Jeff Tweedy Setlist

Betrayed
One Tiny Flower
Caught Up in the Past
Sign of Life
Forever Never Ends
This Is How It Ends
Low Key¹
World Away¹
KC Rain (No Wonder)
Mirror
Gwendolyn
tray Cats in Spain
Out in the Dark
Cry Baby Cry
Flowering¹)
New Orleans
Diamond Light, Pt. 1¹
No One’s Moving On
Feel Free
Lou Reed Was My Babysitter
— Encore —
Twilight Override
Family Ghost
Kiss (Prince cover)
Androgynous (The Replacements cover)
Enough
¹ Tweedy song

Tour Dates

Nov. 6 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *
Nov. 8 – Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall #
Nov. 9 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom !
Nov. 11 – Dallas, TX @ Longhorn *
Nov. 12 – Austin, TX @ Paramount Theatre #
Nov. 14 – Houston, TX @ The Heights !
Nov. 15 – New Orleans, LA @ Chickie Wah Wah *
Nov. 16 – New Orleans, LA @ Chickie Wah Wah #
Nov. 18 – Hattiesburg, MS @ Hattiesburg Saenger Theater
Nov. 20 – Peoria, IL @ Temple/Live Scottish Rite Theatre *
Nov. 21 – Madison, WI @ Shannon Hall #
Feb. 11- Madrid, ES @ Teatro Eslava
Feb. 12 – Barcelona, ES @ Paral·lel 62
Feb. 14 – Paris, FR @ Alhambra
Feb. 15 – Geneva, CH @ Antigel Festival
Feb. 17 – Antwerp, BE @ De Roma
Feb. 18 – Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
Feb. 20 – London, UK @ Islington Assembly Hall
* with Sima Cunningham
# with Macie Stewart
! with Liam Kazar

It’s hard to think of a songwriter who is more beloved and yet also busier than Jeff Tweedy. In addition to over a dozen Wilco albums in 30 years (including the Grammy-winning A Ghost Is Born), his fans have been spoiled with the occasional solo album. Twilight Override has been out for a month. It’s clever, deliberate, gentle, and quietly joyful. (And generous – 30 tracks over three discs.)

Tweedy’s full band tour hit First Avenue on Thursday, and the faithful turned out in sell-out numbers. Even the quieter moments carried a charge – either with a searing solo, the band’s uneasy harmonies, or anthemic keys and violin – all anchored by Tweedy’s easy presence. At one point, he warned us that the next song might be the quietest of the night, “just as David Lee Roth would”. (“That’s how rock and roll works.”)

Jeff Tweedy is a total pro, despite that aw-shucks charm. For all the calm, the solo stuff hides rhythmic surprises – “World Away” seemed to stomp its way into 7/8, and it was followed by “KC Rain” gently swaying in 6/8. An arsenal of guitars was deployed, changing in tone from intimate to roaring. Twilight Override offers new perspectives on Tweedy’s rule-breaking formula, and the crowd near me was totally tuned in. But this tour is a chance to really relax: the band features his sons Spencer and Sammy, along with longtime friends. One of the two available T-shirts read “Jeff Tweedy Was My Babysitter”, and for some of the band, that’s literally true.

The main set ended with the roaring sing-along of “Lou Reed Was My Babysitter” (which isn’t literally true – but Reed’s melancholy writing and pop stylings are in Tweedy’s DNA). After nearly 90 minutes, I thought there might not be an encore. A few fans had already passed out in the crowd – but Tweedy took the stage.

“I’ve never played this venue before,” he said – then stopped. “Without being welcomed by Conrad.” He was referring, of course, to the legendary First Avenue crew member who passed away recently at the age of 66. “I know this community has been through a lot, and my heart goes out to everyone here, but also everyone who ever toured and ever came here, because I know they’ll miss him, too.”

Twilight Override‘s title track followed, along with some fun surprises. On this tour, the band has been slipping in songs they won’t play anywhere else, often honoring local heroes – and Minneapolis is rich with them. Loose, affectionate covers of Prince (a spirited, sloppy “Kiss”) and the Replacements (the timeless “Androgynous”) were our treat.

Opener Sima Cunningham – a part of Tweedy’s band for Twilight Override and the accompanying tour – set the tone with a short, fearless set of wide-ranging folk-pop. By the end, she was joined by Macie Stewart, her Finom bandmate and another member of the Tweedy enemble – proof that everyone on this stage keeps multiple plates spinning.

Between the palpable warmth, obvious pride, local nods, and cozy vibe, Tweedy’s set felt less like a big-room tour stop and more like a basement session at a wildly talented family reunion. Next up: Lawrence, Kansas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma.