Wilco
The Troxy
London, UK
25th August 2009

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An online review from Chimpomatic...
Wilco
Troxy, London

As with the Shepherd's Bush show in 2007, Wilco's show at London's recently revived Troxy started off fairly sedately,
with the band thundering through a few tracks before Tweedy addressed the crowd and the atmosphere began to grow.
That atmosphere was cemented by the birthday cake brought on stage for the 42 year old Tweedy and a rendition of Happy Birthday
launched into a great version of Hate It Here. With the show now in full-swing, I'm The Man Who Loves You worked the crown into a cheering frenzy.

Guitarist Nels Cline adds a live-wire element to the band, near-permanently twitching on the sidelines, waiting for the opportunity to unleash another blistering solo -
a fact not overlooked by Jeff Tweedy who joked that Cline's double headed guitar was a reward for the preceding guitar solo on a magnificent Impossible Germany.
Wilco are no one-trick pony though and every member of the band contributes at a notable level,
with the band constantly adding new touches and flourishes from songs all through out their back catalogue - such as the gorgeous slide guitar and keyboard on Jesus Etc.
An encore of Don't Forget The Flowers was a brief reminder of Wilco's 'alt.country' roots, before the sonic assault of At Least That's What She Said
and Kidsmoke brought us more up to date with their later sonic adventures, as well as dropping in a crowd-sourced mini-cover of We Are The Champions (see it on video!).
A band with three guitarists capable of virtuoso solos is unlikely to disappoint, as noted by the flamboyant guitar duel between Nels Cline and the admirably capable Pat Sansone.

Wilco may be a bunch of (mostly) middle aged men who make great music, but as a (nearly) middle aged man looking for little more than great music, who's complaining?
If you forget the fancy lightshows and expect nothing more than guitars and cowboy shirts you are unlikely to be disappointed by one of their ever-outstanding live shows.

Setlist:
01 Wilco (The Song)
02 I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
03 Company In My Back
04 Bull Black Nova
05 You Are My Face
06 One Wing
07 A Shot In The Arm
08 Radio Cure
09 Handshake Drugs
10 Nothing’severgonnastandinmyway(again)
11 Deeper Down
12 Impossible Germany
13 You Never Know
14 Jesus, Etc.
15 Can’t Stand It
16 Happy Birthday to Jeff Tweedy
17 Hate It Here
18 Walken
19 I’m The Man Who Loves You
20 At Least That’s What You Said
21 Forget the Flowers
22 Heavy Metal Drummer
23 Spiders (Kidsmoke)
24 I’m A Wheel
25 Hoodoo Voodoo

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