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Yeah, Country Disappeared was a nice surprise. At least to these ears. I literally sat down to start writing right when I saw your post about a detailed review. Hopefully I did the job. As for the capacity question, I was wondering myself. I would say maybe 800-1000 in the Foellinger Great Hall itself. Krannert has at least a couple of other smaller rooms within it and perhaps they just add all those up to come up with a total capacity? It is interesting the differences between a show at a place like the Vic and a place like the Foellinger GH (where it's seated, a bit formal feeling and

Question for you, Gorman: Is it possible to pledge for more than one reward? It doesn't look like you can, but maybe I'm missing something.

When I learned that Jeff's solo performance as part of "ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival" was scheduled for 75 minutes, I have to admit that my expectations were set a bit low. And when I discovered about 25 minutes before show time, along with more than a handful of other people, that the venue for last night's show wasn't the one bearing the name Foellinger where Jeff had played two previous solo shows on the University of Illinois campus, I was definitely in a bit of a scramble mode. But once seats had been found and artist had taken the stage, I joined a respectful audience in being treated t

I've been stockpiling shows for years in the event of just this sort of thing. So I should be good... FFS!

This is what I was afraid of, that no setlist would be posted. (Then again, if I'm not mistaken, Wilco HQ never posted the Velorama setlist either.) Anyway, alas. I'm sure it was pretty similar to the Schmilco main set that's been played for about a year now, but it would still be nice to know. Private corporate gigs, even in hop fields in Idaho...bah!

Figured I would post the New Pornographers setlist as well, for anyone interested (Neko Case was not with them for this show; not sure if that'll be true for the entire little run of shows they're on now): Moves High Ticket Attractions Brill Bruisers Use It Colosseums Dancehall Domine Whiteout Conditions Champions Of Red Wine The Jessica Numbers This Is The World Of The Theater Play Money Testament To Youth In Verse Mass Romantic And just generally speaking, I have to say I enjoyed the crowd around me last night. There was a VIP section that was fenced off at stage right, but the majority

Wilco's last real outdoor performance of the summer — I'm not counting that random, private Goose Island gig somewhere in Idaho next weekend — fit squarely into a category that I affectionately (or maybe not so affectionately) call "parking lot shows." Though such shows often sound pretty good due to good quality PA systems, they usually don't feature much in the way of scenery or intimacy. Fortunately for the crowd gathered for the new Velorama Music Festival, a three-day event revolving around a bicycle race, the bands on Night 1 (Wilco was joined on the bill by the New Pornographers and La

I think Spencer has already confirmed his participation via social media. It could be just him and Jeff, though the "and friends" would seem to imply more folks being involved. The other Tweedy band members would seem to be good possibilities.

Looks like Margaret Glaspy (and presumably her band) will be opening at least some of the Sept/Oct dates, which is good news. Saw on Facebook that she's been added to the Memphis date..

Alternate version?

The weekend of the event seems to be Aug. 18-20, though I don't know when the actual show would be. Looks like a beautiful settting. I wonder how many people total actually will be there. What are the odds that one of the lucky attendees will keep/post a setlist? Or that Wilco will? A guy who tracks such things can hope, right?

Not to be the setlist police, but it looks like you omitted Summer Noon from the one you posted; it was between Flowering and World Away, fwiw. I'm sure I've inadvertently left out a song myself at some point, but figured it was worth noting here. Also, not as major, but I also find it worthwhile with Tweedy sets to note which songs Sima is out there for. In this case, she also joined the band on Love Like A Wire and Low Key (as well as the entire post-Jeff solo portion). Meant to reply to this a couple of days ago, but yeah...Sima on Friendship! She nailed that one. We didn't get to hear

When you put it that way... Sorry I didn't see you at all during the weekend. It's weird how even people who are friends can be like two ships passing in the night there, unless they make specific plans to meet up. As far as the Saturday set, I thought it was cool that they extended themselves even when they didn't have to. For example, they totally could have closed the main set with The Late Greats and few would've complained. But Candyfloss was such a nice surprise! And then in the encore, of course you knew they didn't have the Being There "rock song, etc." at their disposal, but the

Banter buttress is right. Thanks for the report. I guess I should forget about scrawling down notes and then trying to decipher my chicken scratch and just move into the digital age already! Future show transcripts will commence in 3, 2, 1...

Thought tonight's show was live streamed or something, so I figured someone would've already posted the setlist but I guess not. No time for much of a recap now, but suffice it to say Wilco once again did not disappoint at Solid Sound. After playing Being There and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot in their respective entireties on Night 1 of the festival, the band followed it up with a 2-hour, 20-minute barnburner to close out Night 2. When the band started off with At Least That's What You Said, the first track on A Ghost Is Born, naturally the thought entered some people's minds whether we might be in

Don't bate for too long! Jeff didn't say anything during the show last night...first time I ever remember him saying so little. They had Offerman do a little intro, explaining that the band hired him so they could present BT in full without interruption. Jeff did come back on stage for the YHF encore making what looked like a peace sign, but what we later figured out was for No. 2 (as in the second place finisher in the album contest?).

You're missing a couple songs off your Being There list, FYI — Kingpin and Why Would You Wanna Live. Also the percussion assistance by Nick Offerman (sleigh bells) and Spencer Tweedy (tambourine) on Outta Mind (Outta Sight). Interesting, to me anyway, that they stuck very closely to the album arrangements for Being There. When you've heard a lot of those songs over the years and how they've evolved live, it was a little strange to go back to hearing them played as they were recorded. I think it worked in some instances (Misunderstood), while I missed some of the parts and flourishes in other

Well, rats! Would've been nice to say hello in person. Glad you guys enjoyed the show.

High praise! No bots were involved in the creation of that alliteration...

Oh yeah, I've been a fan since I saw them open for The Wrens back in like 2004. So I've seen them a fair bit, though not as often lately as I'd like. Was this your first time seeing them? It does help, I think, that for these shows they're basically playing "the hits" and not really promoting a new record or anything. But I do like that they're throwing some covers in there as well. THS, especially Craig, are good dudes.

Thanks for posting that video, sir! When I saw that THS covered I'm The Man, I was so curious about how that sounded. I think they did pretty well with it. Pretty cool that Craig's been on a bit of a Wilco kick while in town. I was definitely bummed not to be able to make any of the shows this week! The setlists have looked awesome.

Now that makes me envious. I need to get a bot for show reviews.

Damn you, Tatlock. I did have a couple of typo flubs there, and in fact was going back to correct them, but the speed with which you consume internet postings never ceases to amaze me...

To conclude a two-week run of dates leading up to next weekend's biennial gathering in the Berkshires, Wilco returned to its "home next to our home," for a Father's Day foray into the fauxliage. This came about 20 hours or so after stepping off stage following a Saturday night headlining set in a real forest at the Eaux Claires Festival (and a day full of spotlighting various side projects before that), and one of the questions for me going in was how the band would follow that experience up. The answer, as always of course, was professionally. That term can imply a number of things, but Wil

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