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SET 1: Farmhouse, Gotta Jibboo, Heavy Things, First Tube, Dirt, Vultures, Stash
SET 2: Jam > You Enjoy Myself[1] > Prince Caspian > Train Song, Bathtub Gin, Character Zero
ENCORE: Contact > Misty Mountain Hop
YEM did not contain a vocal jam.
SET 1: First Tube, Farmhouse, Dogs Stole Things, Divided Sky, Heavy Things, Horn > Carini, Ginseng Sullivan, Back on the Train, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room > Guyute
SET 2: Twist > Possum > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, David Bowie, Wading in the Velvet Sea > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Funky Bitch[1], Messin' with The Kid[1]
Mike teased the theme from The Brady Bunch during BBFCFM. The encore featured Sugar Blue on harmonica and Son Seals on guitar and lead vocals. Messin’ With the Kid was played for the first time since August 8, 1997 (142 shows), which was Sugar Blue’s previous time on stage with Phish.
SET 1: Sweet Virginia[1], First Tube > AC/DC Bag, Dirt, Guyute, Bouncing Around the Room, Cars Trucks Buses[2], Funky Bitch[2], Mozambique[2], Cavern[2]
SET 2: Twist > Piper, Mountains in the Mist, Heavy Things, Birds of a Feather, Meat, Down with Disease
Sweet Virginia made its Phish debut at this show. The last four songs of the first set featured Michael Ray on trumpet and Tim Green on saxophone. Call to the Post was teased before and during Birds. Trey teased Meatstick at the end of Rocky Top.
SET 1: NICU > Funky Bitch, First Tube, Gotta Jibboo, Heavy Things, Farmhouse, Stash, Hello My Baby
SET 2: Twist > Sand, Wading in the Velvet Sea > The Squirming Coil, Loving Cup > Down with Disease
ENCORE: Guyute, Character Zero
Trey teased Long Tall Glasses in Stash.
Soundcheck: Gotta Jibboo, Heavy Things
SET 1: First Tube, Poor Heart, Mozambique, Bathtub Gin, Back on the Train, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Frankie Says, Birds of a Feather, Lawn Boy, Possum
SET 2: Ghost > Runaway Jim > Roggae, Also Sprach Zarathustra > You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Theme from the Bottom
Trey teased Lazy (Deep Purple) in Possum. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SET 1: Cities > Rift > Wilson > The Moma Dance > Divided Sky, Horn > Split Open and Melt, Poor Heart, Bouncing Around the Room > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Possum > Tweezer -> Llama, Mike's Song -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Wedge, The Lizards, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Sweet Adeline, Tweezer Reprise
This show was part of the Fuji Rock Festival and took place on the Field of Heaven stage. Moma contained brief Wilson teases. The Wedge included a Stash tease from Trey.
Soundcheck: Mike’s Song, Back at the Chicken Shack, Beauty of My Dreams, Day Tripper
SET 1: Meat, My Friend, My Friend[1] -> My Left Toe -> Whipping Post > Makisupa Policeman[2] > Happy Birthday to You[3], Makisupa Policeman, Saw It Again, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Cavern
SET 2: Birds of a Feather[4] -> Walk Away > Run Like an Antelope > Suzy Greenberg[5] > Hold Your Head Up > Purple Rain[6] > Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Loving Cup
My Friend's ending did not contain the "Myfe" lyric. Whipping Post was played for the first time since August 10, 1996 (208 shows) and featured Trey on vocals for the first time since September 21, 1990 (846 shows). The Makisupa key words were "gooballs, brownies, stink, kind nugs... keef!" Happy Birthday was performed for the first time since September 30, 1991 (717 shows) and was first played by Trey instrumentally over Makisupa before he announced Chris Kuroda's birthday and asked the crowd to join in as he sang the song "rasta style" (with a "We're gonna get you so wasted tonight after the show" lyric). Mike subsequently took a bass solo and Fish sung a verse solo in a mock Jamaican accent (with a "You roll up a big spliff and you don't pass it to no one!" lyric). Chris took a silent light board solo (see also April 18, 1990) at Trey's request before Makisupa resumed. The second set featured multiple teases and jams, including Antelope (Stash tease), Suzy (I Wish teases and a syncopated jam based around Page), and YEM (Boogie On Reggae Woman jam). In Purple Rain, played for the first time since August 6, 1996 (210 shows), Fish forgot the words and subsequently thanked the crowd for supporting his vacuum cleaner habit.
SET 1: Punch You in the Eye, Farmhouse, Water in the Sky > Bathtub Gin, Back on the Train[1], If You Need a Fool[1], I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[1], Beauty of My Dreams[1], The Moma Dance > Reba, Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Runaway Jim -> Free > Meatstick, Guyute, Axilla > Llama
SET 3: My Soul > Piper -> Prince Caspian > Wilson -> Catapult -> Icculus[2] -> Smoke on the Water Jam > Icculus, Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) > Fluffhead
ENCORE: Harry Hood[3]
This was the second show of the Camp Oswego festival. Back on the Train through Beauty of My Dreams featured a guest appearance by the Del McCoury Band, who had played on the venue’s side stage. During I’m Blue I’m Lonesome, Del McCoury broke a string, and a bluegrass breakdown ensued while the string was changed. Runaway Jim contained Super Bad teases from Trey. During Meatstick, the crowd tried to break the world record for most people dancing at one time. Trey explained the record that the band was trying to break while Sofi Dillof danced on stage and the Guinness staff videotaped the crowd. Part of the Piper intro was used on the studio Piper released on Farmhouse. Some musical chaos ensued between Catapult and Icculus (first since October 31, 1995, or 262 shows), where Trey rambled about the negative aspects of television and the positive aspects of books and Mike teased Meatstick. The ensuing Smoke on the Water Jam included Cat Scratch Fever teases. Subsequently, Icculus was followed by more narration and a tease of Miss You. The show closed with fireworks during Hood.
Soundcheck: Wading in the Velvet Sea (several times), Rock A William, In a Hole
SET 1: My Soul, Ya Mar, Farmhouse, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag, The Wedge, Vultures, I Didn't Know, Fast Enough for You, David Bowie
SET 2: Ghost -> Slave to the Traffic Light, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > What's the Use?[1], Wilson > Mike's Song > Sleeping Monkey > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Carini > Meatstick Reprise
ENCORE 2: The Star-Spangled Banner
Fish, introduced as “Flagina Fishman,” took a vacuum solo during I Didn’t Know wearing only stars and stripes boxers. This show featured the debut of What’s the Use?. Trey teased Pictures of Matchstick Men in Wilson. After Carini, the band reprised the chorus of Meatstick while part of the crew and a few fans did the Meatstick Dance. The band performed the second encore in stars and stripes outfits. The show was followed by a fireworks display.
SET 1: Paul and Silas[1], Axilla[2] > Theme from the Bottom, Sparkle > Horn > Limb By Limb -> Catapult -> Kung > Maze, All the Pain Through the Years[3], Layla[4]
SET 2: Roses Are Free > Simple, Makisupa Policeman[5], Possum -> Wipe Out -> Possum, Bathtub Gin, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Roggae, Hello My Baby
Paul and Silas included alternate lyrics, which told the story of Paul Languedoc’s run-in with the law the night before. This event was referenced again during Makisupa. Maze contained a Shafty tease from Mike. The last two songs of the first set (both Phish debuts) featured Seth Yacovone on guitar; All the Pain also featured Yacovone on vocals. Possum included a Dave’s Energy Guide tease and YEM contained a Super Bad tease from Trey.
SET 1: My Friend, My Friend, Ghost > Driver[1], Scent of a Mule, Cavern > Limb By Limb, Roggae > La Grange
SET 2: Runaway Jim > Stash, Mike's Song > Simple > Wading in the Velvet Sea > Loving Cup > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Rocky Top
Ghost contained a San-Ho-Zay tease from Trey. Driver featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
SET 1: Taste, Carini[1], Love Me, Ride Captain Ride, Fee, Paul and Silas, Roggae, Water in the Sky, Stash, Cavern
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Meat > Rock and Roll > Down with Disease > Piper > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Been Caught Stealing
Carini included a verse about the streaker from the show two nights earlier. Stash contained Fikus teases from Mike. Paul and Silas was played for the first time since February 28, 1997 (115 shows).
SET 1: Hello My Baby, Billy Breathes[1], Piper[1], Roggae[1], Loving Cup[1], Albuquerque[1], The Old Home Place[2], Guyute[1], Brian and Robert[1], Sad Lisa[3], Four Strong Winds[4], I Shall Be Released[4]
This single-set performance was part of the 12th annual Bridge School benefit that also included R.E.M., Neil Young, and Barenaked Ladies. This was an acoustic performance, with a unique stage setup that had Fish stage right, with Page on the far left. Hello My Baby was performed with the band facing toward the Bridge School children, who were on a raised platform at the back of the stage. The Old Home Place was performed in the bluegrass setup of 1994, with Mike on banjo and Page on acoustic bass. Sad Lisa featured Sarah McLachlan on guitar and vocals, while Four Strong Winds and I Shall Be Released featured McLachlan and Neil Young on guitar and vocals, as well as Barenaked Ladies’ Kevin Hearn on accordion; all three songs were Phish debuts.
SET 1: Ginseng Sullivan, Bathtub Gin -> Rift, Punch You in the Eye, Lawn Boy, Ya Mar > AC/DC Bag > Frankie Says, Birds of a Feather, Guyute, Possum
SET 2: Down with Disease[1] > Piper, Ghost > Fluffhead, When the Circus Comes > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Hold Your Head Up > Sexual Healing > Hold Your Head Up, Run Like an Antelope[2]
SET 3: Sabotage -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > Wilson > The Mango Song > Character Zero > Bittersweet Motel, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
ENCORE: Harry Hood -> Jam[3] -> Baby Elephant Walk
This was the second show of the Lemonwheel festival. Trey teased Jean Pierre in Possum. Disease was unfinished. Fish alluded to Terrapin (“a love song about a turtle”) after a long HYHU intro but instead led the band into Sexual Healing. Antelope included Sexual Healing teases in the intro and a reference to “Bob Weaver” instead of Marco Esquandolas in the lyrics. 2001 contained Crosseyed and Painless and Super Bad teases from Trey. WMGGW returned for its first appearance since February 26, 1997 (103 shows). A fireworks display took place behind the stage in the jam out of Hood. The jam also featured Fish on trombone. Baby Elephant Walk was played for the first time since December 1, 1992 (516 shows).
SET 1: Punch You in the Eye, Bathtub Gin, The Lizards, The Moma Dance, Birds of a Feather, Esther, Roggae, Bouncing Around the Room, David Bowie
SET 2: AC/DC Bag > Sparkle, Run Like an Antelope, Brian and Robert, Waste -> Over the Rainbow > You Enjoy Myself > Frankenstein > Chalk Dust Torture, Hello My Baby
ENCORE: Terrapin Station[1]
Over the Rainbow was played for the first time since August 13, 1996 (152 shows). Terrapin Station made its Phish debut at this show, as the band commemorated the third anniversary of Jerry Garcia’s passing.
SET 1: Roggae, Divided Sky, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > You Better Believe It Baby, Boogie On Reggae Woman > Reba, Weigh > Birds of a Feather
SET 2: Possum > Ghost > Lifeboy > David Bowie, I Get a Kick Out of You[1], Loving Cup
ENCORE: Harry Hood > Bittersweet Motel
This show marked the Phish debut of I Get a Kick Out of You. The end of Bowie contained Lizards, Possum, and Divided Sky teases from Trey. Mike teased Ramble On in Harry Hood.
SET 1: Birds of a Feather, You Better Believe It Baby[1], David Bowie, Frankie Says > Reba, Funky Bitch, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: La Grange, You Enjoy Myself, Albuquerque[1] > Simple > Bold As Love, Sample in a Jar
ENCORE: Punch You in the Eye > Bittersweet Motel
This show marked the Phish debuts of You Better Believe It Baby and Albuquerque.
SET 1: The Moma Dance, Beauty of My Dreams, Sample in a Jar, Guyute, Ghost > Limb By Limb > Roggae, You Enjoy Myself
SET 2: Llama, Wolfman's Brother > Piper > Tweezer -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Jam -> Down with Disease
ENCORE: Possum > Tweezer Reprise
YEM contained Things That Make You Go Hmmm... teases from Mike.
SET 1: Birds of a Feather, Taste > Cavern, Reba, Fee[1] -> Water in the Sky > Lawn Boy > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Bathtub Gin > The Moma Dance > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Jam > Axilla > Harry Hood > Rocky Top
ENCORE: Funky Bitch
Trey seemed to forget the lyrics to the last verse of Fee and improvised the story as he led the band back into the final chorus. Fee subsequently concluded with an extended jam segment.
SET 1: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > You Enjoy Myself, Theme from the Bottom > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Bathtub Gin -> Cities > Sparkle > Split Open and Melt
SET 2: Down with Disease[1], Ya Mar -> Prince Caspian > Maze[1] -> Shafty[2] -> Possum[1] -> Jam -> Cavern[3]
ENCORE: Bold As Love
This show included the debut of Shafty, which was teased by Mike in Bathtub Gin and by Mike and Trey in Possum. Disease, Maze, and Possum were unfinished. Trey teased Fire (Ohio Players) in Shafty. The funky jam in between Possum and Cavern featured some stage banter from Trey about the funk jams the band had been playing. Accordingly, Cavern was played in a slower, funkier manner than usual and included some of the older, alternate lyrics. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
Soundcheck: See Your Boat?, My Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own, 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.”
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.
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.
Soundcheck: The Wedge, noodling/Demand, Beauty of My Dreams, 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.
Soundcheck: Billy Breathes, Saw It Again, Beauty of My Dreams, Olivia's Pool, Bluegrass Jam, Bluegrass Jam, Scent of a Mule
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. The two bluegrass jams from the soundcheck also featured Pete on banjo.
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).
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: 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
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.
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: 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: 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.
Soundcheck: Dog Log, Beauty of My Dreams, Funky Bitch
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. The YEM vocal jam was based on "Skelton."
Soundcheck: Jam > Funky Bitch, Carini
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. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch was sung by Trey and the Carini that followed had additional/alternate lyrics.
Soundcheck: Jazzy Jam/Samson Variation, Beauty of My Dreams x2, Billy Breathes, When the Circus Comes, Crosseyed and Painless > Funky Bitch
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. The soundcheck's Crossyed and Painless included Swingtown teases.
SET 1: Poor Heart > Caravan > Cavern > Taste, Guelah Papyrus, Train Song, Rift > Free, The Squirming Coil, La Grange
SET 2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, Bathtub Gin -> The Lizards, You Enjoy Myself -> Rotation Jam > Sixteen Candles[1] > You Enjoy Myself[2], Harpua[3] -> Champagne Supernova[4] -> Harpua
ENCORE: Rocky Top
Squirming Coil contained a Sesame Street theme tease from Page. Mike performed the Phish debut of Sixteen Candles solo on piano. Tom Marshall contributed the vocals to the Phish debut of Champagne Supernova as Harpua, Poster, and Jimmy were confronted by the “Über Demon” and the “evil sound of hell.” This show featured the return of Caravan, which had been shelved since December 2, 1994 (160 shows).
Soundcheck: Jam > The Old Home Place, Funky Bitch, Jam
SET 1: Peaches en Regalia > Poor Heart > Cavern > Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero, The Curtain > Down with Disease, Train Song, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Sample in a Jar > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Tweezer > Sparkle > Simple -> A Day in the Life, Reba[1], Swept Away > Steep > Tweezer Reprise > Johnny B. Goode > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Highway to Hell
This show marked the return of Peaches en Regalia, which had been shelved since December 31, 1994 (144 shows). Reba did not have the whistling ending.
Soundcheck: Dog Log > Dog Log/Funky Bitch mashup > Jam (with I Can't Turn You Loose)
SET 1: Poor Heart > AC/DC Bag > All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room > Reba[1], Character Zero, Strange Design > Taste, I Didn't Know, Sample in a Jar, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Sparkle > David Bowie, A Day in the Life > You Enjoy Myself, Loving Cup > Suzy Greenberg
ENCORE: Ginseng Sullivan > Cavern
Reba did not have the whistling ending. I Didn’t Know included a Because tease. The soundcheck's Dog/Log Funky Bitch mashup consisted of the music of Funky Bitch with Dog Log lyrics.
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch
SET 1: My Friend, My Friend[1], Runaway Jim[1], Billy Breathes[1], The Sloth[1], NICU[1] > Sample in a Jar[1], Theme from the Bottom[1], Bouncing Around the Room[1], Character Zero[1]
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule)[1] > Divided Sky[1], Wolfman's Brother[1], Sparkle[1] > Tweezer[1], Life on Mars?[1], Possum[1] > Tweezer Reprise[1]
ENCORE: Fire[1]
Karl Perazzo sat in on percussion for the entire show. Trey teased China Cat Sunflower (the segue into I know You Rider) in the intro of Possum.
Soundcheck: Jam, Catapult x2, Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On, Crosseyed and Painless, Once in a Lifetime
SET 1: Runaway Jim, Punch You in the Eye, AC/DC Bag, Fee > Scent of a Mule -> Catapult[1] -> Scent of a Mule, Split Open and Melt, Talk[2], Taste, Suzy Greenberg
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Rift > Prince Caspian > Ya Mar, Tweezer, Fluffhead, Life on Mars? > Tweezer Reprise
Catapult was performed twice during the Mule Duel; first by Mike, and then by Page solo on the theremin. Melt contained In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida teases and Taste included a Norwegian Wood tease. Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Trey teased Rhapsody in Blue in Ya Mar.
The soundcheck's second Catapult featured the theremin and a mashup with The Star-Spangled Banner.Soundcheck: Character Zero, Poor Heart (half speed), Caravan, Jam
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Funky Bitch, Guyute, Fee[1] > Split Open and Melt, The Mango Song, The Sloth, Maze, Loving Cup
SET 2: AC/DC Bag > Reba[2], Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar > David Bowie, Sweet Adeline, Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Theme from Star Trek[3], Rocky Top
Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Reba did not have the whistling ending. The Theme from Star Trek made its Phish debut at this show and was performed by Page solo on the theremin.
Soundcheck: My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Poor Heart, Character Zero, Billy Breathes, work on Billy Breathes
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus > Guelah Papyrus > Rift > Tweezer, If I Could, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Taste, Train Song[1], Fee[2] > Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Johnny B. Goode
SET 2: Llama, Theme from the Bottom > Reba, Life on Mars?, Free, Run Like an Antelope > Simple -> Prince Caspian > Suzy Greenberg
ENCORE: Harry Hood
Train Song debuted at this show and was dedicated to the fans that were following the band around Europe via the rails. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone.
SET 1: Sample in a Jar > Divided Sky, Bouncing Around the Room, The Curtain > Tweezer, Sweet Adeline, Uncle Pen, Cavern > Run Like an Antelope > Suzy Greenberg
This show was a one-set opener for Santana.
SET 1: Punch You in the Eye, The Sloth > Reba[1], The Squirming Coil > Maze, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird[2] > Shine[3] > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Sparkle > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Drowned -> The Lizards, Axilla (Part II) > Runaway Jim, Strange Design, Hello My Baby, Mike's Song -> Digital Delay Loop Jam
SET 3: Auld Lang Syne > Weekapaug Groove[4] > Sea and Sand, You Enjoy Myself, Sanity, Frankenstein
ENCORE: Johnny B. Goode
Reba did not have the whistling ending. The narration in Mockingbird discussed how Phish makes time in the Gamehendge Time Laboratory, which set up the New Year’s Eve stunt. The Phish debut of Shine featured Tom Marshall on vocals. Trey later teased Shine in Runaway Jim. Mike's Song contained a Dave's Energy Guide tease from Page. The second set ended with a Digital Delay Loop Jam out of Mike’s, and the third set opened with the Phish Time Factory machine. All four band members dressed as scientists playing with synths while lights flashed and Van de Graaff generators zapped. Fish was lifted up in a bed as Father Time and was reborn as the Baby New Year. Weekapaug featured Auld Lang Syne, Dreaming (Blondie), and Spooky teases and was unfinished. Mike and Trey teased Can't You Hear Me Knocking in Runaway Jim. This was the first performance of Sanity since June 24, 1994 (148 shows). This show was officially released as New Year's Eve 1995 - Live at Madison Square Garden.
SET 1: My Friend, My Friend > Poor Heart > A Day in the Life > Run Like an Antelope, The Mango Song > Tube > Stash, The Lizards, Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Bouncing Around the Room > Maze, Free > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Harry Hood > Sparkle > Tweezer[1] -> Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Hello My Baby, Runaway Jim
The transition from Tweezer to Tweezer Reprise included a Page solo.
Soundcheck: Dog Log, The Old Home Place, Funky Bitch
SET 1: Makisupa Policeman -> Maze, Poor Heart[1] > Rift > Stash, Strange Design > It's Ice, Hello My Baby, Julius, The Squirming Coil
SET 2: Theme from the Bottom > Also Sprach Zarathustra > The Curtain > Tweezer > Billy Breathes, Scent of a Mule, Harry Hood, Suzy Greenberg
ENCORE: Life on Mars? > Tweezer Reprise
This show included the first performance of the slow arrangement of Poor Heart. Trey teased the James Bond Theme in Stash and Tweezer in Suzy.
Soundcheck: Jazz Jam, Poor Heart, Funky Bitch
SET 1: My Friend, My Friend, Llama, Bouncing Around the Room, Guelah Papyrus, Reba[1], I Didn't Know, Taste That Surrounds, If I Could, Split Open and Melt, Hello My Baby
SET 2: The Curtain > Tweezer > Keyboard Army, Sample in a Jar > Slave to the Traffic Light, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Possum[2] > Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Fire
Reba did not have the whistling ending. Possum contained a Simpsons signal as well as Dixie, Woody Woodpecker theme, and Johnny B. Goode teases. The soundcheck's Poor Heart and Funky Bitch were both slow versions, with Funky Bitch containing alternate lyrics.
SET 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart > Julius, Punch You in the Eye > Cars Trucks Buses > The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Split Open and Melt, NICU > Gumbo, Slave to the Traffic Light, Sweet Adeline
SET 2: Makisupa Policeman -> David Bowie, The Mango Song > It's Ice -> Kung -> It's Ice > Shaggy Dog -> Possum, Lifeboy, Amazing Grace
ENCORE: Funky Bitch
Beat It was teased prior to the start of the first set and in Possum. Shaggy Dog was performed for the first time since May 6, 1992 (361 shows).
Soundcheck: Buffalo Bill, The Old Home Place, Dog Log
SET 1: AC/DC Bag, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, The Sloth, Runaway Jim, Weigh > NICU, Fast Enough for You, It's Ice > Poor Heart > Sample in a Jar, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[1], Stash
SET 2: Golgi Apparatus, Possum -> Catapult, The Curtain > Tweezer -> Makisupa Policeman -> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Life on Mars?, Uncle Pen, Slave to the Traffic Light > Cavern
ENCORE: Sweet Adeline, The Squirming Coil
I'm Blue I'm Lonesome was performed acoustic and Stash was preceded by a Simpsons signal. Trey teased Dave's Energy Guide and Sneakin' Sally through the Alley in Possum. During Sweet Adeline the band kept rotating the direction they were facing to sing to the entire crowd.
SET 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart > Slave to the Traffic Light, I Didn't Know, Demand > Llama, Foam, Strange Design, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[1], David Bowie
SET 2: Julius, Simple > Tweezer -> The Lizards, Sample in a Jar, Suspicious Minds > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood, Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Funky Bitch
I'm Blue I'm Lonesome was performed acoustic.
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