After completing a tour of North America later this winter, hard-touring rock group Wilco will hit the road for a second leg of dates in the spring.
The recently announced extension will take the band to the East Coast for an additional 16 performances. Wilco’s new itinerary opens with a March 22 show at The Fillmore in Miami Beach, FL, and end April 11 at Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh, PA.
Wilco had previously announced a 17-date trek that will take the band down the West Coast and across Canada this winter. The 2010 itinerary launches February 7 at the Adams Center in Missoula, MT, with shows booked through March 3 at the Halifax Forum Arena in Halifax, NS.
A supporting act has not been named for the East Coast leg of the tour, which is being billed as “An Evening with Wilco.” However, Chicago-based band Califone and one-man act Bahamas will trade opening duties throughout Wilco’s concerts on the West Coast and in Canada.
Tickets are already on sale for the first leg of the jaunt. Public onsales for the second run will begin Friday, February 8, in select markets. Onsales for all dates of the current tour routing will be open within the next two weeks.
Wilco released its seventh studio album, appropriately titled “Wilco (The Album),” in June 2009. The effort peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and earned accolades on many publications’ year-end “Best of” lists.
Though the group’s latest material is still fresh, Wilco is reportedly heading back to the studio. According to Billboard sources, frontman Jeff Tweedy and his musical troupe have started work on a new slate of songs and will hit their Chicago recording studio sometime this month.
Wilco itinerary:
(Dates are subject to change.)
| February 7 | Missoula, MT | Adams Center |
| February 9 | Portland, OR | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall |
| February 10 | Seattle, WA | Paramount Theatre |
| February 12 | Victoria, BC | Royal Theatre |
| February 13 | Vancouver, BC | David Lam Park |
| February 15 | Edmonton, AB | Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium |
| February 16 | Calgary, AB | Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium |
| February 17 | Saskatoon, SK | TCU Place |
| February 19 | Duluth, MN | DECC Auditorium |
| February 20 | Madison, WI | Overture Hall |
| February 21 | East Lansing, MI | Cobb Great Hall |
| February 23 | Hamilton, ON | Hamilton Place Theatre |
| February 24 | London, ON | Centennial Hall |
| February 26 | Quebec City, QC | Imperial Du Quebec |
| February 27 | Montreal, QC | Olympia de Montreal |
| March 1 | Ottawa, ON | National Arts Centre |
| March 3 | Halifax, NS | Halifax Forum Arena |
| March 22 | Miami Beach, FL | The Fillmore |
| March 23 | Clearwater, FL | Ruth Eckerd Hall |
| March 25 | Savannah, GA | Johnny Mercer Theatre |
| March 26 | Atlanta, GA | Fox Theatre |
| March 27 | Durham, NC | Durham Performing Arts Center |
| March 29 | Richmond, VA | The National |
| March 30 | North Bethesda, MD | Music Center at Strathmore |
| March 31 | Scranton, PA | Scranton Cultural Center |
| April 2 – 3 | Montclair, NJ | Wellmont Theatre |
| April 4 | Providence, RI | Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel |
| April 6 | Boston, MA | Orpheum Theatre |
| April 7 | Concord, NH | Capitol Center for the Arts |
| April 9 | Hartford, CT | Mortensen Hall |
| April 10 | Philadelphia, PA | Electric Factory |
| April 11 | Pittsburgh, PA | Carnegie Music Hall |
