nkotb
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Wilco's Winter Residency
December 14, 2007 at 03:07 PM UTC
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Anyone attempting to go to this? I'm not sure I can make it, but it's so tempting.
Tickets go on pre-sale in about an hour. It'll be hard not to just buy them and figure out the logistics later.
Yada
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Re: Wilco's Winter Residency
December 14, 2007 at 03:17 PM UTC
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with my luck, i'd end up going the night they do all YHF and Ghost is Born tunes… ha.
WOuld love to go but that's a pricey trip not worth making IMO.
nkotb
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Re: Wilco's Winter Residency
December 14, 2007 at 03:20 PM UTC
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The only reason I'm even considering it is because my company's main office is in Chicago. It would be sweet to combine a work trip and this show…especially with flight and hotel paid for.
Originally posted by Yada:
with my luck, i'd end up going the night they do all YHF and Ghost is Born tunes… ha.
WOuld love to go but that's a pricey trip not worth making IMO.
heather
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Re: Wilco's Winter Residency
December 14, 2007 at 03:32 PM UTC
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i was super late to the wilco party; so, i actually got hooked on a ghost is born & yankee hotel foxtrot. what i can remember from NYE 2004 at MSG is f'in amazing….
i wouldn't mind spending the $170 (plus travel, hotel, incidentals), but i'm not about to use precious vacation time for this.
nkotb, since you can make this a business trip, you should be the board's designated attendee!
Yada
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Re: Wilco's Winter Residency
December 14, 2007 at 03:36 PM UTC
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Originally posted by heather:
i was super late to the wilco party; so, i actually got hooked on a ghost is born & yankee hotel foxtrot. what i can remember from NYE 2004 at MSG is f'in amazing….
i wouldn't mind spending the $170 (plus travel, hotel, incidentals), but i'm not about to use precious vacation time for this.
nkotb, since you can make this a business trip, you should be the board's designated attendee!
I'm not saying those aren't good albums, just the tunes have been played now for literally 4 years straight…
At any rate, it would be a fun run of shows. THe one good thing though is that since they're dusting off these old tunes, you can expect to hear them in the coming tour.
heather
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Re: Wilco's Winter Residency
December 14, 2007 at 03:45 PM UTC
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fair enough.
they're playing the tower theatre sat, 2/23. i've never been. worth the trip?
HoyaSaxa03
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Re: Wilco's Winter Residency
December 14, 2007 at 03:51 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Yada:
with my luck, i'd end up going the night they do all YHF and Ghost is Born tunes… ha.
i was so happy this summer at merriweather when they pulled out a ton of old tracks … "outtasite outta mind" is such a shitkicker, putting it on right now
callat703
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Re: Wilco's Winter Residency
December 14, 2007 at 04:00 PM UTC
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What are the dates of this?
Rhett Miller
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Re: Wilco's Winter Residency
December 14, 2007 at 04:03 PM UTC
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Probably would have taken you less time to go to there website and look than submit this post.
:D
Originally posted by callat703:
What are the dates of this?
callat703
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Re: Wilco's Winter Residency
December 14, 2007 at 04:04 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Probably would have taken you less time to go to there website and look than submit this post.
:D
Originally posted by callat703:
What are the dates of this?
sigh. probably.
heather
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Re: Wilco's Winter Residency
December 14, 2007 at 04:06 PM UTC
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feb 15, 16, 18, 19, 20.
short write-up in the chicago tribune:
Wilco to play 5-night Riviera residency
Wilco will play a five-night residency at the Riviera Theatre in February in which it promises to play every song the band has recorded.
Wilcoâ??s career covers six studio albums, including last yearâ??s â??Sky Blue Sky,â? and two â??Mermaid Avenueâ? collaborations with Billy Bragg on the lyrics of Woody Guthrie.
â??Over the five nights we will attempt the â??complete Wilcoâ?? and try to clear out the dusty corners of the catalog that we havenâ??t attended to in a while,â? singer Jeff Tweedy said Monday in a statement announcing the shows, which will take place Feb. 15, 16, 18, 19 and 20. Each nightâ??s set will be different.
Tickets ($35 plus service fees) go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday through Ticketmaster.