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Not that it’s about me or anything, but this was the last of five shows on this run that I had to sit out, so God willing, I should be back with some in-person reportage soon. But on the off chance anyone on here happened to be at The Admiral (née Sokol Auditorium), please chime in and give us some details… For now, I’ll just do what I have been doing and crossposting that Wilcoworld setlist on here as an attempt to get things started: Story To Tell I Am Trying To Break Your Heart new song-KC Rain Impossible Germany Gwendolyn Having Been Is No W

Ah, the good old reliable Wisconsinites. Sorry I missed y’all! And thanks for the report. Thanks for the comic relief, lady with the small bladder. Sounds like a fun time was had by all. Feels like I haven’t been to Madison for quite a while, so it was definitely a double bummer to have to miss the Sconnie reunion. And regarding the guy who recently “commanded” Jeff to play one of his 12-string guitars, this was at Night 3 in Woodstock and Jeff actually did eventually give in and use one of his 12 strings for A Bowl And A Pudding and Meant To Be. If only the audienc

Well, perhaps if I start this thread, some folks I know were in attendance for this one will chime in with a few more details... This was definitely one show I was sad to have to miss, especially because of the several pals I know who went. It would have been nice to see some familiar faces, especially since it seems like more than a few of the regulars aren't making it to any shows on this solo run. As usual, judging by the setlist, it seems like Madison got a good mix of Tweedy solo staples as well as a couple of new tunes and a relative rarity or two. Crossposting fr

Just thought I'd call attention to a nice review of this show from Uncut magazine written by noted music scribe Will Hermes (whose Substack is definitely worth a follow), especially since he so kindly linked to this very Web site/message board in his piece. Cheers to you, sir!

Thanks for the report. I'll be back on the tour starting Tuesday in Jackson, WY, God willing, and on board for the rest of the shows after that. Ah, the old #BeardHair defense...

Well, I hope that they were able to view the very local mug of our own @50footqueenie in Edinburgh...

Did no one on here manage to make it to Champaign for this show? Only a couple more shows before I'm able to defy Chrissie Hynde and jump back on the regular attendee train, but if anyone cares to chime in about the vibe, etc., at the Virginia Theatre, I'd be interested to hear about it. Looks like the setlist was a mix of mostly Jeff solo standards and a couple of nice rarities... Anyway, as a matter of housekeeping, I'll start the thread here by crossposting the setlist posted by the fine folks over at Wilcoworld: Via Chicago (presumably with harmonica?) Impossib

More housekeeping here since I was not in attendance for what seemed to be an interesting evening in central Ohio. Was anybody on here at the show? If so, I’d love to hear what was meant by the “”Almost’ teaser” listed by Wilcoworld as the final song of the show… Also the live debut of Ice Cream off the Hot Sun Cool Shroud EP! For now, here was the complete setlist as played, according to Wilcoworld: The Universe I Am My Mother I Am Trying To Break Your Heart new song-Enough Having Been Is No Way To Be Gwendolyn Ambulance I

Just doing some housekeeping here, as usual, since I wasn’t able to be at this show. Would love to hear any reports from anyone who was, though. Please Tell My Brother as the closer? Hmm. Crossposting the setlist posted by the good folks at Wilcoworld, here’s what was performed in Buffalo: Story To Tell I Am Trying To Break Your Heart Radio King Ambulance Remember The Mountain Bed Evergreen Gwendolyn new song-KC Rain An Empty Corner Dawned Hummingbird Evicted Say You Love Me I Am My Mother A Lifetime

Well just like that, another three-night Jeff solo residency is in the books, and it's amazing how he is able to make each night a unique experience whether you were a hardcore devotee there for all three shows, a more casual fan or even someone seeing him perform solo for the first time. Part of that stems from the fact that he didn't play a single song on Night 3 that he had played on Nights 1 and 2 (and only repeated two songs over the course of the entire weekend at the Bearsville Theater) and part also stems from his ability to expertly interact with and navigate each audience and keep th

I'm not going to say what difference a day makes, but on the second night of his three-night solo run at the cozy Bearsville Theater, Jeff seemed like he had certainly gotten his footing underneath him after an opening show that saw him experience some of the expected performance struggles that often go along with a period when he has been in the studio recording new material and focused on what's to come rather than what has been. Or perhaps it was just the gift he got from his friend Scott Reilly, a vintage early 1970s book called Electric Rock that Jeff said he had been reading just before

How do I do this again? Not that I would ever equate what Jeff does on stage with my inane blatherings here, but in a way I kind of felt like we both had a similar experience tonight of trying to shake the proverbial rust off after a bit of a layoff. In Jeff's case, the layoff wasn't all that long if you consider his last regular show was "only" a few weeks ago but assuming he has been working on a new record or three — it's hard to know how seriously to take his comment about a triple album — you can understand that this kickoff show of a coast-to-coast solo tour was one of those where he see

Emerging from hibernation simply to add this show as a matter of housekeeping here, since it was live-streamed as a Tweedy Show episode (and already recapped in that thread). Maybe later I'll add a very brief recap that no one will care about, but I feel compelled to add this before I resume correspondent duties on Jeff's coast-to-coast solo tour , which kicked off tonight! Anyway, here was the complete setlist as played: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart Gwendolyn A Lifetime To Find New Madrid Evicted Hummingbird Jesus, etc. Impossible

Pretty sure that was the promise when those shows first went on sale. At least I thought so, but I've been wrong before!

After taking a brief summer recess from these parts, it appears I am back on duty starting tonight. And to answer the Tatlock, I will indeed be touring in ‘25. Marking my quarter-century of seeing the Wilco.

Midway through the final night of a three-night run at the Beacon Theatre, during one of his sporadic audience check-ins, Jeff got interrupted by some louder-than-usual song requests shouted from the crowd. He has, by now, perfected his method of dealing with rogue requests, telling the requesters that they must fill out the “requisite forms” on Wilco’s Web site. “I think it’s a pretty good way to do it,” Jeff said. “We’ll get to all the songs some of you want to hear.” What was clear — and I think Jeff himself even said at one point, if not in so many words — was that

Guess we just saw different things or had different expectations. While I didn't see any obnoxiously drunk folks or blatant talkers or anything of that sort, I saw a fair amount of what I would call blasé or disinterested-looking folks. There was a couple in front of me where the female half sat for almost the entire show and looked like she would rather have been anywhere else. There were also two women seated to my right who barely made it through a quarter of the show before leaving for refills of their drinks and snacks and then, a few songs later, left for good and never returned. During

vern on the Green in Central Park? Unfortunately it's a bit rich for my blood...

Great shots as usual, Charles (especially the candid of my man, Ashwin)! Nice to get a sense of the setup at the front of the stage there. So was it reserved seating? Or GA seated? I seem to remember there not being that stanchion/barrier thing across the front last time and them letting people actually sit on the steps of the stage, but that could be a faulty memory. I also remember someone tossing an empty beer can that hit John and Jeff not being happy about it.

Thanks to VCer Nalafej for posting a link to the setlist for this PRIVATE gig. I don't expect any reports from this one — although if anyone happened to be lucky enough to go, by all means please chime in with details — but just starting a thread as a matter of record keeping since we at least know what was played. It's not unprecedented for Jeff and Co. to play the occasional corporate and/or private/invitation-only gig. I'm sure they were very well compensated. Here was the setlist, according to a photo of the printed setlist posted online (can't verify if there were

Given all the social media posts and various tributes of late, you might have expected Jeff to say something or at least somehow acknowledge today’s 20th anniversary of the release date of what more than a few people consider to be one of his band’s career-defining records, A Ghost Is Born. But in all the years I’ve been going to Wilco shows, I’ve rarely known Jeff to be sentimental — at least outwardly so — about things like specific anniversary dates for his own work, and I don’t think he’s about to start now. So it wasn’t much of a surprise, then, that on the second night of a t

Ha, no I only posted right before I left before Night 2 because the site was being super glitchy for me earlier.

Less than 24 hours after leaving the stage in a pastoral setting outside our nation’s capital, the men of Wilco were back on one in the big city — in the heart of the Upper West Side, at one of New York’s most famed music venues, to be exact — to kick off a three-night run leading into next week’s Solid Sound Festival. The contrast between the Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park For The Performing Arts and the Beacon Theatre is certainly palpable, though I think both venues share some of the same drawbacks for those of us who prefer to enjoy a rock show in a certain way. Assum

I heard it was a 90-minute set, fwiw. Which makes sense under standard contract terms.

Nice. I guess that blasted setlist.fm does have its uses from time to time.