expecting them. The curtain dropped part-way through the new song Airport Piano to reveal the seven extra musicians, which launched the banger into the sky. These stories led nicely into his new, serious songs which he played more than I expected in exchange for his old, primarily comedy-oriented material. In comparison to previous shows, Minchin’s storytelling in spoken segments focused more candidly on his family and their challenges, whilst still talking about topics of polarised politics and religion. In short, yes, mostly… Now here’s the long review: He is a consistently brilliant songwriter and entertainer, whatever existential or comedic theme he tackles… However, I also know how good and broad his mastermind musical material is, so, did his show ‘Back – Encore Tour 2021 (Old Songs, New Songs, F*** You Songs) ‘ do his material justice? Thomas Gregory gives his take. I confess that I am a big Tim Minchin fan, so I am naturally biased in his favour.
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