Video: Wilco, N. Lowe & M.Staples rehearse "The Weight" ...

Wilco, Nick Lowe & Mavis Staples rehearse "The Weight" backstage at the Civic Opera House in Chicago in December 2011.

Wilco Adds 2011 Detroit Tour Date...

Wilco has announced more "Whole Love" tour dates, including a date in Detroit at the Fillmore Detroit on December 10th.

On September 27th, Wilco will release their latest album, The Whole Love, on their own, newly launched label dBpm. And tomorrow, starting at 12pm Central Time, the band will stream the album in its entirety for 24 hours at their website, Wilcoworld.net.

11/29 Dallas, TX - The Music Hall at Fair Park
12/1 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater
12/3 Kansas City, MO - The Uptown Theater
12/4 Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom
12/6 Minneapolis, MN - The State Theatre
12/7 Minneapolis, MN - The State Theatre
12/9 Milwaukee, WI - The Riverside Theater
12/10 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Detroit
12/12 Chicago, IL - Civic Opera House

Wilco Fan Video Project: (from WilcoWorld.net)
"We've got something new we're gonna try out on the upcoming North American tour. If you live in or around one of the show cities, we want you to help us create a video stage backdrop for the band. We're looking for images shot in the show's town... for instance, the September 13 show in Indianapolis, we're looking for video footage of settings and places that really say something about the area, its people and/or history, geography, whatever. Once you've captured the footage, upload it to the project's Vimeo Group. (You'll need to make sure the footage is downloadable and that you read the Terms.) Your footage just might end up being used in the show."

Video: Wilco ~ The Whole Love - Coming 9/27...

Wilco Headed to South Bend This Summer...

After last summer's successful run of concerts in minor league ballparks on the east coast, Wilco will take the field again for their only remaining Midwest concert of 2010 at South Bend, Indiana’s Coveleski Ballpark on Friday, July 30. The concert features special guests Yo La Tengo, who performed with Wilco last summer at a sold out minor league stadium in Brooklyn, NY. There is a pre-sale going on now here. The password is "silverhawks".

Tickets for the July 30 concert are on sale Saturday, May 15 at 12 noon EST/11 am CDT through Wilcoworld.net and etix.com. Tickets will also be available at the Coveleski Ballpark box office and by phone at 1-800-514-ETIX. Admission to the concert is free for children 4 and under. So pack up the grill and party in the parking lot.... gates open on show day at 5pm. Be there -- it's the last shot in the region for the year.

Video: Wilco ~ Take Away Show (La Blogo)...

Wilco - Country Disappeared - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

Wilco at MusiCares Person of the Year...

An All-Star Lineup honored 2010 MusiCares Person Of The Year Neil Young this past Friday.

Performers included Ben Harper, Lucinda Williams, Jack Black, Jackson Browne, T Bone Burnett, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Sheryl Crow, Everest, Patty Griffin, Josh Groban, Emmylou Harris, Elton John, Norah Jones, Lady Antebellum, k.d. lang, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Ozomatli, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Leon Russell, James Taylor, and Wilco.

Wilco Offers Live Show Downloads to Help Haiti...

From Wilcoworld.net:

We have just posted two shows for free download on Wilcoworld, all we ask that you do in return, is make a minimum donation of $15 to one of the organizations listed below.

OXFAM - http://www.oxfam.org/en/haitidonate
Doctors Without Borders - http://doctorswithoutborders.org

Both organizations ask that you donate to their Emergency Relief Funds which allows them to spend the money on situations such as Haiti, but, not expressly limited to Haiti.

The shows are:

07-13-09 - Keyspan Park - Brooklyn, NY
11-04-09 - HMV Forum - London, UK

In exchange for the free music, we ask that you make a minimum donation of $15 to one of the organizations listed above if you are able.

Click here for downloads.

Video: Skip Spence ~ Weighted Down (Beck)...

Record Club: Skip Spence "Weighted Down" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.

Beck Offers Skip Spence Record Club Tribute...

Record Club: Skip Spence "Little Hands" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.

From Beck.com
We're 5 months into the Record Club project now, and it's time for our third installment.

This one took place last June when Wilco was in town for the release of their new eponymous album. They came by after a long day filming a TV appearance and still managed to put down 8 songs with us. Jamie Liddell was in the studio with me working on his new record. Leslie Feist happened to be in town editing her documentary and heard we were all getting together. Recording took place at Sunset Sound Studios in the room where the Stones did a lot of Exile On Main Street (and looking at the records on the walls it appeared that the Doobie Brothers recorded most of their output there too). Sitting in on drums, we had James Gadson, who's played on most of the Bill Withers records and on songs like 'Express Yourself' and 'I Will Survive.' Jeff Tweedy's son Spencer played played additional drums. Also, Brian Lebarton, from the last two Record Club sessions is back.

The record chosen this time was Skip Spence's 'Oar.' Running sequentially, the first song up is "Little Hands". Our friend Danny Kalb engineered.

For those of you who are wondering what the deal is with this Record Club thing, please read on below.

-Beck

Video: Wilco on CBS Sunday Morning...

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Wilco Fall Dates Include Ann Arbor & Columbus...

Wilco has announced a short run of Midwest dates this fall including Columbus on October at the Wexner Center & Ann Arbor on October 16th at Hill Auditorium.

Tickets go on sale to Wexner Center members and Wilco fan club on July 29th. General public can purchase tickets beginning August 1st. Members can order tickets by calling (614) 292-3535.

Oct 1 Iowa City, IA University of Iowa @ Main Lounge
Oct 2 St. Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Oct 4 Maryland Heights, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Oct 6 Kansas City, MO @ The Crossroads
Oct 8 Cedar Park (Austin), TX @ Cedar Park Center
Oct 9 Dallas, TX @ The Palladium
Oct 10 Memphis, TN @ Orpheum Theatre
Oct 12 Columbus, OH @ Wexner Center
Oct 14 Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
Oct 16 Ann Arbor, MI @ Hill Auditorium
Oct 18 Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion
Oct 19 Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion

Check out a recent Wilco article in SPIN

Video: Wilco Behind the Scenes...

Check out this great video posted by Jeff Tweedy's brother-in-law, Danny Miller, showing some "behind the scenes" moments of Wilco's recent visit west to do a some shows, The Tonight Show & welcome a family member into the world (which is ruled by Wilco). This video was posted on Danny's blog.

Video: Wilco on Tonight Show...

Wilco to Play Royal Oak Music Theatre...

All you need to know is Wilco has just announced a summer tour date at Royal Oak Music Theatre on Tuesday, July 21st. Pre-sale tickets go on sale May 6th. General Public sale begins May 8th at 5pm. Check the Royal Oak Music Theatre site for more details. Front Gate Ticketing has info. too.

Wilco Download of Woody Guthrie Song...

A new Wilco performance of Woody Guthrie's once-again-timely "The Jolly Banker" is available now on the site by going to http://wilcoworld.net/woody/ with suggested donation to the Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives.

Listen to an interview with Jeff Tweedy about Woody Guthrie's song.

Wilco Schedules Cinci Before Bonnaroo...

Wilco has just announced a string of additional U.S. tour dates, including a show at The Aronoff Center in Cincinnati on Friday, June 12th. Ticket pre-sale begins April 22nd. This show should be a nice prelude to their Bonnaroo appearance and their new album release (late June).

The forthcoming and still-untitled next Wilco album is nearing completion. Jim Scott and the band spent the last few weeks mixing in Jim's studio in Valencia, California and here's a list of song titles spied on the reels -- note this is not necessarily complete and not in sequence.

Deeper Down
Conscript (aka I'll Fight)
One Wing
Solitaire
Wilco (the song)
Country Disappeared
Everlasting
Bull Black Nova
Sonny Feeling
You and I

Rumors and blogs regarding a guest appearance on that last track are, amazingly, quite true. Feist does indeed lend a great vocal to You and I. Other details will emerge in the coming weeks. The release is currently scheduled for late June on Nonesuch.

Side Note: Jeff Tweedy will throw out the first pitch at the Brewers game prior to there show in Milwaukee on April 14th.

Athens (OH) in the Spring with Wilco...

Behold Wilco fans...the band has announced a few more tour dates this spring. If you play it smart, you can use your tax refund to catch them at Ohio University in Athens. With any luck, they will be near your ears in one of the following cities:

Apr 14th Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater
Apr 15th Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater
Apr 16th Bloomington, IN Indiana University @ University Auditorium
Apr 17th Athens, OH @ Templeton-Blackburn (Ohio University)
Apr 18th Knoxville, TN @ Historic Tennessee Theatre

They will also be at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (4/25), Bonnaroo (6/11 - 6/14) & the 10,000 Lakes Festival (7/22 - 7/25).

Wilco: Ashes of American Flags DVD Trailer...

Nonesuch Records releases Wilco’s new concert DVD, Ashes of American Flags, on Saturday, April 18, at independent retailers nationwide as part of national Record Store Day. The DVD will also be available on that day here at nonesuch.com. A broader release through iTunes, Amazon.com, and chain retail outlets will follow on April 28.

Ashes of American Flags is produced and directed by Christoph Green and Fugazi’s Brendan Canty and shot in five quintessentially American venues: Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, OK; Tipitina’s in New Orleans, LA; The Mobile Civic Center in Mobile, AL; The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN; and the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC. Mixing live concert footage with band interviews, it takes the viewer behind the scenes of Wilco’s 2008 US tour capturing both the expansive experience of rolling across America in a tour bus and the intimacy that happens night after night between the members of Wilco and the music they make, and between the band and their fans who come to experience it with them.

“It is really interesting to me how the experience of watching the live performances changes when the songs are given geographical, personal and historical contexts," said Christoph Green. " We wanted to make a tour film that would deepen and change the viewer’s relationship with the music.”

“Ashes was captured completely on the fly with a terrifying lack of planning, so everything you see in this film is real," adds Brendan Canty. "The musicianship and their combined will to elevate each song to new heights every night is real. Their appreciation of one another is real, and at the core of the film is their increasingly brilliant body of songs. I can only hope the film conveys the feeling of utter joy, beauty and triumph I feel after I see them play. “

Track Listing
1 Ashes of American Flags
2 Side with the Seeds
3 Handshake Drugs
4 The Late Greats
5 Kingpin
6 Wishful Thinking
7 Impossible Germany
8 Via Chicago
9 A Shot in the Arm
10 Monday
11 You Are My Face
12 Heavy Metal Drummer
13 War on War

Bonnaroo 2009 Lineup (& Contest) Confirmed...

The Initial Line-Up for Bonnaroo 2009 has been announced...looks like they've outdone themselves again:

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Phish (2 Shows), Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne, Wilco, Al Green, Snoop Dogg, Elvis Costello (solo), Erykah Badu, Paul Oakenfold, Ben Harper and Relentless7, The Mars Volta, TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gov’t Mule, Andrew Bird, Merle Haggard, MGMT, moe., The Decemberists, Girl Talk, Bon Iver, Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Galactic, The Del McCoury Band, of Montreal, Allen Toussaint, Coheed and Cambria, Booker T & the DBTs, David Grisman Quintet, Lucinda Williams, Animal Collective, Gomez, Neko Case, Down, Jenny Lewis, Santogold, Robert Earl Keen, Citizen Cope, Femi Kuti and the Positive Force, The Ting Tings, Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Kaki King, Grizzly Bear, King Sunny Adé, Okkervil River, St. Vincent, Zac Brown Band, Raphael Saadiq, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Crystal Castles, Tift Merritt, Brett Dennen, Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue, Toubab Krewe, People Under the Stairs, Alejandro Escovedo, Vieux Farka Touré, Elvis Perkins In Dearland, Cherryholmes, Yeasayer, Todd Snider, Chairlift, Portugal. The Man., The SteelDrivers, Midnite, The Knux, The Low Anthem, Delta Spirit, A.A. Bondy, The Lovell Sisters, Alberta Cross

And check out this great offering from the good people of Bonnaroo-Land.
We are pleased to announce a stellar new contest in honor of this week's Lineup announcement and the release of the 2009 Lineup video made by our friends at Ghost Robot. The contest is super easy to enter, and anyone who adds the official Bonnaroo Lineup Video to one or more of their webpages (e.g. Facebook, MySpace etc.) will be automatically entered to win VIP tickets, Regular Tickets, Merch and more to the 2009 festival!

For information on how to add the Lineup video to your page(s), visit the official Bonnaroo 2009 Lineup Preview Video page and look for the 'Share' option. Once you have posted The Bonnaroo Lineup Video to your page, send us an email at lineupcontest@bonnaroo.com with a link to your page. We will be randomly checking these links throughout the week, and we will be picking winners at random (only people who have successfully posted the video to their webpage can win!).

The contest starts on February 2nd and will end on March 2nd.