# Zan Rowe to host Tim Minchin’s album launch in Sydney this Wednesday! **New Music** — On Your Markus **Published:** 11 August 2025 **Author:** Markus Hamence **Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/new-music-releases/zan-rowe-to-host-tim-minchins-album-launch-in-sydney-this-wednesday/ --- Multi-award-winning musician, writer and performer **Tim Minchin** will celebrate the release of his brand new album ***TimMinchinTimeMachine*** with an intimate **album launch event** this **Wednesday 13 August **at **The Grand Electric, Sydney** – and today it’s revealed the night will be hosted by beloved broadcaster and music journalist **Zan Rowe**. ![](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/28346/HHqfOM4A.jpg) Known for her work across triple j, Double J and ABC TV, Zan Rowe is one of Australia’s most respected music voices. She hosts **Double J’s Friday Mornings**, the acclaimed **Take 5 podcast and TV series** and co-created the hit podcast **Bang On** with Myf Warhurst. With over 25 years in media, Zan has interviewed global icons like Björk and Paul McCartney, become a fixture on ABC’s New Year’s Eve broadcast and hosted major events, festivals and TV specials – cementing her impact across radio, television, live events and music journalism.   The album launch event will feature a candid conversation between Zan and Tim, delving into the making of *TimMinchinTimeMachine* and the 20-year journey behind its songs, which were written in Tim’s 20s (1995–2005) but never studio recorded until now. The Q&A will be followed by a special short performance from Tim. **[Tickets are on sale now.](https://scrabblepr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4794fdce89f5a4d847d12131f&id=8bebf086cd&e=516daed6c2)** ![](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/28347/SJrZp1hw.jpg) ***TimMinchinTimeMachine***** Tracklist** 1. Understand It 2. I Wouldn’t Like You 3. Ruby 4. The Song of The Masochist 5. You Grew On Me 6. Dark Side 7. Pop Song 8. Moment of Bliss 9. Rock n Roll Nerd 10. If All You Ever Had Was Love 11. Not Perfect **Tim Minchin – Songs The World Will Never Hear AUS Tour Dates** 31 October 2025 – Palais Theatre, Melbourne –** SOLD OUT** 1 November 2025 – Palais Theatre, Melbourne – **SOLD OUT** 2 November 2025 – Palais Theatre, Melbourne –** NEW SHOW** 6 November 2025 – Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane –** NEW SHOW** 7 November 2025 – Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane** **–** SOLD OUT** 8 November 2025 – Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide 13 November 2025 – Canberra Theatre, Canberra** – SOLD OUT** 14 November 2025 – Canberra Theatre, Canberra –** SOLD OUT** 15 November 2025 – Canberra Theatre, Canberra –** SOLD OUT** 16 November 2025 – Canberra Theatre, Canberra –** NEW SHOW** 21 November 2025 – Perth HPC, Perth –** NEW SHOW** 22 November 2025 – Perth HPC, Perth –** SOLD OUT** 27 November 2025 – Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle 29 November 2025 – ICC Sydney Theatre, Sydney 6 December 2025 – The Star, Gold Coast 7 December 2025 – Empire Theatre, Toowoomba –** SOLD OUT**   **Tickets on sale now at ****[TimMinchin.com](https://scrabblepr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4794fdce89f5a4d847d12131f&id=14426ab482&e=516daed6c2)** ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ *eclectic, electrifying, entertaining* **Evening Standard**   ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ *two decades at the top of his game* **Chortle**   **★** **★** **★** **★** **★** *unbelievable performance* **Liverpool Echo**   **★** **★** **★** **★** *wall-to-wall joy* **The Times**   **★** **★** **★** **★** *a bumper night with the marvellous misfit* **The Guardian**   **★** **★** **★** **★** **Musical Theatre Review**   *A night of wicked wit and disarming tenderness from the polymath songwriter* **Clash**   *brings the house down* **Louder Than War** **About Tim Minchin** In addition to two decades of award-winning live performance and multiple recorded specials, Tim is the composer and lyricist of smash-hit stage musicals, Matilda and Groundhog Day. He is also a screenwriter (of the award-winning Upright, in which he stars alongside House of The Dragon’s Milly Alcock), and a screen actor, (Atticus Fetch in Californication, Friar Tuck in Robin Hood 2018, Darius Cracksworth in Disney’s The Artful Dodger). He is a public speaker, and a book of his commencement speeches, You Don’t Have to Have a Dream, was recently published by Penguin Random House. Stage roles include his acclaimed Judas in the 2014 UK / Australian Arena Tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, and Rosencrantz in the Sydney Theatre Company’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. He is a voice actor, has published two children’s books and a graphic novel, and sometimes get into trouble for criticising fundamentalists of all stripes. His 2020 studio album, Apart Together, peaked at #2 on the ARIA charts. Among many accolades, he has won two Olivier Awards for Best Musical, a British Composers Award for Best Score, a Logie for Best Supporting Actor, an ACTAA for best TV comedy performance, an Edinburgh Comedy Award for best Newcomer, a Whats On Stage Award for Best Actor in a Musical, The Richard Dawkins Award for Science Communication, and an Order of Australia for Services to the Arts and the Community. He has been nominated for some Tonys and a Grammy. ![](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/28348/04bc9ef0-3c82-f253-19d6-c69a0a15f64a.jpg)