Wilco setlist: Winterlude, Chicago Theatre 12/15/19

Last night, Wilco returned from a three-week break, to kick off Winterlude, a four-show residency at the Chicago Theatre in their hometown of Chicago. Fans wishing they would mix up their Ode to Joy-heavy setlist a bit may have been disappointed, but the encore in which they were joined by opener Robyn Hitchcock for covers of songs by the Beatles and the Soft Boys (Hitchcock’s former band) surely made up for it. Here's a video of their cover of the Soft Boys’ “I Wanna Destroy You”:

Here’s what Jeff Tweedy and company brought to the table for Winterlude night #1:

“Bright Leaves”
“Before Us”
“I Am Trying to Break Your Heart”
“War on War”
“One and a Half Stars”
“Handshake Drugs”
“Side With the Seeds”
“Hummingbird”
“White Wooden Cross”
“Via Chicago”
“Bull Black Nova”
“Random Name Generator”
“Reservations”
“Impossible Germany”
“Jesus, Etc.”
“We Were Lucky”
“Love Is Everywhere (Beware)”
“Box Full of Letters”
“Everyone Hides”
“Theologians”
“I’m The Man Who Loves You”
“Hold Me Anyway”
“Misunderstood”

Encore:

“I’m Always in Love”
“California Stars”
“The Late Greats”
“Tomorrow Never Knows” (w/Robyn Hitchcock) *
“I Wanna Destroy You” (w/Robyn Hitchcock) **

*Lennon/McCartney (The Beatles)

*Robyn Hitchcock (The Soft Boys)

Stay tuned as Winterlude continues.

Daniel Cook Johnson’s Wilcopedia: A Comprehensive Guide to the Music of America’s Best Band is available for order here.

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