[ATTENDED: June 4, 2016] Wilco
After Richard Thompson’s half set, I walked a round the grounds a bit and grew to really appreciate the venue. I also got a pretzel which was pretty good.
Then Wilco came out and they were even more amazing than I anticipated. They played for 2 and a half hours–33 songs–two encores. It was awesome.
When I walked through the gates someone handed me a Wilco baseball card. How cool! Turns out that this is a Mann Center tradition during the summer, so I stand to get a few more.
I have to complain about the audience for a moment though. I sat on an aisle seat and I had to stand up to let people past me not less than 20 times. Between people coming late (and I can’t complain about that as I was late to the opener), but then going back to get drinks or whatever half a dozen times–and different people each time. This was made more irritating by the people in front of me who were doing the same thing. The girl in front of me got there just as the band went on and then left for three songs, came back with a beer for her partner and then left for two more songs. WTF? The amount of traffic was infuriating–it was really hard to get into a constant groove.
But the band overcame that (and clearly when I see them again I need to get in a closer section where the real fans are). (more…)
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