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It seems almost ridiculously long ago now, even though it has only been about six weeks, that Jeff started off this solo acoustic tour in support of Warm with jokes about having a rash and how his performances should have an asterisk next to them because he was on steroids. Now as the U.S. leg of the tour wraps up this week and Jeff's new solo record Warmer is finally out, I guess it's probably fitting (though I'm sure not pleasant) that Jeff would suffer another physical ailment that requires another course of medication. "What drugs did you take? And why don't you start taking them again?" i

Apparently Georgians aren't too big on show reports (part 2)... Did anybody make it down for this (Record Store Day) gig? All I know is Jeff apparently persevered despite, apparently, a bad case of food poisoning. And Jon Hamm was supposed to interview/chat with Jeff at a book event earlier in the day but Jeff had to beg off because of said food poisoning...

Apparently Georgians aren't too big on show reports (part 1)... All I know is this day in general probably wasn't the greatest for Jeff, as I believe this was where he suffered a pretty bad case of food poisoning (though I'm not sure whether it really set in before or after the show).

Finally got my full recap up (for the five people who care about my opinion). Was a busy day, being in transit, etc., but also took me a little while to figure out what I wanted to say with this one. Better late than never! Anyway, carry on.

Four songs into his set at the Lincoln Theatre, Jeff checked in with the audience for the first time — as he usually does — and the subsequent exchange resulted in a joke he has made at recent shows about how people often feel the need to check in with him, which is “like a reverse David Lee Roth.” But what really struck me wasn’t the playful, sometimes misanthropic, usually awkward repartee he maintained with the crowd from that point on. Rather it was the half apology he issued near the end of the main set when he had been joking about — again, as he usually does — how every song he has wr

Jeff hasn’t said what it is yet, but Wilcoworld lists it as “new unreleased Wilco.”

It sort of depends on who’s playing and what kind of music he’s into, but as far as interesting smaller venues, maybe check out the Borderline (which might be more of a singer-songwriter kind of place). Also the Lexington, which is a newer venue on the second floor of a pub near the Angel Tube stop often has good up-and-coming indie bands. And the Electric Ballroom in Camden is kind of a dump but also pretty good for indie-type acts. And the Jazz Cafe in Camden for neo-soul and jazz-type stuff; D’Angelo cut a live record there. In terms of slightly bigger places, Shepherd’s Bush Empire and th

Thanks for the reports, and look forward to ones from tonight’s main event!

A rasher, perhaps.

Ah, I see. I don't dwell in this particular subforum much at all, if ever, so I just had to do a double take when I saw your handle attached to a recent post!

Given the slightly off-kilter setting for this show — a genuine, tried-and-true collegiate-style lecture hall — it would be easy to make a crack about how "Professor Tweedy" riveted the crowd with both his oratory and guitar skills and put on a clinic for solo acoustic performance. So I'll restrain myself from that and just suggest that if Jeff was to one day do a TED Talk of some sort, it would probably become the most successful thing he's ever done. When one audience member took the opportunity to ask the natural question — "Where's your PowerPoint?" — Jeff joked that he left it on the bu

Hello!!! Didn't think you frequented these parts anymore...

At least you don’t have to buy anything to get in...

And what would that be, a couple of Mooseheads, some poutine and an apology? I haven't heard anything about fall tour dates yet, but assuming the next Wilco record comes out this summer or fall, as has been rumored, I would assume there will be at least some touring in the U.S. and Canada in October or November.

Someone will probably have to confirm this for me, because I wasn't blessed with a particularly great seat at the anachronistic Queen Elizabeth Theatre, but did Jeff duck out of the building a little early last night and onto the idling tour bus he joked about? Or at least his spirit? Because I thought I had gone to a Jeff Tweedy show only to watch a Neil Young concert break out... I kid, of course, because although Jeff played not one, but two, songs by the Canadian legend, he did so in an unmistakably Tweedyian attempt at connecting with an audience that to that point had decidedly not emb

If that's the case, there will be some more disturbances forthcoming in the next week. Hopefully someone (or someones) will help with reports from Boston and New York. I assume in those two hotbeds, there won't be any shortage of potential correspondents...

Thanks, and sorry to leave things half-finished there! I was in transit this morning and didn't really have a chance to finished writing my post until just now.

What do you get when you combine, among other things, a couple of guitars that stubbornly refuse to stay in tune, a female admirer who doesn't know when to shut up and a very Midwestern Monday night audience? Happy (or perhaps more accurately, not-so-happy) April Fool's Day, Jeff! Turns out that all of the factors that amounted to a de facto pranking of Jeff didn't seem to make him very comfortable on stage and that, in turn, didn't make for one of his better outings on this recent run of solo performances in support of Warm and the soon-to-be released Warmer. Not that the show started on an

Wasn't able to make it to the kickoff show of this second leg of USA Warm touring, but fortunately "Wilco" posted the setlist on their Facebook and on Wilcoworld. Which I shall now cross-post here, to the interest of few... Via Chicago
 Remember the Mountain Bed
 Bombs Above
 Some Birds
 I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
 Radio King New Madrid You And I The Ruling Class Hummingbird 
Family Ghost Guaranteed Impossible Germany 
I Know What It's Like Let’s Go Rain Having Been Is No Way To Be Jesus, etc. Heavy Metal Drummer Passenger Side Don’t Forget I’m The Man Who Loves You --------------------

Wow, hard to believe Jeff ever had short hair (even though I saw him when he did). Thanks for sharing!

Apologies. And anything by Graham Gouldman is worth a listen, IMHO, though I don’t think you’ll sway Mrs. T from her tune.

Well put, Vince. I tried to write about that a little bit in my report from Night 1 (available now...haha!). But I think what you wrote is definitely more than right on.

Fwiw, I finally filed my full report from Night 1 above. Seems like old news now, but I would've felt guilty to have written about only the second night and not the first. Carry on...

Oh, interesting. Didn’t realize (or had forgotten) that JA had opened for Wilco. You should definitely try to get to the Orange Peel someday! And thanks for reading, man. And everyone.

Sick Server is a track off Warmer (see full report above). And I think a lot of people did request YHF songs that ended up being played, but Jeff definitely said he had added Kamera and Jesus, etc., himself.