Fans still smarting from Wilco’s recent cancellation of the UK leg of their worldwide tour may not want to read this review of their electrifying Dublin gig…

Sky News Sportscaster, Chris Skudder, received the opportunity to watch Wilco live at Vicar Street last week and wrote a highly entertaining review of the concert for the Sky Arts website, a gig which ends with some enviable personal abuse from Jeff Tweedy himself captured on video.

Read the review and watch the video here.

There are few occupations in life that allow you to mock and insult those supporting your livelihood (with the possible exception of the most discriminating restaurateurs), but we seem to welcome such public derision from rock stars. If any of the ArtsWom crew were to bump into Chris Skudder while out shopping for the lace-trimmed top hats and gold-tipped canes that are a prerequisite for anybody writing for the web’s most unashamedly opulent arts blog – we can imagine a less than pleasant reaction to any cries of “Oi, Bacharach!”

Maybe Tweedy is just more charming than us. Sigh.

Have you been the willing victim of verbal abuse at the hands of a personal idol? If so, share your stories with us…