Wilco – Cruel Country Tour
September 21, 2022, Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver, BC
How cruel. The last time Wilco played Vancouver was on August 12, 2015 when they performed at the Orpheum Theatre. Last Wednesday night’s show was so damn incredible, and because it had been so many years, it was like seeing the band for the first time again.
The 3-song encore of Falling Apart (Right Now), the Grateful Dead’s U.S. Blues, and I Got You (At the End of the Century) was one of the greatest encores I have witnessed.
Nels Cline during Impossible Germany.
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Setlist
Handshake Drugs
The Universe
I Am My Mother
Cruel Country
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Hints
War on War
If I Ever Was a Child
Via Chicago
Many Worlds (coda only)
At Least That’s What You Said
Story to Tell
Hummingbird
Tired of Taking It Out On You
Bird Without a Tail / Base of My Skull
Jesus, Etc.
Impossible Germany
It’s Just That Simple (John Stirratt singing)
California Stars
A Lifetime to Find
I’m Always In Love
Spiders (Kidsmoke)
ENCORE:
Falling Apart (Right Now)
U.S. Blues (Grateful Dead cover)
I Got You (At the End of the Century)