Wilco kicked off a run of European dates last week, and the band stopped in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday for a performance at Tempodrom that featured a touching tribute to late singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston, the Austin, TX icon who passed away earlier this week.
The group kicked off the evening with the opening tracks to their upcoming studio album, Ode to Joy (out Oct. 4), "Bright Leaves" and "Before Us," and ended up offering eight of the LP's 11 tracks throughout the night, along with staples and fan-favorites like "Jesus, Etc.," "I'm the Man Who Loves You," "Impossible Germany" and "Reservations."
To close out the performance, Wilco played a five-song encore that opened with another Ode to Joy cut, "Hold Me Anyway," and featured as the penultimate tune a cover of Johnston's most well-known composition, "True Love Will Find You in the End," a song that Wilco included as a B-side to their 1999 Summerteeth single "Shot in the Arm."
Watch a clip of the sparse, heartfelt cover via Instagram below. Wilco are playing a show in Cologne, Germany, today before heading to Hamburg tomorrow. See the band's full schedule here.
Wilco
Tempodrom - Berlin, Germany
Bright Leaves, Before Us, Company in My Back, War on War, One and a Half Stars, If I Ever Was a Child, Handshake Drugs, Hummingbird, At Least That's What You Said, White Wooden Cross, Via Chicago, Bull Black Nova, Reservations, Love is Everywhere (Beware), Impossibly Germany, Box Full of Letters, Everyone Hides, Jesus Etc., Theologians, I'm the Man Who Loves You, An Empty Corner, Misunderstood
Enc: Hold Me Anyway, Random Name Generator, California Stars, True Love Will Find You in the End, The Late Greats
Source: setlist.fm
