theashtraysays

Only an occasional fan of historical fiction, and this one was a tad long, but I greatly enjoyed the read.

Heckuva show indeed! I’ll just add that the venue was kind of like a much less bougie version of Salvage Station in Asheville if you’ve been to that one before it was washed away.

Wilco - bookending my Europe music trek

Jon Batiste

Deep Sea Diver opens. I rather doubt we’d get the “evening with” double Wilco sets. Great band out of (I think) the PNW somewhere. They’ve opened for Wilco before a few years back. This is on the wilcoworld page - 6.22.2025 London UK - Royal Albert Hall Doors 6pm Deep Sea Diver 7:30pm Wilco 8:30pm ALMOST SOLD OUT

As I missed night one in the forest in Antwerp, I can’t compare the two but I can say that this show was entirely delightful. Such a gorgeous evening and setting, a few nice setlist surprises, and a warm crowd who packed out the cozy little amphitheater to the far corners. In addition to the “sign decline” mentioned above (not that I’ll be deterred of course), I’ll add one bit of banter that I came across. Just before Via Chicago, in the quiet moment as the band was settling into the instrument change, someone (a woman I think) in the rail area in front of Nels let out a good solid “WOOO

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Wilco

I still have my ticket to that 2016 show....

'Twas a delightful evening indeed. Louisville is my only real shot at a "local" show, so it was great seeing all my local Wilco pals out and about for this one. I do love the venue, despite the abyss in front of the stage. Fond memories of my second-ever Wilco show there ("Panties??"), and more than one rebuke of the NovaSign ("We know you stuffed the ballot box, and we don't support that kind of chicanery", and "No, we're not gonna play that one. You should probably just leave now"). Ah, youth.... For some reason I was thinking that the "Evening With" shows had a shorter firs

Yep! Making my way back to Kentucky via Asheville. See ya up front.

Wilco (1 of 3)

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

The guy in the PBR shirt…. I was right behind him at that Ryman show. He was noticed by Jeff and was actually awarded the “best behaved fan” trophy that night. I forget his name but the whole crowd started chanting it at one point. At the end of the show, I was chatting with him a bit. I had bought a poster at that show (a Hatch print which quickly sold out). He noticed the poster and said “I’ll trade you this trophy for that poster”. To which I replied “well buddy, you’re not gonna believe this… but I already have one. And our club meeting are the first Thursday o

Yo la Tengo (night 1 of 4; I’ll spare you the additional 3 postings)