Giving new meaning to the “I went to a boxing match and a Wilco show broke out” cliché, frontman Jeff Tweedy took a well-deserved swing at some poor schmuck that jumped on stage during the band’s first encore, Airline to Heaven. I’m sure Woody Guthrie woulda done the exact same thing: Peace, love, doooope.

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The folks at Pitchfork today posted a couple of YouTube videos from the Great Springfield Wilco Attack of 2006 on their site, so surf on over there to see Tweedy’s incredible and surprisingly adept right cross.

Two quick notes here: First, it appears to me that this dumb bastard was going to kiss Jeff’s head, father-to-son-at-a-Bar-Mitzvah style…in the middle of a song. That would have been epic. Confirmed. But more importantly, I don’t think Tweedy’s ever been the same since Cus D’amato died. It seems to me he lost not just a trainer, but a father figure as well. If you ask me, I bet Tweedy’s got a rape charge, a flock of pigeons and a facial tattoo within the next few years.

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