Wilco Ends Their Tour Break with Three Shows In Oregon

Over two weeks ago, after a show in Welch, Minnesota, Wilco went on a break from their current tour. On October 5, they returned for the first of three concerts in Oregon, which, yeah, featured similar setlists but reportedly were still satisfying displays of Jeff Tweedy and company’s powerful punch. But let’s get away from that generic prose, and provide what went down over the last week:

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Oregon 10/5/21  10/6/21:

“A Shot in the Arm” / “Random Name Generator” / “Side with the Seeds” / “One and a Half Stars” / “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” / “Art of Almost”/ “If I Ever Was A Child” / “Via Chicago” / “Bull Black Nova” / “Love is Everywhere (Beware)” / “Impossible Germany”/ “Hummingbird” / “Everyone Hides” / “Box Full of Letters” / “Dawned On Me” / “Jesus, Etc.” / “Theologians” / “I’m the Man Who Loves You” / “Heavy Metal Drummer” / “I’m Always in Love”

 

Encore: “Ashes of American Flags” / “The Late Greats” / “Outtasite (Outta Mind)”

 

Arlene Schnizer Concert Hall, Portland, Oregon 10/6/21:

 

“A Shot in the Arm” / “Random Name Generator” / “At Least That’s What You Said” /  “White Wooden Cross” / “War on War” / “Muzzle Of Bees” / “If I Ever Was a Child” / “Laminated Cat (aka “Not For the Season)” / “Love is Everywhere (Beware)” “Impossible Germany” / “Forget the Flowers” / “I Must Be High” / “Everyone Hides” “Born Alone” / “Misunderstood” / “Jesus, Etc.” / “Shouldn’t Be Ashamed” / “California Stars” / “Poor Places” / “Reservations”

 

Encore: “I Got You (At the End of the Century)” / “Outtasite (Outta Mind)”

 

Wilco at McDonald Theatre, Eugene, Oregon, 10/8/21: 

“A Shot in the Arm” / “Random Name Generator” / “At Least That’s What You Said” / “One and a Half Stars” / “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” / “Art of Almost” / “Muzzle of Bees” / “If I Ever Was A Child” / “Laminated Cat” (aka “Not For the Season”) “Impossible Germany” / “Love is Everywhere (Beware)”/ “Hummingbird” / “Box Full of Letters” / “Everyone Hides” / “Dawned on Me” / “Jesus, Etc.” / “Theologians” / “California Stars” / “Poor Places” / “Reservations” / “The Late Greats” / “Heavy Metal Drummer” / “I’m the Man Who Loves You”

Next up: Washington Center, Olympia, Washington on October 9th (tonight!).

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Wilco Setlists: Columbia 8/20, Forest Hills 8/21, & Philadelphia 8/22

Official show poster by Dave Caron/Hoverchair studio

I’m playing catch up now as after I went to see Wilco in Asheville last week (read the review and all here), I fell behind for several days. So now I’ve got three, count ‘em, three setlists to post. Let’s get right to them:

Merriweather Post Pavillion, Columbia, MD 8/20/21

“A Shot in the Arm” / “Random Name Generator” / “Before Us” / “You Are My Face” / “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” / “Art of Almost” / “If I Ever Was a Child” / “Impossible Germany” / “Love Is Everywhere (Beware)” / “Box Full of Letters” / “Hummingbird” / “Everyone Hides” / “Born Alone” / “Jesus, Etc.” / “Theologians” / “I’m the Man Who Loves You” / “Heavy Metal Drummer” / “I’m Always in Love”

 

Encore: “The Late Greats” / “Outtasite (Outta Mind)” / “California Stars”

 

Forest Hills Stadium, Forest Hills, NY 8/21/21

Official show poster by Zoca Design

This show was somewhat truncated by heavy rain - a constant concern during this leg of the “It’s Time” tour.

“A Shot in the Arm” / “Random Name Generator” / “At Least That’s What You Said” / “Love Is Everywhere (Beware)” / “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” / “Art of Almost” / “If I Ever Was a Child” / “Impossible Germany” / “Hummingbird” / “Everyone Hides” / “Box Full of Letters” / “Dawned On Me” / “Jesus, Etc.” / “Theologians” / “I’m the Man Who Loves You” / “Heavy Metal Drummer” / “I’m Always in Love”

Here’s Wilco + Sleater-Kinney performing show-opener “A Shot in the Arm” at Forest Hills:

Mann Center for Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA 8/22/21

Official show poster by Falk Schwalbe / Rainbow posters

“A Shot in the Arm” / “Random Name Generator” / “Before Us” / “One Wing” / “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” / “Art of Almost” / “If I Ever Was a Child” / “Impossible Germany” / “Love Is Everywhere (Beware)” / “Box Full of Letters” / “Everyone Hides” / “Born Alone” / “At Least That’s What You Said” / “Jesus, Etc.” / “Theologians” / “I’m the Man Who Loves You” / “Heavy Metal Drummer” / “I’m Always in Love”

 

Encore: “The Late Greats” / “Outtasite (Outta Mind)” 

 

Next up, Leader Bank Pavilion, Boston, MA 8/24/21 & later this week, Wilco's show at Millennium Park Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago on 8/28 will be live streamed on nugs.net.

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Wilco Setlist: Brown’s Island, Richmond VA 8/18/21

As I’m on my way to see Wilco in Asheville, NC (a show that was rescheduled from 8/17 because of tropical storm Fred), this recap will be brief. Basically it will just consist of what they played at Brown’s Island (a venue that used to be named Altria Theatre) last night.

So let’s get right to the setlist:

 

“A Shot in the Arm”

“Random Name Generator”

“Side with the Seeds”

“One and a Half Stars”

“I Am Trying to Break Your Heart”

“Art of Almost”

“If I Ever Was a Child”

“Impossible Germany”

“Love Is Everywhere (Beware)”

“Box Full of Letters”

“Everyone Hides”

“Born Alone”

“Jesus, Etc.”

“Theologians”

“I’m the Man Who Loves You”

“Heavy Metal Drummer”

“I’m Always in Love”

 

Encore: 

“Spiders (Kidsmoke)”

“California Stars”

The cool poster print at the top of this post was designed by artist Matthew Decker.

Alright, please stay tuned to this space for my recap of Asheville, which will be my first Wilco show since October, 2019.

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