Hoda Kotb is a loyal friend and wanted to make sure to shine a light on her co-star at the beginning of the week.MORE: Hoda Kotb left frustrated live on air by missed opportunity with co-starOn Monday's Today with Hoda & Jenna, the much-loved TV star started the show by teasing some exciting news."We have a big week ahead," she told viewers, before Jenna corrected her. "No it's this week!"VIDEO: Today's Hoda Kotb announces split from Joel Schiffman"Why is it big?" Hoda asked, to which Jenna replied: "This week is big because we are celebrating on Wednesday the third anniversary of Read with Jenna."MORE: Hoda Kotb marks end of an era with special message to her best friend MORE: Hoda Kotb opens up about going out alone in new revelation following split"I honestly can't believe it," Hoda exclaimed.
Wilco announce concerts to commemorate 20th anniversary of ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’
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Wilco will play six shows this April to celebrate 20 years since the release of their acclaimed fourth album ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’.The shows, announced earlier this week (February 8), will see the band playing the album in its entirety every night. The shows have been sub-titled ‘We Are Touring To Break Your Heart’ – a reference to the album’s opening song, ‘I Am Trying To Break Your Heart’.Four shows will take place at the United Palace in New York City, while a further two shows will take place in the band’s native Chicago at the Auditorium Theater.
Chicago is also where the band recorded ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ itself, at their studio The Loft.Coincidentally, the tour’s final night (April 23) will mark exactly 20 years to the date that the album was officially released in 2002 by Nonesuch Records. The band originally put the album up online for free in September 2001 to spite their then-label, Reprise, who were reportedly unhappy with the sound of the record.
Since its release, ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ has become widely regarded as one of the best indie-rock records of the 2000s. NME praised the album for “streamlining [Wilco’s] sound down to a painful bareness” in a way that “works brilliantly”.“It’s hard going, but it’s worth it,” the review read, “and that is undoubtedly their point.”Wilco most recently performed last month as part of the Sky Blue Sky festival in Mexico – which was named for their sixth album from 2007.
The band served as the headlining act across all three nights, bringing on guests such as Pavement‘s Stephen Malkmus and Spoon‘s Britt Daniel to perform with them.In May, the band will perform at the Solid Sound festival, which they also curated. They will be joined by the likes of Japanese Breakfast
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