Safe Harbour review: Wilco close tour with triumphant gig at Cork Opera House 

The American band delighted the full house at one of the headline gigs of Sounds From A Safe Harbour 

Jeff Tweedy of Wilco on stage at Cork Opera House for Sounds From a Safe Harbour. Picture: Bríd O’Donovan

Wilco mark 30 years as a band in 2024 and release their 13th studio album, Cousin, at the end of September. They're one of those bands who we've probably taken for granted. Do you like Wilco, we're asked over the course of the third day of  Sounds from a Safe Harbour in Cork. How can you not? 

They hit the stage at the sold out Cork Opera House at 9pm and leave almost exactly two hours later, clocking up 22 songs, too many guitar changes to count, and likely inspiring many chin-strokers in the crowd to go home and wail out a guitar solo.