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Definitely make sure to get that...just like that. I love typo tattoos.

Susie mentioned to the early birds yesterday when she came out to take requests this year that they *might* change it up moving forward. Perhaps someone else can elaborate on what she said, since I was down the line a bit and am not sure I caught everything she said. But that was the gist...

"When you perform/It's so intense/When the critics pan/I write in your defense..." Try coming up with those lyrics to The Lonely 1 right on cue while feeling a thousand sets of eyes on you seeing if you’ll come up with the right words. At Jeff’s annual benefit shows for education at the Vic Theatre, when it comes to audience participation, there might be some highlights and there might be some lowlights, but there’s rarely a dull moment. All kidding aside, the audience — or at least the first 30 people in line — does play a key role in requesting the songs that comprise the setlist for that

Yeah, thanks. I thought I remembered seeing it had been played in Canada somewhere, but couldn’t remember where. So I stand corrected about the live debut on that one.

As always, it's almost impossible to fully capture the feeling in the room for these annual benefit shows at the Vic that have become such a beloved tradition among the Wilco/Tweedy fanbase. They are (and have been) a combination of delight, awkwardness, comfort, curiosity, generosity, honesty, serendipity and probably 10 other things that I'm failing to think of as I somehow type these words through bleary eyes just before 5 a.m. So that's a disclaimer of sorts, kind of like the one Jeff often puts on his own performance early on in the evening when he declares to the crowd that this show "

I only have my phone with me and I’m in transit trying to get home in time to help out some friends with Record Store Day madness, so I won’t be able to offer a full recounting of this final headlining show of Jeff’s current solo jaunt until later (if needed). But since no one’s posted the setlist here yet, and since tonight was an especially fun show with Jeff playing a couple of Golden Smog tunes with old friend Gary Louris — who I believe now lives, at least part of the year, in North Carolina — as well as singing with support act Ohmme on a couple more, I figure I’ll do at least part of

That song is the one he is calling New Wave Theater, FYI.

Dreamer In My Dreams definitely wasn't played; it was We've Been Had. And d. boony is correct that there is a song missing after New Madrid, which was Bombs Above. Also, the new song that was played between Ashes and Passenger Side was one Jeff said didn't really have a title yet but Jeff said he is calling New Wave Theater. First time I've gotten to hear it — I believe it might have been just the second (or third) time he's played it — and a definite highlight of the show for me. I am currently in transit, so won't have a chance to add anything else until later today, but will try to do so

Thanks for the detailed report, sir, delayed as it might have been. Funny about the border incident. Bands must have to deal with that all the time. And I think I’m pretty sure I have an inkling about who that “somebody” who stuffed the proverbial ballot box might have been...

Hey thanks a lot for the report, man! Guess they were too busy lighting up one-hitters in the Hammer to report back, so I’m especially glad to hear some news. Sorry I’m having to sit out this Canadian run, but I’m glad you enjoyed. Any Sarah Harmer sightings? Enjoy your hometown gig, and definitely fill us in again if anything worthwhile happens...

I think that would almost have to be I Must Be High for a second/third/etc. wedding, no?

I know. Major bummer.

At just about every Jeff Tweedy solo show I've ever attended, and especially at the kickoff show for a solo tour like tonight's in Michigan, there's a bit of suspense at the start as Jeff tries to read the crowd, the crowd tries to read him and we all see how the evening might transpire. There are some shows where Jeff doesn't say anything for quite a while into his set, and there are some when the audience is too polite — or not — and then things take their course. Three songs into this show at the Royal Oak Music Theatre (where, incidentally, Wilco played a memorable one-off gig nearly eig

Oh, certainly not! Cymru am byth! I do have a soft spot for the Scots, though...oxters aboin!

Uhhhh....

This is kind of an amusing review... "The key to the ultimate Jeff Tweedy experience is to meet his standards during the performance."

At least her accent is nice... (And she only got one fact wrong, saying the long song that was requested and which Jeff played the last verse of was One Sunday Morning instead of Remember The Mountain Bed.)

The paper he had on that table wasn't really a setlist so much as a list of songs he wanted to get to (or could potentially audible to) grouped together by various tunings. There's an example of one in the thread about the Edinburgh show. I took a picture of the London one — I think it probably was the one used by Jim Elkington while pseudo-guitar teching for Jeff — that I could probably post at some point. But basically it had quite a few songs on it, some he did play and many others he didn't (including The Ruling Class, Someone To Lose, Someday, Some Morning, Sometime, In A Future Age, Ra

Hey thanks! It was from one of the Vic solo shows in Chicago a couple of years ago. I was a little surprised, but very pleased, that he played it! And glad that they decided to share it on Wilcoworld Radio...

Perhaps Herr Tatlock (always good to see you, sir ) or someone else will already have some thoughts typed in by the time I get a chance to offer a more thorough recounting of the final night of Jeff's all-too-brief UK and Ireland solo run, but I will say that IMHO there was a somewhat weird dynamic between Jeff and audience tonight. Not enough to ruin the show by any means, but probably enough to keep it from gaining much momentum... [edit: Since only one other person has chimed in so far, I suppose I shall endeavour to post some further thoughts now.] As I was saying, a bit of a weird vib

Finally got reconnected, as it were, so I've tried to deliver the promised "detailed report." Hopefully it's reasonably coherent...

Moon songs, baby! Hopefully we can listen to this stuff at a later date...

One reason I still enjoy seeing Jeff perform solo as much as — or even more than...shhh — Wilco sometimes is that there's always a chance he will say, play or do something unexpected. And you never really can predict when that will happen because it usually does when you absolutely least expect it. Such was the case with the show the other night at the venerable Albert Hall in Manchester (where, coincidentally, Wilco had played less than 18 months earlier). Despite its history, you probably wouldn't choose this room as a particularly stellar venue for a solo acoustic show, given its towering

Ooh, I would love to meet Mrs. Tatlock so I hope she can make it! I think I am pretty well sorted for the gig, though I do very much appreciate your thinking of me with regard to your potential extra ticket. Some of the Irish would likely forewarn you against sitting near me, though, so I hope the Welsh are a bit more forgiving. As far as the very genial Mr. Elkington, if you tend to enjoy your singer-songwriters on the folkier, pastoral side with a bit of an Anglo-American twist, then you’d probably enjoy him. He’s got a bit of Jansch in him, as someone mentioned, but his songs have defini