1997
January: 25 | 27February: 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 28
March: 01 | 02 | 05 | 18 | 26
April: 12 | 30
May: 04 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 26
June: 06 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 29
July: 01 | 02 | 03 | 05 | 06 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 31
August: 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18
September: 20 | 25
October: 19 | 19
November: 07 | 07 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 30
December: 01 | 02 | 03 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 09 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 22 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31
SET 1: Emotional Rescue > Ya Mar, My Sweet One > Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother, Limb By Limb, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > The Sloth, Fire
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Mike's Song, Piper > When the Circus Comes -> Roses Are Free > Weekapaug Groove
SET 3: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Auld Lang Syne > Tweezer > Maze[1] > Prince Caspian > Loving Cup
ENCORE: Theme from New York, New York[2] > Tweezer Reprise
Ya Mar included an Auld Lang Syne tease. Maze contained a Birdland tease and was unfinished. Theme from New York, New York made its Phish debut during the encore. My Sweet One was played for the first time since December 14, 1995 (155 shows).
SET 1: Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley[1] -> Taste, Water in the Sky > Punch You in the Eye > Stash, Chalk Dust Torture, A Day in the Life
SET 2: AC/DC Bag > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Harpua[2] > I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)[3] > Harpua > Izabella > Harry Hood[4] -> My Soul > Sleeping Monkey > Guyute
ENCORE: Carini -> Black-Eyed Katy -> Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley[1] > Frankenstein[5]
Trey teased A Night in Tunisia in Stash. AC/DC Bag included Third Stone From the Sun and Psycho Killer teases. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) made its Phish debut, was sung by Tom Marshall, contained an A Day in the Life quote from Tom referencing Big Phil (a fan who was in attendance that night), and was part of the “Pentagram Harpua,” which also included a narrative about Lost in Space. Hood was unfinished. Pete Carini made an appearance on-stage during the encore. Frankenstein included a segment with Fish coming center stage with his vacuum. The encore was unusually long; once the band realized they were going to be fined for playing past midnight, they decided to play well past midnight. Sneakin’ Sally was played for the first time since May 28, 1989 (925 shows). Neither of the Sallys contained vocal jams. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SET 1: Self [1]
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch -> Jam
SET 1: NICU > Golgi Apparatus > Crossroads, Cars Trucks Buses, Train Song, Theme From the Bottom > Fluffhead, Dirt, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Down with Disease[1] -> David Bowie > Possum -> I Can't Turn You Loose Jam > Possum > I Can't Turn You Loose Jam, Tube, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times
Disease was unfinished. Bowie included a tease from Mike of the Theme from James Bond. The return to Possum included a Long Tall Glasses tease from Page. Tube featured an I Feel the Earth Move tease. Page teased I Can't Turn You Loose in YEM. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch featured Trey on vocals. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
Soundcheck: Sample in a Jar, Drowned, Black-Eyed Katy, Funky Bitch
SET 1: Julius, Cities > The Curtain > Sample in a Jar, The Old Home Place > Runaway Jim, Farmhouse, Funky Bitch, Split Open and Melt, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
SET 2: Axilla[1] > Simple, Ghost > Drowned > Scent of a Mule[2], Halley's Comet > Slave to the Traffic Light, Rocky Top > Cavern
ENCORE: Bold As Love
The Mule Duel contained Roundabout teases and a slow jam instead of the traditional duel. Between Simple and Ghost, Trey talked about feedback problems and the “ghosts in the machine.”
SET 1: Ya Mar[1] > Axilla[2] > Theme From the Bottom, Ginseng Sullivan, Strange Design, Sample in a Jar, Vultures, Tube, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: NICU > Punch You in the Eye > Ghost > Mike's Song[3] -> Llama, When the Circus Comes, Weekapaug Groove -> Catapult -> Weekapaug Groove, Harry Hood
ENCORE: My Soul, The Squirming Coil
Ya Mar was unfinished. Mike’s Song included Foxy Lady quotes from Fish and some memorable vocal interplay from the band that included a chant to “Bring in the Dude.” During Hood, Trey asked Chris Kuroda to turn off the lights for a Blackout Jam and the audience responded with a shower of green glowsticks. The opening act was J. Willis Pratt & We're Bionic.
SET 1: Funky Bitch -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > Camel Walk, Taste > Bouncing Around the Room, Tweezer > Train Song > Character Zero
SET 2: Saw It Again[1] -> Piper > Swept Away > Steep > Prince Caspian > Jam -> Izabella > Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Guyute, Run Like an Antelope
Trey teased Super Bad in 2001. Saw It Again contained an extended jam. Antelope contained a Buried Alive tease from Trey. The opening act was J. Willis Pratt & We're Bionic.
SET 1: Punch You in the Eye > Down with Disease -> Maze, Dirt, Limb By Limb, Loving Cup > Rocky Top
SET 2: Drowned -> Roses Are Free[1] -> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars > Ghost -> Down with Disease -> Johnny B. Goode
ENCORE: Waste
This show marked the Phish debut of Roses Are Free. BBFCFM was for the first time since August 6, 1996 (118 shows). Footage from this show appeared in the film Bittersweet Motel.
SET 1: Mike's Song > Chalk Dust Torture, My Soul, Stash > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Dogs Stole Things, Beauty of My Dreams, Horn > Loving Cup
SET 2: Julius > Simple -> Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Contact, Axilla > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Fire
Trey teased Buried Alive in CDT. Hood included a brief return to the Axilla theme.
Soundcheck: Boogie On Reggae Woman, Funky Bitch, I'll Be Around, For No Reason Here's Apu, Demand, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, The Stallion Pt 3, The Rover, Limb By Limb
SET 1: AC/DC Bag -> Psycho Killer[1] -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own > It's Ice -> Swept Away > Steep > It's Ice > Theme From the Bottom, Tube, Jam -> Slave to the Traffic Light
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Wolfman's Brother -> Boogie On Reggae Woman > Reba[2], Guyute > Possum
ENCORE: A Day in the Life
Psycho Killer was unfinished and was performed for the first time since March 30, 1993 (415 shows). JJLC included a Rocky Mountain Way tease. Boogie On Reggae Woman was played for the first time since September 13, 1988 (993 shows). Reba did not have the whistling ending. Possum included "Charge!" teases and a We Will Rock You tease from Mike. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch featured Trey on vocals and included Black-Eyed Katy teases. Mike teased Boogie On Reggae Woman in The Stallion Pt 3. Trey teased Purple Haze at the end of The Rover. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
Soundcheck: Dog Log, AC/DC Bag, Ginseng Sullivan, Black-Eyed Katy
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus, Run Like an Antelope, Train Song > Bathtub Gin -> Foam, Sample in a Jar, Fee > Maze, Cavern
SET 2: Tweezer -> Izabella -> Twist -> Piper, Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Rocky Top
This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SET 1: Ghost > Wilson > Funky Bitch > Black-Eyed Katy, Sparkle > Runaway Jim -> My Friend, My Friend, Ginseng Sullivan, Limb By Limb > Character Zero
SET 2: Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Julius[1] > Slave to the Traffic Light[1] > The Lizards, Loving Cup > Chalk Dust Torture
ENCORE: Bold As Love
Julius and Slave were both unfinished.
SET 1: Punch You in the Eye > My Soul, Drowned, The Old Home Place, Gumbo > Also Sprach Zarathustra > You Enjoy Myself
SET 2: David Bowie[1] -> Possum > Jam -> Prince Caspian > Frankenstein > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Crossroads
Drowned included a Couldn’t Stand the Weather jam. 2001 contained Super Bad teases from Trey. Page teased Smoke on the Water in YEM. Bowie was preceded by a Charge! tease, included Take Me Out to the Ballgame and Baby Elephant Walk teases, a Simpsons signal, and was unfinished. This show was released as part of the Spectrum '97 box set.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch
SET 1: Buried Alive > Down with Disease[1] -> Makisupa Policeman, Chalk Dust Torture, Ghost > Divided Sky, Dirt > Taste, The Star-Spangled Banner
SET 2: Mike's Song -> Simple[2] -> Dog Faced Boy -> Ya Mar[3] -> Weekapaug Groove, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
ENCORE: Ginseng Sullivan > Sample in a Jar
Disease was unfinished. Trey teased Lazy in Chalk Dust Torture and Close to the Edge in Taste. Simple featured a Trey/Page musical duet. Dog Faced Boy was played for the first time since August 12, 1996 (109 shows). Ya Mar included a fun play on the actual lyrics and a Crosseyed and Painless tease. Trey teased Izabella in Weekapaug. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch featured Trey on vocals and Page quoting The Joker. This show was released as part of the Spectrum '97 box set.
SET 1: The Star-Spangled Banner
Phish performed the national anthem before a Philadelphia Flyers hockey game.
SET 1: Guyute, Funky Bitch[1], Wolfman's Brother[2] -> Love Me, The Squirming Coil, Loving Cup
SET 2: NICU, Stash[1] -> Free > Jam -> Piper > When the Circus Comes, Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Them Changes[3]
Funky Bitch and Stash were unfinished. During Wolfman's, the lights were turned off and Trey and Mike ducked behind the onstage speakers. When the lights were turned back on, they were hidden from the crowd. Wolfman’s also included a heavy metal style jam with Trey quoting the lyrics to Sanity and Esther. Them Changes made its Phish debut at this show.
SET 1: The Wedge, Foam, Simple -> The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, The Sloth, Ginseng Sullivan, Saw It Again, Horn, Water in the Sky, David Bowie
SET 2: Runaway Jim[1] > Strange Design > Harry Hood > Prince Caspian, Suzy Greenberg
ENCORE: Buffalo Bill, Moby Dick[2] > Fire
This Runaway Jim is one of the longest versions of any song ever played by Phish. It ran slightly under an hour and included Beauty of My Dreams and Super Bad teases and a strong Weekapaug jam where the entire melody of Weekapaug was played. Buffalo Bill was announced as Fish’s favorite song. Moby Dick was performed for the first time since February 19, 1993 (437 shows) and featured Trey imitating Robert Plant’s intro to Moby Dick from the album The Song Remains the Same.
SET 1: The Curtain > You Enjoy Myself[1] -> I Didn't Know, Maze, Farmhouse, Black-Eyed Katy, Theme From the Bottom > Rocky Top
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Limb By Limb, Slave to the Traffic Light > Ghost > Johnny B. Goode
ENCORE: My Soul
YEM featured Crosseyed and Painless teases, did not include the bass and drums segment, and ended with a shortened vocal jam that segued into I Didn’t Know.
SET 1: Tweezer > Sparkle > Gumbo > My Soul, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Dirt, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent in the Morning[1], Taste
SET 2: Character Zero[2] -> Also Sprach Zarathustra[2] -> Cities -> Ya Mar > Punch You in the Eye > Prince Caspian, Poor Heart[3] > Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Cavern[4]
Silent's lyrics were changed to "bask in morning sickness." Character Zero and 2001 were unfinished. Trey teased Super Bad in 2001. Poor Heart began as Rocky Top. Cavern included some of the original, alternate lyrics.
Soundcheck: Back at the Chicken Shack
SET 1: My Soul, Theme From the Bottom > Black-Eyed Katy, Sparkle, Twist > Stash[1] -> NICU, Fluffhead > Character Zero
SET 2: Bathtub Gin[1] -> Down with Disease -> Low Rider -> Down with Disease, Bold As Love
ENCORE: Julius
Disease contained a Can't You Hear Me Knocking tease. Stash and Bathtub Gin were unfinished. This show was released as part of the Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 box set.
SET 1: Mike's Song -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Harry Hood > Train Song, Billy Breathes, Frankenstein > Izabella
SET 2: Halley's Comet > Tweezer > Black-Eyed Katy > Piper > Run Like an Antelope[1]
ENCORE: Bouncing Around the Room > Tweezer Reprise
Mike's Song and Tweezer both contained BEK teases, with the ones in Tweezer taking place well before the segue into BEK. Fans of stage banter will want to seek out the second set for Trey’s humorous response to the crowd’s Destiny Unbound chant before Halley’s. The "Marco Esquandolas" lyric in Antelope was changed to "Michael Esquandolas." This show was released as part of the Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 box set.
SET 1: Emotional Rescue[1] > Split Open and Melt, Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things, Punch You in the Eye -> Lawn Boy[2] > Chalk Dust Torture, Prince Caspian
SET 2: Ghost > AC/DC Bag -> Slave to the Traffic Light, Loving Cup
ENCORE: Guyute
Emotional Rescue made its Phish debut at this show and included a San-Ho-Zay tease from Trey. Rescue was subsequently quoted at the end of Melt and Lawn Boy. This humorous Lawn Boy featured an “anti-drum solo” - an intentionally boring one. The third verse of Chalk Dust Torture was omitted by Trey. The first set ended with the delay loop ending of Caspian played until after lights were brought back up. Trey teased Yours Is No Disgrace and Call to the Post prior to Guyute. This show was released as part of the Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 box set.
SET 1: Julius, Bathtub Gin -> Llama, Dirt, Limb By Limb, Funky Bitch, Theme From the Bottom, Ginseng Sullivan, Fee -> Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Wolfman's Brother -> Makisupa Policeman > Taste
ENCORE: Possum
The segue from Fee into Antelope included Meatstick quotes. Wolfman’s Brother contained Crosseyed and Painless teases and Taste contained a DEG tease from Trey.
SET 1: Tweezer, Reba[1], Train Song, Ghost > Fire
SET 2: Down with Disease[2] -> Olivia's Pool > Johnny B. Goode -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, When the Circus Comes, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Character Zero
Reba did not have the whistling ending and Disease was unfinished. Ghost included a Super Bad (James Brown) tease and Johnny B. Goode contained DEG teases. This show was officially released as Live Phish 11.
Soundcheck: Saw It Again
SET 1: NICU > My Soul, Black-Eyed Katy, Farmhouse[1], The Old Home Place, Billy Breathes, Cars Trucks Buses, Scent of a Mule[2], Poor Heart[2], Taste, Hello My Baby
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule) -> Simple -> Wilson > Harry Hood[3] > Izabella
ENCORE: David Bowie
Mule and Poor Heart featured Pete Wernick on banjo. Mule also included a brief Foggy Mountain Breakdown tease. Harry Hood was unfinished. Farmhouse was played in concert for the first time.
SET 1: Runaway Jim, Gumbo > Maze[1] > Fast Enough for You, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Funky Bitch, Guyute, Run Like an Antelope[2]
SET 2: Wolfman's Brother -> Piper > Twist > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Bold As Love
Maze was unfinished. Trey dedicated Guyute to Paul Languedoc in reference to Paul’s purported comment to the band that any song with whistling is a good song. Consequently, Antelope contained whistling in both the opening section and closing “Marco Esquandolas” section (with Trey whistling lyrics). This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Black-Eyed Katy[1], Theme From the Bottom, Train Song, Split Open and Melt, Beauty of My Dreams, My Soul, You Enjoy Myself, Character Zero
SET 2: Stash, Punch You in the Eye > Prince Caspian > Bouncing Around the Room, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Loving Cup
This show marked the debut of Black-Eyed Katy. The jam in Mike’s Song included Born on the Bayou teases and Weekapaug contained Dave's Energy Guide and Can't You Hear Me Knocking teases.
SET 1: Farmhouse[1], Mike's Song Jam
Phish were the musical guests on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Farmhouse made its unofficial debut.
SET 1: You Let Me Down Again, Steady Rollin' Man, You’re The Only One, The Field > When It Comes To You > Blood Bed Roses > If You Ask Me
SET 2: Louisiana Sun > Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) [1] > Wild Side[1] > Outside of Home[1] > Just a Rose[1]
ENCORE: Lawyers, Guns and Money[1], What I Like About You[1]
No known setlist
SET 1: Gimme Some Lovin' [1]
SET 1: Minor Swing [1], Hubbleville[1], Blackberry Blossom[1], Monkey Wrench[1], Southwind[1], Some Funky Grass[1], Touch and Go[1], Time Reel[1] > Abdul's[1], Dread Banjo[1], Hoggin' the Spotlight[1]
SET 1: Southwind [1], Monkey Wrench[1], Hubbleville[1], Touch and Go[1], Time Reel[1] > Crazy Creek[1] > Time Reel[1] > Abdul's[1], Blackberry Blossom[1], Dread Banjo[1], Well You Needn't[1], Hoggin' the Spotlight[1]
ENCORE: Happy Landings[1]
No known setlist
SET 1: The Wedge, Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things, Vultures, Water in the Sky > Maze, Bouncing Around the Room > Tweezer -> Taste, Carolina
SET 2: Down with Disease[1] -> Bathtub Gin[1] > Uncle Pen, Also Sprach Zarathustra -> Art Jam > Harry Hood
SET 3: Buffalo Bill -> NICU, Weigh, Guyute, Dirt, Scent of a Mule -> Digital Delay Loop Jam -> Scent of a Mule, Prince Caspian
ENCORE: When the Circus Comes, Tweezer Reprise
This was the second show of The Great Went festival. Tweezer contained Simple teases and the Digital Delay Loop Jam included London Bridge is Falling Down teases. Disease was unfinished. Bathtub Gin contained a Proud Mary tease from Page. Throughout the weekend, fans painted pieces of wood that were assembled into an Art Tower. During Disease, Page and Fish painted their portions of the Art Tower; Mike and Trey painted theirs during 2001. The Art Jam saw the crowd carry the pieces of the band’s art to the side of the venue where it was hoisted onto the Art Tower and added to the fans' art. During Tweezer Reprise, the Art Tower was burned to the ground as The Great Went came to a close. As the Hood jam kicked in, Trey asked Chris to turn the lights off and the band jammed while the front section of the audience engaged in the first Hood glowstick war. Trey remarked to the crowd at the end of the jam that the visual display was cool. Between the first and second sets, the Bangor Symphony Orchestra performed selections from Stravinsky and Debussy as a red-smoke-spewing glider synchronized its swoops and dives to the music. Buffalo Bill was played for the first time since December 31, 1994 (204 shows).
SET 1: Makisupa Policeman -> Harpua[1] > Chalk Dust Torture, Theme From the Bottom > Punch You in the Eye > Ghost > Ginseng Sullivan, You Enjoy Myself > Train Song > Character Zero, The Squirming Coil
SET 2: Wolfman's Brother -> Simple -> My Soul, Jam -> Slave to the Traffic Light > Rocky Top > Julius[2]
SET 3: Halley's Comet -> Cities[3] -> Llama > Lawn Boy, Limb By Limb > Funky Bitch[4]
ENCORE: Contact > Loving Cup
This was the first show of The Great Went festival. Harpua picked up where the Clifford Ball Harpua left off. After Chalk Dust, Trey remarked that the first three songs served as the soundcheck, which the band did not do before the show. The jam out of Simple, the beginning of My Soul, and the jam before Slave included Odd Couple theme teases. The jam before Slave also contained an Entrance of the Gladiators tease. Halley’s Comet included On Your Way Down teases. The lyrics in Cities were changed to reference Fishman sleeping in the daytime. The Julius intro was partially performed a cappella with finger snaps. Funky Bitch featured a fireworks display behind the stage that culminated as the song ended. After the show, the members of Phish DJ’d under pseudonyms at a festival tent in what has become known as the “Disco Set.”
Soundcheck: Buffalo Bill, The Old Home Place, Funky Bitch, Crosseyed and Painless
SET 1: Ya Mar, Funky Bitch > Fluffhead, Limb By Limb, Free, Cars Trucks Buses, Tela > Train Song > Billy Breathes, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Love Me, Sparkle > Harry Hood -> Jam > Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird[1] > Merry Pranksters Jam[2] > Frankenstein[2] > Merry Pranksters Jam[2] -> Camel Walk, Taste
ENCORE: Bouncing Around the Room, Rocky Top
The second set featured a remarkable jam after Harry Hood ended and before Forbin’s began, as well as an appearance by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. Only the intro of Fly Famous Mockingbird was played. The Merry Pranksters Jam contained an Over the Rainbow tease from Trey, an If I Only Had a Brain tease, and a Spam Song quote. Frankenstein was performed in the middle of the Merry Pranksters Jam with narration continuing at the same time.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Poor Heart > Jam
SET 1: Amoreena[1] > Poor Heart, Stash, Water in the Sky, Gumbo -> The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Beauty of My Dreams, Crosseyed and Painless > Wilson, Sweet Adeline
SET 2: Runaway Jim, Ghost -> Izabella, Sleeping Monkey > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Sample in a Jar > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Golgi Apparatus > Frankenstein
ENCORE: Theme From the Bottom
This show featured the Phish debut of Amoreena. Mike teased the theme to Leave It to Beaver in Wilson. The end of Wilson included a Little Drummer Boy tease. 2001 contained a Super Bad tease from Trey.
SET 1: Makisupa Policeman -> Maze, Water in the Sky, Guyute, Guelah Papyrus, Limb By Limb, Horn, Run Like an Antelope[1]
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Piper, Vultures > My Soul, You Enjoy Myself, Character Zero
ENCORE: The Squirming Coil
The “Rye Rye Rocco” section of Antelope included Page on theremin.
Soundcheck: Dog Log, Paul and Silas, Funky Bitch (slow), She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride, Star Trek theme jam (Page on Theremin).
SET 1: Bathtub Gin -> Sparkle > Down with Disease > Dirt, Cars Trucks Buses, Billy Breathes, Split Open and Melt, Bye Bye Foot > Ginseng Sullivan, Harry Hood
SET 2: Cities -> Good Times Bad Times -> Rotation Jam -> Rock A William -> David Bowie
ENCORE: Cavern
The long, involved Rotation Jam to set up Rock A William started when Page went to the theremin for a solo. Soon after, Trey took up the keys and Mike went to play guitar. Page eventually picked up Mike’s bass. After they jammed a bit longer, Mike went to join Trey on the keys. Trey then joined Fish on the drums. The two of them played on the same drum set and Mike took a piano solo. Trey eventually kicked Fish off the drum stool, and Fish picked up Trey’s guitar. SOAM contained a Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part Two jam and a Third Stone from the Sun tease.
SET 1: Theme From the Bottom, Punch You in the Eye, Ghost -> Taste, Dogs Stole Things, Reba[1], Lawn Boy > Crossroads
SET 2: Wilson > Foam, Mike's Song -> Ain't Love Funny -> Simple -> Swept Away > Steep > Scent of a Mule[2], Slave to the Traffic Light > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: When the Circus Comes, Rocky Top
Tears of a Clown was teased before Theme. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Scent featured a duel between Trey and Mike after Page’s solo. Mike and Trey started their duel facing each other and wound up on the ground doing bicycle kicks while they played. Weekapaug included Can’t You Hear Me Knocking teases. Crossroads was played for the first time since December 9, 1995 (127 shows).
SET 1: Cars Trucks Buses, Gumbo > The Lizards, Dirt > It's Ice > Water in the Sky, Character Zero
SET 2: Wolfman's Brother -> Free, Limb By Limb, Loving Cup > Prince Caspian > Chalk Dust Torture
ENCORE: Hoochie Coochie Man[1], Messin' with The Kid[2]
The encore, which included the Phish debut of Messin’ with the Kid, featured Sugar Blue on harmonica and vocals. Hoochie Coochie Man was played for the first time since April 10, 1993 (383 shows). This was the first Phish show to be webcast live.
SET 1: NICU > Stash, Beauty of My Dreams, Twist -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > AC/DC Bag, Ya Mar, You Enjoy Myself
SET 2: Runaway Jim -> My Soul, Ghost, Prince Caspian > Cars Trucks Buses > Sample in a Jar, Run Like an Antelope[1]
ENCORE: Julius
Trey teased Super Bad in 2001. YEM contained a 2001 tease from Trey. Prior to Runaway Jim, Trey teased If I Only Had a Brain. Antelope included a Makisupa jam with Page on the theremin and Mike on a fretless bass.
SET 1: Whipping Post [1] > Stranglehold[1]
No known setlist
SET 1: Bathtub Gin > Foam, Samson Variation > Dirt > Vultures, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Twist -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, Limb By Limb, Character Zero
SET 2: Julius > Simple > Fluffhead, Lifeboy > Taste, Hello My Baby, Frankenstein
ENCORE: Bouncing Around the Room, Slave to the Traffic Light
SET 1: Theme From the Bottom, Ginseng Sullivan, Ghost, Dogs Stole Things, Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother, Water in the Sky, Split Open and Melt
SET 2: Down with Disease[1] -> Tweezer -> Johnny B. Goode > Sparkle, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Loving Cup > Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Harry Hood
Disease included teases of Three Blind Mice and Take Me Out to the Ball Game in its intro and was unfinished. Disease was subsequently teased near the end of Tweezer. During Hood, Trey asked Chris Kuroda to turn off the lights, "So we can just have the outdoor vibe here." Also, at Hood's end, Trey added "Mount Hood" once after the lyric, "You can feel good about Hood."
SET 1: Ghost > Ya Mar > Dogs Stole Things, Limb By Limb, Dirt > Maze, Glide, Saw It Again, You Enjoy Myself
SET 2: Runaway Jim -> When the Circus Comes, Vultures, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Mike's Song -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Cinnamon Girl
YEM contained strange Santa Claus is Coming to Town teases. Listen for Sweet Home Alabama teases before the start of the second set and Mind Left Body teases during McGrupp. Weekapaug included Happy Birthday teases from Trey, who later made reference to Jerry Garcia’s birthday, which was the following day. Trey noted that Phish and the rest of the music community were trying to keep Jerry’s spirit alive through music. Weekapaug ended in a Can't You Hear Me Knocking jam.
Soundcheck: Twist (with Chuck E’s in Love lyrics), Blues Jam, Makisupa Policeman
SET 1: NICU > Wolfman's Brother > Chalk Dust Torture, Water in the Sky, Stash, Weigh > Piper > Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero
SET 2: Punch You in the Eye > Free > David Bowie[1] -> Cities -> David Bowie, Bouncing Around the Room, Uncle Pen, Prince Caspian > Fire
ENCORE: My Soul
Trey teased Yours Is No Disgrace prior to NICU. Wolfman’s included a Fire (Ohio Players) tease from Trey and a Take Me to the River jam. The Bowie intro featured Fish on vaccum and included a Simpsons signal; Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, was reportedly in attendance. Bowie also contained a When Johnny Comes Marching Home tease from Mike. This show was released as part of the Ventura box set.
SET 1: Theme From the Bottom, Beauty of My Dreams, Gumbo, Dirt, Sparkle, Ghost > Swept Away > Steep > Loving Cup
SET 2: Olivia's Pool, Run Like an Antelope > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Twist -> Taste, Sample in a Jar > Rocky Top, The Squirming Coil
ENCORE: Possum
Trey teased Close to the Edge in Theme. Twist contained DEG teases by Mike.
SET 1: Limb By Limb[1], Dogs Stole Things[1] > Poor Heart[1], Stash[1], Billy Breathes[1], Cars Trucks Buses[1], Dirt[1], You Enjoy Myself[2] -> Izabella[1]
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule)[1] > David Bowie[1], Harry Hood[3] -> Blister in the Sun Jam[1] -> Harry Hood[1] -> Free[1], Waste[1] > Johnny B. Goode[1]
ENCORE: Bouncing Around the Room[1], Cavern[1]
The entire show featured Bob Gullotti on a second drum set. YEM did not contain a vocal jam and included Willie the Pimp teases just before the segue into Izabella. Bowie contained teases of the backup vocals to Rock Lobster (B-52s). Hood was unfinished.
SET 1: Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother > Maze, Water in the Sky, Bathtub Gin -> Makisupa Policeman -> AC/DC Bag
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture[1] -> Taste[2] -> Ya Mar[2] -> Drums[3] -> Ghost[2] > Character Zero[2]
ENCORE: Theme From the Bottom[2]
The second set and encore featured Bob Gullotti on a second drum set. Chalk Dust was unfinished. The Drum Jam also featured Page on keys.
SET 1: Julius, Dirt, NICU > Dogs Stole Things > Ginseng Sullivan, Water in the Sky, Limb By Limb, Split Open and Melt, Billy Breathes, Possum
SET 2: Punch You in the Eye, Ghost > Sample in a Jar, You Enjoy Myself[1] -> Rocky Mountain Way Jam > Chalk Dust Torture
ENCORE: Frankenstein
Ghost included Spooky and On Your Way Down teases. YEM included a Jeopardy! theme tease and did not have a vocal jam. Chalk Dust included Rocky Mountain Way teases.
Soundcheck: Limb By Limb (x3), Vultures, Water in the Sky, Saw It Again (first verse only)
SET 1: Runaway Jim -> My Soul, Water in the Sky, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Vultures, Bye Bye Foot, Taste
SET 2: Down with Disease[1] -> Mike's Song > Simple -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hello My Baby
ENCORE: When the Circus Comes > Harry Hood
The first set of this show was performed during a furious lightning storm; during Taste, the band even jammed along with the thunder and lightning. Mother (Pink Floyd) was teased by Trey in Bye Bye Foot. Down with Disease was unfinished. Weekapaug also included a Hydrogen tease from Trey and closed with a Can’t You Hear Me Knocking tease. This show is also available on DVD from Phish Dry Goods.
Soundcheck: Limb By Limb, Twist (several times), Ginseng Sullivan
SET 1: Ghost > Dogs Stole Things > Piper, Dirt, Ginseng Sullivan > Bathtub Gin > Character Zero
SET 2: Wolfman's Brother -> Magilla > David Bowie, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Theme From the Bottom -> Jam[1] > Funky Bitch[2], Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Loving Cup
The jam during Bathtub Gin featured Trey jumping up and down in time with a syncopated jam, as well as strong Drowned teases. Near the end of the jam, Trey mentioned how good it was to be back home and named the four newer songs that were played. The beginning of Bowie included Radar Love teases from Mike and a Birdland jam and Wolfman’s included a Bathtub Gin tease. The jam out of Theme, as well as Funky Bitch, featured LeRoi Moore on saxophone. The jam with LeRoi included a segment where he played two saxes, Trey played three guitars, Mike played two basses and the Cracklin’ Rosie cymbals, Fish had four drumsticks and Page was lying across his keyboards playing as many as possible. At one point, Trey grabbed two drumsticks and played them on Fish's cymbals and his guitar before tossing them into the crowd. LeRoi also teased the Woody Woodpecker theme during the jam.
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SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother > Johnny B. Goode > You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Character Zero
This single-set performance was part of the 2nd annual Doctor Music Festival that also featured Blues Traveler, Alice Cooper, Megadeth, Jim Rose, and Smashing Pumpkins. Trey teased Lazy in Johnny B. Goode. YEM contained a Wolfman's Brother tease from Trey and the vocal jam was partially based on I Wish.
SET 1: Dogs Stole Things, Limb By Limb, Ginseng Sullivan, Bathtub Gin > Llama[1] -> Wading in the Velvet Sea, Jam[2], Olivia's Pool
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Julius -> Magilla, Ya Mar[3] -> Ghost -> Take Me to the River[1]
ENCORE: Funky Bitch[4]
Llama was unfinished and featured a long, atypical jam that wove into Velvet Sea. The jam after Velvet Sea concluded with a theme akin to Lizards. Prior to the start of the second set, Trey said that in France they love Jimi Hendrix and Danny Bonaduce, explaining "that's why I'm here," and that he started his career as the Partridge Family's bass player. Trey subsequently quoted Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque, remarked that the crowd was too young for that and that they didn't see the Partridge Family, but that the crowd knew it when they played Hanson the other night (see 7/6/97). Prior to 2001, Trey said they called Fish "The Orchestral Greasy Troll," prompting some impromptu singing. Trey teased Super Bad and The Star Spangled Banner in 2001. Mike teased Call to the Post in Magilla. Ya Mar featured various duets by the bandmembers, contained Magilla and St. Thomas teases, and lyrics referencing "vampire children." Take Me to the River (first since November 21, 1995, or 126 shows) was unfinished. Funky Bitch featured a guest appearance by members of the Son Seals Band and teases of Take Me to the River and Bathtub Gin by the trumpet player.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Jam
SET 1: Punch You in the Eye > Prince Caspian, Ginseng Sullivan, Split Open and Melt, Dirt, Taste, Sweet Adeline, Harry Hood
SET 2: Down with Disease > My Soul > Cars Trucks Buses, You Enjoy Myself[1] -> Trane To Conamarra Jam[2] -> Ghost[2] > Poor Heart[2]
ENCORE: Hello My Baby
YEM through Poor Heart featured Béla Fleck and The Flecktones (Béla Fleck, Jeff Coffin, Roy “Futureman” Wooten, and Victor Wooten), who were announced during the bass and drums segment of YEM and bounced along during the tramps jam. YEM contained Disease and Palmetto Quickstep teases, as well as Victor Wooten and Mike playing Mike’s bass simultaneously. Victor teased The Fishin' Hole in Ghost. Poor Heart included a Sanford and Son theme tease from, a Yakety Sax tease, a Rhapsody in Blue tease by Page, and a Free Bird-style ending. Pierre, a local Häagen-Dazs employee who the band met the day before, was repeatedly called-out by the band and was brought up on stage and serenaded during the encore.
Soundcheck: Samson Variation -> Olivia’s Pool, Beauty of My Dreams, Hell’s Bells, You Shook Me All Night Long, MMMBop, Another One Bites the Dust, And It Stoned Me, Only Shallow, The Banana Boat Song (aka Day-O)
SET 1: Runaway Jim, The Old Home Place, Dogs Stole Things, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Cars Trucks Buses, Scent of a Mule, Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Free, You Enjoy Myself[1] > Waste, Rocky Top > Funky Bitch
ENCORE: My Soul
This was an outdoor show; the afternoon soundcheck was free and open to the public. Trey began playing Hell’s Bells to the accompaniment of church bells ringing nearby. During MMMBop, Trey noted: “Fish will now do his version of James Brown singing Hanson’s MMMBop.” Fish responded in part that “I’m an 11-year-old sex machine” and that it was “too hot in the hot tub!” Another One Bites the Dust through Day-O featured the infamous Soundcheck Limbo Karaoke Contest, where fans were invited on stage to sing, while mic stands were used for the limbo contest. Page teased Let It Be at the end of And It Stoned Me. YEM did not contain a vocal jam and was unfinished.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Ginseng Sullivan
SET 1: Julius, Bouncing Around the Room > Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar[1], Theme From the Bottom, Prince Caspian -> Twist > Piper, Harry Hood[1] > Love You > Hold Your Head Up > Poor Heart > Character Zero > Good Times Bad Times
ENCORE: The Squirming Coil
This was a single-set, free outdoor show. Twist included a Groove Is in the Heart jam with lyrics and GTBT included a Walk This Way tease. Sample and Hood contained more "worm" banter (from July 1, 1997 and July 2, 1997) with Trey saying "you're on the back of the worm!" Hood also contained Odd Couple theme teases from Mike. At the beginning of the Hood jam, Trey asked Chris to turn off the lights so that the band could see the mountains. Love You was played for the first time since December 8, 1995 (111 shows).
SET 1: Piper > My Soul > Divided Sky, Beauty of My Dreams, Taste, Train Song, Theme From the Bottom, Rocky Top
SET 2: Ghost > Cars Trucks Buses, Billy Breathes, Sparkle > Harry Hood > Cavern
ENCORE: Character Zero
Ghost contained a San-Ho-Zay tease from Trey.
SET 1: Mike's Song > Simple -> Maze, Strange Design, Ginseng Sullivan, Vultures, Water in the Sky > Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: Stash -> Llama -> Wormtown Jam[1] -> Wading in the Velvet Sea
ENCORE: Free
ENCORE 2: David Bowie
Maze contained a Spooky tease from Trey. The Wormtown Jam continued the stage banter of the night before. Portions of the narration were sung to the tune of Steve Miller’s Swingtown, as Trey warned the fans in attendance about the “killer worms” that inhabit the canals of Amsterdam. Mike teased Maze in the Bowie intro. This show was officially released as part of the Amsterdam box set.
SET 1: Ghost[1], Horn, Ya Mar[1], Limb By Limb -> Ain't Love Funny, Saw It Again[1], Dirt, Reba, Dogs Stole Things
SET 2: Jam[2] -> Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Bathtub Gin -> Cities > Jam[1] > Loving Cup > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: When the Circus Comes
Ghost began the first of two nights of the infamous "Worm" banter, with Fish saying "I think you know where you are" and Trey responding with "You're on the back of the worm!" The "Worm" was also mentioned in Ya Mar, Saw It Again, and the jam out of Cities, which also included When the Saints Go Marching In and Santa Claus is Coming to Town teases by Trey. Mike teased Time Loves A Hero in Ghost. Trey teased Dave's Energy Guide in Limb By Limb. Dirt was introduced as "Green Grass High Tides Forever." The second set began with a Fish piano solo that evolved into a jam, as the rest of the band eventually joined the stage and Fish moved to his drum kit. Bathtub Gin contained a Little Drummer Boy tease from Trey and a Simpsons Theme tease from Mike. Loving Cup contained a Frankenstein tease from Mike. This show was officially released as part of the Amsterdam box set.
SET 1: You Enjoy Myself, Taste, Bouncing Around the Room, Beauty of My Dreams, Chalk Dust Torture, Theme From the Bottom, Character Zero
ENCORE: My Soul
This single-set performance was part of the 27th annual Roskilde Festival that also included Beck, David Byrne, Charlie Hunter, Ani DiFranco, Leningrad Cowboys & Red Army Choir, Mötley Crue, Pavement, Primus, and Radiohead. The first three songs of the set were broadcast on the festival radio station.
SET 1: Wilson > Chalk Dust Torture, Stash, Dogs Stole Things, Poor Heart > Taste, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
This single-set performance was part of the annual Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts that also included Beck, David Byrne, Pavement, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Spearhead, and Stereolab. Phish performed on The Pyramid Stage. Wilson was an appropriate opener, as the venue was less than 50 kilometers from Stonehenge.
SET 1: Olivia's Pool, Dogs Stole Things, Taste, Billy Breathes, AC/DC Bag, The Old Home Place, Theme From the Bottom, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Saw It Again, Limb By Limb, My Soul
SET 2: Down with Disease -> Piper -> Down with Disease -> Meatstick[1] -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Makisupa Policeman[2], Cecilia[3] > Hold Your Head Up > Rock A William, Run Like an Antelope[4]
ENCORE: Guyute
This show marked the debut of Meatstick and the Phish debut of Cecilia, which was performed a cappella by Fish. The jam out of Disease included Can’t You Hear Me Knocking teases. McGrupp included Makisupa teases; the subsequent Makisupa was unfinished. Antelope included crew introductions and a mention of Antelope Greg.
SET 1: Split Open and Melt, Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things, Vultures, Guelah Papyrus[1], Runaway Jim -> Gypsy Queen -> Runaway Jim, Talk, Free, Prince Caspian > Rocky Top
SET 2: Wolfman's Brother > Reba[2], NICU, Twist > Piper, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Ghost
ENCORE: Loving Cup
Guelah was aborted and scrapped. Reba did not have the whistling ending.
SET 1: Taste, Water in the Sky, Stash, Dirt, Uncle Pen, Character Zero > Theme From the Bottom, Hello My Baby, Ghost
ENCORE: Limb By Limb
This single-set performance was part of the WDR Festival that also featured Ezio, K’s Choice, John Hiatt, Reef, Primus, and Steve Winwood.
SET 1: Sample in a Jar, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Poor Heart, Taste, Dogs Stole Things, Theme From the Bottom, Swept Away > Steep > Limb By Limb, Dirt > Harry Hood > Chalk Dust Torture, Samson Variation[1], Twist > Cavern
ENCORE: My Soul
Samson Variation debuted at this show. This single-set performance was part of the inaugural Hurricane Festival that also featured Ani DiFranco, Bad Religion, Ben Folds Five, Elegantly Wasted, and Primus.
SET 1: Taste > Jam -> Cities > Horn -> Ain't Love Funny[1] -> Limb By Limb -> I Don't Care > Run Like an Antelope[2]
SET 2: David Bowie, Ghost, Bye Bye Foot > Ginseng Sullivan > Cavern > Twist, Bouncing Around the Room > Julius
ENCORE: When the Circus Comes > Rocky Top
Ain’t Love Funny made its Phish debut at this show and was played out of an odd, atypical jam that grew out of Horn. Antelope's lyrics were changed to "Been you to have any spike tongue" and Marco Esquandolas was changed to "The Jersey drunk." Ghost included San-Ho-Zay teases from Trey. Julius contained a brief Stairway to Heaven tease from Trey.
SET 1: Limb By Limb, Dogs Stole Things, Theme From the Bottom > Punch You in the Eye, Water in the Sky, Maze, Waste, Vultures, Runaway Jim
SET 2: Stash[1] -> Ghost -> Saw It Again > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Piper, Jesus Just Left Chicago > Prince Caspian
ENCORE: Beauty of My Dreams > Character Zero, Hello My Baby[2]
Stash was unfinished and Hello My Baby was performed without microphones.
SET 1: The Squirming Coil > Dogs Stole Things > Taste, Water in the Sky, Sample in a Jar, Beauty of My Dreams, Theme From the Bottom, Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother, Olivia's Pool
SET 2: Limb By Limb, Ghost -> I Don't Care[1] > Reba[2], Wading in the Velvet Sea, Dirt, Harry Hood
ENCORE: Cities, Poor Heart
I Don’t Care made its short-lived debut at this show. Reba did not have the whistling ending.
Soundcheck: Twist
SET 1: Down with Disease > NICU, Dirt[1], Talk, My Soul, Cars Trucks Buses, Limb By Limb, Bye Bye Foot[2], Free, Prince Caspian
SET 2: Twist[2], Piper[2], Saw It Again[1], Waking Up[2], Dogs Stole Things, Waste, David Bowie, Cavern
ENCORE: When the Circus Comes, Rocky Top
This show featured the debuts of Bye Bye Foot, Twist, Piper, and Waking Up and the Phish debuts of Dirt and Saw It Again. This show also featured unusually improvisational versions of Waste and Cavern. Bowie included a full band Dave's Energy Guide tease.
SET 1: Theme From the Bottom, Dogs Stole Things[1], Beauty of My Dreams > Billy Breathes, Limb By Limb[1], Wolfman's Brother > Wading in the Velvet Sea[1] > Taste
SET 2: Stash, Maze, Water in the Sky[1], Vultures[1], Slave to the Traffic Light > Chalk Dust Torture[2] -> Ghost[1] -> Olivia's Pool[1] > Character Zero
Phish continued their tradition of breaking out new songs at the beginning of a tour; Trey announced after Dogs Stole Things that the band had written 15-16 new songs in the last eight weeks and that they would be debuting many of them at this show. The show featured the debuts of Dogs Stole Things, Limb By Limb, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Water in the Sky, Vultures, Ghost, and Olivia’s Pool as well as the Phish debuts of Stand! and Izabella. Stash was preceded by a Tequila tease. Chalk Dust was unfinished. Character Zero included a Jean Pierre tease from Trey.
SET 1: Limb By Limb, Dogs Stole Things, Ghost, Water in the Sky, Vultures, Dirt, Twist, Piper, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Olivia's Pool, I Don't Care, Samson Variation, Bye Bye Foot
SET 2: Samson Variation, Saw It Again, Waking Up, Limb By Limb, Dogs Stole Things, Ghost, Dirt, Vultures, Water in the Sky, Twist -> Piper, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Ain't Love Funny, Stand! -> Izabella
This show, referred to as “The Fourth Ball” or “Bradstock,” was played for friends before the band embarked on the European summer tour.
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SET 1: Never Too Late To Spend, Headache, Peter's Dad, Dirt [1], Big Bird, Only Shallow > The Noise of Carpet
SET 2: She's Not The One, Saw It Again[1], Timeless Melody, Stand! -> Izabella, 2000
ENCORE: Hello Violence, New York Groove [2]
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SET 1: The Star-Spangled Banner
Phish performed the national anthem before game 2 of the NHL Eastern Conference Finals between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Rangers.
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SET 1: She's Here > Six Days On The Road, When That Evening Sun Goes Down, Thoughts, Sadie, Devil's Heart > Jones > Calling Elvis > Signature
SET 2: Sailin' Shoes [1], Something Is Forming[1], Cecilia[1] > Wild Side[1] > Just a Rose[1] > Season of the Witch[1] > Just a Rose[1]
ENCORE: Ninety-Nine Years (and One Dark Day)
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Suzy Greenberg, Their Song > Divided Sky > Their Song, Bathtub Gin, Frankenstein
SET 2: Their Song > Down with Disease, You Enjoy Myself > Their Song, Wilson [1], Funky Bitch[1], Rocky Top[1], NICU[1], Slave to the Traffic Light[1], Their Song, Poor Heart
ENCORE: Their Song[1]
SET 1: Don’t Want You No More > It's Not My Cross to Bear, Trouble No More, Ramblin' Man, Good Clean Fun, Hoochie Coochie Man, Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’, Seven Turns, Stand Back, Jessica
SET 2: You Don't Love Me, I Know I Oughta Leave, Blue Sky, End of the Line, Stormy Monday, No One to Run With, Southbound, High Falls
ENCORE: One Way Out [1]
SET 1: Cinnamon Girl, NICU > Sample in a Jar > Punch You in the Eye > My Soul, Beauty of My Dreams > Harry Hood > Cars Trucks Buses[1], Suzy Greenberg[1] > Character Zero[1]
SET 2: Taste > Drowned -> Prince Caspian > David Bowie, Love Me, I Told You So[2], Love Me Like a Man[2], Waste > Chalk Dust Torture, Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Hello My Baby[3], Funky Bitch[1]
This show celebrated the release of “Phish Food” ice cream and was a benefit for the then-newly formed Waterwheel Foundation. “Ben & Jerry” made a short speech before the show and free ice cream was made available for the entire crowd. I Told You So and Love Me Like a Man, both of which featured Tammy Fletcher of The Disciples on vocals, made their Phish debuts. Cinnamon Girl was played for the first time since March 1, 1989 (904 shows). Hood contained a Barracuda tease by Trey. The last three songs of the first set, as well as Funky Bitch, featured Dave Grippo on alto sax and James Harvey on trombone. Grippo teased Third Stone From the Sun in Cars Trucks Buses and Chameleon in Suzy Greenberg. Soul Power 74 was teased by both horns in Suzy. Hello My Baby was performed without microphones.
SET 1: Johnny B. Goode, Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, Guyute > My Soul > Runaway Jim -> Gypsy Queen -> Runaway Jim, Run Like an Antelope[1] -> Catapult > Life on Mars? > Chalk Dust Torture, Hello My Baby
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, Swept Away > Steep > Punch You in the Eye > Waste, Character Zero > Slave to the Traffic Light > Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: You Enjoy Myself
Sample contained a Creep (Radiohead) quote from Trey. Antelope was unfinished. Trey teased Super Bad in 2001.
Soundcheck: Attack on the Bass
SET 1: Cities > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, Down with Disease, Weigh, Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, Reba[1], Hello My Baby, Possum[2]
SET 2: Carini, Dinner and a Movie > Mike's Song -> Lawn Boy > Weekapaug Groove[3], The Mango Song > Billy Breathes, Theme From the Bottom
ENCORE: Taste, Sweet Adeline
The week-long trend of breaking out songs continued with the show-opening Cities, which was the first since July 5, 1994 (223 shows). Trey teased Under Pressure in DWD. Wolfman’s included a Dave’s Energy Guide tease. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Possum included an All Fall Down signal and a heavy metal-style intro. The jam out of Mike’s featured teases and vocal quotes of The End (The Doors), and Careful with That Axe, Eugene as well as the Jim Morrison poem "Dawn's Highway." The End (The Doors) was subsequently quoted in Lawn Boy and Weekapaug. Weekapaug was unfinished and ended in a Can't You Hear Me Knocking jam. Portions of this show were made available via the Slip, Stitch and Pass release.
Soundcheck: Character Zero, Funky Bitch
SET 1: Carini, Paul and Silas > My Soul, Cars Trucks Buses, Peaches en Regalia > Stash, Swept Away > Steep > Ya Mar, Character Zero
SET 2: Taste, Drowned -> Prince Caspian > Frankenstein > David Bowie, Love Me, Axilla[1] > Waste > Julius
ENCORE: A Day in the Life
This show included the first Paul and Silas since October 24, 1995 (120 shows).
SET 1: Talk, Waste, Train Song, Walfredo, Goodbye Jam
This was an in-studio set before the Stuttgart show that evening. Between Talk and Waste, Trey noodled around to the tune of Michael Jackson’s Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough. The DJ played Michael’s version in its entirety after Waste. The Billy Breathes album versions of Free and Billy Breathes were also played during the broadcast.
SET 1: Camel Walk, Llama, My Friend, My Friend, Harry Hood > My Soul > Tube > Carini, Rock A William, Dog Log, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
SET 2: Buried Alive > Poor Heart > Ha Ha Ha[1] > You Enjoy Myself -> Kung -> Theme From the Bottom > Scent of a Mule > Jam -> Magilla > Scent of a Mule, Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Highway to Hell
This show featured the first Camel Walk since July 2, 1995 (140 shows) and first Magilla since May 4, 1994 (261 shows). Ha Ha Ha was notable for the heavy metal jam outro. YEM included Super Bad teases. Trey teased Dave's Energy Guide in Theme. The jazz jam in the Mule Duel included an ‘A’ Train tease from Mike.
SET 1: Runaway Jim > My Soul, One Meatball[1], Little Red Rooster[1], Got My Mojo Working[1], Stash, Waste > Taste, Loving Cup
SET 2: Beauty of My Dreams > Sample in a Jar > Punch You in the Eye > Free, Fee[2] -> My Friend, My Friend[3], Down with Disease > Prince Caspian, La Grange, Sweet Adeline
ENCORE: Chalk Dust Torture
One Meatball through Mojo Workin’ were Phish debuts that featured Sydney Ellis on vocals. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. My Friend was aborted quickly and scrapped.
SET 1: Carini, Axilla > All Things Reconsidered, The Sloth, Love Me, Rift > Fluffhead, Frankenstein, David Bowie
SET 2: Daniel Saw the Stone > Suzy Greenberg > Maze, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Peaches en Regalia > Mike's Song > Why Don't We Do It in the Road? > Hold Your Head Up, Good Times Bad Times
ENCORE: Billy Breathes > Rocky Top
Carini started off as a pre-recorded tape playing through the P.A. system. Phish took the stage and picked up the song from where it was on the tape and continued to play. This show also featured the first Daniel Saw the Stone since August 28, 1993 (289 shows) and the first Why Don’t We Do It since June 25, 1995 (144 shows). GTBT contained a Tweezer Reprise tease.
SET 1: Walfredo, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Funky Bitch, Theme From the Bottom > NICU > When the Circus Comes, Talk[1], Split Open and Melt, I Didn't Know, Character Zero
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin > Sparkle > Simple > Jesus Just Left Chicago, Harry Hood > Free, Hello My Baby
ENCORE: Johnny B. Goode
2001 contained Super Bad teases from Trey. Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
SET 1: My Soul, Foam, Down with Disease > The Lizards, Crosseyed and Painless, You Enjoy Myself[1]
SET 2: Ya Mar, Run Like an Antelope[2] -> Wilson[3] -> The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag > Billy Breathes, Reba[4] > Waste > Prince Caspian
ENCORE: Character Zero
During the “Wash Uffize Drive Me to Firenze” section of YEM, Fish exclaimed “this is a dream come true!” Antelope was unfinished and a heavy metal jam rose from the “Rye, Rye, Rocco” segment. Wilson was subsequently performed heavy metal style. Reba did not have the whistling ending.
SET 1: The Curtain > Tweezer > Soul Shakedown Party > Chalk Dust Torture, Love Me, Taste, Gumbo, When the Circus Comes > David Bowie > Tweezer Reprise
SET 2: Sample in a Jar > Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero > Uncle Pen, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Free > Swept Away > Steep > A Day in the Life, Runaway Jim, Sweet Adeline[1]
ENCORE: Julius
Taste and Stash contained Dave's Energy Guide teases from Trey. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones.
SET 1: Beauty of My Dreams > Cavern > Punch You in the Eye > Runaway Jim > NICU > Stash, Waste, Walfredo, Character Zero > Slave to the Traffic Light
SET 2: Peaches en Regalia > Also Sprach Zarathustra > My Soul > Maze, Wolfman's Brother > Reba[1], Train Song, Harry Hood > Frankenstein
ENCORE: Bold As Love
Slave was dedicated to “a friend” (long-time taper Don Wright) who had been hit by a car earlier in the day. Trey teased Super Bad in 2001. Reba did not have the whistling ending.
SET 1: Soul Shakedown Party[1] > Divided Sky, Wilson > My Soul, Guyute, Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Billy Breathes, Llama, Bathtub Gin > Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: The Squirming Coil -> Down with Disease -> Carini[2] -> Taste -> Down with Disease > Suzy Greenberg > Prince Caspian
ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey > Rocky Top
This show marked the debut of Carini and the Phish debut of Soul Shakedown Party. Carini contained a YEM tease. This show was officially released as part of the Amsterdam box set.
SET 1: Beauty of My Dreams[1], Split Open and Melt, Bouncing Around the Room, Crosseyed and Painless > Guelah Papyrus, Ginseng Sullivan > Tweezer, Waste > Cavern > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Sample in a Jar > Cars Trucks Buses, Free, Sparkle > Simple -> When the Circus Comes, Swept Away > Steep -> David Bowie, Loving Cup > Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Theme From the Bottom > Johnny B. Goode
This show was rebroadcast on German television and featured the Phish debut of Beauty of My Dreams.
SET 1: Runaway Jim > NICU, You Enjoy Myself, Sweet Adeline[1], Axilla > It's Ice > Billy Breathes, Uncle Pen, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: AC/DC Bag > Ya Mar > Down with Disease > Funky Bitch > Reba[2], Walfredo, Rock A William, Scent of a Mule[3] > A Day in the Life
ENCORE: Character Zero
Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Mule was unfinished.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Stash, Walfredo[1], Taste > Waste > Poor Heart > Character Zero > Peaches en Regalia, Love Me[2], David Bowie
SET 2: Julius, Cars Trucks Buses > My Soul[2] > Punch You in the Eye > Jam > Slave to the Traffic Light > When the Circus Comes[2] > Maze[3] > Rock A William[1], Harry Hood > Frankenstein
ENCORE: Prince Caspian > Johnny B. Goode
The European tour opener featured the debuts of Walfredo and Rock A William and the Phish debuts of Love Me, My Soul, and When the Circus Comes. Trey teased Super Bad in 2001. The jam after PYITE contained Close to the Edge (Yes) teases from Trey. Maze was unfinished.
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