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Facebook. They posted on IG too.

C’mon, Crystal, make this happen!

We made it, guys and gals. What. A. Day. Trying to figure out which of these new shows I'm going to hit!

I know that a lot of this could be chalked up to my boredom and anticipation, but this seems a pretty strange rollout! The Wilcoworld splash page just changed from a SBS advert to info about the summer tour... "Additional North American tour dates have been added to Wilco’s 2025 line up. There’s a lot of fun to come. Join us, take your mind off the eggs!" What?

From Mojo: "I think this one is special, though, a really beautiful evolution. I'm not holding back or protecting myself, and I don't care if people think a triple record's too long. I mean, Fuck you!" he laughs. "You don't have to listen to it.." I will say, I'm excited for a studio cut of Lou Reed Was My Babysitter, a song I think is one of the most interesting new Tweedy songs in years, as well as a 7 minute Feel Free. The latter feels like a song only Jeff could write, in the best possible way. Having seen him play it live, I recall the lyrics/delivery feeling special. Any

A much nicer way of saying what I’m thinking. In any case, I like the cover and I’ll obviously pre-order it the second it’s available. Probably through Kung-Fu, as I’m a glutton for punishment.

Jeff mentioned on his Substack yesterday that there will be some "big announcements coming up soon." Standby...

I can’t get over this!

He’s back! I definitely didn’t have Quiet Amplifier on my bingo card for the first night of this tour. A good sign, I think! Thanks, as always, for the reporting, Bbop. I look forward to following along for these southern shows.

You called it (kinda!). Jeff (solo) was the first NFF announcement today for Sunday, 7/27.

So frustrating to order these things the second they go on sale and then to not even have it ship by release date. Anyone else waiting on tracking from KungFu? Wonder if it’s because got the poster too.

Boy did the band seem like they were having fun last night. I feel like Jeff has intimated, or maybe even said explicitly, that these no-repeat runs are a lot of work for the band. It seemed to me, however, that they were really enjoying stretching out, playing a wide breadth of songs, and rearranging others (Kingpin?!). While you have some sense of what will likely get played, there is also a sense of unpredictability that’s more typical of a JT solo show than a Wilco show. The no-opener, no-repeat model is a fan’s dream. I am looking forward to the next run wherever that may be.

Good chatting with you!

By my count we heard 9 Wilco songs of the 22 played. I am rooting for that number to be even lower tonight!