Barack Obama lovin’ Jeff Tweedy and Wilco return to the road in February for a string of dates in the States before heading to Australia. Wilco’s brief tour covers a lot of ground in just two short weeks, and they’ll play some of the best venues this country has to offer. Our resident expert Luke advises us that in typical Wilco fashion, they will probably add dates over the course of the next few weeks.

• Jason Isbell plans massive tour (kickoff: 1/12)
• Radiohead flesh out European tour plans (kickoff: 6/07)
• Umphrey’s McGee starts 2008 on the west coast (kickoff: 2/07)
• The Om Trio returns after a three year hiatus (kickoff: 2/15)
• Yo La Tengo Freewheel into ‘08 (kickoff: 1/09)
• Dark Star Orchestra plans to cover a lot of ground (kickoff: 1/31)
• Billy Joel starts to put together a run of shows (kickoff: 2/26)

As if the 2007-08 Reunionmania wasn’t already out of hand, a UK developer has persuaded the original lineup of Spandau Ballet to reform in Las Vegas for one show by offering a two-million pound payday. True was a good song and all, but two million pounds?! We can only hope that P.M. Dawn opens the show.