twoshedsjackson Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Are any of you going to this? I'm on the fence. On one hand: Wilco within 1.5 hours of my house with brand new tunes. On the other:Festival length set, 20,000+ crowd, many jam bands (none of whom I'm interested in), $80 ticket. Have any of you attended before? Other than NFF and S.S. I tend to avoid festivals. Is this one bearable? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Inside of Outside Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I have never been, but a friend has been a few times. He says it is manageable, and not overwhelming like some festivals. He does like the jam bands, though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
linclink Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Ithaca is in the middle of the week in late September- don't know your flexibility/schedule etc. ... but that's 5 hours from you, but it looks like the next closest, or you just gotta wait it out until the next leg of the tour & see if you get anything near you then. The State Theater is an absolutely amazing venue for music. Incredible sound, capacity of 1600 with not a bad seat in the house & tickets will likely be $40-50. And if you can spend anytime (sick day?), Ithaca is a very cool & very beautiful place/area. Tweedy played there & I believe Jeff said he ended up buying an amp from Rumble Seat Music ( ,http://www.rumbleseatmusic.com/home/?division=ithaca ) where, like a moth to the flame, I'm sure he'll be returning to this time. I got a mid-60's Guild F-212XL 12-string there a couple of years ago myself.For the rest of what's here, file under... empowering not enabling...or...being a good bad influence...or...permission granted...Otherwise...it's 90 min. away & probably a 90 min. set for $80 at a larger than Solid Sound level outside Fest, certainly not ideal but... it's a crowd around the size of a hockey arena crowd & bets are the sound will be plenty good. And I really think there is a distinct possibility that they might repeat the whole doing the full new album to open the show bit & for me that'd be a huge plus. If I were you, & I couldn't make another, I'd just go for it, for sure. It's Summer, the new album is absolutely great & this is happening in a fast & exciting way & you can be a part of it all Instant Karma like with the first show after the live debut of all the new material at Pitchfork. What's not to love about all of that? I doubt you'll feel bad if you go, & you probably will if you don't. Warren Haynes will be the equivalent of a fine opening act too. He plays before Wilco & after in some all-star jam. I'd likely just get there with time to catch him at 7:30 & leave either right after Wilco (10:45 end), or a little into the jam (11:45 start).If you can do Ithaca, I'd hold out for that, but before I knew about it (as I think I wrote to you in a PM here) I was taking a long look at the potential +/- of Gathering Of The Vibes myself (which is 5 hours- that or the Toronto TURf Fest, which is 3 hrs. but it'd screw with other plans I have). I'm very Blessed this time around with Ithaca about 90 min. away & Cleveland 4 hours (with a chance that I can a Buffalo pal to drive 3 of those 4), so I'll be able to get to both on 9/17 & 9/23. It's really too bad that both The Tedeschi-Trucks Band and Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (those two are touring together) are both on Friday. If they were on Saturday I think I would be there myself!!Nels is on tour a lot from mid-Oct to mid-Nov., so I'm guessing it'll mostly be a late year run of dates (mid- November or post-Thanksgiving) & we can hope that they do their NYC area run (3 shows the last two times they've been in the area- 2012 & 2014) before 2016, but there's certainly no guarantee. Carpe Diem! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mizzy Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I'm really on the fence about this one too. It's basically 80 dollars for 90 minutes of Wilco. I want to hear the new tunes pretty badly but I'm also holding out for headlining shows in the fall. I think my plan as of now is to check stubhub and craigslist and the weather channel in the days leading up to the show and if its not going to be 90 degrees with 97% humidity and I can get a ticket for less than face, i'm going. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kwhitehead Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Well. I live in New Haven, just about 1/2 hour away from Bridgeport and I'm not bothering with the the Vibes mostly for the reasons stated above and, knowing the demographics of the fest I am dubious about Wilco playing any of the new songs. This is a fest that would be all over the classic, old-school Wilco set, full of the old chestnuts. The band may decide that just might be easiest. On the other hand, it would be fantastic to see them confound the audience with a new set full of skronky new songs. But, I just saw two sets at Solid Sound. I'm gonna wait for an NYC show or another round of shows at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mizzy Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Does two weeks off, a festival show in CT and then a few days off before flying to the west coast have any impact on the setlist? I feel like my belief that they'd be practicing the hell out of the new tunes is just Wishful Thinking. Kwhitehead: I'm hoping for a show (or even two) at the Oakdale or the College Street Music Hall in early December. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kwhitehead Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Mizzy, I'm afraid College St. might be too small. Last time in NH they played the Shubert, which is much bigger (and seemed full.) But one can dream. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thingfishp Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 College Street is a nice venue, but I think they'd play Hartford again before coming back to New Haven. The Bushnell is larger and they've played a couple of great shows there. That having been said, I really don't think they'll be coming through CT on this leg. Perhaps early next year. We live in New Haven, too, by the way. My daughter suggested writing Tony Margherrita and pleading for another show. Can't hurt, right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kwhitehead Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I wouldn't really expect another CT show either but, honestly, I hate schlepping up to Hartford. I'd much rather head to NYC or Boston. And yes to to the letter to Tony. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twoshedsjackson Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 College Street is a nice venue, but I think they'd play Hartford again before coming back to New Haven. The Bushnell is larger and they've played a couple of great shows there. That having been said, I really don't think they'll be coming through CT on this leg. Perhaps early next year. We live in New Haven, too, by the way. My daughter suggested writing Tony Margherrita and pleading for another show. Can't hurt, right?Funny you should say that. As I was waiting in line, a guy with a Premier Concerts laminate noticed my Solid Sound shirt and said there's a good chance Wilco will be playing there in February.I also would have thought it was too small a venue, but it's a great sounding room & probably not a whole lot smaller the The Capitol in Port Chester. Multiple nights, maybe? A guy can dream.Either way, it looks like they're planning an east coast leg for early 2016.By the way, thanks all for your input regarding G.o.t.V. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dvigs24 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I'm really on the fence about this one too. It's basically 80 dollars for 90 minutes of Wilco. I want to hear the new tunes pretty badly but I'm also holding out for headlining shows in the fall. I think my plan as of now is to check stubhub and craigslist and the weather channel in the days leading up to the show and if its not going to be 90 degrees with 97% humidity and I can get a ticket for less than face, i'm going. I'm about 25 minutes away and this is pretty much my strategy too. I have friends that have been trying to get me to go to Vibes for years. When I saw Wilco was headlining this year I thought finally I'd be there - there's no way I'm missing Wilco so close by. Then the day and lineup was revealed (not particularly tempting to me and I'm leaving for vacation the next morning), the price of the single day ticket announced, and I was on the fence. I've gone back and forth on this one a bunch of times. After Solid Sound I made my peace with not going thinking what could they possibly do that I haven't seen (I attended all 3 Capitol shows this past fall too)...then they go and drop Star Wars and do the Pitchfork set and now I'm back on the fence! "Just when I thought I was out...they pull me back in!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MKHstudios Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Just to clear up some confusion about the Wilco set at GOTV... Wilco is slated for a 2 hour time slot …. 9:15-11:15p - Single day tickets are $80 in advance (now) and will be $100 at the gate (day of show)- If you are a Bridgeport, CT resident you can purchase a weekend pass for $75 at gate with proper ID / proof of address Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Just to clear up some confusion about the Wilco set at GOTV... Wilco is slated for a 2 hour time slot …. 9:15-11:15p - Single day tickets are $80 in advance (now) and will be $100 at the gate (day of show)- If you are a Bridgeport, CT resident you can purchase a weekend pass for $75 at gate with proper ID / proof of address That's cool of them. Saturday's line up actually looks the best of the three. Lot of great musicians will be there on Saturday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BobDylan'sBeard Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Funny you should say that. As I was waiting in line, a guy with a Premier Concerts laminate noticed my Solid Sound shirt and said there's a good chance Wilco will be playing there in February.I also would have thought it was too small a venue, but it's a great sounding room & probably not a whole lot smaller the The Capitol in Port Chester. Multiple nights, maybe? A guy can dream.Either way, it looks like they're planning an east coast leg for early 2016.By the way, thanks all for your input regarding G.o.t.V.Interesting. I hope they come down to FL, again. I was a bit spoiled and got to see most of the FL shows, but I've not seen Star Wars live! If they come to Tallahassee at around the same time it would be amazing, since I'll be graduating around then. That would be a really good way to end my schooling. I'm not picky though, I'll just take some FL shows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
godsh8pedhole Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I'm in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
linclink Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Just to clear up some confusion about the Wilco set at GOTV... Wilco is slated for a 2 hour time slot …. 9:15-11:15p - Single day tickets are $80 in advance (now) and will be $100 at the gate (day of show)- If you are a Bridgeport, CT resident you can purchase a weekend pass for $75 at gate with proper ID / proof of address120 minutes (as opposed to the usual 75-90 for a "Festival Set" makes a real difference) that makes a pretty big difference.They could much more easily come out & do what Jeff did with Tweedy at Festivals last year, & what they did at Pitchfork, which is open with the new material. If not, then 2 hours also gives them plenty of room to shuffle in a whole lot (maybe all) of the new album into the set. If I was thinking about it, this factor would push me back over the fence towards going!! So you all take that for what you will, but I hope to hear happy reports back about the sonic wonders of the great gig! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Inside of Outside Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 To play a brand new record, in its entirety, at a festival, is a risky undertaking. They did it once in front of the hometown crowd; it will be interesting to see if they do it again. The 2 hour slot at this festival increases the chances a bit, I suppose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
linclink Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 To play a brand new record, in its entirety, at a festival, is a risky undertaking. They did it once in front of the hometown crowd; it will be interesting to see if they do it again. The 2 hour slot at this festival increases the chances a bit, I suppose.But a risk he's chosen to undertake before & even more so. RememberTweedy took out the new material from a double album debut to festival crowds & played all new, unfamiliar stuff in a much riskier situation- no free download out there, no brand name of "Wilco" to help things, a longer run of new music (12 to 13 songs totaling closer to 45 minutes) & new music that was, comparatively, of a more subdued nature (though, for the record, I think "Suikierae" is amazing & the songs he chose from it were a varied & eclectic bunch of wonders...just less rollicking, "out of the gates" & probably less "user friendly" than the 35 minutes of "Star Wars" 10 songs). I, for one, really hope they keep doing it start to finish. I think it works amazingly well that way!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Muzzle of Dan Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Waiting to see if playing the whole album becomes a trend... Fingers crossed it continues at this show and then over into LA! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
linclink Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Waiting to see if playing the whole album becomes a trend... Fingers crossed it continues at this show and then over into LA!We'll know pretty soon... hoping for that too...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt8F1F1mVpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 From what I've seen on Twitter, looks like they came out with Star Wars. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Muzzle of Dan Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 From what I've seen on Twitter, looks like they came out with Star Wars.Awesome. Bodes well moving forward! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Warren came out for Cali Stars Quote Link to post Share on other sites
linclink Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 "Star Wars" out of the gates & Warren sitting in on "California Stars" (saw him, & better yet, Ian Hunter, sit in with them in NJ on the AmericanaramA tour)- sounds like it was a great night!! And this makes me just that much more excited about the Cleveland & Ithaca shows in September!! I hope the folks here thinking about going, went...curious to hear from them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dvigs24 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 The show was pretty excellent all around. The new material and Warren's guest spot were definitely highlights. I wrote up a little more detailed synopsis in the "After the Show" show thread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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