The first 2 nights of Wilco’s Sky Blue Sky Fest returned diversity to their sets

Wilco’s new Sky Blue Blue festival at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya, which began over the weekend, has so far featured the band’s most diverse setlists since 2017. During the first leg of the Ode to Joy tour, fans complained about how samey each show’s song choices were. The first two nights of Wilco’s new festival appeared to be devised for those fans with rosters that were made up of over 50 different tunes with no repeats.

Check ‘em out:

Hard Rock Hotel, Riviera Maya, Mexico 1/18/20

“Bright Leaves” / “Either Way” / “Handshake Drugs” / “Side with the Seeds” / “One and a Half Stars” / “I Must Be High” / “The Joke Explained” / “I’ll Fight” / “Too Far Apart” / “Someone to Lose” / “Secret of the Sea” / “Hotel Arizona” / “Ashes of American Flags” / “Hummingbird” / “Passenger Side” / “Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again)” / “Someday Soon” / “I’m Always in Love” / “Hold Me Anyway” / “Red Eyed and Blue” / “I Got You (At the End of the Century)” / “Hate it Here” / “Heavy Metal Drummer” / “I’m the Man Who Loves You”

Encore: “Spiders (Kidsmoke)”

Hard Rock Hotel, Riviera Maya, Mexico 1/19/20

“Wilco (The Song)” / “Wishful Thinking” / “Can’t Stand it” / “Before Us” / “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” / “Kamera” / “If I Ever Was a Child” / “That’s Not the Issue” / “Walken” / “White Wooden Cross” / “Pot Kettle Black” / “How to Fight Loneliness” / “Bull Black Nova” / “Random Name Generator” / “Sky Blue Sky” / “Kingpin” / “Box Full of Letters” / “Theologians” / “Jesus Etc.”/ “We Were Lucky” / “Love is Everywhere (Beware)” / “The Late Greats” / “Misunderstood”

Encore: “Monday” / “Hoodoo Voodoo”

Wilco’s next show is on Tuesday night, the 21st. It sure will be interesting to see what they break out then.

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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