News and Notes
Chris DeRosier
Punch-drunk, post-Wilco?
More sides of the incident at the October 16 Wilco concert at the Shrine Mosque continue to come to light. If you haven't heard: A fan came onstage during the band's set and approached lead singer Jeff Tweedy from behind. Tweedy shoved (or, as eyewitness accounts on Pitchfork Media's website say, punched) the man to get him away before he was led away by security.A statement on Wilco's website, wilcoworld.net, refers to the Shrine's "lax" security as the root of the problem. Shrine administrator Tom Morris, the person in charge of security that night, says he places the blame squarely on the band. He says Wilco chose not to pay for a barricaded five-foot buffer zone to be placed along the front of the stage; the band's statement admits to it as well. Morris says he received no formal complaint from the band or its management regarding the incident, although he personally doubts the band will ever play in Springfield again. If this was the last time, Wilco's Springfield days came to an inglorious end.


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