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Looks like it's Stained Radiance. Probably fitting for an art museum, right? I'm a little surprised that hasn't happened already...

Is it just me or does this music lineup seem to really skew toward the middle-aged white guy? I know that's sort of Wilco's core audience in some respects. And I respect the challenge of trying to put together an exciting lineup without mega-financing, without duplicating past artists and without any acts that might overshadow the headliner. But I'm just missing...something that I can't quite put my finger on. Maybe it's the lack of a female performer on the level of a Neko Case or Mavis Staples (or many female-led acts at all, though I do love that Cibo Matto will be playing)? Or maybe I'm

Well, not every time (and obviously at least one recording had the two songs switched as well). But just a minor snafu, all in all!

One very slight correction I happened to notice whilst giving a listen to this show. At least one recording circulating (not sure if there are multiple) has flipped the order of Forget The Flowers and Via Chicago, which might account for the discrepancy between Sir Pennyghael's setlist above and the Wilcoworld one; in this instance, I believe the latter is correct...so it should be Forget The Flowers followed by Via Chicago. FYI.

Well, apparently Sir Paul is playing a surprise Valentine's Day show at Irving Plaza in NYC tonight. There was a one-ticket limit, from what I saw, which is kinda hilarious. So it's not totally impossible, though I'd put the odds at like .000000000000001 percent. It was on Brooklyn Vegan, albeit way too late to benefit anyone apparently. Anybody here win the lottery and score a ticket?

It appears the Wilco Facebook isn't posting setlists from this run, but they are putting them on Wilcoworld fwiw...

Fiery Furnaces reunion? Just kidding...I like solo Eleanor, too!

This show was actually on January 28, right? Sorry, I mean 28/01/15...

Excellent work! Thanks for the report, sir. And hello Queenies! First time for The Losing End with the Tweedy band, I think! I expect to hear that one with Mr. McCaughey on the U.S. tour in March...

It was a recording. I always wondered what was behind that intro music for that one night, but anyway...

Looks like they've added a few more dates to the big Tweedy spring tour, fwiw: March 15 in Eugene, OR March 29 in Omaha, NE March 30 in Iowa City, IA

Yeah, I know the connections run deep between pretty much all those guys...likely from when they all lived in New York. Are you from Australia or New Zealand and did you head over to Mexico just for this? Just clicked in my mind that you were also the one posting setlists from the Oz/NZ tour in 2013...

That takes her out of the Solid Sound mix, fwiw.

Thanks for the report(s)! I think someone pointed me toward your video of the Old 97's playing Driver 8 with Peter Buck. Sounds like a fun time. And cool about Pat playing with the Jayhawks. Joseph Arthur was down there this year, right? I know he and Pat are pretty tight, and there's probably a connection with Kraig Johnson as well. So I'm not surprised Pat would be all over the place at this thing. Can't blame a guy for wanting to get out of Chicago this time of year...⛄️❄️

Yeah, you're probably right. I was just trying to think of potential hotel areas if you're not into camping...

Yay! I don't have any great insights, but it seems hotels are booking up fast. The good ones in Bennington, Vermont are all booked. You still might be able to find some decent ones in the Springfield area. Where did you guys stay last time?

Hopefully he doesn't bring his disease with him...

Maybe they're waiting for this year's Taste of Chicago...ha!

That's pretty cool! Makes sense. Saw that the Loft's Facebook posted a picture of an Orange amp and said they couldn't wait to reveal who was playing through it. Guess we know now!

Well, Susie has had some more pressing matters going on in her life of late and she's the driving force behind those shows. Not to say they aren't happening, but that could be the main reason if they're not this year. Also, last year's shows were in mid-February so tickets would have had to go on sale relatively early. The show(s) have happened as late as the end of March early April before, I'm pretty sure, so there is still time. Not 100 percent sure about Sam's school, but I thought I remembered hearing somewhere that if they do benefit shows in the future, they might not benefit youth sc

I was flipping through some artist's memoir in a bookstore recently — for the life of me, I can't remember which one but it was one of those types of "legacy" classic rock acts of the sort you mentioned — and there was a section of the book that was sort of a show-by-show diary of a given tour and the writer said as much in the entry on the St. Augustine Amphitheater show. He mentioned something about how all the concrete just made the sound bounce around all over the place. But he added that despite the poor sound, the crowd was particularly good so it turned out to be a good show. I don't

I think Darin posted that this is the first time he and Glenn have been sidemen together in a long time. I don't know for sure, but maybe they're working on William Tyler's record? Or someone else's... From Darin's Facebook:

Lol re: Dorff. Where was that? I thought Tim Robinson had a good night up there. Never really remembered him that much from SNL, but I thought he was pretty hilarious last night... Re: the comedy portion, it started with a few sketch bits from Aidy and Mike. Aidy did a sort of monologue about giving her cell number to her 9-year-old niece and the series of subsequent texts she got. Then Mike did a solo piece about school announcements and the "Creature in the Boiler Room" that I think I've seen before. And then he and Tim did a sort of fake commercial for Chimp Dongs or some such. Finally, t

Wow, first After The Show post of 2015! On another frigid, snowy night in Chicago, albeit thankfully not to polar vortex proportions, Jeff played a short, intimate solo set for a great cause... No encore, which was a little weird given that the applause was definitely there until the house lights went up and he still had quite a few songs left on his "setlist" that he didn't play. Actually he ended up playing one less song than he played at last year's show, which is a little hard to believe given how much he talked last year. This year, though, he definitely played a lot better in terms o

Traveling down to what's been alleged to be the worst-sounding venue in America, Rob? You must have the Wilco fever!