Wilco: The Thread

[e_wind]

I will definitely be at Chicagoland. The love Wilco has given their hometown lately is just amazing. I can't wait for MMJ's Increasingly Smaller Venue tour of their hometown. Yum Center -> The Palace -> The Brown -> Headliners -> My backyard. Topped off with a Waterfront show complete with Wax Fang, Cabin, and fireworks.


Back to wilco though. Chicagoland will be my first proper Wilco show.

[ALady]

I'm toying with the idea of having my brother bring the kids down for that show.  I feel like it could be a good setting for their first rock show...could be family-friendly up in the stands, right?

Here's the setlist for the Tweedy show I saw Friday - didn't end up going Saturday as an old college friend was in town and we opted for beer and karaoke instead.  Setlist chosed by the first 30 or so diehards in line.

Setlist:
Dawned On Me
Wishful Thinking
Laminated Cat (a/k/a Not For The Season)
The Community Song (sung twice)
Message From Mid-Bar (live debut)
Art Of Almost
New Madrid
Box Full Of Letters
In A Future Age
Reservations
Born Alone
Passenger Side
Wait Up
--happy birthday sung to Stacy (and Billy)--
Henry and the H-Bombs [Mott the Hoople]
Thirteen [Big Star]
Forget The Flowers
Sunloathe (live debut)
I Wish My Baby Was Born [traditional]
At My Window Sad And Lonely
I'll Fight
Standing O
Just A Kid
Gun
Pecan Pie
ELT
Airline To Heaven
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A Shot in the Arm
Walken (partially performed at edge of stage w/o PA system)
Dreamer In My Dreams

[e_wind]

does anyone have any idea how the stage will be set up for Chicagoland?

[Taterbug]

does anyone have any idea how the stage will be set up for Chicagoland?

I'm guessing somewhere behind 2nd base  in center field. 

see below.

Wilco To Headline July 8 Concert at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark

The Kane County Cougars organization and Fifth Third Bank Ballpark will host Wilco for a Sunday evening concert on July 8. The all-Chicago lineup will also feature Andrew Bird and eight-piece soul outfit, The Congregation. The summer evening of Chicago's finest homegrown talent is part of WXRT's 40 Years of XRT celebration and culminates with a spectacular fireworks display.

"We had such a great time at our shows in December, but not everyone was able to get tickets," said Wilco's Jeff Tweedy. "So this time, we've made sure that there will be plenty of room for everyone, so anyone who wants to can come out and have a great time with us."

Tickets are $50 and go on sale Saturday, April 7 at 10 a.m. CDT. Admission is free for all children ages 4 and under. Tickets will be available online at eTix.com and at the Fifth Third Bank Ballpark ticket office. Tickets can also be purchased at The Vic Theatre box office with no service charge (3145 North Sheffield in Chicago).

All tickets are General Admission, as attendees can watch the concert from field level or sit in stadium seating. Parking lots open at 4 p.m. and doors open at 5 p.m. with the concert beginning at 5:30 p.m. Parking is $5, with a limited number of preferred $10 spots available on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no Cougars game on the day of the concert.

[e_wind]

All tickets GA... So presale doesn't matter? Nice

[Taterbug]

All tickets GA... So presale doesn't matter? Nice

It's one of the nicer minor league stadiums.  The Stadium is in Geneva ( about an hour west of Chicago ) in the Fox Valley area. I've pretty much lived in the Fox Valley area my entire life.  I'm not sure I can make the show yet though.  I'd like to buy you a beer though before the show if I can't make it.

[Shug]

I've never been to Red Rocks, can somebody fill me in on the situation with the front and back GA with reserved seats in the middle?  Do you have to be in line all day to get into the front GA section? Do they limit how many people can fit in that section or do they let it get really packed?  My preference would be to stand near the soundboard with a bit of room around, not packed in like sardines.  Better to get reserved or try for front GA?

Thanks for any advice!

[bold992006]

I just booked my trip to Red Rocks for Wilco!!

Never been and I hate to say it but I might be ditching Forecastle for this trip....have always wanted to go and Wilco is my favorite band...couldn't pass it up.

From what I'm told it is first come first serve for GA...just like anything else.  So yeah if you want to get up front you stand in line and wait.

as far as I know it is all GA....I don't think there are actual seats anywhere.

[MrWhippy]

I've never been to Red Rocks, can somebody fill me in on the situation with the front and back GA with reserved seats in the middle?  Do you have to be in line all day to get into the front GA section? Do they limit how many people can fit in that section or do they let it get really packed?  My preference would be to stand near the soundboard with a bit of room around, not packed in like sardines.  Better to get reserved or try for front GA?

Thanks for any advice!

I was there for Soundgargen last summer and it was a similar setup (GA in front and back, reserved in the middle).  I don't know if it is possible to say how early you would need to get there for Wilco based on my experience at Soundgarden.  I got there at maybe 4 in the afternoon and got a place by the soundboard (roughly row 18) with no problem. 

If you wanted to be way up front, you might need to get there fairly early and be willing to be aggressive about holding your ground in line.  Tons of people were cutting in line at the Soundgarden show, which I'm guessing might not happen so much at Wilco.  Also, Soundgarden had a thing where their fanclub got let in first, so that might have skewed the dynamics a bit more.

[MrWhippy]

as far as I know it is all GA....I don't think there are actual seats anywhere.

There are no actual "seats", just rows of tiers like bleachers.  There are row numbers and seat numbers, and parts or sometimes all of it is reserved seating.

What it sounds like they are doing for Wilco, similar to what they did for MMJ las summer, is the front 20 to 25 rows are GA, the middle 20-30 are reserved seats, then the back is more GA. 

[johnnYYac]

An interesting charity event.  Choose your price in an auction/lottery to be one of 1000 as Wilco plays MoCA in North Adams, MA on Tues. July 31st.

http://www.massmoca.org/event_details.php?id=727

[mahg33ta]

seems no harm to bid $2 and hope you hit the lottery

[bold992006]

Wilco w/ Blitzen Trapper and Megafaun the night before folk fest at the Fort stage...I still can't get over this.

[johnnYYac]

Wilco w/ Blitzen Trapper and Megafaun the night before folk fest at the Fort stage...I still can't get over this.

Yeah, I'm trying to pretend that isn't happening, as I can't do it.  I could only sell the family on NFF if I limited to one day and made it a family affair.  Ahhh, if only I was a young, single guy with no stupid family to keep happy.  Grrrrr.  ;)

[ChiefOKONO]

Summer Tourdates


May 10    Fayetteville, AR    Arkansas Music Pavilion

May 11    Birmingham, AL    Sloss Furnaces
May 12    Jackson, MS    Thalia Mara Hall

May 14    Tampa, FL    Morsani Hall
May 15    Miami Beach, FL    The Fillmore Miami Beach
May 16    St. Augustine, FL    St. Augustine Amphitheater
May 18    Gulf Shores, AL    Hangout Music Fest
May 19    Memphis, TN    Mud Island Amphitheatre
May 31    Barcelona, ES    Primavera Sound Festival

June 4    Dublin, IE    Forbidden Fruit Festival
June 8    Porto, PT    Primavera Sound Festival
June 22    Morrison, CO   Red Rocks Amphitheatre
June 23    Morrison, CO    Red Rocks Amphitheatre
June 25    Salt Lake City, UT    Red Butte Garden
June 26    Boise, ID *    Idaho Botanical Garden

June 28    Missoula, MT *    Big Sky Brewery
July 1    Duluth, MN *    Bayfront Festival Park
July 2    Rochester, MN *    Mayo Civic Center Aud
July 7    Sioux City, IA    Saturday in the Park
July 8    Geneva, IL    Fifth Third Bank Ballpark
July 15    Louisville, KY    Forecastle Festival
July 21    Camden, NJ    Susquehanna Bank Center
July 27    Newport, RI *    Fort Adams State Park
July 28    Cooperstown, NY *    Brewery Ommegang Field
July 29    Essex Junction, VT *    Midway Lawn
July 31    North Adams, MA *    MASS MoCA
August 1    Hartford, CT *    The Bushnell
August 3    Rochester, NY *    Highland Bowl
August 10    Goteborg, Sweden    Way Out West Festival
August 11    Rees-Haldern, Germany    Haldern Festival
August 12    Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, UK    Wilderness Festival
August 14    Luxembourg City, Luxembourg    Den Atelier
August 16    St. Polten, Austria    Frequency Festival

[walterfredo]

heading to the central cali coast this weekend, Wilco tomorrow at this spot, right on the beach...



beach house right on the ocean rented with a few friends, short walk to the venue, afternoon show with the kids in tow.  Pit stop at Firestone Walker brewery on the way there this afternoon.  Gonna be a great weekend! 

[Shug]

Looks like a great spot!  Have fun!

[bartel]

anyone interested in trading some wilco bootlegs from 2002/ the official ones I mean.. I have most of them but am in need a few more.. thanks!

[EverythingChanges]

I just got a bunch of music from these guys from a friend:

Sky Blue Sky
A Ghost is Born
Kicking the Television
Being There

and I have had Yankee Hotel Foxtrot for about a year or so.

Any place you guys recommend starting?

So far, this stuff sounds great!

[wolof7]

I'd say go in order and experience their evolution:

- Being There
- YFH
- A Ghost is Born
- Kicking Television
- SBS

SBS is a wild card; some say it's their weakest effort. I totally disagree with those sentiments, I love SBS. It is definitely their more relaxed effort and you may even catch some Grateful Dead experimental infulence in it. It's the first with Nels Cline's genius on guitar (see: Impossible Germany, You Are My Face etc., Walken, etc.).

I would say that if you like what you hear, Summerteeth is a must as well, Being There was their last to feature flat out alt-country influence. Summerteeth is vital because it added a flair of pop-rock experimenting which informed their seminal album YFH, plus it's a fun catchy album.

For a completists sake definitely check out AM, it's great but not a perfect album by any means. The only album IMHO that's skippable is Wilco.the Album. 2011's the Whole Love is a great fun album too.