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SET 1: Runaway Jim, Cities > Divided Sky, Back on the Train, Ride Captain Ride, Ocelot, Ya Mar, Horn > My Friend, My Friend[1] > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Down with Disease[2] > Twenty Years Later > Carini > Backwards Down the Number Line > Julius > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Harry Hood > Show of Life
Runaway Jim contained a DEG tease from Trey. My Friend did not contain the "Myfe" ending. Down with Disease contained a Woman from Tokyo tease from Trey and was unfinished. Slave and Hood contained Little Drummer Boy teases from Page.
Soundcheck: Goin' Down Slow -> Jam
SET 1: Cars Trucks Buses, AC/DC Bag > Down with Disease, Bathtub Gin, Nellie Kane > Sample in a Jar, Back on the Train > Rift > Free, Ride Captain Ride > Maze, Halley's Comet > 46 Days > Possum
SET 2: Sand -> Ghost -> Piper > Twenty Years Later > The Lizards, Harry Hood
ENCORE: Character Zero
Bathtub Gin contained a Soul Shakedown Party tease from Mike. At the end of Hood, Trey noted that it was the last set of tour, thanked everyone for an "absolutely joyous summer," then pantomimed crying and said "I don't want to go home." Trey added that "We'd also like to say, 'fuck your face'." The soundcheck Jam contained a Three Little Birds quote by Mike and a Don't Worry Be Happy quote by Trey.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > The Moma Dance > Heavy Things, Ocelot, Funky Bitch > Bathtub Gin > Fluffhead > Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Tube, My Sweet One, David Bowie
SET 2: Crosseyed and Painless > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Mike's Song > Bouncing Around the Room, Axilla > Tweezer > Harry Hood > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Weekapaug Groove, Suzy Greenberg
ENCORE: Big Black Furry Creature from Mars > Tweezer Reprise
Machine Gun (Jimi Hendrix) was teased by Trey and Fish before and during AC/DC Bag. During Alumni, Fish stated he didn't have a degree and later said he did. After Alumni, Trey said that Fish did have a degree, adding that they met in 1983 at UVM and that Fish held a very interesting record: the lowest grade point average ever recorded at UVM. Fish added "for a non-fraternity student" and both Trey and Fish joked about Fish's GPA (giving low numbers). Trey added that they were both saved by Page at Goddard and that Page earned $100 for recruiting them to Goddard. Trey introduced Tube and My Sweet One as Fish songs, asking the crowd to count the number of times "you" appeared in the song. There was a delay in starting My Sweet One until Page said they had a lot of interesting stories (about Fish), prompting Fish to immediately start the song. Mike's and Suzy contained Crosseyed teases from Trey. Tweezer contained a Cars Trucks Buses tease from Mike. BBFCFM included Trey singing into his microphone that he raised above his head, playing his guitar behind his head and running around the stage and Mike playing his bass on his knees.
SET 1: Crowd Control, Party Time, Axilla, Reba, Free > Mound > Walk Away, NICU > Back on the Train, Gotta Jibboo > Roggae, David Bowie
SET 2: Crosseyed and Painless > Light -> Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley -> Crosseyed and Painless > Theme from the Bottom > Rocky Top, Boogie On Reggae Woman > Meatstick, Bug, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Ride Captain Ride > Tweezer Reprise
Trey teased Nellie Kane in Crowd Control. Reba included a DEG tease. Bowie contained a Reba tease from Trey. Eleanor Rigby was teased prior to the start of the second set. Crosseyed contained a tease of The Cave. Light and Sneakin' Sally both included Crosseyed teases. Light also included a Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) tease. Mike teased China Cat Sunflower before Bug.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > My Soul, Camel Walk, Sample in a Jar, Wilson > Party Time, Gumbo, Nellie Kane, Driver, Foam, If I Could, Split Open and Melt > La Grange
SET 2: Axilla > Light > Twist > Kill Devil Falls -> My Friend, My Friend[1] > Swept Away > Steep > Piper > Free > Kung > Harry Hood > Cavern > David Bowie
ENCORE: You Enjoy Myself
La Grange was played for the first time since September 22, 1999 (303 shows). Twist contained a brief In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida tease from Trey, Kill Devil Falls included a Jeopardy! theme tease, and Hood contained a Kung quote. My Friend My Friend did not contain the "Myfe" ending. YEM contained a Flashlight tease from Mike and teases of the theme to Sanford and Son in the vocal jam.
SET 1: Soul Shakedown Party, Lonesome Cowboy Bill, Vultures, Gotta Jibboo, Dirt, A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, Access Me, Meat, Frankenstein[1], Fee[2], Maze, The Squirming Coil
SET 2: Crosseyed and Painless > No Quarter > Light > Ghost -> Back on the Train > Farmhouse, 46 Days, Heavy Things > Joy, Julius
ENCORE: Meatstick[3]
Soul Shakedown Party was preceded by a Chalk Dust Torture Reprise tease from Trey. Frankenstein featured Page on keytar and was followed by a brief Lawn Boy tease from Page. Fee featured Trey on the megaphone. Light contained Frankie Says teases and Ghost contained Crosseyed and Painless quotes. Meatstick had fans dancing on stage and Trey saying that "from now on we're doing it by initials. We hope you enjoyed H. Things and C. E. & Painless, and right now we'd like to do the dance for you now. This is called 'T.F. The Meatstick'". The lyrics of Meatstick were then changed to "T.F. The Meatstick."
SET 1: Sample in a Jar, Tube, Axilla, Bathtub Gin, Roses Are Free > Limb By Limb, Free > NICU > Possum > The Wedge, Corinna, Meatstick
SET 2: Golden Age > Ghost > Sweet Virginia, Rift > Tweezer -> Walk Away > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Piper > Waste > Run Like an Antelope[1]
ENCORE: Loving Cup > Tweezer Reprise
Limb By Limb contained a DEG tease. Meatstick featured fans on stage dancing. Tweezer contained Another Brick in the Wall Part 2, Under Pressure and Ice Ice Baby quotes as well as a Meatstick jam. Antelope featured Under Pressure and Meatstick teases, a Fernando (Abba) quote with the lyric changed to "Can you hear the drums, Orlando?" Antelope's lyrics were changed to "Marc Orlando Esquandolas from Syracuse, NY" and "Run like Orlando out of control." "Orlando" was repeated several times.
Soundcheck: Backwards Down the Number Line, Buffalo Bill
SET 1: Brother, Runaway Jim, Dogs Stole Things, Boogie On Reggae Woman > NICU, Foam > Wilson > Timber (Jerry the Mule), Fluffhead[1], Walls of the Cave > Character Zero
SET 2: Drowned > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Reba[2], Roses Are Free > Chalk Dust Torture > Prince Caspian -> Silent in the Morning, Bug > A Day in the Life > Down with Disease[3]
For the fourth Father's Day in a row, Brother was performed and featured all of the band's children on stage and subsequent introductions (which included a "Charge!" tease from Page). After Timber, Trey sang the ending notes to Brother. Trey then said he had a trivia question for the crowd and asked "how many songs end like this?" and the band sang the ending of Brother again. He answered the question by saying the songs were My Friend, My Friend, Rift, and Brother (all of which had their endings "sung"). Trey added that tonight was special because from now on, Timber would also end with the Brother ending (which was sung again). Trey said Page could also end Lawn Boy that way from now on, prompting a Lawn Boy quote from Page. Mike then teased Ha Ha Ha. Trey went on to say that Metallica would be playing at Bader Field soon after Phish and that he didn't think they ended a single song like the ending of Brother (Trey sang the ending). Trey said if everyone wrote Metallica a note saying "Dear Metallica, please end Master of Puppets like this" (singing the ending one final time), if they got 20,000 notes, they just might do it. Fluffhead and Down With Disease subsequently had endings similar to Brother mixed in with their normal finishes. Reba did not contain the whistling ending.
SET 1: Down with Disease > Funky Bitch, The Moma Dance > Sample in a Jar, Axilla, The Gambler[1], Possum > Wilson > Tweezer > Free > Backwards Down the Number Line > Cavern
SET 2: Golden Age > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Chalk Dust Torture, Carini -> Shafty > Rock and Roll, Alaska > Harry Hood[2] -> Light > Character Zero > Rocky Top
ENCORE: Show of Life > Julius > Tweezer Reprise
The Gambler was a Phish debut and featured Kenny Rogers on vocals. Possum featured The Gambler and Streets of Cairo teases. Tweezer contained a Walk This Way tease from Trey and I Am Hydrogen teases from Fish. Shafty was played for the first time since December 30, 2003 (159 shows). Hood was unfinished.
Soundcheck: 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover Jam, The Way It Goes (attempted multiple times) [Unconfirmed and Possibly Incomplete]
SET 1: Maze, Back on the Train > Rift > Bathtub Gin, The Way It Goes[1], Halfway to the Moon, Gumbo, Halley's Comet > Tube > Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Roses Are Free > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Rock and Roll -> Come Together[2] -> Twist -> Piper[3] > Harry Hood > Roggae > Ghost -> Guy Forget -> Ghost, Walls of the Cave
ENCORE: Backwards Down the Number Line
This show featured the first Maze opener since December 9, 1995 (536 shows), the first Come Together (albeit incomplete) since December 8, 1995 (539 shows), and the first Guy Forget since October 1, 2000 (199 shows). Back on the Train contained a brief Sneakin' Sally tease from Trey. Bathtub Gin contained Low Rider teases from Trey and Twist subsequently contained a brief Low Rider tease/jam. The Phish debut of Gillian Welch's The Way It Goes included a Streets of Cairo tease from Page. Tube featured an Oriental Riff tease by Trey. Towards the end of Chalk Dust, Trey made an "Ssssssss" sound, referring to Friday, September 2, 2011's "S" songtitled show. Piper featured Page on theremin. After Guy Forget, the end of Ghost contained a Guy Forget quote. Walls of the Cave featured Rock and Roll quotes from Page.
SET 1: Soul Shakedown Party > AC/DC Bag > The Curtain > Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Destiny Unbound > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Wilson > Mound, A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing[1], Time Loves a Hero, Reba -> David Bowie
SET 2: Big Balls[2] > Down with Disease[1] -> No Quarter > Party Time, Ghost > Gotta Jibboo > Light, Waves > What's the Use? > Meatstick > Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, The Star-Spangled Banner
ENCORE: First Tube
This show was the third of the three-show Super Ball IX festival. The Curtain was played for the first time since September 9, 2000 (202 shows). The first Mockingbird narration since September 30, 2000 (188 shows) referenced the previous night's fourth set Storage Jam and explained that all of SBIX was merely a mental projection of a reality that the band created in 1988 on their way to Colorado. Mike teased the theme from The Twilight Zone and the theme from Leave it to Beaver during BBFCFM, Wilson contained a Mind Left Body tease, and Reba contained Dave's Energy Guide teases. A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing and Disease were unfinished. The setbreak featured All-American themed music. This show featured the Phish debut of Big Balls. Before the encore, Trey thanked each of the crew, management and artists who helped make Super Ball IX happen. First Tube was accompanied by and followed by fireworks.
Soundcheck: Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan
SET 1: Harpua[1] > Brother, Down with Disease > Back on the Train, Funky Bitch, Timber (Jerry the Mule), The Wedge, The Moma Dance, Thunder Road[2], Tube, Alaska > David Bowie
SET 2: Crosseyed and Painless > Walls of the Cave > Slave to the Traffic Light > Fluffhead > Sand[3] > Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley > Light > Backwards Down the Number Line, Suzy Greenberg
ENCORE: Julius
Harpua included a Happy Birthday tease from Trey and featured all of the band's fathers voicing the part of Jimmy's father. For the third Father's Day in a row, Brother was performed and featured all of the band's children on stage and subsequent introductions. The theme to Leave it to Beaver was teased by Mike prior to DWD. This show marked the Phish debut of Thunder Road, which was dedicated by Trey to Clarence Clemons (who had passed away a day earlier). Near the end of Sand, there was a lengthy pause before the band finished the song.
SET 1: 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 2: Party Time, Crosseyed and Painless > Steam > Light > The Wedge, Alaska, Halfway to the Moon > Harry Hood > Backwards Down the Number Line, Loving Cup
ENCORE: Sanity > Makisupa Policeman[1] > First Tube
Lonesome Cowboy Bill was played for the first time since July 30, 2003 (141 shows). Makisupa included lyrics referencing blunts and a moist bundt cake.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > Punch You in the Eye > Bathtub Gin > Taste, Lawn Boy, Mound, Gotta Jibboo > Reba[1], Fee[2] > Backwards Down the Number Line
SET 2: Carini -> Tweezer > Free, Crosseyed and Painless -> Light -> Boogie On Reggae Woman > Julius, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Loving Cup > Tweezer Reprise
Reba did not contain the whistling ending. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > Sample in a Jar, Rift, Ocelot, Ya Mar, Timber (Jerry the Mule) > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg > 46 Days > Twenty Years Later, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Mike's Song > Simple -> Weekapaug Groove, Meatstick > Fluffhead > Joy, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Light > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Loving Cup > Tweezer Reprise
Ya Mar included Express Yourself (Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band) teases from Mike. Antelope contained a Curtis Loew tease from Trey and Manteca teases from Trey and Page. A fan ran across the stage during Tweezer Reprise.
SET 1: Frankenstein[1], Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Ghost -> Spooky > Divided Sky, Roses Are Free > Funky Bitch, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Stash, Character Zero
SET 2: Fat Man in the Bathtub[2], All That You Dream[2], Oh Atlanta[2], Old Folks Boogie[3], Time Loves a Hero[4] -> Day or Night[3], Mercenary Territory[3], Spanish Moon[3], Dixie Chicken[3] -> Tripe Face Boogie[2], Rocket in My Pocket[3], Willin'[5], Don't Bogart That Joint[6], A Apolitical Blues[2], Sailin' Shoes[2], Feats Don't Fail Me Now[3]
SET 3: Down with Disease[7] > Back on the Train > Gotta Jibboo > Camel Walk, Suzy Greenberg > Wilson > Harry Hood > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Julius[4]
Page performed Frankenstein on keytar. Ghost included a San-Ho-Zay tease from Trey. Spooky was performed for the first time since April 14, 1993 (754 shows). The second set "musical costume" was Little Feat's Waiting for Columbus. Join the Band (the first track of Waiting for Columbus) was played over the P.A. before the start of the second set. Subsequently, Phish was introduced by Kevin Statesir (founder of Higher Ground) as "Little Feat" before Fat Man in the Bathtub. In the tradition of some of Phish's previous crowd experiments in the early '90s, flyers explaining a new Secret Language prank were included in the Phishbills that were passed out to fans as they walked into the show. The prank, designed to confuse those who would later listen to the recording, consisted of an announcer introducing Phish (as Little Feat). When the announcer would say a letter of the band FEAT ("Give me an F!"), the crowd would respond with letters corresponding to PHISH ("P-H!"). All of the songs in the second set other than Time Loves a Hero were Phish debuts. All of the songs in the second set, other than Don't Bogart That Joint and Willin', featured Giovanni Hidalgo on percussion. A five piece horn section consisting of Aaron Johnson on trombone, Stuart Bogie on saxophone, Ian Hendrickson-Smith on saxophone, Michael Leonhart on trumpet, and Eric Biondo on trumpet joined the band for Old Folks Boogie, Time Loves a Hero, Day or Night, Mercenary Territory, Spanish Moon, Dixie Chicken, Rocket in My Pocket and Feats Don't Fail Me Now. Willin' featured Page on bass, Mike on piano, Trey on drums and Fish on vocals. Prior to the piano solo at the beginning of Willin', Fish remarked, "That's supposed to be Bill Payne on the keyboard." Don't Bogart That Joint was performed a cappella. Trey introduced the guest musicians at the start of Feats Don't Fail Me Now and Page teased "Charge!" during the introductions. At the conclusion of the second set, the entire band marched the perimeter of the floor. Disease was unfinished, was initially botched, and had to be restarted, prompting Fish to declare, "This one's off our album." Julius featured Giovanni Hidalgo and the Waiting for Columbus horn section.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > Camel Walk, Divided Sky, Ride Captain Ride, Stash, Fee[1] -> Time Turns Elastic, Cavern > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Seven Below > Wolfman's Brother, Backwards Down the Number Line > Alaska > Free > The Lizards, Brother, Roggae -> Taste > Waste > David Bowie
ENCORE: Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) > Chalk Dust Torture
Ride Captain Ride was played for the first time since December 10, 1999 (216 shows). Stash contained a brief Dave's Energy Guide tease from Trey. Trey sang verses of Fee through a megaphone.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Ocelot, It's Ice > Bouncing Around the Room, Funky Bitch, AC/DC Bag > NICU > The Moma Dance > Horn, Stash, Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: Mike's Song > Simple > Ghost > Weekapaug Groove, Fee[1] > Makisupa Policeman[2], My Problem Right There[3] > Makisupa Policeman -> Slave to the Traffic Light, Strange Design > Julius
ENCORE: Loving Cup
Ghost featured a Bowie tease from Fish. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Before Fee, Trey waved the megaphone around. He also waved it around during Fee's coda and used it to create feedback during the first Makisupa. Makisupa included the lyrics "Woke up this morning alien on my face, woke up in the afternoon and I turned up the bass" and a subsequent bass solo from Mike. This show featured the debut of My Problem Right There.
Soundcheck: Dog Log, new Trey ballad, Burn That Bridge, Liquid Time
SET 1: Tweezer, AC/DC Bag, On Your Way Down, Divided Sky, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Water in the Sky > The Moma Dance > Farmhouse, David Bowie
SET 2: Ghost > Theme from the Bottom > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, You Enjoy Myself > Piper > Also Sprach Zarathustra > While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Character Zero
ENCORE: Oh! Sweet Nuthin' > Cavern > Joy > Tweezer Reprise
Piper contained a Close Encounters of the Third Kind theme tease from Trey. This show was officially released as part of the Alpine Valley DVD.
SET 1: The Star-Spangled Banner, Punch You in the Eye > Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Camel Walk, Ocelot, Heavy Things > My Friend, My Friend > Lawn Boy, David Bowie, Gotta Jibboo
SET 2: Down with Disease[1] > Piper > Ghost > Waste, Julius > Mike's Song > Tela, Harpua > Killing in the Name[2] > Harpua > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: First Tube
Disease was unfinished. Harpua contained a tease of London Bridge Is Falling Down. This show marked the Phish debut of Killing in the Name (Rage Against the Machine).
SET 1: Walfredo, Mellow Mood, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan > Divided Sky, Tela, My Soul, Ginseng Sullivan, Sample in a Jar, Bathtub Gin, Brian and Robert, Run Like an Antelope[1]
SET 2: Wilson > Meatstick -> Saw It Again -> Piper > Ghost -> Jumpin' Jack Flash[2] -> Saw It Again > Contact, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Fire[3]
This show featured the first Walfredo since September 30, 2000 (131 shows). Antelope contained Brian and Robert teases, an It Was a Very Good year tease from Trey, and an alternate "Michael Esquandolas" lyric. Jumpin' Jack Flash was a Phish debut. Piper, Ghost, Contact, YEM and Fire all contained Saw it Again quotes. Trey teased San-Ho-Zay in Ghost. YEM also contained Jumpin' Jack Flash teases and, in the vocal jam, a Meatstick tease from Trey, quotes of Saw It Again and Surfin' Bird (The Trashmen), and a Daniel Saw the Stone quote from Mike. The lyrics to Fire were changed to "Let Jon Fishman take over."
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch [Unconfirmed and Possibly Incomplete]
SET 1: Brother, AC/DC Bag > Back on the Train, Undermind, Cities, Gotta Jibboo[1], Roggae, Sleep Again, Lawn Boy, Run Like an Antelope[2]
SET 2: Carini > The Mango Song > Wilson, Drowned > Swept Away > Steep, Makisupa Policeman[3], Piper[4] > Also Sprach Zarathustra > You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Frankenstein[5]
In what is becoming a Father's Day tradition (see 6/21/09), the show-opening Brother featured the band members' children jumping into a bathtub on stage, followed by Trey introducing each of them and wishing everyone a Happy Father's Day. Gotta Jibboo was preceded by a "Charge!" tease from Page and featured Tony Markellis on bass and Mike on a second guitar. In Antelope, "Marco Esquandolas" was changed to "Mike-O Esquandolas," followed by a Mike solo. The end of Wilson contained a Dixie tease from Trey. In place of a traditional Makisupa keyword, Trey improvised verses that set up solos for Mike, then Fish, then Page. The subsequent Piper intro included repeated phrases from the Makisupa ("Policeman," "House," and "Listen to Mike"). Trey quoted Whole Lotta Love in the vocal jam of YEM. Page performed Frankenstein on keytar.
Soundcheck: Sugar Shack, Burn That Bridge
SET 1: Gotta Jibboo, Chalk Dust Torture, Fluffhead, Funky Bitch, Runaway Jim > NICU, Horn > It's Ice > Bouncing Around the Room, Sparkle, Split Open and Melt
SET 2: Drowned > Tweezer -> Twist > Piper > Free, Wading in the Velvet Sea, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Bold As Love
Soundcheck: Dog Log, Undermind, Glide, My Friend My Friend, Uncle Pen
SET 1: Possum > Down with Disease, Nellie Kane, Weigh, When the Circus Comes, Kill Devil Falls, Water in the Sky, Stash, Meat, Undermind, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: The Moma Dance > Rock and Roll > Light > Crimes of the Mind > Pebbles and Marbles > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Golgi Apparatus > Cavern > Run Like an Antelope
Nellie Kane was played for the first time since July 1, 2000 (137 shows). Before Meat, Trey announced (in a reference to Meat's lyrics) that Mike had changed his name and is now "The Artist Formerly Known as Cactus" and "The Artist Presently Known as Prince." Subsequently, during Meat, Trey introduced Mike as "Prince" and Fish as "Prince's alter ego on the drums, 'Princess.'" Free Bird was played for the first time since June 22, 2000 (144 shows) and was performed a cappella for the first time since December 29, 1998 (223 shows).
SET 1: David Bowie, Julius, Sparkle, Kill Devil Falls, Lawn Boy, Heavy Things, Funky Bitch, Sample in a Jar, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Let Me Lie, Beauty of a Broken Heart, Stash
SET 2: Drowned > Twist > Piper > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Tube, Theme from the Bottom > Maze, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Character Zero > First Tube
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times
BBFCFM included several references to Syracuse native Jon Fishman (including shout-outs to his alma mater, his father and his father's dental patients).
SET 1: Water in the Sky[1], Back on the Train[1], Brian and Robert[1], Invisible[2], Strange Design[1], Mountains in the Mist[1], The Curtain With[1], Army of One[1], Sleep Again[2], My Sweet One[3], Let Me Lie[1], Bouncing Around the Room[1], Train Song[1], Wilson[1] > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters[1]
ENCORE: Driver[1], Talk[1], Secret Smile[1]
SET 2: AC/DC Bag > Rift, Gotta Jibboo, Heavy Things, Reba[4], The Wedge, Guelah Papyrus, Undermind, Sparkle, Split Open and Melt
SET 3: Tweezer -> Maze, Free, Sugar Shack, Limb By Limb, Theme from the Bottom > Mike's Song > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Light > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Grind, Esther, Tweezer Reprise
This show was part of the three-show Festival 8. The first set, which started at noon, was billed as Phish's "first full-length acoustic set" (complete with complimentary coffee and Festival 8 themed donuts). The first set featured Trey and Mike on acoustics, Page solely on piano, and a unique stage setup that had Fish stage right with Page on the far left. Before Brian and Robert, Trey encouraged the crowd to sit down due to the "mellow" nature of the set; he added that they had never before played to a crowd that was sitting. Whether the crowd should stand up or sit down became a running joke throughout the set, until Trey confessed during Wilson that he only asked the crowd to sit down at the request of the crew and, in fact, he hates telling people what to do (and also hates sitting down). This show marked the Phish debuts of Invisible and Sleep Again. Fish performed a whistle solo on My Sweet One. The band briefly left the stage after McGrupp, returning to encore with Driver, Talk, and Secret Smile. The second and third sets were played later that evening. Reba lacked the whistling ending. Trey took a moment before Tweeprise to thank those who helped put on the festival.
Soundcheck: I Been Around, Kids, I Kissed a Girl, Beauty of My Dreams
SET 1: Llama, The Moma Dance, Guyute, Anything But Me, Cars Trucks Buses, Chalk Dust Torture, Golgi Apparatus, David Bowie, Cavern > Possum, Ocelot, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Backwards Down the Number Line -> Twenty Years Later, Halley's Comet > Rock and Roll, Harpua -> I Kissed a Girl[1] > Hold Your Head Up > Harpua, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Grind, I Been Around[2], Highway to Hell
The Harpua narration centered on a depressed Jimmy calling on his Spirit Guide who happened to be a “funny little man wearing a dress” who spoke truth through song (in this case, I Kissed a Girl). This show featured the Phish debut of I Kissed a Girl (described by Trey as “so wrong on so many levels”). After Harpua, Trey remarked to Fish that he was waiting for the day when Fish went to see Katy Perry and she performed a Phish song, prompting Fish to declare, “I don’t apologize to Katy Perry for that. I only apologize to [the audience].” Prior to the encore, Trey stated that it was hard to play the last show of the tour because they felt like they could just keep going. Before starting the debut performance of I Been Around, Trey explained that they were playing it because he realized that it was the one song off of the upcoming album (Joy) that they hadn’t played live.
SET 1: Roses Are Free, Wilson > NICU, Prince Caspian, Back on the Train, Reba[1], Grind, Beauty of a Broken Heart, Sample in a Jar, Sugar Shack, Waste, Kill Devil Falls
SET 2: Boogie On Reggae Woman, You Enjoy Myself -> Undermind[2] -> Drums[2] -> Seven Below[2] > Also Sprach Zarathustra[2] > Waves[2] > Character Zero[2]
ENCORE: Bittersweet Motel, Bouncing Around the Room, Slave to the Traffic Light
Reba did not have the whistling ending. Undermind through Zero featured Bill Kreutzmann on drums. Before the encore, Trey explained that Bittersweet Motel was being played at the request of his daughter, Bella. After Bittersweet Motel, Fish remarked that he felt lonely again and needed the second drummer back.
SET 1: Brother, Wolfman's Brother, Funky Bitch > Divided Sky, Joy, Back on the Train, Taste, Poor Heart, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, Time Turns Elastic
SET 2: Crosseyed and Painless -> Down with Disease[1] > Bug > Piper > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Grind, Frankenstein[2]
During Brother, each of the band members’ children jumped into a bathtub placed at the side of the stage. Afterwards, Trey introduced them and wished everyone a happy Fathers’ Day. Funky Bitch was played in acknowledgement of a fan who had been holding up a sign requesting the song at this show and the previous one. Crosseyed and Painless included a brief, subtle tease from Page of the Grateful Dead’s Let It Grow. Trey teased Taste near the end of Disease, which was unfinished. Piper contained a brief Can’t You Hear Me Knocking tease. Frankenstein featured Page on the keytar and Trey on a five-neck guitar.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > NICU, Gotta Jibboo > Punch You in the Eye > Sparkle > Bathtub Gin, Character Zero > Tweezer -> The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Run Like an Antelope, Mustang Sally[1], Bobby Jean[2] > Glory Days[2]
SET 2: Rock and Roll -> Light > 46 Days, Limb By Limb, Farmhouse, Backwards Down the Number Line > Prince Caspian, First Tube
ENCORE: Suzy Greenberg > Tweezer Reprise
This show, performed on the What Stage, closed out the 2009 Bonnaroo Festival. Before Mustang Sally, Trey remarked that he had seen a show at Jadwin Gym at Princeton University when was 12 (apparently referring to a 11/1/78 performance by Bruce Springsteen at this 3,000 seat venue, though Trey would have been 14 at the time), and added that Phish would now have an opportunity to play with one of his heroes, Bruce Springsteen. Springsteen joined in on guitar and vocals for Mustang Sally, Bobby Jean and Glory Days. Mustang Sally was played for the first time since August 5, 1988 (1,280 shows). This show marked the Phish debuts of Bobby Jean and Glory Days. Limb By Limb contained a Dave’s Energy Guide tease.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Fee, Wolfman's Brother, Guyute, My Sweet One, 46 Days, The Lizards, The Wedge, Strange Design, Tube, First Tube
SET 2: Sand, Suzy Greenberg, Limb By Limb, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Sugar Shack[1], Character Zero > Tweezer
ENCORE: Joy[1], Bouncing Around the Room, Run Like an Antelope > Tweezer Reprise
After forgetting the lyrics to Fee, Trey remarked that “We knew this one backstage.” This show marked the debuts of Sugar Shack and Joy. Before the extended encore, Trey asked, “You guys in a rush to go anywhere?” He then talked about how much they had enjoyed the northeast run and that they wanted to play a few more songs before heading south (though he was careful to note that they love the south, too).
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Kill Devil Falls, Undermind, The Star Spangled Banner
SET 1: The Star-Spangled Banner, Sample in a Jar, The Moma Dance, Chalk Dust Torture, Ocelot[1], Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Poor Heart, Limb By Limb, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Down with Disease, Destiny Unbound, Character Zero
SET 2: Tweezer -> Light[2], Bathtub Gin, David Bowie, Time Turns Elastic[2], Free, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Cavern, Good Times Bad Times, Tweezer Reprise
The Star Spangled Banner was performed from the pitcher's mound. This show marked the debut of Ocelot and the Phish debuts of Light and Time Turns Elastic. Stash was preceded by Stash, It's Ice and Take Me Out to the Ballgame teases. Trey also teased Take Me Out to the Ballgame after Stash and again during Limb By Limb. After Time Turns Elastic, Trey jokingly announced, "That's our single." The Ballad of Curtis Loew was performed for the first time since August 2, 1993 (628 shows).
SET 1: Sanity[1] > Wilson, Foam, Bathtub Gin, Undermind[2], AC/DC Bag > My Friend, My Friend, Scent of a Mule, All of These Dreams, Maze, She Thinks I Still Care[2], Army of One, Tube, Cars Trucks Buses, Free, Frankenstein[3]
SET 2: Down with Disease[1] > Seven Below, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Twist -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > The Moma Dance, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Wading in the Velvet Sea > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Happy Birthday to You, Contact, Bug, Tweezer Reprise
Sanity (not played since November 27, 1998 or 190 shows) ended prematurely right after the “world explodes” line (additionally, one of the large, white balloons that was hung from the rafters popped, as if on cue, as Trey sang "world explodes"). Disease was also unfinished. This show marked the Phish debuts of Undermind and She Thinks I Still Care. Frankenstein featured Page on keytar. Mike and Fish teased Seven Below in Twist. Before Contact, the band and audience sang Happy Birthday (last performed on July 25, 1999, or 165 shows) to Fish’s Dad, Leonard, and the end of Contact featured a Happy Birthday jam. During Tweezer Reprise, balloons were dropped into the crowd. The post-show music included "Sweet Virginia" from Exile on Main Street.
SET 1: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Anything But Me, Reba, Carini > Chalk Dust Torture -> Possum > Wolfman's Brother[1] > Taste
SET 2: Down with Disease[2] > Wading in the Velvet Sea[3], Glide, Split Open and Melt -> Ghost
SET 3: Fast Enough for You, Seven Below[4] -> Simple > Piper -> Cool Jerk[5] -> The Dickie Scotland Song[6], Wilson > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: The Curtain With[7]
This was the second show of the Coventry festival and was the presumed “Final Show.” When Trey made his “break-up” announcement the preceding May, he indicated that Coventry would be the final Phish shows. In reality, this turned out to be the final public show for over four and a half years. This show was simulcast in movie theaters nationwide. Before Anything But Me, Trey announced that, for the first time in 21 years, he was nervous performing a Phish show. During Wolfman’s, Trey revealed that the Wolfman’s Brother is, in fact, Fish (as well as the fact that he handed the phone to his friend Liz Durfee). Also, during Wolfman’s, Trey and Mike invited their mothers onstage (and later John Paluska) to do the “sexy bump” dance. Disease was unfinished and featured Trey briefly playing his guitar with a glow stick. Both Page and Trey broke down during an especially emotional Velvet Sea. After a thoroughly botched Glide, all four band members offered words of thanks to the fans for their continued support and dedication and brief reflections on their twenty years together. Trey then stated that what they really needed to do was “blow off some fucking steam” before starting up Melt. There was an enormous glow stick war during Ghost featuring hundreds, if not thousands, of orange glow sticks. This version of Seven Below saw all of the band members sporadically shouting “Seven Below” throughout the jam. The Phish debut of Cool Jerk contained alternate lyrics honoring monitor mixer, Mark “Bruno” Bradley. The Dickie Scotland Song was spontaneously created and included lyrics in honor of production manager, Hadden Hipsley, and tour accountant, Richard Glasgow (a.k.a. Dickie Scotland). Before Wilson, Trey asked the crowd to sing to another of their friends “for the last time.” There was a fireworks display between the end of the third set and the encore. Before the encore, while explaining the origins of The Curtain, Trey jokingly announced that the entire Chicago Symphony and the Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe were going to perform Gamehendge. Trey explained that they chose The Curtain With as the last song to bring them full circle, because, not only was it one of the first Phish songs he wrote, but he wrote it in a cabin one town over from Coventry. Trey stopped and restarted the jam segment of the Curtain With, because they were in the wrong key or, as he explained, ”Since we are going to be bringing ourselves back in time, we may as well do it in the correct key.” There was no P.A. music after the Curtain With.
SET 1: Rift > Julius, Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?[1], Waves, Gumbo, Water in the Sky, Horn, Poor Heart > Drowned
SET 2: Seven Below > Ghost -> Twist, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times
During Julius, Trey broke a string on stage for the first known time since November 29, 1996. This Father’s Day version of Bill Bailey – the first since July 3, 1999 (167 shows) – featured Page’s dad, Dr. Jack McConnell, on vocals and tap shoes. Trey teased Lazy (Deep Purple) in Drowned.
SET 1: Sand > Chalk Dust Torture
During an unannounced performance by Trey Anastasio’s ensemble, one by one all of the members of Phish joined in while one by one all of the members of Trey’s band sat out, leaving Phish to complete Sand and then perform Chalk Dust. For complete show details please visit the TAB entry for this date.
SET 1: David Bowie, Sample in a Jar, Tweezer > Bouncing Around the Room, AC/DC Bag > Frankie Says[1] > Llama, Hold Your Head Up > Love You[2] > Hold Your Head Up, Tweezer Reprise
SET 2: Gotta Jibboo, Suzy Greenberg[3] -> Jam > Theme from the Bottom, Water in the Sky, Friday > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey > Loving Cup
Frankie Says was unfinished and included an extended jam segment. Fish forgot the words to Love You and scatted one verse, then sang, in near-perfect time: “I can’t remember the words now / I can’t remember the words / And it really doesn’t matter ‘cause I can’t sing either / So who gives a fuck, it’s time for the vacuum cleaner.” During the closing HYHU, Fish introduced the band, and himself as “Henrietta.” Suzy included an extended jam segment after the first chorus. Trey seemed to end the song after the second chorus while the rest of the band continued to play. The jam after Suzy contained a Lizards tease from Trey.
SET 1: Daniel Saw the Stone > Saw It Again, Punch You in the Eye, Army of One > Chalk Dust Torture[1], Wilson[2], Mike's Song[3] > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: Mellow Mood > Ghost -> Mountains in the Mist, Pebbles and Marbles, You Enjoy Myself[4] -> Chariots of Fire[5] > Loving Cup
SET 3: 46 Days, Julius > The Lizards, Secret Smile > Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times
This was the second show of the IT festival. Chalk Dust contained DEG teases from Mike. The ending of Chalk Dust was performed at near double-time. Trey omitted a verse in Wilson. Afterwards, he announced that it was the “shortest version ever” and dedicated it to Phish archivist Kevin Shapiro. Trey then humorously announced that the band would next play the “longest Bittersweet Motel” (traditionally one of the shortest songs in the Phish canon) while Page teased "Charge!" The crowd responded with a passionate “Fluffhead” chant, but Trey responded: “Mike says no” (prompting laughs from the other band members). Appropriately, Trey launched into Mike’s Song but Mike had the last laugh: during the Mike’s Song intro, Mike sang his “Hendge” lyric that had been omitted from Wilson. YEM contained the event-appropriate lyrical change “Boy, Man, God, IT,” a Frankenstein tease from Mike, and a vocal quote of Daniel Saw the Stone. The band vamped on the theme to Chariots of Fire (a Phish debut) while Trey introduced the top finishers in the Runaway Jim 5K race. During Antelope, Trey thanked the staff, road crew, caterers (“part of the reason we’re playing so well is because we have the best food this tour that we’ve ever had”), and fans. He concluded by encouraging everyone to drive safely and noted tongue-in-cheek that next year’s “IT 2” would have a traffic-free entrance. Antelope also included Under Pressure and It’s Ice teases.
SET 1: Runaway Jim > Ya Mar, Down with Disease, Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar, Discern, Anything But Me, Llama
SET 2: Ghost > Halley's Comet -> Seven Below, Tube > Prince Caspian -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > Fire
ENCORE: The Squirming Coil
Seven Below included a Mozambique tease. After Seven Below, Trey “welcomed” Mike back to the stage (followed by a “Charge!” tease, with Mike’s name inserted). Trey teased Simple in Prince Caspian.
SET 1: Runaway Jim, Scents and Subtle Sounds, Axilla > Carini, Dog Faced Boy, Round Room, Halley's Comet[1] > Guyute[1], You Enjoy Myself
SET 2: Llama, Wolfman's Brother -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, Seven Below, Harry Hood, Chalk Dust Torture
ENCORE: First Tube
Round Room included a Dixie tease. Mike played electric bagpipes on portions of Halley’s and Guyute. Seven Below included a Third Stone from the Sun tease and the Hood intro included a Seven Below tease.
SET 1: Scents and Subtle Sounds, I Am Hydrogen, Sanity
This was a tech rehearsal for the summer tour. Video snippets of Scents and Subtle Sounds, I Am Hydrogen, and Sanity were posted on phish.com. This setlist is incomplete.
SET 1: David Bowie -> Catapult -> David Bowie, Horn > Guyute, Round Room, Golden Lady > Poor Heart, Pebbles and Marbles
SET 2: Down with Disease -> Seven Below -> Down with Disease > Anything But Me > Piper -> Makisupa Policeman, Character Zero
ENCORE: Friday
Golden Lady was played for the first time since October 20, 1994 (461 shows). Trey chided Fish at the start of the second set, claiming that he didn’t know how to play Disease. Trey teased DEG in Seven Below. The jam out of Piper included an In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida tease from Page and a Rift tease before moving briefly through the ending segment of Disease (in the key of Piper, no less) before segueing into Makisupa.
Soundcheck: Back at the Chicken Shack, Ginseng Sullivan, Twist
SET 1: First Tube > Wolfman's Brother, Back on the Train, Beauty of My Dreams, Vultures, The Inlaw Josie Wales, Billy Breathes, Llama[1], Lawn Boy, Runaway Jim
SET 2: Roses Are Free > Piper[2] -> Guy Forget[3] -> When the Circus Comes > Camel Walk, Driver, David Bowie
ENCORE: Waste
Trey introduced the band during Llama (including Fish as 'Bob Weaver') before encouraging the audience to clap along with him. He slapped himself on the forehead and encouraged fans to slap the foreheads of the person next to them, but few did. Piper was unfinished and morphed into the debut of Guy Forget, which contained a "will the good lord save or will I dance on grave" quote and a San-Ho-Zay tease from Trey. Guy Forget had been previously performed in soundchecks. Piper and Camel Walk from this gig are included as filler on the Live in Vegas DVD.
SET 1: Mellow Mood, Chalk Dust Torture, Back at the Chicken Shack, Sparkle, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Roggae, First Tube > Punch You in the Eye > Sample in a Jar
SET 2: Cities > Free > Ya Mar, Carini, Lawn Boy, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Cool It Down -> David Bowie
ENCORE: Fire
Cool it Down was played for the first time since October 31, 1998 (132 shows) and contained San-Ho-Zay teases from Trey.
SET 1: Guyute, Back on the Train, Bathtub Gin, Limb By Limb, The Moma Dance, Lawn Boy, Fluffhead, The Curtain With > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Rock and Roll > Theme from the Bottom -> Dog Log > The Mango Song > Free
Mike teased Sundown in Bathtub Gin. Trey teased San-Ho-Zay in Chalk Dust Torture.
Soundcheck: My Sweet One, Cars Trucks Buses, Uncle Pen (x2), "Rolling Along"
SET 1: NICU > Sample in a Jar, The Old Home Place, Punch You in the Eye, Water in the Sky, Funky Bitch, Horn, Heavy Things, Dirt, Split Open and Melt
SET 2: Gotta Jibboo > Fast Enough for You > Scent of a Mule, Meat, Maze, What's the Use? > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Uncle Pen, Bold As Love
SET 1: First Tube > Punch You in the Eye, Horn > Ginseng Sullivan, Stash, Dirt, Possum > It's Ice, Farmhouse
SET 2: Birds of a Feather, Free > Beauty of My Dreams, Bug > David Bowie, When the Circus Comes, Back on the Train > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Character Zero
Possum included Stash teases. A large rainbow formed over the theatre and cleared during the encore. The opening act was Big Frog.
SET 1: First Tube, Wolfman's Brother, The Squirming Coil, Possum, The Moma Dance > Limb By Limb > Character Zero
SET 2: Gotta Jibboo, Down with Disease > Dirt, Twist > Piper, Harry Hood > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Guyute
ENCORE: The Inlaw Josie Wales, Loving Cup
After Velvet Sea, Page talked about how he had often visited Radio City as a kid. Trey then noted that he and Page had seen Stevie Wonder at this venue, and he discussed about how much the band appreciates the support of fans.
SET 1: Heavy Things, AC/DC Bag, Strange Design, Divided Sky, Beauty of My Dreams, Bug, Stash, Chalk Dust Torture[1]
SET 2: Drowned > Prince Caspian, The Squirming Coil, Makisupa Policeman > Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Runaway Jim
Chalk Dust concluded with Trey paying his respects to his recently deceased grandfather.
SET 1: Carini > Gotta Jibboo, Back on the Train, Taste, Bug, Sparkle, Tube, Lawn Boy, Ginseng Sullivan, Twist[1]
SET 2: Mike's Song -> Meatstick > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Brian and Robert, Jennifer Dances[2], Maze, Fluffhead > Chalk Dust Torture > Frankenstein
ENCORE: Character Zero, Hello My Baby
Twist emerged at this show with a slightly new arrangement. After Trey remarked of his affinity for this venue, Jennifer Dances made its debut.
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