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Phish at The Gorge Setlist, Latest News

2011-08-05T04:13:00.000-07:00

Today, I am heading off to my 13th and 14th Phish shows at The Gorge Amphitheatre. I'm proud to say I've caught every show the band has played at The Gorge since Summer Tour 1997 due to the fact that I moved to Eugene in 1994 and graduated from the University of Oregon in `97.

Come to think of it, that's not quite true. I was there when Phish played The Gorge in 2009 but had to skip the second show and boogie on back to my then-hometown of Bend, Oregon in time for a party celebrating my son's 5th birthday. So, actually it will be my 12th and 13th shows at The Gorge. (Shhhh! Just wag it and don't tell anybody. That's just between you and me.)

On a side note, my son was born August 8, 2004. The following evening was the Hampton Coliseum show on the final leg of Summer Tour 2004, which was just a few days before Coventry and The Break Up.

So, in my 18-year career seeing Phish I've missed two shows due to my son's emergence into the world, but that's OK by me. I wouldn't trade the chance to spend time with him for anything. Not even a guaranteed Gamehendge.

The August 1997 Gorge run also was the year they opened with Theme from the Bottom, and when Trey asked Chris Kuroda to turn off the lights so the band could play under the stars--the best version of Harry Hood I've ever witnessed in person then unfolded.

I won't be blogging from the shows; my fingers are looking forward to some time off, being that I work full time as a freelance writer.

If you e-mail photos, or links to photos, of your Gorge experience (or your Couch Tour experience listening to the Gorge run) I'll post them here for all to see.

So, have a great weekend everyone and keep your fingers crossed for a Divided Sky, for there is nothing like seeing that song performed at The Gorge.

Phish at Superball IX Setlists, Links, Festival Coverage and More

2011-07-01T04:51:00.000-07:00

The Bunny says, "You are all Ballers!"

Here is a good explanation of what went down for the late-night set at Super Ball IX.

PHISH AT SUPER BALL IX DAY THREE SET LIST

SET ONE

Soul Shakedown Party, AC/DC Bag -> The Curtain -> Col. Forbin's Ascent -> Fly Famous Mockingbird, Destiny Unbound -> *Big Black Furry Creature from Mars -> Wilson -> Mound, Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, Time Loves a Hero, **Reba -> David Bowie

SET TWO
***Big Balls, Down with Disease -> No Quarter -> Party Time, Ghost -> Gotta Jibboo -> Light, Waves -> What's the Use, Meatstick -> Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan, ****Star-Spangled Banner

SHOW NOTES
*Mike teased theme from Leave it to Beaver; **Dave's Energy Guide tease; ***AC/DC cover, first time played; **** a capella

ENCORE
First Tube

PHISH AT SUPER BALL IX DAY TWO SET LIST

SET ONE

Tube, Kill Devil Falls -> Ocelot, Lawn Boy, The Divided Sky, Boogie On Reggae Woman -> Camel Walk, Cities -> Poor Heart -> 46 Days -> *Suskind Hotel, When the Circus Comes, Timber Ho -> Back on the Train -> Suzy Greenberg, **Monkey Man

SET TWO

Runaway Jim -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Axilla -> ^Birds of a Feather, Stash, Sample in a Jar, Heavy Things -> Horn -> It's Ice -> The Mango Song -> Rift -> Scents and Subtle Sounds -> Run Like an Antelope

SET THREE

Golden Age -> Prince Caspian -> Piper -> Tweezer -> Julius -> Backwards Down the Number Line -> Twist -> 2001 -> Harry Hood -> Cavern -> Golgi Apparatus -> A Day in the Life

ENCORE

Loving Cup -> Tweeprise

SHOW NOTES

^Simpsons secret language; *First-time played; **Rolling Stones cover, first time played

PHISH AT SUPER BALL IX DAY ONE SET LIST

SET ONE

Possum, Peaches en Regalia, The Moma Dance, Torn and Frayed -> NICU -> Bathtub Gin, *Life On Mars, My Friend My Friend, Wolfman's Brother, Roses Are Free, Funky Bitch, Quinn the Eskimo

SET TWO
Jam -> Cross-eyed and Painless ->Chalk Dust Torture, Sand -> The Wedge, Mike's Song -> **Simple -> Bug, The Horse -> Silent in the Morning

ENCORE
Show of Life

THURSDAY'S SOUND CHECK
Jam -> Undermind, *Sleep Again, **My Soul, Ginseng Sullivan, Jam

*Phish repeated the ending because Fish forgot it; **Fishman chanted "Maxine, don't eat rocks."

LATEST PHISH NEWS STORIES
Beach Balls Abound on Day Two of Super Ball IX (Press & Sun-Bulletin)
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Phish Fans Come from All Over (WETM)
Super Ball IX Notebook: Phish Fans Find Plenty to Do Between Sessions (Elmira Star Gazette)
Tales of Mental Tangle: Signs (Online Phish Blog)
New Interview with Trey Anastasio (Believer Magazine)
Verizon Tests New 4G Network at Superball (PR Newswire)
Phish Fans Stream into The Glen (The Leader)
'Phish-heads' Bringing a Boost to Business? (WETM)
Local Non-Profits Stand to Gain from Phish Shows (Ithaca Journal)
Phish Festival Adds to Busy July 4 Weekend (Elmira Star-Gazette)
Phish Fans to have a Ball at Legendary Track (Press & Sun Bulletin)
Fracking Foes Applaud Phish Concert Promotion (MPNnow.com)
Phish Festival Inspires Release of Special Ale (Ithaca Journal)
WGI, County Prepare for Phish Festival (YNN Syracuse)

Phish at Portsmouth, Virginia Setlist

2011-07-01T04:41:00.000-07:00

PHISH AT PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA SET LIST

SET ONE
*Harpua -> Brother, Down with Disease -> Back on the Train, Funky Bitch, Timber Ho, The Wedge, The Moma Dance, **Thunder Road, Tube, Alaska, David Bowie

SET TWO
Cross-eyed and Painless -> Walls of the Cave -> Slave to the Traffic Light -> Fluffhead -> Sand -> Sneakin' Sally through the Alley -> Light -> Backwards Down the Number Line, Suzy Greenberg

ENCORE
Julius

SHOW NOTES
*Everyone's father came on stage to recite a line of the "Your cat died," segment; **Bruce Springsteen song dedicated to Clarence Clemmons.

Phish at Walnut Creek in Raleigh Setlist

2011-06-18T15:43:00.000-07:00

Ah, Raleigh. My old stomping grounds and where my son was born. Walnut Creek always is a good vibe. They did a famous Colonel Forbin's there once (8-7-98) ... missed it by one town this time. Wish I was there.

On another note, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band saxophone player Clarence Clemons died today after suffering a stroke on June 12. He used to sit in with the Grateful Dead back in the day. Here is footage of Clarence performing Standing On the Moon with Jerry and the boys. The video isn't great but the music is wonderful.

Second set Phish tribute??? I'm sure they heard ....

PHISH AT WALNUT CREEK IN RALEIGH SET LIST

SET ONE
Cars Trucks Buses, Peaches en Regalia, AC/DC Bag, Guyute, Possum, Halley's Comet -> 46 Days, Divided Sky, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Run Like an Antelope

SET TWO
Twist -> Rift -> Prince Caspian -> Esther, Been Caught Stealing, Piper -> My Friend, My Friend -> Kill Devil Falls, Split Open and Melt, Golgi Apparatus, First Tube

ENCORE
Good Times, Bad Times

Phish in Charlotte Setlist

2011-06-18T15:37:00.000-07:00

PHISH IN CHARLOTTE SET LIST

SET ONE
Mike's Song -> I am Hydrogen -> Weekapaug Groove, Bouncin Around the Room, *NICU -> Sample in a Jar, **Colonel Forbin's Ascent -> Fly Famous Mockingbird, Axilla, Wolfman's Brother, Scent of a Mule, Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan

SET TWO
Backwards Down the Number Line -> Rock & Roll -> Ghost -> Free, Reba, Icculus, HYHU -> Bike -> HYHU, Chalk Dust Torture, You Enjoy Myself

ENCORE
Wilson -> Loving Cup

SHOW NOTES
Dog Log was heard during the sound check; *Instead of "Play it Leo!" Trey screamed, "Leo's House!"; **Sixth-time played since 1996

Phish at Alpharetta Night Two Setlist

2011-06-18T15:30:00.000-07:00

PHISH AT ALPHARETTA NIGHT TWO SET LIST

SET ONE
Paul and Silas, Back on the Train, Foam, Water in the Sky, Runaway Jim, Army of One, Roses are Free, Timber Ho, *Mound

SET TWO
**Mound, ***Tweezer -> Julius, Slave to the Traffic Light, David Bowie, Suzy Greenberg, Gotta Jibboo, Harry Hood, Character Zero, #The Birdwatcher -> #Kung

ENCORE
****Funky Bitch -> Tweeprise

SHOW NOTES
*The band had to stop mid-song due to a thunderstorm rolling through; **Picked up where it left off in set one; *** Wedge teases; ****The Birdwatcher teases; #a capella

Phish in Alpharetta Night One Setlist

2011-06-18T15:22:00.000-07:00

PHISH IN ALPHARETTA NIGHT ONE SET LIST

SET ONE
Dinner and a Movie, The Moma Dance -> Possum, Cities -> Fluffhead, Ocelot, Ginseng Sullivan, Kill Devil Falls -> Bathtub Gin, Light Up or Leave Me Alone -> Cavern

SET TWO
Carini -> Sand -> Down with Disease -> Maze, Meatstick, 2001 -> Bug -> A Day in the Life, Run Like an Antelope

ENCORE
Quinn the Eskimo

Phish at Merriweather Post Pavilion Night Two Setlist

2011-06-18T15:14:00.000-07:00

PHISH AT MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION NIGHT TWO SET LIST

SET ONE
Buried Alive, *Lonesome Cowboy Bill, Ha Ha Ha, Sample in a Jar, Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother -> Boogie On Reggae Woman, Gumbo, Halley's Comet -> Bathtub Gin, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Character Zero

SET TWO
Party Time, Cross-eyed and Painless -> Steam -> Light -> The Wedge, Alaska, Halfway to the Moon, Harry Hood, Backwards Down the Number Line, Loving Cup

ENCORE
Sanity, **Makisupa Policeman, First Tube

SHOW NOTES
*Last played 7-30-03 and only the sixth time played in history; **Blunts and bundt cake

Phish at Merriweather Post Pavilion Setlist

2011-06-12T07:40:00.000-07:00

PHISH AT MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION SET LIST

SET ONE
Daniel Saw the Stone, AC/DC Bag, Ocelot, Access Me, Vultures, Wilson, Sand, Roses are Free -> Reba, On Your Way Down, Run Like an Antelope

SET TWO
Birds of a Feather, Tweezer, The Horse -> Silent in the Morning, Waves, Chalk Dust Torture, Rock & Roll, Albuquerque, Piper, Wading in the Velvet Sea, 2001, Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan, Suzy Greenberg

ENCORE
Show of Life, Tweeprise

Phish at Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden Setlist

2011-06-10T15:47:00.000-07:00

Has everyone recovered from the Darien Lake show? Holy s*** how good was that?

Listen to tonight's show live at HoodStream.com and check back later for links to download a crispy audience copy of this evening's festivities.

PHISH AT SUSQUEHANNA BANK CENTER SET LIST

SET ONE
Rockytop, Mike's Song -> I am Hydrogen -> Weekapaug Groove, Stash, Tube, Guyute, Guelah Papyrus, Scent of a Mule, Cavern, The Sloth, The Curtain With

SET TWO
Down with Disease -> Free, Possum, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Swept Away -> Steep -> David Bowie, Julius, Golgi Apparatus, Fluffhead, Joy

ENCORE
Axis: Bold as Love

Phish at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Setlist

2011-06-10T15:41:00.000-07:00

PHISH AT DARIEN LAKE SET LIST
SET ONE
*Nellie Kane, Mellow Mood, Buffalo Bill, Kill Devil Falls, Wolfman's Brother, Rift, Undermind, Ride Captain Ride, It's Ice, Dog Faced Boy, Brian and Robert, 46 Days, Limb By Limb, Character Zero

SET TWO
Golden Age, Mike's Song -> Fast Enough for You -> Weekapaug Groove, What's the Use -> Theme from the Bottom, Backwards Down the Number Line -> 2001 -> Harry Hood

ENCORE
Good Times, Bad Times

SHOW NOTES
*First-ever Nellie Kane opener and only the ninth time played since 11/21/98

Phish at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA Setlist, Links and News from Around the Web

2011-06-07T10:49:00.000-07:00

Tonight, Phish rolls into the Comcast Center, formerly known as Great Woods. Check out the live stream at HoodStream.com Hopefully, the boys will continue with the momentum they built from the last couple of shows.

PHISH AT THE COMCAST CENTER SET LIST

SET ONE
Llama, The Moma Dance, Possum, Cities, *Instant Karma, David Bowie, **Rhymes, Divided Sky, Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan

SET TWO
Back on the Train, Rock & Roll -> The Mango Song, Bug, Pebbles and Marbles, Halley's Comet, Meatstick, Run Like an Antelope

ENCORE
Suzy Greenberg

SHOW NOTES
*Second time ever played; **New song debut

LATEST NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB
An Interview with Lars and Trey (SuperballIX.com)
Phish at Riverbend: Winning Formula (Cincinnati.com)
Seven Arrested at Phish Concert (Cincinnati.com)

Phish at the Riverbend Music Center Setlist, Links and the Latest News from Around the Web

2011-06-05T17:07:00.001-07:00

Phish settles into Cincinnati tonight for one show at the Riverbend Music Center, one of the oddest looking summer sheds out there, in my opinion. The band tends to play killer shows in Cincinnati for some reason and this one did not disappoint.

Click here to download an audience copy of tonight's sickness, which was taped and transferred by Lenny Stubbe. Of course, you can always purchase a soundboard copy at LivePhish.com

Tonight's show was streaming live at HoodStream.com but the feed dropped out.

PHISH AT RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER SET LIST

SET ONE
AC/DC Bag, Punch You in the Eye, Bathtub Gin, *Taste, Lawn Boy, Mound, Gotta Jibboo, Reba, Fee -> Backwards Down the Number Line

SET TWO
Carini -> Tweezer -> Free _> Cross-eyed and Painless -> Light, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Julius, You Enjoy Myself

ENCORE
Loving Cup, Tweeprise

SHOW NOTES
*Smokin' version

LATEST NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB
Phish Celebrates Mike Gordon's Birthday (Jambands.com)
Phish's Glow-in-the-Dark Jams Light Up Marathon Gig at Blossom Music Center (The Plain Dealer)
Phish Busts Out a New Song in Ohio (Jambands.com)

Phish at Blossom Music Center Setlist, Links, Latest News from Around the Web

2011-06-04T14:12:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Ohio. If you haven' caught last night's show the boys were back in form a la Bethel Woods, heading into uncharted ground, especially coming out of Down with Disease. Downloand an audience copy here, courtesy of Jason Sobel, or a purchase a soundboard copy at LivePhish.com

Of course, tonight show will be live from CouchTour 2011 at HoodStream.com

And while you're waiting for show time, check out this excellent article by Jeff Miers about what it is to love Phish as published in the Buffalo News.

PHISH AT BLOSSOM MUSIC CENTER SET LIST

SET ONE
Kill Devil Falls, Guyute, Fuck Your Face, Foam, Ocelot, Rocket in My Pocket, Back on the Train, Guelah Papyrus, Tube, Run Like an Antelope

SET TWO
Birds of a Feather, Possum, *Steam -> Piper -> The Lizards, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley -> Harry Hood -> Have Mercy -> Harry Hood, Character Zero

ENCORE
Slave to the Traffic Light

SHOW NOTES
*Debut of new song

LATEST NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB
Phish Puts On Spectacle at DTE Energy Music Center (The Detroit News)
Did Bethel Miss Out on Phish Business (Times Herald-Record)
Early Edition: Does Sean Avery Want Longer Phish Jams? (Gothamist)
The Load Out: June 2, 2011 (The Aquarian Weekly)
Phish Update (Daily Kos)

Phish at Pine Knob Setlist, Links and News from Around the Web

2011-06-03T08:26:00.000-07:00

Summer Tour 2011 rolls into Pine Knob ... er, sorry, the DTE Energy Music Center. I saw the Grateful Dead at Pine Knob when I was 19 years old. Five people in a two-door Honda Civic driving up from Miami. None of us talk anymore. Good times. But seriously, some venues just aren't right with a corporate name, ie Great Woods.

Live stream of tonight's show: HoodStream.com
High-def video from the current tour.

PHISH AT PINE KNOB SET LIST

SET ONE
Wolfman's Brother, Funky Bitch, Sample In a Jar, NICU, Mike's Song -> I am Hydrogen -> Weekapaug Groove, Tela, Chalk Dust Torture, The Wedge

SET TWO
Down with Disease -> Fluffhead, David Bowie, Waste, 2001, Cavern

ENCORE
Good Times, Bad Times

SHOW NOTES

LATEST NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB
Phish Reaches for the Sky at PNC Bank Arts Center (The Star-Ledger)
Phish Fans Continue History of Drug Arrests (NewJerseyNewsroom.com)
"No Quarter" for Phish (Jambands.com)
Phish Fans Explain What It's All About (Patch.com)

Phish at Holmdel, N.J. Night Two Setlist, Links and News from Around the Web

2011-06-01T16:04:00.000-07:00

This is off the subject of tonight's Phish show at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J., but how cool would it be to hear them bust out this song?

Anyway ...

So, last night's show was epic on paper and sounded great live but it didn't exactly reach the peaks we saw Phish scale at Bethel Woods. Nevertheless, I am of the opinion that, in the Phish 3.0 era, it's just good to have them performing period, no matter what they do. You can dissect a show all you want but the fact is any Phish is great Phish.

If you haven't seen it already here is a link to high-def video released by Phish playing Maze last night. You can download last night's show here, or you can purchase a soundboard copy at LivePhish.com. And of course tonight's show is streaming live at HoodStream.com. The audio quality has been excellent so settle in four the 5th night of couch tour and surrender to the flow.

PHISH AT PNC BANK ARTS CENTER IN HOLMDEL, N.J. NIGHT TWO SET LIST

SET ONE
First Tube, Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan, Camel Walk, Heavy Things, Gotta Jibboo, Wilson, Seven Below, Kill Devil Falls, *Axilla -> Split Open and Melt -> Suzy Greenberg

SET TWO
Tweezer -> **No Quarter, Carini -> Piper -> Twist -> ***Ghost -> ****Backwards Down the Number Line

ENCORE
Show of Life, Tweeprise

SHOW NOTES
*They did not play Axilla Part II, but the last time it was played was 12/31/1995; **Led Zeppelin cover, first time played; ***with No Quarter tease; ****intro sounded like Scent of a Mule to the point where someone standing next to the HoodStreamer said, "Finally, I get a Mule!"

PHOTOS
Down Front
Below were taken by Todd Levy
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Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Take a Bow

LATEST NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB
Last Chance for a Phish Phix (Patch.com)
Twenty Phish Fans Charged with Drug Offenses at Tuesday Concert at PNC Arts Center (Asbury Park Press)
Death Cab for Cutie, Trey Anastasio Head Langerado 2011 (Consequence of Sound)
Trey Anastasio Band ... Confirmed for Bear Creek (Jambands.com)
Phish Gathers is Tribe for Show at Blossom Music Center (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Phish at Holmdel, N.J. Night One Setlist, Links and News from Around the Web

2011-05-31T09:40:00.000-07:00

Phish Summer Tour 2011 rolls into the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J. tonight. This is a de facto New York City show as the amphitheatre is just a short drive, maybe 45 minutes, over from Manhattan. Interestingly enough, as of this post the show is not sold out.

Couch Tour 2011 continues over at HoodStream.com. I'll be in the chat room. Stop by and say hello. Did you miss Bethel Woods? Check out a summary of the action here.

Did anyone take advantage of the day off and swing through Princeton to find The Rhombus? If you did, post your story in the comments section below.

While you're waiting for show time, check out the videos of 46 Days, Backwards Down the Number Line and Waves that Phish posted on its Vimeo site. And scroll down on this page for the latest news stories on Phish from around the web.

And as always, I will post a link to download an audience recording of tonight's show once it becomes available. If you want to purchase a soundboard copy head over to LivePhish.com.

PHISH AT PNC BANK ARTS CENTER NIGHT ONE SET LIST

SET ONE
Chalk Dust Torture, Roggae, Punch You in the Eye, The Moma Dance, Rock'n'Roll, Sand, Tube, Divided Sky, Character Zero

SET TWO
After Midnight, Possum, Drowned -> Maze, Dirt, Alaska, *You Enjoy Myself

ENCORE
**Fire

SHOW NOTES
*Right when Mike started his bass solo, Trey said, "Oh, shit yeah."; **"Oh move over Rover, and let Cactus take over."

PHOTOS
Mike Kissing The Boss after a Run

LATEST NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB
Phish Comes to PNC Bank Arts Center (NorthJersey.com)
Phish 'Phans' Were Fantastic, Officials Say (Times Herald-Record)
Drug Arrests Made During Phish Concert (Mid-Hudson News)
11 Busted on Felony Charges at Phish Concert (Times Herald-Record)

God Bless Charlie Dirksen ... A Day Off and a Look Back on Phish at Bethel Woods

2011-05-30T12:26:00.000-07:00

Well, here we are. Memorial Day 2011. The 2010 New Year's Run doesn't seem that long ago in some ways. My winter and spring were busy, and I didn't listen to Phish all that much for the first time since their return at Hampton, except for a two-week stint back in March when I was obsessing on these YouTube videos.

So, when Phish took the stage Friday night at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts and I settled in at HoodStream.com for Couch Tour 2011, I wasn't as dialed in to Phish as I normally would be. I was thinking, OK, yeah, a rippin' Chalk Dust Torture to open the summer, maybe an early first set Foam, perhaps some Country Mike, and maybe an Ocelot as Phish got warmed up.

There would be no warm-up show.

Phish signaled what was to come by dropping a first-song-of-the-summer Tweezer that segued into My Friend My Friend. After steamrolling a handful of songs, Stash appeared and like the tornadoes that ravaged the South and Midwest in recent weeks, this one kept gaining momentum, starting quietly, getting darker and darker, adding layers and growing wider until it was a full-fledged spinning beast laying waste to everything and everyone in its path. To give everyone a quick breather Phish then "ran through the motions" on Bouncin' before cranking up Kill Devil Falls, a great version that sailed along psychedelic style like a balloon dancing over the crowd.

Set two started off with the first-set, song-by-song flavor of Carini, Back on the Train and Boogie On Reggae Woman but once the verses ended to Boogie On Phish entered new, free-form territory. It sounded like a tape does when it slows down and the music and voices seem grotesquely stretched out and deep.

THIS IS TRUE HOSE. The likes we have not seen in years.

Finally, they settled into one of the spaciest jams I can remember hearing. There is something different about this one from anything that came before it. Trust me on this. Give it a listen. The free-flowing exploration continued through Waves and the band continued to nail it right up to the final notes of Wading in the Velvet Sea.

So, I figured, OK, that was a killer start to Summer Tour 2011, but they likely will tone it down a little on night two.

Nope.

The second night at Bethel Woods is quite simply one of the best Phish shows I've ever heard since first being introduced to the band back in 1991. It's a face melter and I could go song by song here, reviewing the steps this monster took across my brain, but this show is better to listen to yourself than to hear my opinion. Do yourself a favor and download it.

Put it this way ... when the show ended and the chat room on HoodStream was thinning out I hung around feeling like I do when I witness a mind-blowing show in person. It was orgasmic, nostalgic (as Mr. Minor alluded to) and I didn't want the feeling to end. The crowd sounded like it felt that way, too. After the last note the cheers were more of a long, dull roar than a burst of excitement and applause. One of those, "What the hell just happened?" cheers that only Phish can milk out of a crowd that knows their music all too well. My friends across the country felt the same way; my phone started blowing up a couple of minutes after the show ended with people saying things like, "Did you hear that?" and "That was amazing."

Night Three at Bethel Woods (download it) didn't have the improvisational twists and turns of night two, but it was a solid barn-burner and a classic East Coast ripper of a show. Night three reminded me of the Machine Gun Trey days of the middle 1990s, especially Antelope; it doesn't always reach the highest of high peaks like it used to, but this version received the full-on windup treatment. And of course, to wrap up the entire weekend in a nice little Bag O' Phish, the band bookended the final encore with Tweeprise.

The Summer Tour 2011 circus stops next in Holmdel, N.J., on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. What's next? I'm hoping to hear some new material. Then again, if they continue tearing apart the space-time continuum like they did in Bethel, I don't care what they decide to play as long as they are playing.

LATEST NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB
Phish Finishes Tweezer, Bethel Run (Jambands.com)
Friends, Food and Phish Delight Crowd (Times Herald-Record)
Police Fish Out Drug Use at Jam Band Concert in Sullivan County (The Journal News)
Phish Bethel Night Three: Setlist and Skinny (Hidden Track)

OFFICIAL PHOTOS
by Dave Vann Posted on 'From the Road'

Phish at Bethel Woods Night Three Setlist, Photos and the Latest News

2011-05-29T17:02:00.000-07:00

Good evening and welcome to night three of Phish's first stop on Summer Tour 2011. So far Bethel Woods has been the site of some face-melting Phish. If you haven't done so already you need to download a copy of last night's show. You can doownload a killer audience recording at Mr. Minor's No Spoilers page, or you can buy a soundboard recording over at LivePhish.com.

The band is posting high-def video of one song from each night of Summer Tour 2011 at LivePhish.com. If you have a slower connection or computer, you can check the video out here. Phish posted Backwards Down the Number Line from last night, and it, as well as the entire show, is a must hear.

And of course you can listen to tonight's show live over at HoodStream.com.

PHISH AT BETHEL WOODS CENTER FOR THE ARTS NIGHT THREE SET LIST

SET ONE
AC/DC Bag, Sample in a Jar, Rift, Ocelot, Ya Mar, Timber Ho, Oh Kee Pah Ceremony -> Suzy Greenberg, 46 Days -> 20 Years Later, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, *Run Like an Antelope

SET TWO
Mike's Song -> Simple -> Weekepaug Groove, **Meatstick -> Fluffhead, Joy, 2001, Light -> Slave to the Traffic Lght

ENCORE
Loving Cup, Tweeprise

SHOW NOTES
*Early on they teased little bits of Curtis Loew; **With Japanese lyrics

DOWNLOAD THE SHOW
Audience copy from Mr. Minor's No Spoilers page
Official soundboard from Phish

PHOTOS
Sample in a Jar
Reference to Makisupa Policeman from last night
Suzy Greenberg

LATEST NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB
Phish Fest is Music to Sullivan County Businesses' Ears (Times Herald-Record)
Phish Members Offer Look into Houses on Night Two in Bethel (Jambands.com)
Phish Shows Off Its Versatility (Times Herald-Record)
Phish's Huge Concerts Will Benefit Catskills (Times Herald-Record)

Phish at Bethel Woods Night Two Setlist and the Latest News

2011-05-28T10:33:00.000-07:00

Night one at Bethel Woods had two personalities. Set One brought classic, epic jams in Stash and Kill Devil Falls. Set Two was spacy, reminiscent of second set Grateful Dead. Toward the end of Boogie On Reggae Woman, Trey started slowing down the song and they began pushing into free-form space, sounding noticeably different than just about anything they've done before -- and yes I know that's saying a lot. Boogie On -> Waves -> Prince Caspian -> Cross-eyed and Painless is Phish at their finest.

I suggest downloading a soundboard copy from LivePhish.com or an audience recording courtesy via Mr. Minor's No Spoilers series and checking it out yourself.

Also, Phish is posting videos of one song from each night of summer tour. You can watch them here.

And now, on to night two of Phish's 2011 Summer Tour. Listen to the show live at HoodStream.com

PHISH AT BETHEL WOODS CENTER FOR THE ARTS NIGHT TWO SET LIST

SET ONE
Theme from the Bottom, NICU, Cities, Halley's Comet -> Runaway Jim, Gumbo, The Mighty Quinn, Limb By Limb, Horn, Bathtub Gin -> Manteca -> Bathtub Gin

SET TWO
Down with Disease -> Free, Backwards Down the Number Line, *Makisupa Policeman -> Harry Hood, Cavern, David Bowie

ENCORE
A Day in the Life

SHOW NOTES
*Trey said they were at Page's house when they woke up this morning. Page said they were smoking a Spliff. Trey said later that morning at his house they were on his couch, also smoking a Spliff, watching the TV show House. Later that afternoon they went to Mike's house. "THIS IS MIKE'S HOUSE!" Then they went to Fish's house. "This is what it sounded like at Fishman's house." And Fish played the drum roll to start Harry Hood.

PHOTOS
NICU
Halley's Comet
Gumbo
CK5
Sky View of the Amphitheatre
Down with Disease
Harry Hood
Page's House

LATEST PHISH NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB
Phish Weekend Starts Way Before the Show (Times Herald-Record)
Opening Day for Phish Summer Tour (Jambands.com)
Phish has Sold Out Bethel Woods (Poughkeepsie Journal)
Crowd at Phish Concert is Groovy So Far (Times Herald-Record)
Bethel Woods: The Place where the Magic Started (Times Herald-Record)
Rocks Off Adds More Buses to Holdel Phish Shows (Jambands.com)
Bethel Couple Challenge $25,000 Fine for Phish Weekend Concert (Times Herald-Record)
Phish Bethel Night Two: Setlist and Skinny (Hidden Track)

Phish at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, New Jersey Setlist, Download the Show, and the Latest Phish News from Around the Web

2010-06-24T15:45:00.000-07:00

Rumor has it that Phish rented out the Loring Air Force base in Limestone for August 27-29, and is planning on holding an end-of-the-summer festival there. Some people say it's too late already to announce and plan a festival this close to the dates, making this bad information. Time will tell folks. It's fun to speculate either way.

Rumor also has it that KOTO.org, Telluride Community Radio, will broadcast the Phish show live this August. Stayed tuned for more details ...

Tonight's show kicks off a four-show run for Phish -- two nights at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, New Jersey, and two nights at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland.

Back to the current tour ... two nights ago in Massachusetts at the Great Woods Amphitheatre (now known as the Comcast Center), Phish laid down what arguably is the hottest show this summer. From the first notes of breakout cover Lit O Bit to the final G chord in Loving Cup, Phish, especially Trey, was on fire. Definitely, in my opinion, worth downloading an official soundboard copy from LivePhish.com

Hopefully, there will be a live stream of tonight's show over at HoodStream.com -- last year when Phish stopped in Camden the live stream failed, but with another year of experience under their belts, and better equipment, hopefully the i8 (the nickname given to the original eight founders of HoodStream.com) will find a way to push on through (the day).

PHISH AT SUSQUEHANNA BANK CENTER IN CAMDEN SET LIST

SET ONE
David Bowie, Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan, Water in the Sky, Ocelot, Uncle Pen, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Gumbo -> Timber Ho, *I Didn't Know, Birds of a Feather, Bouncing Around the Room, Reba, **The Rover

SET TWO
Down with Disease -> Cross-eyed and Painless -> Nothing -> Twenty Years Later -> Harry Hood, Fluffhead, Julius, You Enjoy Myself

ENCORE
Bug

SHOW NOTES
*Fishman playing a new vacuum since giving away the Electrolux during the 2009-2010 New Year's run in Miami; **Led Zeppelin cover, first time played.

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Phish
6/24/10 Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
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LATEST NEWS ABOUT PHISH FROM AROUND THE WEB
Reunited Phish Living the Serene Band Life (DailyNewsOnline.com)
The Boys Come Home: Phish plays to a sold out crowd in Mansfield, Mass., Part One (Examiner.com)
Once again, Phish phans busted in southern Albany County (Albany Times-Union)
A Shout-Out to Phish Phans Who Supported CLF at Comcast Center (CLF Scoop)
JAM: Phish 6/29 (Rochester City Newspaper)
Drymount: Phish Summer Tour 2010 Posters (LiveMusicBlog)

Phish at Great Woods (Comcast Center), Download the Show, Latest Phish News from Around the Web

2010-06-22T11:00:00.000-07:00

Phish rolls into the Great Woods Amphitheatre, now called the Comcast Center, in Mansfield, Massachusetts tonight for one show before rolling down I-95 for two nights at Camden followed by two nights at the Merriweather Post Pavilion. All three venues have serious history with Phish laying down some heavy shows, so be on the lookout for a barn burner this week.

You can pick up the live stream of tonight's show by visiting HoodStream.com. Additionally, click here to read an interview exclusive to The Wagger with Joephus, one of the founders of HoodStream.com, who discusses how streaming Phish shows live with an iPhone came to be, and what it takes to make it happen night after night as Summer Tour 2010 progresses.

PHISH AT THE COMCAST CENTER (FORMERLY KNOWN AS GREAT WOODS) JUNE 22, 2010

SET ONE
*Lit o Bit, Camel Walk, Possum, The Divided Sky, Dirt, Sample in a Jar, Kill Devil Falls, **Dr. Gabel, Run Like an Antelope

SET TWO
Mike's Song -> I am Hydrogen -> Weekapaug Groove, Sneakin' Salley Throu the Alley, Light -> 46 Days, Limb by Limb, Golgi Apparatus, Slave to the Traffic Light, Loving Cup

ENCORE
First Tube

SHOW NOTES
*Cover song by Rita Clarke and The Naturals, first time played; **New original, first time played

DOWNLOAD THE SHOW
Click here to download a crispy audience recording of tonight's show, courtesy of Mr. Minor's PhishThoughts.com
Or, you can download an official soundboard recording of the show from LivePhish.com a couple of hours after the last note is played.

And on a side note, just for fun, click here for links to download MP3s of your favorite songs/shows from the 1997 Fall Tour. That's right -- the origins of Cow Funk are now available at your fingertips, thanks to the HiddenTrack blog.

LATEST NEWS ABOUT PHISH FROM AROUND THE WEB
Phish shows mellower than in past, cops say (Albany Times-Union)
State Park Police arrest 68 during Phish concert weekend (The Saratogian)
Phish @ SPAC (Boston Herald)

Phish at SPAC Night Two Setlist, Download the Show

2010-06-20T13:05:00.000-07:00

I wanted to see the Tweeprise thingy continue on and on and on and on ... all summer long. Instead, we got a killer show with Phish dipping into their bag of oldies to please the "hometown crowd," as SPAC is the closest the band comes to playing its hometown of Burlington, Vermont.

Of course, the live stream of tonight's show was available at HoodStream.com and they had killer sound quality tonight -- ta boot, ta boot.

Next up on June 22, the Great Woods Amphitheatre, now known as the "Comcast Center," in Mansfield, Massachusetts, located just about half way between Providence, Rhode Island and Boston, followed by two nights in Camden and two nights at the Merriweather Post Pavilion -- which, to me, is one of my top five favorite places to see a show ... as long as you get inside early enough to grab a spot on the lawn that allows you to see the stage directly.

PHISH AT SPAC NIGHT TWO SET LIST

SET ONE
*Brother, AC/DC Bag, Back on the Train, Undermind, Cities, **Gotta Jibboo, Roggae, Sleep Again, Lawn Boy, Run Like an Antelope

SET TWO
Carini, The Mango Song, Wilson, Drowned -> Jam -> Swept Away -> ***Steep -> ****Makisupa Policeman -> *****Piper -> 2001, You Enjoy Myself

ENCORE
Frankenstein

SHOW NOTES
*with Jack Fishman, Ella Fishman, Rosie Fishman, Tessa Gordon, Bella Anastasio, Eliza Anastasio, Maxine McConnell, Delia McConnell, and Alexandra Kuroda in a bathtub at the front of the stage for Father's Day, similar to last year's Father's Day show;
**with Tony Markellis (from the Trey Anastasio Band) on bass, and Mike and Trey on guitar. Trey introduced the song, saying Tony wrote it and this would be the first time it had been performed with two guitar players at the same time;
***With new ending;
****Trey improvised lyrics referencing to the well-publicized police crackdown on Phans in the parking lot;
*****The Makisupa SPAC-specific lyrics continued on over the chords to Piper.

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Phish
6/20/10 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

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LATEST NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB
Booze crackdown nets few at Phish shows (Albany Times-Union)
Phish always fresh to faithful (Albany Times-Union)
Arrest report from the Phish shows (Albany Times-Union)
Phish @ SPAC Night Two: Don't Believe the Hype (LiveMusicBlog.com)
Phish proves 'less is more': Tighter renditions bring the heat in first of two SPAC shows (The Saratogian)
Crackdown at SPAC continues for Phish (WTEN.com)
Concert crackdown for Phish fans (Fox23News.com)

Phish at SPAC Night One, Download the Show, and the Latest Phish News from Around the Web

2010-06-19T15:10:00.000-07:00

After two excellent shows in Hartford (including last night's Tweezer Reprise, Reprise), Phish travels to Saratoga Springs, where supposedly the police have an all-out sting operation in place, for the next two nights in the trees at SPAC.

You can most likely catch a clear stream of tonight's show at HoodStream.com

PHISH AT SPAC NIGHT ONE SET LIST

SET ONE
Tweezer Reprise, Chalk Dust Torture, Funky Bitch, Runaway Jim, Ya Mar, Sample in a Jar, Axilla, Fluffhead, Bathtub Gin, Suzy Greenberg

SET TWO
Rock and Roll -> Jam -> Free, Backwards Down the Number Line, *Halfway to the Moon, Prince Caspian -> Joy, David Bowie, Show of Life

ENCORE
The Squirming Coil, Character Zero, Tweezer Reprise

SHOW NOTES
*New Page song. First time played.

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Phish
6/19/10 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

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LATEST NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB
Phish's "Tweezer Reprise" Reprise (Jambands.com)
Phish pleases faithful in Hartford (Hartford Courant)
Local art gallery goes Phish (PostStar.com)
Phish Launch Massive East Coast Tour (RollingStone.com)

Phish at the Hartford Comcast Theatre Night Two Setlist, Download the Show

2010-06-18T17:35:00.000-07:00

Last night's show, the opener of a four-night run that takes Phish from Hartford to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, affectionately known to Phish-heads and others as SPAC, was blistering. Blistering, but at the same time, a little choppy. What was perhaps the most interesting part of the show was that Phish pulled out a lot of Cow Funk throughout the night in places where you wouldn't so much expect to hear it, like the whole Mike's Groove segment (at least, that's the way I heard it).

And then there was the whole Sand -> The Horse portion of set two. People in the HoodStream.com chat rooms were complaining that it sounded awful, but what was missed on them was the fact the Phish has never, in the band's entire history, played Sand -> The Horse. Phish did, on 12/18/1999 in Hampton, break out a Horse -> Sand -> Silent in the Morning. I know I've heard that show but don't recall that segue at all. Sounds like I need to go back and listen again -- perhaps all of us do. Here is a link to download that show if you don't already have a copy.

Of course, you can listen to a live stream of tonight's Phish show (hopefully) from the Comcast Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut over at HoodStream.com

And speaking of HoodStream.com, if you have not read it already Joephus, one of the original eight founders and operators of HoodStream.com, sat down with TheWagger for an interview discussing how the idea of streaming shows live via an iPhone came about, and what it takes for everyone working together to stream each show, each night. It's not as easy as you might think. Click here to read the entire exclusive interview.

SET LIST FOR NIGHT TWO OF PHISH AT THE COMCAST THEATRE IN HARTFORD

SET ONE
Fee, Rift, Wolfman's Brother, *Summer of '89, Foam, Possum, Julius, Reba, Cavern

SET TWO
Halley's Comet -> Light -> Billy Breathes, Tweezer -> Theme From the Bottom -> Harry Hood -> Wading in the Velvet Sea, Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan

ENCORE
Sleeping Monkey -> Tweeprise, **Tweeprise

SHOW NOTES
I don't think anyone saw that Fee opener coming. *New song sung by Trey, with the refrain, "And we danced all night," first time played.**Played a second time for Hershey.

DOWNLOAD THE SHOW
Click here to download an audience recording of tonight's show and hear what it sounded like to stand/dance inside Hartford's Comcast Theatre and hear Phish as the music sounded coming off of the stage, courtesy of Mr. Minor's PhishThoughts.com And if you're really into it, Mr. Minor posts each show without the setlist, so if you haven't seen it yet you can download the show and be surprised as each new song begins and develops.

Or, you can download the official soundboard recording from LivePhish.com for about $10. They've been great about posting the shows for download within about an hour or so of each one Phish show from the 2010 Summer Tour.

Phish
6/18/10 Comcast Theatre, Hartford, CT

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