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After their scheduled outdoor show at Avondale Brewing Company 10 days ago was tabled by “impending severe weather that includes lightning,” Jeff and Co. circled back to Birmingham and — due to the chance of more inclement conditions — moved inside for the makeup date. Obviously that created a different dynamic for the show than otherwise would have occurred, so I’d be interested to hear about how this Monday gig went… Here was the complete setlist, as played, according to the Wilcoworld wonks: Company In My Back Evicted Handshake Drugs Muzzle Of Bees

Not to quote myself, but just adding that it looks like Falling Apart (Right Now) was on the printed setlist in the encore after California Stars, but got cut.

Most shows are just one long set. The “Evening With…” shows, of which there were only three scheduled (Fairhope, AL, St. Petersburg and Louisville), are the ones with two sets and a short interval.

And that’s twice the usual for a lot of shows on this run; before they added Meant To Be a few shows ago, it was usually only Evicted (though to be fair, they have released a new EP since Cousin and are playing one cut off that every night). But yeah, I’d say this is more of just standard touring with a mix of everything, rather than an emphasis on any one record.

Well, have at it, show attendees. Or don’t…whatever you prefer. Here was the complete setlist, according to the Wilcoworld authorities: Spiders (Kidsmoke) (acoustic arrangement, l’m assuming, like the other time they opened with it on this run)> Wishful Thinking Evicted Handshake Drugs Meant To Be I Am Trying To Break Your Heart If I Ever Was A Child I Am My Mother Cruel Country War On War Hummingbird Quiet Amplifier Side With The Seeds Box Full Of Letters Annihilation Via Chicago Bird Witho

The title sponsor of the amphitheater at Chastain Park has probably changed at least five times over the years Wilco has been playing shows there, but the band keeps going back so the pay (and the payoff?) must continue to be good. I’ve never actually made it to a show at this particular shed myself, but I’ve heard some not-so-great things about it — or perhaps more accurately, about the audiences there — so perhaps someone can chime in about the atmosphere this time around… Here was the complete setlist, according to the folks at Wilcoworld (nice to see Many Worlds mak

Well, was it a barnburner tonight in Nashvegas at the relatively new — and humbly named — venue The Pinnacle? I have no idea since I wasn’t able to make it to this one. (Memo to all five regular readers: Including this show, I’m sadly going to miss the next five shows on this run. Gasp! I will endeavour to start the show threads as usual, if only for record-keeping purposes, but others will have to provide details.) I did see via social media that Katie Crutchfield/Waxahatchee had a special guest during their set, Brennan Wedl, and they collaborated on the cover of Kathleen Edwards

Tatlock, you certainly are a well-traveled sort! I guess I should have expected as much, but I might just start calling you Dr. Livingstone or some such. What will be next, a hieroglyphic resembling Jeff discovered in the pyramids of Giza?

Record label factories are cool, just not corporate music venues lol.

Well, I got an email blast from Chicago venue Sleeping Village today with a subject line declaring that Jeff has assumed the papacy, so...

For anyone who cares, here was Waxahatchee's setlist at the PaTMF: 3 Sisters Can't Do Much Problem With It [Plains] The Eye Hell Right Back To It Crowbar The Wolves Lilacs Tigers Blood Fire

O, Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory...how do I not love thee? Let me count the ways. Is it the name itself (I don’t care to have my music coming out of a factory, thank you very much), or the utter Live Nation-ness of the place with its antiseptic feel, ugly steel and concrete architecture and general lack of character? Or the greediness in how the best seats are dynamically priced to hell, the concession and parking prices are inflated to outrageous levels and various VIP upgrade solicitations are repeatedly offered? Or just the general lack of consideration for the overall customer experienc

Waxatchee's set, for anyone who might be interested, was: 3 Sisters Can't Do Much Problem With It [Plains] Right Back To It Witches Crowbar The Wolves Hurricane [Plains] Lilacs Tigers Blood Fire

Though it had been less than eight years since Wilco’s last show in San Antonio — not nearly as long a gap as some areas, especially when you consider that the band had played three “Evening With…” shows just up Interstate 35 in Austin in December — it had been nearly two decades since a proper general admission show by the band in the seventh largest U.S. city by population. Back then, in 2006, Jeff and his bandmates had performed at a downtown plaza/amphitheater called Sunset Station in the shadow of the Alamodome. Since then, that plaza has apparently been renamed the Espee (in honor o

I am planning to attend the South American run, having sadly missed it in 2016 due to matters of baseball. It is kind of a proverbial bear, travel-wise. I also secretly loathe Walken, fwiw. Swamp rock, bah.