Photos: Wilco played two epic sets at the Midland last Thursday

August 19, 2025

Allison Scavo,

Wilco. // photo by Allison Scavo

Wilco
The Midland
Thursday, August 14

Alt country, indie rock, folk rock, roots music, or whatever you want to call them these days, Wilco brought their An August Evening with Wilco tour to the Midland last Thursday for an epic double set of music drawing from their first album, A.M., all the way through last year’s Hot Sun Cool Shroud EP, and everything in between. Our photographer Allison Scavo was there to capture it all.

Wilco setlist
Set 1
Story to Tell
Handshake Drugs
Company in My Back
Evicted
If I Ever Was a Child
Cruel Country
Spiders (Kidsmoke)
Forget the Flowers
Bird Without a Tail / Base of My Skull
I’m Always in Love
Hesitating Beauty (Billy Bragg & Wilco song)
Via Chicago
It’s Just That Simple
California Stars (Billy Bragg & Wilco song)
Hummingbird
War on War
Falling Apart (Right Now)

Set 2
You Are My Face
The Late Greats
Theologians
Random Name Generator
Sunken Treasure
Box Full of Letters
Annihilation
Either Way
Impossible Germany
Jesus, Etc.
Hate It Here
Heavy Metal Drummer
I’m the Man Who Loves You
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Walken
I Got You (At the End of the Century)
Outtasite (Outta Mind)