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Saw quite a few of her records down there. As well as Inti-Illimani. Also ate quite a nice (cen)t(oll)a at the Mercado Central…

From the "no rest for the weary" department, Jeff barely had time to unpack from Wilco's South American run before he jetted off again for a one-off solo show at the long-running Spoleto Festival in Charleston. The 17-day event, which features a wide variety of performances across theater, dance, music and other disciplines, has apparently been a cultural institution in the South Carolina coastal city since 1977. As Jeff wrote in his most recent Substack post, he was looking forward to the show: "It’s always fun to just play an acoustic guitar and sing some songs without the rigamarole of amps

I don’t know when — or even, if — Wilco will make it back to South America. I know these things often have to do with scheduling and economics, but it sort of pains me to think about how things could be different if it takes another near decade for the band to return to the continent the way it did since its previous visit in 2016. It’s tough to do in the moment, but that’s why it’s important to try and savor these unique sorts of experiences whenever we are fortunate enough to experience them. So that was one thing going through my mind as I watched Jeff and Co. take the stage for

Well, now I feel like I’ve been to a genuine, proper South American show. With apologies to Uruguay, tonight’s show in Argentina was more of what I expected when I finally got the chance to experience a Wilco concert in this part of the world. Soccer-style chants (“Olé, olé, olé, Wheel-co, Wheel-co…”)? Check. Singing along with not only lyrics, but entire guitar riffs? Sure. Unbridled enthusiasm for just about anything that took place on stage? Yes, indeed. Jeff and Co. had played in the land of tango, empanadas and Messi once before — an appearance at the Festival BUE to close out

It’s not often that Wilco plays in South America, and it’s perhaps even rarer still when the band cancels a gig, so when those two occurrences converged back in 2016 on the sextet’s brief October jaunt around the continent, it was a memorable moment. Specifically, the date was a scheduled Oct. 10 stop in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo that never happened because — if memory serves — there were some issues with transport of the band’s gear that was going to prevent it from arriving in time for the show. Well, it took nearly nine years but Wilco finally made its long-awaited Uru

Unfortunately I wasn't there either...thanks a lot, Brazilian government (and your recently revised visa policy). I can confirm from multiple sources that the band was indeed quite happy with the show, marveling that the crowd was singing along to entire songs. Seems like it would have been a lot of fun, though someday I hope to not only make it to Brazil but also to see a non-festival Wilco set in which the band can play a bit longer than just 90 minutes. Now that would be something special.

Funny, I haven't gotten any message from Ticketmaster about a time change. 8:30 would seem to be maybe the time Wilco would go on, but I don't know for sure. Seems like maybe Deep Sea Diver from 7:30-8, set change from 8-8:30 and Wilco from 8:30-10:30 would be about right?

Alas! Hope you'll be somewhere appealing (and I don 't mean just Cardiff for the ruggers)...

That would be yours truly, just saying. And I don't need a medal, but a tasty biscuit of some sort might be nice. Shall we meet up for a cuppa next month, so I can collect?

Wilco wrapped up the first leg of its 2025 touring calendar in tornado-ravaged Kentucky the same way it began three weeks earlier in steamy southern Alabama: With an extended “Evening With…” performance featuring two sets of music that offered a little something to just about every level of the fanbase, from casual to diehard. As someone who was lucky enough to attend both the first and last shows of the run, you could debate about the different setlist choices between the two and you might have detected a hint of tour weariness after a relatively grueling jaunt through the Southea

Got my ticket! Obrigado. Will I see you at the RAH next month (provided I survive the southern hemisphere)?

Ta(tlock).

For anyone who's interested, here was Waxhatchee's complete setlist: 3 Sisters Evil Spawn Can't Do Much Problem With It [Plains] Right Back To It (w/Jeff Tweedy on backing vocals and acoustic guitar) Mud Crowbar The Wolves Much Ado About Nothing Lilacs Tigers Blood Fire

[Mods: please merge this with the other thread, if you're so inclined.] Where were we? Well, by this penultimate show of the first leg of Wilco’s 2025 touring schedule, we pretty much have come to know what to expect from the band’s set. There have been occasional curveballs in the setlist over the past few weeks, but by and large, Jeff and Co. have stuck to a general framework for their roughly 120 minutes on stage every night and those who have been following along, either in person or virtually, can certainly see the basic show that the band wants to present. So in Ashevill

Ta(p-in)! Well, you hit the fairway on all the terms I couldn’t quite fit onto my scorecard. Double bogey for me!