Wilco

New tour dates!

After a summer break, Wilco hits Europe and the UK in August and returns to the US for tour dates in September and October. Get Wilcoworld presale tickets Wednesday June 7 @ 10am local with the password: SURPRISE

General on sale begins Friday June 9 at 10am local.

SEPT 26: Tulsa, OK *⁠
SEPT 28: Dallas, TX *⁠
SEPT 29: Austin, TX * ⁠
OCT 01: Albuquerque, NM *⁠
OCT 03: Scottsdale, AZ *⁠
OCT 04, 05, 06: Los Angeles, CA *⁠
OCT 08: Monterey CA ⁠
OCT 11: Los Angeles, CA *⁠
OCT 13: Santa Barbara, CA *⁠
OCT 14: Berkeley, CA *⁠
OCT 16: Portland, OR *⁠
OCT 17+18: Seattle, WA #⁠
OCT 20: Salt Lake City, UT #⁠
OCT 22: Denver, CO #⁠
OCT 23: Omaha, NE #⁠
OCT 25: Kansas City, MO #⁠
OCT 26: St. Louis, MO #⁠
OCT 27: Bentonville, AR #⁠

* with My Brightest Diamond ⁠
# with Nina Nastasia⁠

Photo by Charles Harris

Tweedy on Tour

Intimate solo performances with Jeff Tweedy >>>>⁠

And Le Ren supports? Doesn’t get better! Join the party in June/July!

6/19/23Tree House BrewingSouth Deerfield, MA
6/21/23Brooklyn MadeBrooklyn, NY
6/23/23Brooklyn MadeBrooklyn, NY
6/24/23Brooklyn MadeBrooklyn, NY
6/25/23Brooklyn MadeBrooklyn, NY
6/27/239:30 ClubWashington, DC
6/28/23AtlantisWashington, DC
7/18/23The SheldonSt. Louis, MO
7/19/23Steifel TheatreSalina, KS
7/21/23Boulder TheaterBoulder, CO
7/22/23Vilar Performing Arts CenterBeaver Creek, CO
7/23/23Avalon TheaterGrand Junction, CO
7/25/23Egyptian TheatreBoise, ID
7/26/23Panida TheaterSandpoint, ID
7/28/23Timber FestivalCarnation WA
7/29/23Vernon and District PACVernon, BC
7/30/23Calgary Folk FestivalCalgary, AB, Canada

Get Tickets!

 

Photo by Richie Wireman

Sun, Sand and Sky Blue Sky

Wilco’s wildly fun vacation / festival returns to Riviera Maya, MX on Dec 2-6, 2023.

The all-inclusive ticket includes accommodations at Hard Rock Hotel OR (new this year) UNICO 20°87° Resort and three Wilco shows, plus performances by Father John Misty, Sylvan Esso, Lucinda Williams, Waxahatchee, Kevin Morby, Jeff Tweedy, Built To Spill, Makaya McCraven, Cate Le Bon, Bartees Strange, The Autumn Defense, Eucademix and locals Mint Field.

Get your tickets here: wilcoskybluesky.com

Check out the recap video for Sky Blue Sky Fest 2022!

Across the Atlantic!

Wilco is headed  over to Europe and the UK this summer! Get tickets here.

10 August – Lokerse Festival, Lokeren Belgium
12 August – Sonorama Festival, Aranda de Duero, Spain
14 August – Festival Porta Ferrada, Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain
16 August – Starlite Marbella, Marbella Spain
17 August – Plaza de Toros, Alicante, Spain
19 August – Paredes de Coura Festival, Portugal
20 August – Espazos Festival, Vigo Spain
22 August – Ramonville St Agne, FR – Le Bikini
24 August – Acieloaperto Festival, San Mauro Pascoli Italy
25 August – TOdays Festival, Turin Italy
27 August – TivoliVredenburg (Ronda), Utrecht Netherlands  SOLD OUT
28 August – TivoliVredenburg (Ronda), Utrecht Netherlands
30 August – O2 Forum Kentish, London
31 August – End of the Road Festival, Wiltshire
2 September – Usher Hall, Edinburgh
3 September – Moseley Folk Festival, Birmingham
5  September – The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
6 September – Mandela Hall, Belfast
8 September – 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin- SOLD OUT
9 September – Cork Opera House – Cork

 

Photo by Richie Wireman

Cruel Country at Carol’s

Amid Cruel Country celebrations, Wilco played 3 surprise shows at Chicago’s iconic Honky Tonk, Carol’s Pub. Enjoy a live cut from the night now.

And continue celebrating with the band at upcoming tour dates in Chicago, Port Chester NY, ICELAND, the Carolinas, Florida, Alabama, Athens GA/OH, Tennessee and later this year in Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, the UK, and Ireland!

Get tickets at wilcoworld.net/shows

📸 : Jamie Kelter Davis

BOOK 3!

For years, we’ve been calling it “Book 3”. Now it’s more formally named WORLD WITHIN A SONG: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music. “WWAS” for short.

Whatever you call it, Jeff Tweedy’s 3rd book is coming to bookstores November 7th via Dutton.

Preorder now! You’ll thank yourself later when a surprise shows up at your door in 10 months.

When we asked Jeff about the book, he said:  “I want to talk about songs that gave me permission to be creative…to be myself. To say something that was hard to say. I’ll be telling stories from my life, focusing on a true-to-memory style of how it really felt to me, how I experienced things emotionally. And then I want to talk about music in the same way. I want to talk about music in a way that it rarely gets talked about. I want to talk about the world within the song.”

Better Late Than Never

20 years later, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot has been awarded with TWO Grammys! The list of thank you’s is too long to dole out.

Seven(!) Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Deluxe Reissues are available now! Get vinyl and CDs at your local record shop or online (US | EU | AUS). Or dig in digitally on all of the usual streaming services and Bandcamp.

There’s something for everyone: the original album remastered on black or gold vinyl; an expanded digital download; a deluxe vinyl/cd with live tracks and demos; plus a Super Deluxe Boxset featuring 82 previously-unreleased tracks. Check here for all the details. You’ll also find shiny new packaging, unseen photos, new interviews, and of course, merch to match!

The Wilco Store: North America | UK / EUAUS

Cruel Country physical!

Wilco’s new album, Cruel Country, is available now on vinyl and CD.

Available on 2-LP (black and color vinyl) or 2-CD. Both feature 21 songs including early fan favorite, “A Lifetime to Find,” which was shared via a spo0oooky new music video!

Wilco’s 12th album has had a heck of a ride so far. Originally given digitally to Solid Sound participants for free, followed by a digital release May 27 (the same day the band performed it live in its entirety at the festival). Lauded by NYT as Wilco’s “understated Magnum Opus” and later released on Record Store Day as a white label CD. Now it lands in good company on the best of 2022 lists from Rolling StoneVariety, Spin, Uproxx, and Paste AND its long awaited physical release is nearly here!

ORDER NOW: Wilco Store (US | EU | AUS)

Front of House
Live Recordings

Our Front of House series on nugs.net explores Wilco’s 25+ years of live catalog, past and present. The series includes exclusive recordings released on the last Wednesday of November, February, May and August.

The May 2023 release is a Yankee Hotel Foxtrot-heavy festival play from All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in March 2002. Download and listen here.

Recordings by Warner Swain

Poor Places on The Late Show

Julia Roberts opened for the band on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Watch a performance of Poor Places featuring the Aizuri Quartet here.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Deluxe reissues are available now (US | EU | AUS).

WARMER Second Pressing

Perfectly timed with the rising temperatures: WARMER by Jeff Tweedy is available now in the Wilco Stores. WARMER is the companion release to WARM and was previously released as a RSD exclusive.

Bundle up with WARM and WARMER. Jeff’s latest solo albums now available together in one package.

US Wilco Store | EU Wilco Store | AUS Wilco Store

Solid Sound, we love you.

Thanks for another magical Solid Sound!

Check out the 2022 photo gallery here and the recap video here.

Listen to the Solid Sound 2022 playlist here.

ACL Hall of Fame Induction

Watch Wilco’s Hall of Fame induction alongside Alejandro Escovedo and Lucinda Williams on PBS

Guest performances include Roseanne Cash, Terry Allen, Bill Callahan, Japanese Breakfast, Jason Isbell, Margo Price and Sheila E.

For a full photo gallery by Charles Harris click here

Live Is The King
is Out Now

Jeff Tweedy’s deluxe album, Love Is The King / Live Is The King, is available digitally, 2-CD package and double LP. 

This expanded package features the original album plus a bonus disc with live versions of all 11 songs played by Jeff with a full band. The live set closes with a cover version of Neil Young’s classic “The Old Country Waltz”.

Get it from our web stores here  USEU | AUS
Buy on Bandcamp
Or stream on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, etc.

In celebration, Jeff played shows (Feb/March 2022) in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin and Dallas alongside the album band featuring Spencer Tweedy, Sammy Tweedy, Liam Kazar, Sima Cunningham and James Elkington (plus Macie Stewart on violin).

Wilco now in 3D!

We’re constantly updating Wilcostore.com with new fun items. The latest release is a throwback!

The Wilco 3D Viewfinder is a crossover between one of childhood’s best toys and one of America’s best bands. Each 3D Viewfinder comes with 3 reels, each containing 7 Wilco images. The Loft Reel takes a closer look at the band’s iconic Chicago studio, The Green Room Reel shows rare backstage snaps, and the Live Sessions Reel gets up close with the band members on stage.

Shop US  –  Shop EU  –  Shop AUS

Don’t Let Me Down

In the fall of 2021, during a short break from touring, Wilco hunkered down at The Loft. Two days later the band emerged with two new recordings, both covers of The Beatles. 
 
Hear “Don’t Let Me Down” and “Dig a Pony” exclusively on Amazon Music as part of a month long celebration of the Let It Be Special Edition.
Don’t let Wilco down, listen!

C’mon America

We know what you’re thinking. The answer is: No, Jeff doesn’t stop making music.

Which means you’re in luck, because there are two new tracks available now as part of Sub Pop’s Singles Club.

“C’mon America,” the A-side,  is from an unreleased group of songs with mostly sci-fi lyrics. Meanwhile “UR-60 Unsent,” the B-side, is a pitiful tale of an unsent lovesick mixtape, taken from a separate batch of unreleased songs with mostly pitiful lyrics.

Listen / order here.

Cover photo by Sammy Tweedy

Starship Casual

If you’re looking to get more e-mails, Jeff’s got you covered.

Subscribe to Starship Casual to receive weekly notes from Jeff directly to your inbox. He’ll be sharing loads of unreleased music, check-ins from tour, stories that didn’t make either book, recommendations, advice and more.

Subscribe now.

 

Photo by Alexa Viscius

Daniel Johnston – Chicago 2017

There is and was only one Daniel and to be able to work with him and help present his music was a huge honor for me and the band, one for which we are all very thankful.” – Jeff Tweedy 

Daniel Johnston’s final album, Chicago 2017, is available now via Wilco’s own dBpm Records: Spotify | Apple Music | Amazon Music | Vinyl

Via sales in the Wilco store, we were able to donate $7,000 to the Johnston family’s “Hi How Are You” Foundation for the study and treatment of mental illness and addiction recovery.

Impossible Germany Recreation

Check in with Jeff from The Loft as he performs a unique take of a Wilco fan-favorite for the second installment of Fender’s Re-Creation series.

For those who are curious: In this video, Jeff uses an American Acoustasonic Jazzmaster. You can learn more about the guitar here.

Photo by Zoran Orlic
Video by Picture Show

How To
Write One Song


Jeff Tweedy’s second book, How To Write One Song: Loving The Things We Create and How They Love Us Back is out now.

Esquire hit the nail on the head: “[How to Write One Song] is one part manual for composing a song, and one part philosophical inquiry into the human desire—the human need—to create. It’s also an easy, delightful read.” 

This is the perfect gift for your kid, or your inner child. What are you waiting for? Get creating:   

US | UK | EU  | Audio book read by Jeff

Read an essay on the book by Los Angeles Review of Books

Ode to Joy
wins Grammy!

We’d like to congratulate Jeff Tweedy and Lawrence Azzerad (while thanking the Academy) for the new hardware. The Ode to Joy Deluxe Art Book took home this year’s Grammy for Best Packaging.

Created with the Wilco collector in mind, OTJ Deluxe is beautifully hand-crafted, autographed and hand-numbered. It includes a pop-up art book paired with a 180g vinyl. Copies are available here.

Wilco’s 11th studio album was released on October 5, 2019 via dBpm Records and is available now, in stores, online and on streaming services.

Ode to Joy features 11 new songs including the single, “Love is Everywhere.”

Happy Listening!

A follow up:
Racial injustice in the music industry


In June 2020, Jeff shared this statement, committing 5% of his writer revenue to organizations fighting racial injustice in the music industry.

As of 2021, that revenue will be donated to I Grow Chicago, a Chicago organization focusing on community connection, skill building, and opportunity.

Jeff spoke to CBS This Morning about the initiative, watch the interview here.

Save Our Stages

 

Watch Jeff, Spencer, Sammy, Liam Kazar, Sima Cunningham and James Elkington perform a cover of “Old Country Waltz” from The Hideout in Chicago.
The National Independent Venue Association Emergency Relief Fund is raising money for grants in hopes of enabling some of the most distressed independent venues to hold on until they can reopen safely. To learn more, go to http://saveourstages.com

Wilco Recommends

Hey, 2020 wasn’t all bad! Check out some of the band’s favorite albums from the year.  Hear a sampling of the tunes here.

A very happy new year to you all. Stay safe.

Birdy On The Moon


OUT NOW!
High and Low/The Message by Birdy On The Moon (aka Pat Sansone!).

Released for the first time since its recording in 90s, “High and Low/The Message” is available digitally on Bandcamp and on 7″ vinyl.

New From Nels

Share The Wealth, a spankin’ new, multi-faceted document played by a sublimely-expanded edition of my long-standing combo called The Nels Cline Singers is out now.

“Anyone out there hankering for a rather elaborate elucidation of sonic architecture in the jazz/rock/improv universe at this time? I hope so, but I truly understand if not. Creations get created and plans to provide these creations to you, the ardent listeners, get planned, and so here I am/we are with Share The Wealth. I am, in spite of so many concerning non-musical occurrences that assail us all at this time, truly happy and proud to announce the imminent release of this double album.” – NC

Listen to Share The Wealth

Summerteeth: Deluxe Edition


The expanded version of Wilco’s third studio album is out now.
Summerteeth: Deluxe Edition is a 5-LP / 4-CD set that includes the original album remastered, and is full to the brim with previously-unreleased outtakes, demos and live recordings.

Shop The Wilco Stores (US | EU | AUS), for vinyl, CD and digital, plus hats, shirts and masks to match!

For more details, track listing and credits: go here.

The Autumn Defense

We’re wishing Pat and John and The Autumn Defense a happy 10 year anniversary for the album Once Around!

Once Around (Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition) includes the original 11 tracks, plus one bonus track and ten, previously unreleased, live tracks – 5 recorded live for Amoeba Music Hollywood and 5 recorded at Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, Georgia around the time of the album’s release.

Get it now, exclusively on Bandcamp

Wilco x Oxford Pennant

The Wilco x Oxford Pennant collection is back in stock and better than ever. Not only have we rerelease some of our favorite designs from Solid Sound and Winterlude, we’ve also added several new banners, mugs, patches, pins and more.

Available at OxfordPennant.com.

Tell Your Friends

A new Wilco song called “Tell Your Friends” is available for immediate download with a charitable contribution via Bandcamp.

Watch the band perform the song with their families here.

Donations will go directly to World Central Kitchen, an organization working across America to safely distribute fresh meals in communities that need support.

** As of July 2020 we have donated $10,000 to World Central Kitchen. **

We miss each other. So we wrote a song about it to sing with each other, to sing to each other.” – Jeff Tweedy

100 Polaroids

Previously out-of-print, Pat’s book “100 Polaroids” is now available to order. A portion of proceeds will be donated to MusiCares.

“10 years ago I put together this book to commemorate an exhibit at the first Solid Sound Festival… an exhibit of 100 photographs chosen from the thousands I had taken in the previous few years. I had just begun to look at preparing this reprint when COVID emerged, and was on the fence about whether or not to move forward with the endeavor. But I decided that I’d rather continue to stay involved in creative pursuits and share it with others…”

Available here.

All Lives, You Say?

Both pressings of the “All Lives, You Say?” 7-are officially sold out. Thanks! Because of you, we were able to donate $7,500 to Movement for Black Lives.

The digital version of this song is available via Bandcamp. Through those donations we contributed more than $30,000 to Southern Poverty Law Center and Life After Hate.

Support Local

We’d rather be at a record store, that’s for sure.

Our indie friends are taking a hit. And while we agree nothing beats flipping through the bins, we encourage you to check in with your local record store to see if you can peruse their inventory online. Many shops are even offering curbside pick-up for new, used and collectable vinyl, CDs and more. Record Store Day has compiled a helpful list to get you started. After all, “without these stores, there’s just no way Wilco would still be around.” – Jeff Tweedy

And if you already own the Wilco catalog, browse a sampling of the band’s latest recommendations featured on this playlist.

Photo credit: Huckberry

Evergreen

The Raccoonists (Jeff, Spencer and Sammy Tweedy) reunited to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live From His House.

Watch the Tweedy’s sing “Evergreen” from Jeff’s album WARMER here.

Watch From Home

In December, amid Wilco’s Winterlude residency in Chicago, the band played a surprise show – followed by a Q+A with Jeff moderated by TJ Jagodowski – from the CAA’s vintage basketball court.

During these strange times, we hope this is a welcome distraction.

Watch in full here.

Download This: Wilco live from Chicago

Wilco’s 2019 Chicago Winterlude Residency was one for the books. You can relive it now via our Roadcase series in the Wilco Store.

Hide-and-Seek

Now Playing: A new music video (feat. Wilco) for “Everyone Hides,” the second single from Ode to Joy. 

Watch as the band plays the ultimate game of hide-and-seek around Chicago.

A match made in Chicago

Wilco X Field Notes

Six unique, durable, made-in-the-USA, 48-Page Graph Paper Memo Books, each one designed by a different artist in collaboration with a Wilco.

Available now and ready for your ideas, setlists and meeting notes.

Deluxe Art Book

For the Wilco collector: We created a beautiful hand-crafted autographed deluxe edition of Ode to Joy that includes and hand-numbered pop-up art book paired with a 180g vinyl. To see more of the process, watch the video below. Available for purchase here.

Behind-The-Scenes

Get an inside look into the recording sessions for Ode to Joy via new video for “Before Us,” filmed by Zoran Orlic.

LET’S GO (SO WE CAN GET BACK)

Jeff’s NYT’s best-selling memoir, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back), is available now on hardcover and paperback.

For the first time, Jeff takes fans into his songwriting process,  talks about his childhood, speaks in-depth about his collaborators in Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, and more.

US | UK

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Watch Wilco perform “Everyone Hides” live from the iconic Ed Sullivan Theater.

Streaming live from Brooklyn Steel

Take a break from the TV.

Watch Wilco’s Ode to Joy tour live from Brooklyn Steel on Oct. 13 2019.

The band is on tour now. Tickets are available here.

Photo by Zoran Orlic