Marijn

No luck today. Fingers crossed for tomorrow!

"Searching... sit tight."

What is this "MSG Presale" I keep reading about?

Oh man, in the first 20 seconds I got the message that they were unable to find 2 tickets next to each other, after that all tickets were reserved.

Bummer.

So, when does the next batch go on sale? Tomorrow?

I heard last week that they're probably coming back to Europe in July. For what it's worth.

My gf and I are planning a trip to NYC around her 30th birthday on March 18, so it's needless to say I'm stoked about the Beacon Theatre announcement. However, I'm afraid it will be tough to get tickets. Any advice for a Dutch kid who never visited the States so far - or is it just a matter of logging in to the presale site and pray for the best?

Making one more gesture toward unity before the show drew to a close, Jeff invited William Tyler — who had made his own earnest remarks about the healing power of music during his opening set — to join the band on California Stars. Jeff said it only felt right to have Tyler play with them since everyone had been consoling one another backstage all day, adding that "if you need a hug, William's a very good hugger."

A memorable night indeed.

Also available here: https://davidnagler.bandcamp.com/album/carl-sandburgs-chicago-poems

As someone somewhat close to the matter, I have to say that early album leaks rarely happen these days. Don't know if that's due to safety precautions, or the 'music scene' just losing interest in taking the effort. Lately, I've only seen pre-release leaks from bands who decided to send out early mp3 copies to those who preordered the album. Which definitely isn't the case with Schmilco.

By the way, 9/9 is going to be an insane release day.

Any fellow-VC'ers planning to visit this?

It was definitely available on Tidal and Qobuz. And if I remember correctly, it was also freely available on iTunes.

I wish, but that Amazon link says September 9th.

Star Wars dropped on July 16th, but the CD wasn't released until the end of August (and the vinyl came two months later).

That official tweet tells me something's in the air..

I'm ready. Bring it on!

You were holding out on us??

Absolutely not!

https://mobile.twitter.com/marijnonline/status/753851991646928896

(You just had to be part of a tiny European crew )

Did some 'detective work' earlier this week, and according to this site, another new single will be released on Wednesday:

http://www.noise11.com/news/music-news-new-music-releases-for-15-july-2016-20160715

Is that Pennyghael's recording, or a different one?

Hey, that's not fair - editing out the Leuven part after my reply.

Yep, great show with great people.

As a fellow Dutchman, I can assure you that people writing about 'Dutchie-gate' at the Leuven gig are clearly missing the point. After a couple of songs, Tweedy told the audience that they were having more fun than the audience the night before. At that point, I shouted "but they were Dutch!", which transformed into a running gag, especially when some other Dutchies at the front shouted *they* surely were having fun. At one point during the show, Jeff jokingly assured everyone that he wasn't in a position to dislike the Dutch, the French or any other population, "because I'm American".

Over the past 12 years, I have visited nearly 20 Wilco/Tweedy shows across Europe (but mainly in NL), and I agree that Jeff can be a bit grumpy at times. Even after the Leuven show, my friend and fellow VC'er Dunja told me that this was a completely different Jeff Tweedy than two days before in Cologne, where he made a guy leave the show for taking some pictures. Maybe this resulted in Tweedy being a bit cranky in Den Haag. (Also, I visited Crossing Borders a couple of years ago, where most of the "non-mainstream" gigs were packed with cultural snobbish pipe smoking 'Volkskrant' readers). But the atmosphere in Leuven was so joyful, and Tweedy was just joking around the whole time.

Finally, I *honestly* couldn't be bothered with an artist criticizing the audience, as long as he performs well. According to Dutch reviews, he did. Case closed.

Prague 2010 is also missing. Which sucks, because now the list of attended shows on my Wilcoworld-profile is incomplete.

The cd player in my mother's car ate my deluxe version of TWL; it won't play past Born Alone. One more reason to abandon the damn thing.

Eight tees and a horrendous brown jacket.

I was surprised to find one at my local record store. Paid 15 euros for it.