WILCO Concert Film dvd, Album and Tour Dates

      MUSIC NEWS - Chicago, IL rockers, WILCO plan to release their first concert film on DVD early this year.   Final release date has not been announced, though it's expected in February or March 2009 in advance of their new album. It will be entitled;  'Ashes of American Flags' and will be released by Nonesuch.   Recorded on the group's Feb '08 tour, it will have material from the Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa and the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN.  It was filmed with the assistance of Brendan Canty (Fugazi) and Christoph Green of Trixie Films.    After the holiday break and their participation in Neil Finn's Seven World's Collide project in New Zealand, Wilco will resume work on their next studio album, which is planned for a Spring '09 release.  Though their frontman, Jeff Tweedy has a few solo shows booked for late January at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival, Wilco have no gigs planned between now and April due to their recording schedule.   After the new album's completion, the group has promised a handful of southern USA gigs in April and an extensive tour in Spain and Europe in May to be followed, by what the band calls "the usual summer hijinks with a new record and gigs everywhere imaginable."

UPDATE 2/1/09 - 2009 tour itinerary below;

WILCO 2009 Tour Itinerary-

MAR 26 BURLINGTON, VT HIGHER GROUND

MAR-27 NORTHAMPTON, MA CALVIN THEATRE 

    PRONTO supports on MAR-26 and 27.

MAR-28 BEACON, NY BEACON HIGH AUDITORIUM 

    note- MAR-26 thru MAR-28 Jeff Tweedy Solo Performances, MAR-28 is a benefit for the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater.

APR-14 MILWAUKEE, WI PABST THEATRE 

APR-15 MILWAUKEE, WI PABST THEATRE 

APR-16 BLOOMINGTON, IN IU AUDITORIUM 

APR-17 ATHENS, OH TEMPLETON-BLACKBURN ALUMNI MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM 

APR-18 KNOXVILLE, TN TENNESSEE THEATRE 

APR-20 ATHENS, GA CLASSIC CENTER 

APR-21 ASHEVILLE, NC THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM 

APR-22 BIRMINGHAM, AL SLOSS FURNACES 

APR-23 OXFORD, MS LYRIC OXFORD 

APR-25 NEW ORLEANS, LA NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL 

MAY-23 TENERIFE, ESP TENERIFE AUDITORIUM 

MAY-25 MALAGA, ESP TEATRO CERVANTES 

MAY-26 MADRID, ESP TEATRO CALDERON 

        note- AKRON/FAMILY support MAY-25 and 26

MAY-29 SEVILLE, ESP TERRITORIOS FESTIVAL-LA CARTUJA 

MAY-30 OPORTO-BRAGA, POR TEATRO CIRCO 

MAY-31 LISBON, POR LISBON COLISEU 

JUN-01 SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA-GALICIA, ESP PALACIO DE CONGRESOS, SALA BRAQUE 

JUN-03 DONOSTIA, SAN SEBASTIAN, ESP KURSAAL 

JUN-04 BARCELONA, ESP AUDITORI BARCELONA 

JUN-11-14 MANCHESTER, TN BONNAROO 

JUL-22-25 DETROIT LAKES, MN 10,000 LAKES FESTIVAL 

AUG-21 ERFURT-HOHENFELDEN, DE HIGHFIELD FESTIVAL

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