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Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup has changed frequently, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John Stirratt remaining from the original incarnation. Since early 2004, the other current members are guitarist Nels Cline, multi-instrumentalists Pat Sansone and Mikael Jorgensen, and drummer Glenn Kotche. Wilco has released eight studio albums, a live double album, and three collaborations: two with Billy Bragg, and one with The Minus 5. Wilco's music has been inspired by a wide variety of artists and styles, including Bill Fay and Television, and has in turn influenced music by a number of modern alternative rock acts. The band continued in the alternative country of Uncle Tupelo on its debut album A.M. (1995), but has since introduced more experimental aspects to their music, including elements of alternative rock and classic pop. Wilco garnered media attention for its fourth album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002), and the controversy surrounding it. After the recording sessions were complete, Reprise Records rejected the album and dismissed Wilco from the label. As part of a buy-out deal, Reprise gave Wilco the rights to the album for free. After streaming Foxtrot on its website, Wilco sold the album to Nonesuch Records in 2002. Both record labels are subsidiaries of Warner Music Group, leading one critic to say the album showed "how screwed up the music business is in the early twenty-first century. " Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is Wilco's most successful release to date, selling over 670,000 copies. Wilco won two Grammy Awards for their fifth studio album, 2004's A Ghost Is Born, including Best Alternative Music Album. Wilco's most recent studio album, The Whole Love, was released on September 27, 2011.
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Discography
- 2009-11-04: HMV Forum, London, UK
- 1997-04-04: Rockefeller, Oslo, Norway
- I'm a Wheel, 2004
- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, 2002
- Mermaid Avenue, 1998
- 2004-12-31: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
- 1995-05-23: Boulder, CO, USA
- 2008-02-15: Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
- 2005-06-28: Metropolis, Montréal, QC, Canada
- iTunes Session, 2012
- Mermaid Avenue, Volume II, 2000
- Sky Blue Sky (bonus disc), 2007
- 1995-08-19: Marcus Amphitheatre, Milwaukee, WI, USA
- 2005-11-01: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
- 2002-09-10: Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW-FM, Santa Monica, CA, USA
- Wilco (The Album), 2009
- 1999-05-24: House of Blues, West Hollywood, CA, USA
- 2007-10-13: The Crossroads at KC, Kansas City, MO, USA
- 2004-08-02: Eagle's Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI, USA
- 2006-10-20: Carey Center Gymnasium, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA, USA
- 2006-07-12: Alderney Landing, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
- You Never Know, 2009
- 2006-11-24: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
- 2006-04-22: William and Mary Hall, Williamsburg, VA, USA
- 2006-10-13: Sunset Station, San Antonio, TX, USA
- 2007-09-14: The Palladium Ballroom, Dallas, TX, USA
- 2008-02-16: Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
- 2006-03-05: Memorial Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- 2007-04-18: Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
- 2007-10-14: Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City, IA, USA
- 2005-10-22: Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Sky Blue Sky, 2007
- 2005-02-24: The 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, USA
- 2006-07-13: The Playhouse, Fredericton, NB, Canada
- 1997-02-01: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO, USA
- 2006-04-20: Meehan Auditorium, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- Summerteeth, 1999
- 2008-03-04: Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, USA
- A.M., 1995
- 2002-11-02: Tampa Theatre, Tampa, FL, USA
- 2004-11-17: Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW-FM, Santa Monica, CA, USA
- 2002-10-29: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, USA
- 2006-03-12: Langerado Music Festival, Markham Park, Sunrise, FL, USA
- 1996-11-12: Troubadour West, Hollywood, CA, USA
- 2007-09-12: Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago, IL, USA
- 2006-10-12: Will Rogers Auditorium, Fort Worth, TX, USA
- 2008-02-27: 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, USA
- 2006-10-08: Iroquois Amphitheater, Louisville, KY, USA
- War on War, 2002
- One True Vine, 2007
- 2007-04-19: Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
- 1995-08-18: World Music Theater, Tinley Park, IL, USA
- 1997-02-21: Majestic Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA
- 2008-03-05: Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, USA
- 2006-03-19: The Pageant, St. Louis, MO, USA
- 1997-04-13: Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, UK
- 2003-06-13: Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- 2007-06-24: Pines Theater, Northampton, MA, USA
- 1999-05-07: Riviera Theater, Chicago, IL, USA
- A Ghost Is Born, 2005
- A Sampler, 2007
- 1995-08-24: Mann Music Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- 2004-09-24: Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, NC, USA
- The Whole Love, 2011
- Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions, 2012
- 2004-11-06: Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO, USA
- 2006-10-09: Von Braun Center Concert Hall, Huntsville, AL, USA
- 2002-09-02: Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA, USA
- 1998-06-12: Chicago, IL, USA
- 2007-07-07: Kongsberg Jazz Festival, Kongsberg, Norway
- 2004-10-31: Chicago, IL, USA
- 1999-06-23: Earl's Court, London, UK
- The Wilco Book CD, 2004
- 2006-11-22: Barrymore Theater, Madison, WI, USA
- 1999-10-28: Headliners, Madison, WI, USA
- 2007-07-17: Spazio 211, Torino, Italy
- 2006-03-17: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, USA
- 2007-06-17: Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN, USA
- Kamera, 2002
- A Shot in the Arm, 1999
- 2005-03-14: Carling Apollo, Hammersmith, London, UK
- Kicking Television: Live in Chicago, 2005
- 2007-06-30: Massey Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2000-07-30: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Monday, 1997
- A.M. Demos
- 2000-09-17: WXPN, Cooper River Island, Collingswood, NJ, USA
- 2006-11-25: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
- 2004-06-29: San Bernandino Institute, Brescia, Italy
- 2008-05-17: The Pageant, St. Louis, MO, USA
- 2008-02-19: Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
- 2005-02-19: House of Blues, Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
- 2007-04-16: The Tivoli, Brisbane, Australia
- 2007-05-28: Longhorn, Stuttgart, Germany
- 2007-05-30: De Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium
- 1995-08-27: Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA, USA
- 2006-07-10: Metropolis, Montréal, QC, Canada
- 2008-02-20: Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
- 2002-08-31: Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- 2008-07-26: The Moose's Tooth, Anchorage, AK, USA
- 2004-12-31: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA
- 2008-05-05: Harry Adams Center, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
- 2006-08-06: Lollapalooza, Grant Park, Chicago, IL, USA
- 2006-03-06: Memorial Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- 2002-11-09: The Pageant, St. Louis, MO, USA
- 2007-10-09: Eagle's Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI, USA
- 2008-02-24: Shubert Theater, New Haven, CT, USA
- 2006-07-16: Pines Theater, Florence, MA, USA
- 2003-01-22: The Metro, Sydney, Australia
- I Might / I Love My Label, 2011
- 1997-01-31: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO, USA
- 2006-03-14: The Moon, Tallahassee, FL, USA
- Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key, 1998
- 2008-03-02: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, USA
- 2002-09-12: 4th & B, San Diego, CA, USA
- You and I, 2009
- 2007-06-02: Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain
- She Came Along to Me, 1998
- 2006-07-14: Quebec City Summer Festival, Quebec City, QC, Canada
- Outtasite (Outta Mind), 1997
- 2005-10-14: Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, NC, USA
- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Unknown Studio Session
- 2008-08-12: Tanglewood Music Center, Lenox, MA, USA
- 2006-04-19: Merrill Auditorium, Portland, ME, USA
- 2006-06-29: Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- 2007-05-25: Große Freiheit 36, Hamburg, Germany
- 2008-08-04: White River State Park, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- 2006-10-18: Mountainlair Ballroom, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
- 2007-06-25: Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY, USA
- 2007-09-02: The Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO, USA
- 1997-02-15: Irving Plaza, New York, NY, USA
- Can't Stand It, 1999
- 2008-02-26: 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, USA
- 2007-06-29: The Green at Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT, USA
- 2001-09-26: The 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, USA
- 2007-10-17: Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA
- 1997-02-28: The Blue Note, Columbia, MO, USA
- 1997-02-05: Harper College, Palatine, IL, USA
- 2008-08-23: Les Schwab Amphitheater, Bend, OR, USA
- 2006-10-15: The Cotillion, Wichita, KS, USA
- 2006-07-01: Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- 1999-03-27: Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, UK
- 2008-05-02: Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- 2008-05-04: Emerson Cultural Center, Bozeman, MT, USA
- 2007-06-28: Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, MA, USA
- 1997-03-31: Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2003-06-28: Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- 1998-09-04: On the Waterfront Fest, Rockford, IL, USA
- 1995-08-30: H.O.R.D.E. Festival, Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, TX, USA
- 2006-07-07: Massey Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2007-07-14: Victoria Park, Glasgow, UK
- 2002-09-03: Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR, USA
- From the Beginning, 2007
- Tri-State Sampler, 1996
- 2008-02-18: The Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
- 2006-10-19: The 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., USA
- Ashes of American Flags, 2009
- 1995-08-17: Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- 2004-06-23: Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth, UK
- What Light, 2007
- 2007-08-22: Edgefield, Troutdale, OR, USA
- 2007-06-26: Warsaw, New York, NY, USA
- 2007-10-20: Charlottesville Pavilion, Charlottesville, VA, USA
- 2007-05-23: Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany
- 2006-03-18: Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR, USA
- 2008-03-08: Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa, OK, USA
- 2006-03-21: Uptown Theater, Kansas City, MO, USA
- 2007-07-20: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim, Benicàssim, Spain
- 1997-02-19: The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Hotel Arizona / Outtasite (Outta Mind), 1997
- 2006-03-16: Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, TN, USA
- Speak Into the Rose, 2011
- 1999-08-15: Antone's, Austin, TX, USA
- 2004-06-06: Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (disc 1)
- Summerteeth Demos
- Snippets From 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot', 2002
- More Like the Moon EP, 2003
- 2006-10-06: Michigan State University Concert Auditorium, East Lansing, MI, USA
- 2007-08-24: Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA, USA
- 1999-07-07: Die Röhre, Stuttgart, Germany
- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Engineer Demos
- Being There, 1996
- 2007-08-29: The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- 2011-06-25: MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
- 1997-11-04: The Blue Note, Columbia, MO, USA
- 2006-07-15: Ottawa Blues Fest, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- 2006-03-10: The Florida Theatre, Jacksonville, FL, USA
- 2004-07-07: Tradgarn, Göteborg, Sweden
- 2003-09-01: Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA, USA
- 2008-02-23: Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA, USA
- Selections From Sky Blue Sky, 2007
- 2007-06-21: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, USA
- 1996-11-13: Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW-FM, Santa Monica, CA, USA
- 1995-07-20: Dancing in the District, Nashville, TN, USA
- 2006-04-21: Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ, USA
- 2008-03-09: Val Air Ballroom, Des Moines, IA, USA
- 2001-10-05: Majestic Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA
- 1995-06-09: Tramps, New York, NY, USA
- 1998-09-12: Clinton Lake State Park, Lawrence, KS, USA
- 2002-05-18: Rock am Ring, Nürburgring, Germany
- Box Full of Letters, 1995
- 1997-05-10: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA
- 1997-05-18: Fox Theatre and Cafe, Boulder, CO, USA
- 1999-03-11: Tower Records, Chicago, IL, USA
- 2002-10-19: Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA, USA
- 2008-03-26: Palace Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
- 2007-09-21: Louisville Slugger Field, Louisville, KY, USA
- All Over the Place, 1997
- 2008-08-07: North Charleston Performing Arts Center, North Charleston, SC, USA
- 2004-09-15: Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO, USA
- 1997-05-09: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA
- 2004-11-13: Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose, CA, USA
- 2006-04-23: Charlottesville Pavilion, Charlottesville, VA, USA
- 2006-03-15: Temple Theatre, Meridian, MS, USA
- 2001-07-04: Petrillo Band Shell, Grant Park, Chicago, IL, USA
- 2008-08-10: Grand Opera House, Wilmington, DE, USA
- 1995-05-13: Rhino Records, Westwood, CA, USA
- 2008-05-11: Stubb's, Austin, TX, USA
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- The Planet - 6 August 1998 - Thursday 6 August, 1998
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- ABC - DIG - 1/10/2002: Austin Festival Success
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- triple j music news: Former Wilco member Jay Bennett dies
- Thursday 6 August, 1998 - The Planet - 6/08/1998
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Comments
Really excited about finally seeing them soon...hope it's a memorable gig for all the right reasons, see you all there!
I love Wilco also ... not enough of Nels on the album though.
Lovin' the album - been playing it at home heaps. Oh, Oh, Oh, Wilco...
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