Thierry Castaing - Wilco @ Le Bataclan, Paris

Carla Bozulich was opening for them on this short end of the European tour, needless to say I was kind of hoping that Nels Cline would join her on stage for old time's sake (as members of The Geraldine Fibbers and as former lovers...). Well, he actually played during most of her very brief but intense set, Glen Kotche joined them as well for one song.

If you're not familiar with her work I can only recommend last year's album Evangelista out on the Constellation label and recorded in Montréal with members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor .

Now Wilco, they were absolutely brilliant, it was my third Wilco gig and in my humble opinion they're definitely one of the very best live band around. Just take a look at this fantastic set list:

1. You Are My Face 2. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart 3. Muzzle Of Bees 4. Handshake Drugs 5. A Shot In The Arm 6. At Least That's What You Said 7. Side With The Seeds 8. Either Way 9. War On War 10. Via Chicago 11. Jesus, Etc. 12. Walken 13. I'm The Man Who Loves You 14. Hummingbird 15. On And On And On

Encore 1: 16. Impossible Germany 17. Sky Blue Sky 18. Spiders (Kidsmoke)

Encore 2: 19. Hate It Here 20. I'm Always In Love 21. The Late Greats

The highlights were "Spiders", "On and On and On", "Either Way", "Hate it Here"... the list could go on...

I have been told that Jeff Tweedy stopped smoking not such a long time ago, you can definitely hear his voice is in better shape and stronger than ever, and I am still in awe of the sounds produced by Nels Cline, what he brought to the band is priceless!