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On the absence of Bob Britt, the shout out to Joe Strummer and the post-show patience of Jimmy Page

Lang helped create the original 1969 festival and several follow-up events

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Damn, what a band! I've seen Wilco so many times over the years, but they never cease to knock me sideways. And one of the great things - one of the many great things, actually - about tonight's show at Latitude is that the audience is not one of those over-reverential and often weird crowds that have frequently freaked out Jeff Tweedy when he's visited the UK.