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Tough competition for that title (best live act on the planet) in Chicago that night with the Phish at the United Center. !!

I had the pleasure of attending this Arizona shindig and joined bbop up front. I'd say we were on the rail, but it was really just a rope. It was a great time. Bbop, of course, captured all the action eloquently in his post but he neglected to mention his heckling of Mr. Tweedy as the hip replacement needing/Soldier child solo shredding/ cheerleader for spiders crowd participation stated that the gig was their largest Arizona crowd ever. No doubt this was a healthy sized crowd (despite the rock n' roll competition across town, but aided by Scottsdale folks just interested in attend

Meant to Be is meant to be a set closer. Couldn’t agree more and hope with time it resonates even more with the crowd. Monday 2 hours before a Monday so maybe we collectively experienced a case of the Sunday scaries! John and Nels were certainly pogoing around S if there life depended on it and I was right there along with them. I was happy to pick up reporting for that show but am absolutely returning the reins to your trusty hands.

A Sunday night gig held within the confines of a convention center where the bar was down the hall in a conference room didn’t seem like the recipe for a great Wilco show based on my seasoned Wilco show going experience - but I was happily very very wrong. Wilco took the stage promptly at 8:30 and left the stage after the encore at 10:30. The audience took 3 songs to warm up and catch up to the excellence that the band was putting forward on stage, but once that happened, it just clicked. The highlights for me were the new songs and the pleasure of seeing who is playing which p

Oh, I hadn't thought of this and it is so spot on re: More Like the Moon (not as sure about AGIB).

That's a hilarious title for the group given that Glenn played a stool (vs a drum kit)! https://www.facebook.com/reel/6701447903304444 Goes without saying, I too wish I had made it. Wild.

Great to see Sunken Treasure in the setlist. Thanks for the great recap as always, Bbop!

Similar agenda to above....2 phish shows last week and bruce tonight!

Jeff's been playing this one solo. A youtube search will find one of those easily enough. I get a little Kinks' Lola, Love is Everywhere (Beware), and Summerteeth.

Thanks for the reporting, Paul! Almost made the trek to this one and will be heading to the Wichita Wilco show in a couple months (a show which is back to publicly announced now that Jeff/Wilco are over the radius clause issue because of this show!).

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I was at Square Roots for those two sets too. It was great! The lovely weather helped, but the fest offers good site lines, is not jam packed and solid drink options. Both bands were really inspiring last night imo! Was curious to see Superchunk without Jon Wurster and it wasn't a big deal. Sounded tight and super energerized.

The Country trilogy! Looks like a great set!

Cracker For maybe the last time. Again.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

At least it's cheap? $65 after fees might be the least expensive on the tour? I'd gladly pay more for a better venue though.

Interesting that they didn't tag The Ace Theatre shows as no repeats so maybe that's not a thing there (as a result of new material hopefully). I bought tickets for Wichita a show which has now disappeared from wilcoworld, the venue's website, and See Tickets (???)

Ha. I'm just stirring things up. I didn't see any.

Can't figure out why two Wilcoworld email newsletters in a row don't include the two October Cali shows in their otherwise full accounting of upcoming gigs. Seems weird. Also, did others catch the Cousin references in the email?

Seems like you got the vibe it caused problems? They still have a few of the pages out there https://wilcoworld.net/song/pittsburgh/

You scooped the Shot in the Arm Facebook group. Well done.

Noted!

Caught the last two Feist shows (Radius in Chicago last night & First Ave in Minneapolis Wednesday) - really creative show. On no mind alternating chemicals I was asking myself "is this real" for the first third of the show. I'd recommend catching her this tour even if you are only a very casual fan like me.

Thanks! Exactly what I expected. Bummed to not catch any of the shows on the tour that they are supporting.

How are the A's go over in the opening slot? Found them through Tiny Desk - really loved their episode there.