Wilco To Perform Full Acoustic Set For First Time

At many shows on the current 20th Anniversary Tour, Wilco has gone unplugged for portions of their encores. On the Friday night of this year’s Solid Sound Festival (June 26-28 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts) Wilco will perform a full set of tunes acoustically. The set will be the first time ever Wilco has unplugged for a complete set.

[Photo by Zoran Orlic]

“Right now we’re thinking about playing somewhat mirrored sets on Friday and Saturday nights – on Friday, the main set will be stripped down and acoustic and the encores will be electric,” Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy said. “On Saturday we’ll flip it. Start big and loud and finish acoustically. We’ll see how it goes. It’ll be a bit of an experiment, but the Solid Sound audience is usually game for whatever we throw at them.”

He continues, “It’s been a great experience for the six of us to perform our songs this way. It’s a bit of a rediscovery of the songs and a way for us to reconnect musically with one another. I found myself really looking forward to this part of the set every night on the most recent tour.”

Listen to Wilco’s acoustic performance of “Casino Queen” on May 7 in Indianapolis:

Three-day and single-day tickets still remain for the upcoming festival via the event’s website, with fewer than 250 tickets available for Saturday. Check out the Solid Sound entry in our newly redesigned JamBase Festival Guide.