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SET 1: Buried Alive > AC/DC Bag > Vultures, Wolfman's Brother, Back on the Train, The Wedge, Mexican Cousin, Stash, Sparkle > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Drowned > 46 Days > Twenty Years Later > The Lizards, Carini > Fuck Your Face > Also Sprach Zarathustra > You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: A Day in the Life
This show featured the first Fuck Your Face since April 29, 1987 (1,426 shows). AC/DC Bag contained Buried Alive teases. YEM contained Fuck Your Face and Moving in Stereo (The Cars) teases. The YEM vocal jam included portions of Proud Mary and Get Back interspersed with Dong Work for Yuda (Frank Zappa) and Slow Ride quotes.
SET 1: Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Runaway Jim, Army of One, Free Man in Paris[1], Summer of '89, Split Open and Melt, The Sloth, Time Turns Elastic, Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture[2] > Prince Caspian > Heavy Things > Alaska -> Also Sprach Zarathustra -> Billie Jean Jam[1] -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > Light -> Possum > Character Zero
ENCORE: Shine a Light
This show featured the first Alumni Blues since July 24, 1999 (224 shows) and the first Letter to Jimmy Page since July 15, 1994 (590 shows). This show featured the Phish debut of Free Man in Paris (Joni Mitchell). Chalk Dust was unfinished. 2001 contained a Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' quote from Trey, the ensuing Billie Jean Jam contained a Thriller tease from Trey, and the second "verse" of 2001 contained still more Billie Jean teases, all on the first anniversary of Michael Jackson's death. Billie Jean was a Phish debut.
Soundcheck: Sleep Again, Let Me Lie [Unconfirmed and Possibly Incomplete]
SET 1: Fee > Rift, Wolfman's Brother, Summer of '89[1], Foam, Possum > The Moma Dance > Julius, Reba[2], Cavern
SET 2: Halley's Comet > Light -> Billy Breathes, Tweezer > Theme from the Bottom > Harry Hood > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan
ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey[3] > Tweezer Reprise, Tweezer Reprise
This show contained the debut of Summer of '89. Possum contained a Streets of Cairo tease by Trey and Reba did not have the whistling ending. Sleeping Monkey was played for a fan who was holding up a sign for the song during the previous show. Trey later said "if the guy with the sign isn't here, everybody sing so he can hear it on the tape," leading to the crowd to sing part of the song. Trey said they were playing the second Tweezer Reprise because they didn't play one at Hershey Park.
Soundcheck: Show of Life, Burn That Bridge [list and order unconfirmed]
SET 1: Down with Disease, Wolfman's Brother, Possum, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Reba[1], Jesus Just Left Chicago, Divided Sky, Golgi Apparatus > David Bowie
SET 2: Light -> Maze, Ghost -> Limb By Limb[2] > Prince Caspian > The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Run Like an Antelope[3], Show of Life[4]
After Possum, Trey congratulated the hometown Chicago Blackhawks' victory over his beloved Philadelphia Flyers in the Stanley Cup Finals that ended two days before this show. Reba was performed without the whistling ending. Limb By Limb included an ending vocal jam. Trey teased San-Ho-Zay in Ghost. Antelope contained a Dave's Energy Guide tease by Trey in the intro section. Antelope subsequently contained a Fish drum solo. "Jon Fishman" was substituted for "Marco Esquandolas" and Antelope's lyrics were further changed with "Been you to have any stick." This show featured the Phish debut of Show of Life.
SET 1: Heavy Things > Possum, Wilson, Kill Devil Falls, Glide, 46 Days, Bouncing Around the Room > Reba[1], Dinner and a Movie, Guyute, Maze, First Tube
SET 2: Scents and Subtle Sounds[2] > Rock and Roll -> Seven Below > Twist > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Shine a Light
Reba did not have the whistling ending and Scents did not have the intro.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > Maze, Driver, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Gumbo, Bouncing Around the Room > It's Ice, Two Versions of Me, Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Limb By Limb, Cavern > Light
SET 2: My Friend, My Friend > Golden Age[1], On Your Way Down, Fluffhead > Piper -> Tomorrow's Song[2], Prince Caspian > Harry Hood > Suzy Greenberg > The Squirming Coil, I Been Around
ENCORE: Fire
This show marked the Phish debut of Golden Age (TV on the Radio) and the debut of Tomorrow's Song. During Page's solo in Coil, the rest of the band left the stage. Upon returning, Trey said that they had left for the encore and asked Page where he had been, leading into I Been Around. The Fire encore continued the tradition of Phish playing a Hendrix cover on the guitarist's birthday (11/27/92 and 11/27/96 being the other occasions).
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, The Moma Dance > Divided Sky, Alaska, Water in the Sky, Fast Enough for You, Time Turns Elastic, Gotta Jibboo > Fluffhead
SET 2: Punch You in the Eye > Tweezer > Light -> Back on the Train -> Possum, Slave to the Traffic Light, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Joy, Golgi Apparatus > Tweezer Reprise
SET 1: Party Time, Chalk Dust Torture, The Moma Dance, NICU, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Stash, I Didn't Know, Poor Heart, Cavern, Beauty of a Broken Heart, Ocelot, Time Turns Elastic
SET 2: Punch You in the Eye > Down with Disease[1] -> Prince Caspian > Wolfman's Brother > Piper > Joy, David Bowie, Harry Hood > Golgi Apparatus
ENCORE: Character Zero
This show was part of the three-show Festival 8. Stash contained an L.A. Woman tease. During I Didn't Know, Trey announced that Henrietta would, for the first time in human history, suck and blow at the same time, in the shape of a figure 8. Disease was unfinished. During Bowie, Trey said, "I'm gonna give you a little hint about the Halloween album now."
Soundcheck: "Lamp Post Song"
SET 1: Punch You in the Eye, AC/DC Bag > NICU, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Birds of a Feather, Lawn Boy, Stash, I Didn't Know, Middle of the Road, Character Zero
SET 2: Down with Disease[1] > Wilson > Slave to the Traffic Light, Piper > Water in the Sky, Ghost -> Psycho Killer -> Catapult -> Icculus[2] > You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
This show featured the first versions of Forbin’s and Mockingbird since September 30, 2000 (96 shows), which were performed without narration. During I Didn’t Know, Trey introduced Fish as “Recent Julliard Master’s Vacuum Program graduate, the one and only, Jon Moses Quagmire DeWitt Hampton.” DWD was unfinished. Piper included a Spill the Wine tease from Page. This show featured the first Psycho Killer since December 7, 1997 (284 shows). Psycho Killer was unfinished and disintegrated into a self-described, electronic “Pong” jam. During the post-Psycho Killer “Pong” jam, Trey initiated a dance contest saying that whoever could best dance to that music would “win something.” After Catapult (while continuing the “Pong” jam), Trey asked, “Does everybody else love this song as much as I do?” and said that he was “waiting for the day when they play stuff like this on the radio.” Icculus was last performed on July 18, 1999 (195 shows). The Icculus narration centered on the fact that “you crazy kids” just don’t read anymore. The “Pong” jam reappeared during the YEM jam. The soundcheck included a jam with lyrics that were made up on the fly with Trey on bass (so that Mike could check on bass sounds from the audience) and Fish on drums. Trey briefly quoted Spill the Wine and The Pendulum during the soundcheck jam.
Soundcheck: Middle of the Road
SET 1: Down with Disease, Ocelot, Pebbles and Marbles > Possum, Sleep, Destiny Unbound, Stash, Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley > Cavern
SET 2: The Moma Dance, Light -> Taste, Fluffhead, Joy, Bathtub Gin[1] > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Slave to the Traffic Light
Gin was unfinished.
Soundcheck: Time Turns Elastic, Sugar Shack, Seven Bar Blues Jam
SET 1: Runaway Jim, Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Time Turns Elastic, Lawn Boy, Water in the Sky, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Split Open and Melt
SET 2: Drowned -> Crosseyed and Painless > Joy, Tweezer > Backwards Down the Number Line > Fluffhead[1] -> Piper -> A Day in the Life
ENCORE: Suzy Greenberg > Tweezer Reprise
Fluffhead was unfinished and contained a Dave’s Energy Guide tease. Suzy contained Drowned and Crosseyed and Painless teases. The Seven Bar Blues Jam from the soundcheck featured Trey on bass and Mike on guitar.
SET 1: Backwards Down the Number Line, AC/DC Bag, Limb By Limb, The Moma Dance, Water in the Sky, Split Open and Melt, Lawn Boy, The Wedge, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, The Connection[1], Ocelot, Fluffhead
SET 2: A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing > Drowned > Twist, Let Me Lie, Tweezer -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > Suzy Greenberg -> Possum
ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise
After Limb By Limb, Trey introduced Fish as “Johnny B. Fishman” and quoted Johnny B. Goode, with Page also teasing "Charge!" before the quote. Split Open and Melt included a Can’t You Hear Me Knocking tease. Before the debut of The Connection, Mike introduced Trey as “Sweetie Pie” and Trey responded by blowing a kiss to Mike. There were severe thunderstorms during setbreak and, as a result, Page made an announcement that they were going to take a longer than usual break and that everyone on the lawn should return to their cars until the second set, which would not start until 11:00.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Divided Sky, Possum > Down with Disease, Alaska, Stash, Golgi Apparatus, Wolfman's Brother, Poor Heart, Kill Devil Falls -> Free, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Harry Hood > Highway to Hell > Also Sprach Zarathustra > You Enjoy Myself -> Wilson -> You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: A Day in the Life
This show marked Phish’s first appearance at Bonnaroo. This “late-night set” on the What Stage began at approximately 11:00 p.m. Highway to Hell was played for the first time since February 26, 1997 (327 shows). YEM contained a brief Salt Peanuts (aka Basie Boogie) tease from Page.
SET 1: Wilson, Buried Alive, Kill Devil Falls, AC/DC Bag, I Didn't Know, My Friend, My Friend, Ya Mar, Theme from the Bottom, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Split Open and Melt
SET 2: Down with Disease[1] -> Twist > Piper > Backwards Down the Number Line, Free, Twenty Years Later[2] > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: A Day in the Life
During I Didn’t Know, Trey introduced Fish as “Little Junior Moses Brown Heaps DeWitt” and commented that he was going to “suck all of the moisture out of the air.” During Ya Mar, Page teased It’s Raining, It’s Pouring. Trey teased Flat Fee prior to Disease, which was unfinished. Twist featured an Oye Como Va jam. This show marked the debut of Twenty Years Later.
SET 1: Fluffhead, Divided Sky, Chalk Dust Torture > Sample in a Jar, Stash, I Didn't Know, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg > Farmhouse, NICU, Horn > Rift, Train Song, Water in the Sky, The Squirming Coil > David Bowie
SET 2: Backwards Down the Number Line[1] > Tweezer -> Taste, Possum, Theme from the Bottom, First Tube > Harry Hood, Waste > You Enjoy Myself[2]
ENCORE: Grind, Bouncing Around the Room, Loving Cup
Phish’s first public performance since Coventry on August 15, 2004 started with Fluffhead, a song not played since prior to the first hiatus on September 29, 2000 (70 shows). Also of note, several large, white balloons were hung in a circle around the coliseum, lit up by an additional central lighting rig; the balloons (save for a few casualties) would remain for the entire run. Trey introduced Fish as “Dad” during I Didn’t Know. Train Song was not played since May 23, 2000 (111 shows) and Grind was not played since December 30, 1998 (183 shows). During Bouncing, some of the balloons were dripped into the crowd. This show featured the Phish debut of Backwards Down the Number Line. YEM featured a false start possibly as a nod to the January 3, 2003 restarted version.
SET 1: Jam, Jam[1], Light Up Or Leave Me Alone, Ginseng Sullivan
This was the soundcheck for the Coventry festival and was broadcast on “The Bunny”, the official festival radio station. The second Jam featured Danny Clinch on harmonica.
SET 1: Julius > Roses Are Free > AC/DC Bag > Glide, Anything But Me, David Bowie, Wolfman's Brother, Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: Seven Below -> Buffalo Bill > Lawn Boy > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, You Enjoy Myself > Also Sprach Zarathustra -> You Enjoy Myself[1]
ENCORE: Sample in a Jar
Page signed an autograph while out on the front of the stage during Lawn Boy. The portion of YEM following 2001 contained only the vocal jam.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > Camel Walk, Crowd Control, Stash, Cars Trucks Buses > Carini > My Sweet One > Character Zero > Tweezer
SET 2: Wilson > Down with Disease, 99 Problems[1], Big Pimpin'[1] > Chalk Dust Torture, Harry Hood[2] > Taste
ENCORE: Bug > Tweezer Reprise
Scents and Subtle Sounds was teased prior to AC/DC Bag. Trey teased San-Ho-Zay in Down with Disease. This show contained the Phish debuts of 99 Problems and Big Pimpin’, both of which featured Jay-Z on vocals and Cyro Baptista on percussion. After 99 Problems, Jay-Z remarked, presumably referring to the Phish scene, that “You all been hiding this from me.” Jay-Z then said that the members of Phish told him that if the fans made enough noise that he could play one more song, which they naturally did, hence Big Pimpin’. Prior to Hood, Trey jokingly announced an Eric Clapton guest appearance. Mike teased Entrance of the Gladiators before Hood, which was unfinished.
SET 1: Seven Below, Rock and Roll > Boogie On Reggae Woman, Back on the Train -> Possum, Strange Design, Gumbo, Brian and Robert > Taste
SET 2: Gotta Jibboo, Twist, Camel Walk > Wilson -> The Little Drummer Boy > Wilson, Hold Your Head Up > Love You[1] > Hold Your Head Up > Waves > Lifeboy > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Loving Cup
ENCORE: Harry Hood
Fenton Williams sat in for Chris Kuroda on lights. Camel Walk contained Wilson and Theme from Barney Miller teases. Little Drummer Boy appeared for the first time since December 2, 1999 (116 shows). Love You had Fish “playing” his new sonic dress, a garment woven from cassette tape that produced noise when touched with special gloves akin to tape heads.
SET 1: Bouncing Around the Room, Runaway Jim, Ghost > What's the Use? > AC/DC Bag > First Tube, Frankie Says > Bathtub Gin -> Free
SET 2: Waves > Sample in a Jar > Down with Disease[1], Walls of the Cave, Two Versions of Me, Crowd Control[2], Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Crimes of the Mind[3]
Disease was unfinished. This show included the debut of Crowd Control. Trey introduced Mike to sing “his song.” Crimes of the Mind (first since July 10, 1994, or 507 shows) featured the Dude of Life on vocals. During the song, the Dude congratulated Phish on their 20 years together, and wished them success for 20 more.
SET 1: Jam -> Skin It Back, Jam
This Friday night soundcheck for the IT festival was simulcast via “The Bunny,” the official festival radio station.
SET 1: Funky Bitch > Chalk Dust Torture, Two Versions of Me, Bathtub Gin, Limb By Limb, Back on the Train > Horn > Golgi Apparatus > Character Zero
SET 2: Drowned -> Kung -> Twist -> Heavy Things, Harry Hood > David Bowie
ENCORE: The Star-Spangled Banner, Bug
Kung (first since September 29, 1999, or 108 shows) was sung over the jam connecting Drowned and Twist. Fish quoted Manteca in Hood. Bowie included a full-band Tweezer tease.
SET 1: Axilla > Rift, Bathtub Gin -> The Mango Song, Roggae, Discern, I Didn't Know > Dust in the Wind[1] > I Didn't Know, David Bowie
SET 2: Down with Disease[2] -> Catapult, Bug, Secret Smile, Two Versions of Me, Twist > Character Zero
ENCORE: Harry Hood
Trey announced “Dan” as the winner of the contest from the night before, as Dan was the first to call Mike’s hotline to name Dust in the Wind as the song that was teased. Trey announced the prize was a private vacuum solo from Fish to Dan. As homage to the movie Old School (which also featured Dust in the Wind), Trey encouraged the crowd to “earmuff” it while Dan received his prize. To bring the rest of the crowd in on the joke, Phish subsequently debuted an abbreviated version of Dust in the Wind. The song began as a solo vacuum piece but Trey jumped in on vocals to assist the struggling Fish. Trey teased Come On (Part One) before DWD. DWD contained San-Ho-Zay and Psycho Killer teases and was unfinished. Catapult was sung over the jam that emerged from DWD. Charcter Zero also contained a San-Ho-Zay tease.
Soundcheck: Poor Heart
SET 1: Birds of a Feather, Destiny Unbound, Horn > Bathtub Gin, Sleep, Back on the Train, Bouncing Around the Room, Walls of the Cave
SET 2: Tweezer > Soul Shakedown Party -> David Bowie, Round Room > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Contact, Mexican Cousin > Tweezer Reprise
Phish broke out two long-shelved tunes: the first Destiny Unbound since November 15, 1991 (800 shows) and the first Soul Shakedown Party since February 20, 1997 (272 shows). Trey teased Mr. Completely in Bathtub Gin. Back on the Train and Tweezer contained San-Ho-Zay teases from Trey. Tweezer also included a Cars Trucks Buses tease from Page and a Do You Feel Like We Do tease. Trey teased The Horse prior to Round Room. This show was officially released on CD as Live Phish 02.28.03.
SET 1: Wilson > Frankenstein, Down with Disease, Lifeboy > Boogie On Reggae Woman, Run Like an Antelope, I Didn't Know
SET 2: Mike's Song -> Free > Waste -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > Harry Hood > All of These Dreams, Possum > Cavern
ENCORE: Wading in the Velvet Sea
Lifeboy was played for the first time since November 25, 1998 (135 shows). During I Didn’t Know, Trey introduced Fish as “Henrietta, the world’s finest vacuum player.” I Didn't Know also included some dancing antics from Trey, Page, and Mike while Fish took his vacuum solo. 2001 included teases of Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Simple Gifts, and Stash from Trey.
SET 1: My Sweet One, The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'[1] > Chalk Dust Torture, Fee -> Taste, Bathtub Gin, Heavy Things, Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: Possum, Walls of the Cave -> Carini, All of These Dreams, Limb By Limb, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag -> Prince Caspian
ENCORE: Loving Cup
The Cover of 'Rolling Stone' made its Phish debut at this show, presumably as a nod to their actual appearance on the cover of the March 6, 2003 issue of that very magazine. Gin included Entrance of the Gladiators, Woman from Tokyo, and San-Ho-Zay teases. Trey also teased San-Ho-Zay in Walls of the Cave. A fan jumped on-stage and grabbed Trey’s microphone during AC/DC Bag before being dragged off-stage.
SET 1: Tweezer > Theme from the Bottom, Foam, Pebbles and Marbles[1], You Enjoy Myself[2]
SET 2: Birds of a Feather, Wolfman's Brother > Makisupa Policeman[3], Axilla > Twist -> Free, All of These Dreams[4], Possum[5]
ENCORE: Contact, Tweezer Reprise
This show featured the debut of All of These Dreams and the Phish debut of Pebbles and Marbles. Trey restarted YEM after a sloppy attempt at the composed beginning section. Trey teased San-Ho-Zay in YEM. One portion of the YEM vocal jam was based on the name “George Takei” (the actor who played Mr. Sulu on Star Trek) and another was based on the melody to Tweezer Reprise. Trey teased Can't You Hear Me Knocking in Birds of a Feather. Lyrics in Makisupa referenced “fatty,” “Waffle House,” and “Hooters.” The end of Possum included bizarre on-stage antics with Page playing Trey’s guitar from his seat, Trey playing Mike’s bass, and Mike using the “B” and “Ah” cymbals normally reserved for Cracklin’ Rosie. This improvisational Contact continued the joke of mock introductions, as Trey introduced “Al Gore.”
SET 1: Carini, Stash, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Mellow Mood, Maze, The Moma Dance, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Heavy Things > Down with Disease[1] -> Spock's Brain, The Inlaw Josie Wales, Rift, Cities > Sand > Golgi Apparatus, Brian and Robert, Bold As Love
ENCORE: El Paso[2], Chalk Dust Torture[3] > West L.A. Fadeaway[2]
Glide was teased before the Carini opener and Jibboo was teased before Heavy Things. Disease was unfinished. The encore featured Bob Weir on guitar as well as vocals for the Phish debuts of El Paso and West L.A. Fadeaway. Trey teased Chalk Dust after West L.A. Fadeaway.
Soundcheck: Ginseng Sullivan, Mellow Mood
SET 1: Carini, Rift, Frankenstein, Mellow Mood, Wilson[1] > Spock's Brain > Bathtub Gin > Character Zero
SET 2: Dinner and a Movie, The Moma Dance > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Fluffhead > Meatstick > Walk This Way[2], Rapper's Delight[2], You Shook Me All Night Long[3]
ENCORE: We're an American Band[4]
Wilson included a heavy metal jam, complete with Trey waving his guitar in the air. Kid Rock provided guest vocals from Walk This Way through the encore. Walk This Way and Rapper’s Delight (with funny stage antics from Fish, who danced on his knees like Kid’s sidekick Joe C.) were Phish debuts. You Shook Me (All Night Long) was played in its entirety by Phish for the first time, although it had been jammed on other occasions. Walk This Way was also teased during 2001. Spock’s Brain (first since June 24, 1995, or 393 shows), Dinner and a Movie (first since March 1, 1997, or 244 shows), and American Band (first since November 16, 1996, or 273 shows) returned after long absences. The Carini opener was preceded by a Wilson tease and saw Trey have several problems with his guitar.
SET 1: Down with Disease, Meat[1] > Poor Heart > Wilson > Slave to the Traffic Light, Dogs Stole Things > Bathtub Gin, Heavy Things, You Enjoy Myself
SET 2: Tube > Reba, Ghost > The Wedge, When the Circus Comes, Meatstick[2], Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Bold As Love
Meat was unfinished. Reba contained a Stash tease from Trey. Meatstick concluded with the band fading out and the audience finishing the song a cappella. Antelope subsequently included Meatstick teases.
Soundcheck: Guy Forget -> Mirror in the Bathroom, Dog Log
SET 1: First Tube, Gotta Jibboo, Corinna, Birds of a Feather, Windora Bug, Run Like an Antelope[1], Golgi Apparatus, Bittersweet Motel
SET 2: Piper > The Lizards, Tube > Jam[2] > When the Circus Comes, Character Zero
ENCORE: Possum
Antelope featured Tom Marshall and his daughter, Anna, singing the “Rye Rye Rocco” lyrics. Antelope also included a Yakety Sax (the Benny Hill Show theme) tease. The jam out of Tube reprised Tube proper and contained a Summertime tease from Page. Possum included Stash teases from Trey.
SET 1: Mellow Mood[1], Limb By Limb, Ghost, Bouncing Around the Room, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Saw It Again, NICU, Glide, Axilla[2], Taste, Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: Birds of a Feather, Windora Bug[1], David Bowie, Back at the Chicken Shack, Bathtub Gin > Jam[3] > Character Zero
ENCORE: Fire
This show featured the Phish debuts of Mellow Mood and Windora Bug. Limb By Limb contained a Dave's Energy Guide tease from Trey. The jam out of the end of Gin featured Fish on vacuum and Trey on drums.
SET 1: Sample in a Jar, Punch You in the Eye > Timber (Jerry the Mule), Gotta Jibboo > Boogie On Reggae Woman, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Foam, Dog Faced Boy, Farmhouse, Taste, Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: Mike's Song > Frankie Says > David Bowie, Waste, Sand > The Lizards, Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: The Inlaw Josie Wales, Driver, Guyute
After Sample, the show was stopped for 26 minutes due to a major thunderstorm.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Gumbo, Divided Sky, Boogie On Reggae Woman > Funky Bitch, Maze -> Shafty -> Maze, Back on the Train, The Curtain > Character Zero
SET 2: Ghost -> Gotta Jibboo, Split Open and Melt, Roggae > Mike's Song > Simple > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Frankenstein
Shafty was played for the first time since July 2, 1998 (150 shows).
SET 1: Ha Ha Ha, AC/DC Bag[1] > Tweezer > Runaway Jim, Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley[2] > Ginseng Sullivan > Guyute, Golgi Apparatus > Tweezer Reprise > Possum
SET 2: Halley's Comet > The Mango Song > Twist, The Inlaw Josie Wales, Back on the Train > Makisupa Policeman[3], Farmhouse > Sleeping Monkey > David Bowie
ENCORE: Cavern
The ending of AC/DC Bag was unusual, as Trey repeated the closing guitar tweaks before breaking into the Tweezer riff. Sneakin' Sally did not contain a vocal jam. The key phrase in Makisupa was a play on the blues classic One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, with "Big Fat Doob" replacing "Beer." Cavern included Tweezer teases and a Moby Dick tease after Trey introduced Fish under that name. Runaway Jim included Nellie Kane teases.
SET 1: Ya Mar, My Soul, Bathtub Gin, Heavy Things, Back on the Train > David Bowie, Cars Trucks Buses, Farmhouse
SET 2: Rock and Roll > Jesus Just Left Chicago > Down with Disease[1] > Twist, Contact > Makisupa Policeman > Character Zero
ENCORE: Brian and Robert, Possum
Disease was unfinished.
Soundcheck: “Zepp Osaka” Jam, Jam, Jam, Twist Jam, “I Can’t Wait to Go Back Home” Jam, Another One Bites the Dust Jam
SET 1: Limb By Limb, Back on the Train > Sample in a Jar, First Tube > Golgi Apparatus, Heavy Things, Dirt > My Sweet One, Reba, Character Zero
SET 2: Runaway Jim -> Theme from the Bottom -> Dog Faced Boy, Driver > Slave to the Traffic Light > Julius, Bug
ENCORE: Bouncing Around the Room > Harry Hood
Reba was preceded by a brief Bowie tease. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SET 1: Axilla > Taste, Billy Breathes, Poor Heart > Golgi Apparatus > Funky Bitch, The Moma Dance > First Tube > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 2: Tweezer, Bouncing Around the Room[1], The Mango Song, The Squirming Coil > Gotta Jibboo > Meatstick[2] > Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: You Enjoy Myself
The Moma Dance included Funky Bitch teases and Tweezer included Funk #49 teases. This was the first ever Meatstick to feature Japanese lyrics and Trey flubbed the words while attempting to sing them. Bouncing included a brief outro solo from Trey, which replaced the usual closing guitar lick. This show was re-broadcast on Japanese television.
SET 1: Back on the Train, Heavy Things, First Tube
This performance, taped after the Mark and Brian program, aired on KACD (103.1) in Los Angeles. There were around twenty fans present for the taping.
SET 1: Funky Bitch, My Soul, Gotta Jibboo, First Tube, Bug, Heavy Things, Twist > Tube > Piper -> Llama, Brian and Robert, Magilla
This set was broadcast on the Mark and Brian radio program. Funky Bitch and My Soul were performed as a warm-up before the show went on the air, although the crowd was already in the bar. Jibboo through Heavy Things were aired live on the show (except for Magilla, which was played during a commercial break). Magilla was played for the first time since August 1, 1998 (109 shows). The band briefly jammed on the Jeopardy! theme (with the crowd providing some vocals) during a radio break, although this is not included on any circulating recordings. Bug included a brief DEG tease. There was a humorous question and answer session between the band and audience during one of the commercial breaks. Studio versions of Birds, Bouncing, and Heavy Things were used as intros and outros for the commercials.
SET 1: Runaway Jim, Funky Bitch, Tube, I Didn't Know, Punch You in the Eye, Bouncing Around the Room, Poor Heart, Roggae, Split Open and Melt[1] -> Catapult, Back on the Train, Horn, Guyute, After Midnight[2]
SET 2: Meatstick -> Auld Lang Syne[3] > Down with Disease[4] -> Llama, Bathtub Gin, Heavy Things, Twist -> Prince Caspian > Rock and Roll, You Enjoy Myself[5], Crosseyed and Painless, The Inlaw Josie Wales[6], Sand -> Quadrophonic Toppling[7], Slave to the Traffic Light, Albuquerque[8], Reba, Axilla[8], Uncle Pen, David Bowie, My Soul, Drowned -> After Midnight Reprise, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Bittersweet Motel, Piper -> Free, Lawn Boy, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Roses Are Free, Bug, Also Sprach Zarathustra[9] > Wading in the Velvet Sea > Meatstick
This was the second show of the Big Cypress festival. Fish was introduced as 'Soda Jerk' during I Didn’t Know. Split Open and Melt and Disease were unfinished. Melt contained A Love Supreme teases. After the ensuing Catapult, Trey remarked: “Only at the largest concert in the world could we get away with playing a song like that.” After Midnight made its Phish debut. The late set, also known as “The Show,” began at around 11:35. “Father Time” was on stage, pedaling on an exercise bike that powered a large clock. The sounds of the clock’s gears could be heard through the sound system. About ten minutes before midnight, “Father Time” collapsed from exhaustion and the clock stopped. Then, a large fan boat entered the concert field and approached the stage. Early in its journey, the fan boat exploded away and revealed the hot dog used in the 1994 New Year’s stunt. While the band rode the hot dog to the stage, an instrumental version of Meatstick began to play over the P.A.. The band reached the stage and fed several meatsticks to Father Time, reviving him so that the clock could continue moving toward midnight. The band then took the stage and played Meatstick to begin The Show. Dancers were on stage prior to Phish reaching it. Auld Lang Syne and Disease were accompanied by fireworks. Heavy Things was recorded live and rebroadcast as part of ABC television’s New Year’s Eve coverage. In a humorous effort to confuse the home audience, Trey instructed the crowd to yell the word “cheesecake” in lieu of cheering at the end of the song. After twice giving the example of yelling the word once, Trey changed his mind and instructed the crowd to chant it, adding for them to say it like they were pissed. Trey then introduced the band for the rebroadcast and offered a message of peace and harmony for the world where he reminded people to drive in the right lane unless passing another vehicle. Meatstick was subsequently teased as the New Year approached in the central time zone. YEM included a vocal jam based around the word “cheesecake” and Trey altered the lyrics to Axilla and Albuquerque to reference the word. Inlaw Josie Wales featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Sand contained My Soul teasing from Mike and segued into the debut of Quadrophonic Toppling. Rock and Roll included an After Midnight tease. Love You included band introductions; Fish introduced Page before the song and Mike and Trey afterwards, and the band as “Phish 2000” (see November 2, 1990). Piper contained Bug teases from Page. 2001 began with the signature Hood drum roll. After the show closed with yet another version of Meatstick, the Beatles song Here Comes the Sun was piped through the crowd at sunrise. Two bustouts were played: Crosseyed and Painless (first since August 13, 1997, or 159 shows), and Love You (first since July 5, 1997, or 179 shows).
SET 1: Piper, Meat > Sparkle > Gotta Jibboo > Punch You in the Eye, When the Circus Comes, Water in the Sky, Twist
SET 2: Birds of a Feather, The Moma Dance > Jam > Bug, Jennifer Dances, Split Open and Melt, Character Zero
ENCORE: The Old Home Place, The Squirming Coil > Loving Cup
Moma included Birds teases.
SET 1: Tweezer > Bouncing Around the Room, Horn, Heavy Things, Dogs Stole Things, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Roggae, Birds of a Feather, Guyute, Loving Cup
SET 2: Gotta Jibboo, The Wedge, David Bowie[1] -> Have Mercy -> Hold Your Head Up[2] > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Twist, Waste
ENCORE: Ride Captain Ride
Bowie was unfinished. The jam out of Have Mercy included a snippet of Bowie before returning to Have Mercy. The subsequent reggae-style HYHU contained a Have Mercy melody before leading to a vacuum solo. The Little Drummer Boy was teased in the second HYHU.
SET 1: First Tube, Wolfman's Brother, Bouncing Around the Room, Back on the Train, Billy Breathes, AC/DC Bag > Possum, Slave to the Traffic Light
SET 2: Sand, Limb By Limb, Bug > Piper, Harry Hood
ENCORE: Rock and Roll
Trey teased Dave's Energy Guide in Limb By Limb.
SET 1: Piper, AC/DC Bag, Suzy Greenberg, Meat, Meatstick, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Halley's Comet > Tweezer, Bug, Fee, Harry Hood, We're Not Gonna Take It[1] > Chalk Dust Torture
ENCORE: The Squirming Coil, Tweezer Reprise
Sofi Dillof joined the band for the Meatstick Dance. We’re Not Gonna Take It made its Phish debut with Tom Marshall singing and performing various stage antics. Tweezer included a Mountains in the Mist tease.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, The Moma Dance > Sparkle, First Tube, Bathtub Gin, Heavy Things, Limb By Limb, Cavern
SET 2: NICU > Run Like an Antelope, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Gumbo > Mountains in the Mist, Julius > Fluffhead > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Bold As Love
Page teased I Can't Turn You Loose in Gumbo.
SET 1: First Tube > Punch You in the Eye, Farmhouse, Water in the Sky, The Moma Dance, Down with Disease, Roggae, Back on the Train, Guyute, Loving Cup
SET 2: Peaches en Regalia > Possum, Wolfman's Brother -> The Lizards, Sand -> Misty Mountain Hop
ENCORE: Boogie On Reggae Woman > Chalk Dust Torture
DWD contained a Tracy (The Cufflinks) tease from Trey. Trey teased What's the Use? in Wolfman's Brother.
SET 1: Mozambique, Guyute, Ghost > Lawn Boy > Peaches en Regalia > The Moma Dance, Water in the Sky, When the Circus Comes, Back on the Train > David Bowie, The Squirming Coil
SET 2: Runaway Jim > Sand, Piper > Roggae, You Enjoy Myself[1] -> Jam[2], Wolfman's Brother[3] > Cold Rain and Snow[4]
ENCORE: Viola Lee Blues[5]
Phil Lesh joined the band on a second bass guitar from YEM through the end of the show. The encore also featured Warren Haynes on guitar. Cold Rain and Snow and Viola Lee Blues were both Phish debuts and also featured Phil on lead vocals. YEM did not contain a vocal jam and included Phil joining Trey and Mike on trampolines. The subsequent jam out of YEM comprised of solely Mike and Phil.
Soundcheck: Twist, Will It Go Round in Circles
SET 1: Farmhouse, First Tube, Twist, Divided Sky, Ginseng Sullivan, Carini, What's the Use? > Will It Go Round in Circles[1]
SET 2: Down with Disease > The Moma Dance > Piper, Fee, Gotta Jibboo[1], Saw It Again, Split Open and Melt > Cavern > David Bowie
ENCORE: The Squirming Coil
Will It Go Round in Circles and Gotta Jibboo made their Phish debuts at this show.
SET 1: Birds of a Feather, Sample in a Jar, Beauty of My Dreams, Stash, NICU, Funky Bitch > Ghost > Axilla
SET 2: Down with Disease, My Soul, Reba, Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Runaway Jim > Cavern
ENCORE: Julius
This show was part of the Fuji Rock Festival and took place on the Field of Heaven stage. Ghost contained Brick House teases. Before Bike, Fish told the crowd that he would play guitar instead of vacuum because the Electrolux vacuum did not make the trip to Japan. Afterwards, Trey said that the song was meant to impress Yoshimi, the drummer from The Boredoms, because Fish has “a crush on her.”
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