Wilco — 27 August 2025, Vancouver, BC, Canada (PNE Pacific Coliseum [Chevrolet Stage]) [Summer Night Concerts; Night 10 of 15]

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Sadly couldn't make this one, as I had a prior commitment with another Canadian — Uncle Neil — back in Chicago. Heard from a couple sources that it was a bit of an odd gig, though, in the sense that it was theoretically part of the "August Evening With..." tour and thus people thought that the usual two-set, 30-something-song performance was forthcoming. But instead it simply turned into a "standard" set — and kind of a short one at that — with a brief encore.

 

I guess more than a few attendees were miffed, including our resident Kentuckian. Hopefully he'll chime in with a few more details about the event as a whole, which was I believe was Wilco's first Vancouver appearance in nearly three years. It almost seemed to be like an indoor fair/festival of sorts with a main stage and a couple of smaller ones, in addition to other spectacles. Wilco's show was part of a series of headlining summer night concerts over two weeks at the venue — hence the creatively named series, "Summer Night Concerts" — that also includes/included Counting Crows, Flo Rida, Foreigner and Megan Trainor, among others. I also read that the venue in which Wilco played was reserved seating and most of the crowd sat for the bulk of Wilco's set until finally getting up for the last few songs. Please correct me if I'm wrong/fill in details if you can.

 

Here was the setlist, as played, according to the Wilcoworld wonks (I'm using educated guesses in terms of arrangements and such):

 

Story To Tell

Handshake Drugs

If I Ever Was A Child

Cruel Country

Forget The Flowers

Evicted

Spiders (Kidsmoke) (acoustic arrangement)

Bird Without A Tail/Base Of My Skull

I'm Always In Love (acoustic arrangement; Jeff on acoustic)

Box Full Of Letters

Annihilation

Hummingbird

It's Just That Simple

Via Chicago

Either Way

Impossible Germany

Jesus, etc.

Heavy Metal Drummer

I'm The Man Who Loves You

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California Stars

Walken

I Got You (At The End Of The Century)