{"id":10208,"date":"2026-04-14T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/jeff-tweedy-hayley-williams-colbert\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T16:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:42:00","slug":"jeff-tweedy-hayley-williams-colbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/jeff-tweedy-hayley-williams-colbert\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Tweedy, Hayley Williams Team On \u2018Colbert\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2026\/04\/unnamed-1-1.jpg\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>Jeff Tweedy and Hayley Williams performing on &#8220;The Late Show With Stephen Colbert&#8221; on April 13, 2026 (phoro: Scott Kowalchyk).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wilco\u2019s Jeff Tweedy capped the promo cycle in support of his latest solo album, <em>Twilight Override<\/em>, with a performance on CBS\u2019 <em>The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/em> in tandem with Paramore\u2019s Hayley Williams.<\/p>\n<p>The pair covered Unknown Mortal Orchestra\u2019s \u201cFfuny Friends,\u201d which Tweedy previously debuted live during an April 1 show in Portland, Or. Tweedy also sat for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GWdzdTXwnEM\" target=\"_blank\">couch segment<\/a> with Colbert and fellow guest\/longtime Wilco fan\/Tweedy close friend Nick Offerman, during which they discussed their (possibly) one-sided bromance.<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/american-football-lp4\/\">The House Still Stands, But American Football Has Moved On<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/springsteen-center-music-america\/\">Springsteen Center Sets All-Star \u2018Music America\u2019 Shows<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/questlove-earth-wind-and-fire-tribeca\/\">Questlove\u2019s Earth, Wind &amp; Fire Doc Bound For Tribeca<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cFor about 20 years, Jeff was like my John Lennon. I would get his records and say to my friends, how does he see into my soul? We are in love. He just doesn\u2019t know it yet,\u201d Offerman joked of Tweedy, who he eventually cast in a cameo as a \u201cwashed-up midwestern rocker\u201d in an episode of <em>Parks &amp; Recreation<\/em>. Offerman also described Tweedy as the \u201cBear Grylls of mid-tempo rock.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"Svn0twAgXVU\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>With the <em>Twilight Override<\/em> tour complete, Wilco will return to the road April 23 in Ft. Wayne, In., and has dates on the books through Sept. 3 in Sibenik, Croatia. They include the long-running <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2025\/10\/wilco-billy-bragg-solid-sound\/\">Sold Sound festival<\/a> on the MASS MoCA campus in North Adams, Ma., which is set for June 26-28. The event will feature the first proper live performances of material Wilco recorded with Billy Bragg for three\u00a0<em>Mermaid Avenue\u00a0<\/em>albums inspired by a trunk of unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics.<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/spinmagazine.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Tweedy and Hayley Williams performing on &#8220;The Late Show With Stephen Colbert&#8221; on April 13, 2026 (phoro: Scott Kowalchyk). 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