Wilco’s second night of their Chicago Winterlude Riviera residency found the band continuing to change their setlist up, with almost no songs repeated from the previous night.
The show included tour debuts of two songs and a handful of covers. It also included the first performance of Mermaid Avenue Vol. 2’s “Secret Of The Sea” since 2000.
The tour debuts were “Panthers,” a b-side from A Ghost Is Born, and “Dark Neon,” a b-side from Wilco (The Album). Both songs were recently rereleased on the compilation Alpha Mike Foxtrot.
As a whole, the set featured less from Wilco’s earlier days, focusing heavily on the second half of their discography and their collaborations with Billy Bragg.
The end of the main set featured back-to-back Summerteeth performances of “Candyfloss” and “A Shot In The Arm,” while the encore featured Being There tracks “Red-Eyed And Blue” and “I Got You (At The End Of The Century.” Otherwise, those albums weren’t represented.
The band finished with an unplugged, acoustic encore featuring three consecutive covers. Daniel Johnston’s “True Love Will Find You In The End” was followed by Doug Sahm’s “Give Back The Key To My Heart” and Bill Fay’s “Be Not So Fearful.” The band ended with an acoustic rendition of “I’m The Man Who Loves You.”
As a whole, the show found Wilco exploring a different section of their discography while still performing a massive 30-song set. With four nights left in Chicago, expectations are reasonably high for song choices in the coming nights.
1. Less Than You Think
2. Ashes Of American Flags
3. Bull Black Nova
4. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
5. One Wing
6. Panthers
7. Blue Eyed Soul
8. I’ll Fight
9. Poor Places
10. Art Of Almost
11. I Might
12. Radio Cure
13. At My Window Sad And Lonely
14. Secret Of The Sea
15. What Light
16. Hesitating Beauty
17. Box Full Of Letters
18. The Late Greats
19. The Good Part
20. Jesus, Etc.
21. Born Alone
22. Candyfloss
23. A Shot In The Arm
Encore:
24. Dark Neon
25. Red-Eyed And Blues
26. I Got You (At The End Of The Century)
Encore 2: (acoustic)
27. True Love Will Find You In The End (Daniel Johnston cover)
28. Give Back The Key To My Heart (Doug Sahm cover)
29. Be Not So Fearful (Bill Fay cover)
30. I’m The Man Who Loves You
