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The most overrated, least talented, boring, arrogant twonks to make music? I saw them at Glastonbury once (I was there, thought I'd see what the fuss was about). They were worse than I expected. They looked and sounded bored. The crowd was bored. I'll never understand their popularity. My daughter went with her then boyfriend to one of the Wembley shows. She said the event, mainly the crowd, was one of the most unpleasant experiences she'd ever had. Noel, the supposed intelligent one, is just a goobby twat.

What do you make of Kidsmoke? Or Impossible Germany?

When I saw The Band there, Garth Hudson played the house organ for Chest Fever 😉

Just to add, Impossible Germany gets the recognition for the guitar playing, but Bird Without A Tail/Base Of My Skull was amazing. The band are shit hot Here's a bit of it: Pat is great. What a luxury of musicians Wilco has

I guess the venue attracted an older audience and put off some younger fans. Although I've been enjoying the place since the 70s when I was a teenager, seeing The Band, Johnny Winter and many others, so who knows. I get the different atmosphere a stand up gig encourages, but as I've said, I'm old, and standing for 3 hours or so (support band, interval etc) is a struggle. I said before they came on Sunday that seated gigs aren't usually great for Wilco, but the audience was surprisingly (for me) pretty loud and encouraging. I've never seen Jeff look so overwhelmed and happy.

I was pleasantly surprised at how enthusiastic the audience was. Considering the overall age, I thought they were not that restrained. That's just my perception though

Wilco are always great, but last night at the Royal Albert Hall was really special. I was anxious about it being a seated venue, as they don't always bring the best out if Jeff. But the RAH is such a fabulous venue in many ways, it seemed to fo the opposite, and Jeff seemed to really genuinely be loving it. The audience seemed far from "buttoned up" to me. Yes, they stayed seated, but the reception they got from the moment they walked on stage, and after every song was really enthusiastic. I don't know whether their fans are older in the UK than other places, but it was an elderly, but really

I just received a message from Ticketmaster saying there's a change of concert time, and it's now 8.30. With a support that's late for London. I wonder why?

Thanks bbop, that's what it looks like. I'm seeing them in London. Is that 'an evening with...'?

Are they playing one long set, or is it 2 sets with an interval (which is what I thought this tour was going to be)

it's mostly (if not all) seating at the Albert Hall

got my Royal Albert Hall tickets... yay! Not cheap though. But then, nothing is

got my Albert Hall tickets. Jeez, it's not cheap, is it?

Seems the only way to get a Wilco crowd standing is to remove the seats.... . Having said that, they're not the 'danciest' of bands. Also, I saw them at the Forum in London last week, and it was a pretty old audience, (no complaints there, I'm definitely in the 'old' category. 67 old?... I think so). We were in the balcony which was seated. I'm not used to being in the balcony as I like to be a part of the fun and not just looking in on it, but we had a great view and the sound was fantastic, so we were quite glad to be able to rest our legs. I guess the downstairs crowd might have been a bit

There's a great video of the show on Youtube - It's a strange selection of songs for a festival crowd..? Weird watching Jeff trying to get what looks like a younger crowd than usual singing along to the opening song of Spiders🤪 Jeff... dear Jeff.... was the baseball cap keeping your face in the dark deliberate? Oh, and Pat, in fact everyone apart from Jeff... cheer up 😉 Fantastic performance though. Love the camera work on Nels for Impossible Germany

I enjoyed the Tweedy show at the Palladium more than this. I like his chat. I'm very glad I went though. An average Wilco show is better than most oh, and me and my wife both got punched, in the face by a lunatic girlfriend of a guy who was drunk and kept pushing into us. I asked him to stop, and she layed into the both of us. It didn't hurt or anything it was just a random end to the show..!?!?

Loved the show (as usual). Amazing sound. And the new arrangements of some of the songs was great. But..... the newer songs (from the last 2 or 3 albums) just aren't that good. Too much of the set felt like filler material compared to so many songs they could do. And Jesus Etc a mood killer? Far from it, for me. I'd put either night of Shepherds Bush Empire, and either night from the Roundhouse, and The Roxy, The Forum (maybe my favourite) and ... actually, most other London shows I've enjoyed more.

the Europeans are in Europe. Usually when they tour here (I'm in Europe) there are people giving set lists and opinions on the shows. There doesn't seem to be anything anymore...

Very underwhelming I'm afraid. Jeff's voice doesn't seem to be up to much any more. That hardly singing/almost talking style doesn't work (for me). By the way, these forums seems pretty quiet. Is it because the Wilco site doesn't have a link anymore (none that I can see anyway)?

hate to say it, but I agree. Maybe not for the same reasons, but I just got the album, and apart from 2 or 3 tracks, it's pretty devoid of much that I want to hear again. What's with the whispering vocal style? Jeff has a great voice, but not here.

I can't remember the last time I bought a ticket for something more than a year ahead.... whenever I've seen them do 2 shows, it's always been like one long show broken up with a day long interval

I think the 'angst' over the English went years ago he did mention the Blitz again though

I saw Humble Pie at the London Palladium in the 70's. I also saw Liza Minnelli and Shirley Maclaine there too (took my mum), but they're not exactly rock concerts. oh, just remembered, I saw Paul Simon there too on his first solo shows after after the break up of Simon & Garfunkel. I think there have been quite a few 'rock' concerts there in the past oh, and (my memory..!?!) I saw Marvin Gaye there. How could I forget that!? does he do Wilco's sound too? if so, he's amazing.

The "5 dudes" comment was after he'd pointed out that there were 5 seats in the front row that had been empty all night. He then asked if anyone was going to sit there, and then when it was 5 guys, he sort of sighed, and said "5 dudes..." The sound was unbelievable, but then it usually is for Wilco too. I was in the balcony, and there were small speakers hanging from the ceiling that seemed to help make for a fantastically clear vocal sound. A lovely evening

if you only enjoyed because it was something that other people would have liked..?? really? that seems as odd as any reason to me. Kind of "yea, but I was there and you weren't ... nyer nyer"