absolute fire. Chalkdust -> BaSS -> Piper is some of the best Phish I've ever seen, period. the chalkdust itself is an all-time version of the song. BaSS was moved into expertly, and the following Piper was molten hot lava. Everything's Right isn't my favorite, but you could tell they were playing incredibly well because it was an excellent, intense version. throw in a nearly-20-minute Gin in the two slot of the show and a Cup > Antelope encore? well folks, that's what it's all about.

Not sure about the first set flow, but it had some great moments and strong playing. Nice of them to do "Old Home Place", since they're at SPAC, right?

2nd set was super psychedelic. SYSF went pretty big, I thought, but then this weird abrupt transition into Chalk Dust. But that's okay, Chalk Dust was huge. They went really deep this whole set. Sea of Stars was breathtakingly beautiful. Piper strong. Even Everything's Right got its bit of dark psychedelia. Great encore. Loving Cup a big rock sing along. Antelope, always great of course...just some absolutely stellar playing....fun show!

The first set is basically a welcome set to one of the all time great 3 night runs in Phish history. The First Tube opener is a high energy way to kick things off before Bathtub Gin becomes the big hint that this is going to be a special weekend. Unbelievable jam here that turns into feel good hose. The rest of the set has the only flow issues of the weekend. Even so, there are highlights. BOAF hits a nice peak. The rendition of Strawberry Letter 23 is perfect. Lawn Boy is really fun and Mike shows off on his bass. Old Home Place is a nice nod to SPAC. Hey Stranger introduces the outer space theme for the weekend and has a great jam. Walls rips.

The second set takes things to a different level. SYSF immediately locks in with Mike working his new pedal to create an ear worm groove before building to a nice peak. A solid segue into Chalk Dust launches things into orbit for 30 minutes. Unbelievably deep jamming lands in a beautiful BASOS that brings some heavy Jerry and Grateful Dead vibes. Piper emerges and absolutely blows the roof off of SPAC with a level of intensity in Trey’s playing that is rare to see these days. Everything’s Right brings it home with more solid exploration and a great set closing peak. Easily one of the finest sets of 2025 and it can hold its own with the best sets of 4.0. Loving Cup into Antelope is an excellent way to close out the first night of the immediately legendary 2025 SPAC run.

This will be a short review. While at the end of the weekend MAY have turned out to be the "weakest" of the SPAC weekend, its laughable to call this weak in any way. This is a psychedelic masterpiece. Phish completely flipped the forest hills script and went right back on track to murdering Summer 2025...

this chalkdust is simply one of their best jams of 4.0 and 3.0

SYSF was up there too.

It all gets that extra oomph. You need this show in your life. Then you need the next 2 nights. What a trilogy they become.

Set One: B+
Set Two A+

4.45

They definitely unleashed the beast last night. If stretched out, deep, heavy, experimental, face melting, evil Phish is your cup of tea, you came to the right place. SYSF, Chalkdust and Piper all fresh top shelf versions begging immediate relistens. First set Gin and Stranger big stand outs as well. Coming in hot to finish out this leg of an outstanding summer tour.

Brief "Waiting All Night" tease from Gordo in Everything's Right (he hits the song's bass line verbatim) for a few measures. Sick 2nd set! Thanks, Phish, for putting this on YouTube.

Apparently, this isn't long enough to qualify for a review, according to Phish.net. So I'm writing more now, because I just wanted to share that little tease. Soo.....

A great first set of jukebox phish.

A barn burner start to finish in set two. BaSS is a lovely breather for such an occasion. We may give this band all we got, but we are still much indebted to them. They continue to stretch their legs this tour in what will certainly be known as one of the best runs in phishtory.

Gonna need the Red Cross or FEMA at the Mothership if they keep this up...

A solid show w some solid jams.

First set was sorta all over the place and didn't have much of a flow but opening with First Tube, well, who doesn't love that song! the crowd was pumped, big energy out of the gate, Bathtub Gin, this sorta chilled everyone out, but who doesn't love Bathtub Gin? It was fun, then Devotion to a Dream and the Well, both alright, nothing spectacular, Birds of a Feather, called it before the show and it's a personal favorite so I was pumped, and it seemed to get everyone fired up again, Strawberry Letter 23 was pretty solid, fun song and def a crowd pleaser, Lawn Boy is always welcomed and if I'm getting a bluegrass song I don't mind Old home place, Hey Stranger is one of my favorite new songs and thought this one was jammed well, nicely done, Walls of the Cave, it's not gonna turn heads on paper, but damn, they absolutely shredded that ending! Def a great closer

Second Set was definitely a more cohesive set and had some big jams: Set Your Soul Free, not a favorite of mine but they seem to jam it well, and tonight was no different, nice almost 20 min version, the highlight and jam of the night, a near 30 min monster Chalkdust that went way out there, absolutely mind melting at times!, and after a big jam like that, a nice bathroom break is welcomed; Beneath the Sea and Stars...I'm sad that slow build Piper's are a thing of the past, I miss them, but tonight's Piper was jammed pretty hard , very enjoyable, and it went into a solid Everything's Right, another newer one that they seem to like to jam and the more I get the more it grows on me.

The encore was great , two awesome encore songs imo, def another big highlight, My wife called a Loving Cup encore so we both were def pumped for that and then Antelope! I called this earlier in the day and never gave up hope so I was extremely stoked on it! Not the best or craziest, but a very solid Antelope.
Overall, while it's not the going down in history type of show (that Chalkdust might be) I'd gladly take a show like this any day of the week!