Wilco's first takeover at MASS MoCa. (© 2010 Steven P. Marsh)
Band plans benefit concert for MASS MoCA instead
Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone? is never happy to be the bearer of bad news. But you need to know that Wilco announced today that the band is taking a year off from presenting the Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA, the awesome art musuem in North Adams, Mass.
Jeff Tweedy and his Wilco bandmates have with great success presented the three-day Solid Sound Festival for the past two years, bringing music, art and friends together on the low-key industrial campus in Western Massachusetts.
We’ve been watching since before Christmas for an announcment of the dates of the next three-day music fest. Finally, around 1 p.m. today, came a tweet from @WilcooftheDay listing the long-awaited info:
#SolidSound Update: The next Solid Sound Festival will be held June 21-23, 2013 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Ma.
2013? Huh? What happened to 2012? Before we could ask the question, almost as if somebody could read our minds, came this tweet:
The 3 day event will take a 1 year hiatus, but Wilco will perform at the North Adams museum this summer in a benefit concert for MASS MoCA.
And when will that concert happen? Came the reply to our unasked question:
not announced yet
Sigh.
Stay tuned for details on why Wilco’s taking a year off and details about the benefit concert at soon as they become available.
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