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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: Character Zero, Destiny Unbound > Rift, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Bathtub Gin, Mountains in the Mist, NICU > Gumbo > My Sweet One, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Strange Design, Sanity, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Rock and Roll > Prince Caspian > Tweezer -> Slave to the Traffic Light, Bouncing Around the Room, Possum, Backwards Down the Number Line > Harry Hood > Loving Cup
ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise
Character Zero opened a show for the first time ever. McGrupp was played by request with Trey taking the sign from the crowd and holding it up before starting the song. Trey forgot the second verse to Sanity, asking "What the heck's the second verse here?" Trey teased Super Bad in Tweezer. In a possible foreshadowing of the song's Phish debut the next night, Hood's intro contained brief Killing in the Name teases from Fish.
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.
Soundcheck: Killing in the Name Intro, Dog Log, Gone, Brady Bunch theme [unconfirmed and possibly incomplete]
SET 1: Llama, Roses Are Free, Kill Devil Falls, Time Loves a Hero, Alaska, Water in the Sky, Runaway Jim > The Moma Dance > Divided Sky, Cavern
SET 2: Backwards Down the Number Line > Halley's Comet -> Light > Fluffhead > Have Mercy, Light Up Or Leave Me Alone[1] -> Free > Wading in the Velvet Sea, The Squirming Coil > Suzy Greenberg
ENCORE: Boogie On Reggae Woman
This show featured the first Time Loves a Hero since December 31, 2002 (127 shows), the first Have Mercy since December 10, 1999 (191 shows), and the first Light Up Or Leave Me Alone since December 30, 1999 (183 shows), which was unfinished and subsequently teased in Suzy.
SET 1: The Connection, Down with Disease > Sample in a Jar, Ocelot, Reba[1], Horn, Funky Bitch, Undermind, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, David Bowie
SET 2: Possum, Mike's Song > Simple > I Am the Walrus[2] > Weekapaug Groove[3] > Limb By Limb > Joy, Harry Hood > Golgi Apparatus
ENCORE: First Tube
Reba did not have the whistling ending. This show featured the Phish debut of I Am The Walrus. Weekapaug was unfinished.
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."
SET 1: Crowd Control, Kill Devil Falls, AC/DC Bag, Sugar Shack, Tube, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea[1], Stash, Backwards Down the Number Line, NICU > 46 Days, Suzy Greenberg[2]
SET 2: Rock and Roll > Free, Fast Enough for You, Sparkle > Tweezer, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Wolfman's Brother[3] > Slave to the Traffic Light > Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Show of Life, Good Times Bad Times
Prior to the start of the first set, Mike teased Do You Feel Like We Do. This show featured the Phish debut of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel). Suzy contained a Leigh Fordham reference from Fish. Tweezer featured a Watcher of the Skies tease from Mike. Wolfman's contained a vocal jam.
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: The Rover, Uncle Pen [unconfirmed and possibly incomplete]
SET 1: David Bowie, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Water in the Sky, Ocelot, Uncle Pen, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Gumbo > Timber (Jerry the Mule) > I Didn't Know[1], Birds of a Feather, Bouncing Around the Room, Reba[2], The Rover[3]
SET 2: Down with Disease[4] -> Crosseyed and Painless > Nothing > Twenty Years Later > Harry Hood > Fluffhead > Julius, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Bug
During I Didn't Know, Trey mentioned his prediction from the 6/7/09 Camden show that the Flyers would win the Stanley Cup and announced that Fish would play a voodoo vacuum solo to guarantee that next year the Flyers will win the Cup. During the solo, some fans in the audience then began chanting "Let's Go Flyers," prompting Fish to respond through the vacuum in time with the claps. Reba did not have the whistling ending. The Rover was a Phish debut. Disease was unfinished. At the start of the YEM vocal jam, some fans again chanted "Let's Go Flyers."
Soundcheck: work on Dr. Gabel
SET 1: Lit O Bit[1], Camel Walk, Possum, Divided Sky, Dirt > Sample in a Jar, Kill Devil Falls, Dr. Gabel[2], Run Like an Antelope[3]
SET 2: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley -> Light -> 46 Days, Limb By Limb, Golgi Apparatus > Slave to the Traffic Light, Loving Cup
ENCORE: First Tube
This show featured the Phish debut of Lit O Bit (Rita Clarke And The Naturals) and the debut of Dr. Gabel. In Antelope, "Marco Esquandolas" was changed to "Leo Esquandolas," followed by a Page solo.
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: Jam, Sleep Again x2, Let Me Lie x3, Burn That Bridge [Unconfirmed and Possibly Incomplete]
SET 1: Tweezer Reprise, Chalk Dust Torture, Funky Bitch > Runaway Jim, Ya Mar, Sample in a Jar, Axilla > Fluffhead, Bathtub Gin, Suzy Greenberg
SET 2: Rock and Roll > Free, Backwards Down the Number Line, Halfway to the Moon[1] > Prince Caspian > Joy, David Bowie, Show of Life
ENCORE: The Squirming Coil, Character Zero > Tweezer Reprise
This gig featured the first Tweezer Reprise opener since November 9, 1995 (483 shows) and the debut of Halfway to the Moon. Tweezer Reprise was teased by Trey after Sample in a Jar and closed both this show and the previous night's show in Hartford as well, making this the first time since July 16, 1993 (691 shows), that two consecutive Phish shows had each closed with the same song (Free Bird closed both the July 15 and July 16, 1993 shows).
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: Sleep Again
SET 1: Punch You in the Eye > Ocelot, Dinner and a Movie, Stash, Esther, Walk Away, Divided Sky, When the Circus Comes, Sugar Shack, Alaska > Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: Party Time > Down with Disease[1] -> Sand -> The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Guyute, Farmhouse, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Shine a Light
Alaska contained a Streets of Cairo tease by Trey. Down With Disease was unfinished.
Soundcheck: Gone, Sleep Again, The Connection [list and order unconfirmed]
SET 1: Tube, Kill Devil Falls, Slave to the Traffic Light, Lawn Boy, Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag, The Moma Dance > My Friend, My Friend, Cold Water[1], Bathtub Gin, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan
SET 2: Wilson > Seven Below > 46 Days > Idea[2] > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Simple -> Joy, Taste, Theme from the Bottom > A Day in the Life
ENCORE: Heavy Things, First Tube
This show marked the Phish debut of Cold Water (Tom Waits) and the debut of Idea. Tube was played in response to the crowd requesting it.
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
SET 1: Look Out Cleveland[1], Ocelot, Water in the Sky, Stash, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Sample in a Jar, Time Turns Elastic, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: Rock and Roll > Harry Hood > Backwards Down the Number Line > Twenty Years Later, Instant Karma![1] > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg > Waste > Character Zero
ENCORE: The Squirming Coil
Look Out Cleveland and Instant Karma! made their Phish debuts at this show.
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: Loving Cup, Kill Devil Falls
Phish (introduced by Keith Richards!) were the musical guests on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as part of a week of artists performing Exile On Main St songs on the show in celebration of The Rolling Stones' re-release of the album. Phish stuck around after the conclusion of the show and played Kill Devil Falls, which was not included in that evening's broadcast, but was subsequently aired as part of the 6/9/10 Fallon show.
SET 1: Watcher of the Skies[1], No Reply At All[1]
Phish performed two Genesis tunes, Watcher of the Skies and No Reply at All, between which Trey gave what Phil Collins described as "a convincing argument" for inducting Genesis into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > 46 Days, Water in the Sky, Bathtub Gin, Punch You in the Eye > The Moma Dance, Guyute, Swept Away > Steep, Demand > Seven Below, Lawn Boy, Julius
SET 2: Rock and Roll > Piper > Simple > Theme from the Bottom, Shine a Light, Ghost -> NO2, Suzy Greenberg
SET 3: Party Time > Auld Lang Syne > Down with Disease, Fluffhead, Joy, The Squirming Coil, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Blue Moon[1], Loving Cup
AC/DC Bag and Ghost contained Auld Lang Syne teases. Swept Away and Steep were played for the first time since July 1, 2000 (145 shows). Demand was played for the first time since November 14, 1996 (394 shows). NO2 was played for the first time since July 13, 1999 (221 shows). Prior to the third set, a pedestal stating 2010 was placed on the front of the stage and a covered structure was placed behind Fish's drumset. During DWD, as the clock turned midnight, hundreds of balloons were released upon the crowd, fireworks went off on each side of the stage, and a disco ball was lowered onto the pedestal. After DWD, Trey opened the ball and Fish climbed inside. Trey and Mike, with some help from stagehands, proceeded to put the ball in a giant cannon aimed towards a giant net hanging from the rafters with an illuminated “X” on it. Page hit the trigger and purportedly "blasted" the ball through, not only the net, but also the roof of the arena. A searchlight appeared to come through the roof and was accompanied by helicopter sounds. With Fish apparently shot out of the venue, Trey asked if anybody knew how to play the drums and ended up finding Sarah, a girl from Pittsburgh. Trey asked how long she had played the drums and what her favorite song was and she responded with six months and Fluffhead respectively. Sarah was surreptitiously replaced by Fish, now wearing a dress identical to Sarah's and a black wig, who played the entire third set and encore, but Sarah came out at the end of the third set and bowed with the band instead of him. Blue Moon was a Phish debut and was performed as an instrumental while Trey thanked the entire crew. After the show, the disco ball was revealed to have "crashed" into a white car that had been parked in front of the American Airlines Arena with a sign on the windshield stating "This car was driven down from Vermont" and "fueled by maple syrup." After being “struck” by the “human cannonball,” the car was emitting smoke and leaking maple syrup and the entire area was cordoned off with police tape.
SET 1: Soul Shakedown Party, Runaway Jim, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Dixie Cannonball[1], Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Corinna, What's the Use?, Tela, Gone[1], Rocky Top, Chalk Dust Torture, David Bowie
SET 2: Sand, The Curtain With > Lifeboy, Back on the Train > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Hold Your Head Up > Love You[2] > Hold Your Head Up, Free, Boogie On Reggae Woman > Run Like an Antelope[3]
ENCORE: Frankenstein[4]
Dixie Cannonball and Gone were Phish debuts. During Love You, Fish mentioned Trey's announcement on December 28, 2009 that it was Fish's last vacuum solo "of the aughts," so he announced that he needed "someone dressed like me" to do it, brought audience member Rich onstage to do the solo, then gave him the vacuum. Antelope included numerous Boogie On teases, the Marco Esquandolas lyric had "Marco" replaced with "Rich, let's hear it for him," and subsequent lyrics were changed to "Been you to have any Electrolux?" Frankenstein featured Page on keytar. Corinna was played for the first time since February 24, 2003 (100 shows) and Tela was played for the first time since November 24, 1998 (238 shows). This gig featured ten songs not previously performed in 2009 inclusive of two debuts.
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus, Maze, Driver, The Connection, Wolfman's Brother, Ocelot, Reba[1], Access Me, Divided Sky, Cavern
SET 2: Kill Devil Falls > Tweezer > Prince Caspian > Gotta Jibboo > Wilson -> Gotta Jibboo -> Heavy Things > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise
Reba did not have the whistling ending. Tweezer contained a brief Dave's Energy Guide tease from Page.
SET 1: Sample in a Jar, NICU > My Soul, Roggae, Undermind, Bouncing Around the Room, Poor Heart, Stash, I Didn't Know, Beauty of a Broken Heart, Possum
SET 2: Mike's Song > Light -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Alaska, Backwards Down the Number Line, Makisupa Policeman[1] > Harry Hood > Contact > Character Zero
ENCORE: First Tube
My Soul was played for the first time since October 7, 2000 (110 shows). During I Didn't Know, Trey announced that this would be the final vacuum solo of the decade. Makisupa's key words were "Woke up this morning, did just what I like, spent a whole two minutes listening to nobody but Mike." Mike took a subsequent bass solo during which the band (and shortly thereafter the crowd) chanted "Mike." Makisupa's lyrics were later changed to reference Mike's house. The band then started to repeat "Mike's house."
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > Chalk Dust Torture, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Divided Sky, Ya Mar[1], Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley, The Old Home Place > Cavern > Funky Bitch, David Bowie, The Wedge, Bold As Love
SET 2: Tweezer -> Light > Piper -> Free, Sweet Virginia, Harry Hood > Suzy Greenberg > Golgi Apparatus, Run Like an Antelope[1]
ENCORE: Loving Cup > Tweezer Reprise
At the start of Ya Mar, a naked guy jumped onstage and ran around for a bit before being rounded up by security, prompting Trey to observe that "Naked Guy's" antics "took a lot of balls." During Ya Mar, Mike changed the lyrics to "he was a naked pa." Trey sang the verses to Light out of order. The sound for Mike's bass dropped out during Golgi leading Trey to label it the "trio version." During the ensuing Antelope, Mike took a bass solo to make up for the bass everyone missed in Golgi. Antelope also contained several lyric changes referencing the naked stage crasher.
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: Punch You in the Eye, Backwards Down the Number Line, Axilla > Taste, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Stash, Lawn Boy, Time Turns Elastic, Back on the Train > Julius
SET 2: Down with Disease[1] > Piper > Fluffhead, Cities > Free, Halley's Comet > Also Sprach Zarathustra > David Bowie
ENCORE: Character Zero
Disease was unfinished.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother > NICU, Ocelot, Brian and Robert, Poor Heart, Sample in a Jar, Peaches en Regalia > Divided Sky, Cavern
SET 2: Golgi Apparatus > Light > Slave to the Traffic Light > Tweezer > Joy, Sparkle > Harry Hood > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Suzy Greenberg > Run Like an Antelope[1]
ENCORE: A Day in the Life > Tweezer Reprise
Peaches was played for the first time since September 24, 1999 (188 shows). The lyrics to Antelope were changed to "Been you to have any Mike, man?".
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: Party Time, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Uncle Pen, Sanity, Foam, Walk Away > NICU, Alaska, Split Open and Melt, Joy, Vultures, Backwards Down the Number Line
SET 2: Seven Below > Ghost, Cool It Down > Gotta Jibboo, Let Me Lie, Wolfman's Brother > Julius
ENCORE: You Enjoy Myself
This show featured the first Uncle Pen since July 11, 2000 (129 shows). Ghost contained a tease of Seven Below.
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: Kill Devil Falls, 46 Days, Sugar Shack, Halley's Comet > Divided Sky, Sleep Again, Ocelot, Train Song, Wilson > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Birds of a Feather, Farmhouse > Tweezer, You Enjoy Myself, Esther, Time Turns Elastic > Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Oh! Sweet Nuthin'
Kill Devil Falls contained San-Ho-Zay teases from Trey. During Wilson, Trey implored Mike to take a "heavy metal bass solo" (and Mike complied). The lyrics to Antelope were changed to "Been you to have any Mike, man?" followed by another bass solo from Mike.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Cities > Camel Walk, The Curtain With, The Wedge, The Moma Dance, Reba[1], Golgi Apparatus, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan
SET 2: Possum > Down with Disease[2] > Twenty Years Later > Harry Hood > The Mango Song > Mike's Song > Simple > Slave to the Traffic Light > Weekapaug Groove[3]
ENCORE: A Day in the Life
Cities was played in response to a fan with a sign requesting the song and featured alternative lyrics referencing Thanksgiving. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Disease was unfinished. Much of Weekapaug was played at a significantly slower pace than normal. Prior to ADITL, Fish teased the Weekapaug drumbeat.
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: Wilson > NICU, Wolfman's Brother, Ocelot, Torn and Frayed, Strange Design, Ginseng Sullivan, Albuquerque, Split Open and Melt, Dirt, Limb By Limb, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Rock and Roll > Ghost > If I Could, Backwards Down the Number Line > Prince Caspian, Suzy Greenberg > Also Sprach Zarathustra > The Squirming Coil
ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey, Axilla
Albuquerque was played for the first time since September 14, 2000 (115 shows). Fish teased Buffalo Bill prior to Rock and Roll.
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: AC/DC Bag, Foam, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Bouncing Around the Room, Sample in a Jar, Kill Devil Falls, It's Ice, Horn, Mountains in the Mist, Poor Heart, 46 Days, David Bowie
SET 2: Runaway Jim, Down with Disease[1] -> Free > Waste, Taste, Bug, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Cavern
ENCORE: Character Zero
Disease was unfinished.
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.
SET 1: Sample in a Jar, Divided Sky, Lawn Boy, Kill Devil Falls, Bathtub Gin, The Squirming Coil, Runaway Jim > Possum, Run Like an Antelope[1]
SET 2: Rocks Off[2] > Rip This Joint[2], Shake Your Hips[2], Casino Boogie[3], Tumbling Dice[4], Sweet Virginia[5], Torn and Frayed[3], Sweet Black Angel[2], Loving Cup[5], Happy[4], Turd on the Run[4], Ventilator Blues[4] -> I Just Want To See His Face[6] > Let It Loose[4], All Down the Line[4], Stop Breaking Down[4], Shine a Light[4], Soul Survivor[4]
SET 3: Backwards Down the Number Line > Fluffhead > Ghost, When the Circus Comes, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Suzy Greenberg[5]
This show was part of the three-show Festival 8. Playbills were distributed on-site (beginning at 12:30 p.m., 8 hours in advance) confirming that the second set (the band's "musical costume") would be the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St. After Divided Sky, Trey acknowledged the beauty of the venue and announced that Page would now play a love song to the lawn since it was the first time they had played on grass in a long time. Antelope's lyrics were changed to "Been you to have any Coil, man?" (The Coil was an art installation on the venue grounds.) Set 2 began with a video highlighting selections of the 99 classic albums displayed and then systematically eliminated on the phish.com web site leading up to the festival. Selections in the montage included snippets from Michael Jackson's Thriller, T.Rex's Electric Warrior, Metallica's Master of Puppets, Miles Davis's A Tribute to Jack Johnson, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and The Doors (self titled), among others. All of the Exile on Main St songs were Phish debuts, except for Loving Cup and Sweet Virginia. All songs in the second set except for Casino Boogie, Torn and Frayed, and I Just Want To See His Face featured Dave Guy on trumpet, David Smith on trombone, and Tony Jarvis on saxophone. Tumbling Dice, Sweet Virginia, and Loving Cup through Soul Survivor also featured Sharon Jones and Saundra Williams on backup vocals. Trey introduced the horn section after Tumbling Dice and again after the completion of the costume, before saying "We are the Rolling Stones. See you later." Suzy Greenberg was played with Jones, Williams, and the horns. This show featured the first Sweet Virginia since September 26, 1999 (175 shows).
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."
SET 1: Water in the Sky, Sleep Again, Let Me Lie, Invisible, Back on the Train, Driver
SET 2: Jam, Undermind -> Devil With a Blue Dress On Jam, Starship Trooper Jam, Gone, Liquid Time
There were two soundchecks for Festival 8: an acoustic afternoon session, followed several hours later by a separate electric soundcheck that evening. The electric soundcheck was broadcast on Phish's on-site festival radio, JACK-FM 95.9 "The Bunny" as well as Sirus/XM Radio. The acoustic soundcheck was not broadcast and the song order may be incorrect. The short Devil With a Blue Dress On Jam included the chorus and part of a verse sung by Trey, as well as a Good Golly Miss Molly quote. The Starship Trooper Jam consisted of part of the Würm segment of the song. Before Liquid Time, Trey quoted Fuck Your Face and briefly teased Kids (MGMT); the jam out of Liquid Time dissolved into a vocal jam featuring the band members snoring and featured a Lengthwise quote from Trey.
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.
Soundcheck: I Been Around, Middle Of The Road, Sugar Shack
SET 1: Crowd Control, Kill Devil Falls, The Sloth, Beauty of a Broken Heart, Axilla, Foam, Esther, Ha Ha Ha, Party Time[1], Tube, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Strange Design, Time Turns Elastic
SET 2: Tweezer > Taste, Alaska, Let Me Lie, 46 Days, Oh! Sweet Nuthin' > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times, Tweezer Reprise
Before Ha Ha Ha, Trey chided Fish saying, “You should know this song, Fish, because you wrote this song.” After Ha Ha Ha, Trey said that he loved that song so much, that the time had come for the debut of Party Time, another Fish original that he loves even more. Before Tube, Trey said that he couldn’t hear what song a group of fans were shouting for, saying that it sounded like “Snoop.” Trey then joked, “You said ‘Snoop’? He’s right back here, Snoop Dogg, everyone!” Finally, he started Tube, saying that he thought that was the song they were requesting. After Alaska, Trey offered some kind words for his guitar tech, Brian Brown, adding, “No Brian, no guitar.”
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: How High the Moon, Magilla, Sugar Shack
SET 1: Sample in a Jar, Dinner and a Movie, Wolfman's Brother, My Friend, My Friend, Possum, Farmhouse, Sugar Shack, Brian and Robert, David Bowie, Bathtub Gin, How High the Moon > Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: Drowned > Prince Caspian > Rift, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Sparkle, Run Like an Antelope[1] > Suzy Greenberg > Fluffhead
ENCORE: Joy, First Tube
After Gin, Trey wished Happy Birthday to an audience member holding a sign for The Sloth, saying they would get to it eventually (they played it two nights later). Trey then wished his wife, Sue, a happy fifteenth wedding anniversary. Trey also said some words in remembrance of Les Paul, who passed away earlier that day. Trey said that Les was a hero to all of the band members for, among other reasons, continuing playing music into his nineties and that hopefully they would be playing into their nineties too. Finally, Trey dedicated the ensuing version of How High the Moon (last played on March 8, 1993 (714 shows)), to the memory of Les. Trey changed the lyrics of Antelope to “Been you to have any splash cymbal solo, man?”, after which Fish took a splash cymbal solo.
Soundcheck: Liquid Time > Funky Bitch
SET 1: Kill Devil Falls, Sample in a Jar, Ocelot, Paul and Silas, Windy City[1], The Curtain With, Train Song, Gumbo, Heavy Things, Time Turns Elastic
SET 2: Backwards Down the Number Line > Carini > Gotta Jibboo, Theme from the Bottom, Wilson > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Chalk Dust Torture, Harry Hood, The Squirming Coil
ENCORE: Loving Cup
This show featured the first Paul and Silas since November 29, 1998 (211 shows). Trey explained that Paul and Silas was “sort of a request” for a fan he met the night before. This show marked the debut of Windy City, which Trey indicated the band had been waiting to debut in Chicago.
Soundcheck: Middle of the Road (several times), Twenty Years Later
SET 1: The Mango Song > Chalk Dust Torture, Middle of the Road[1], Tweezer, Driver, Twenty Years Later, Ya Mar, It's Ice, Wolfman's Brother > Character Zero > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Rock and Roll -> Makisupa Policeman[2], Alaska, The Wedge, You Enjoy Myself, Backwards Down the Number Line[3] > Piper, Grind
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times, Tweezer Reprise
This show marked the Phish debut of Middle of the Road. Page teased The Birdwatcher in Ya Mar. Prior to Mike’s solo in the intro of Antelope, Trey whispered, “Cactus, Cactus, Cactus gonna play it for you, Cactus.” The keyword for Makisupa was “did like Bobby Brown. I ate my breakfast and I laid back down.” Trey and Mike switched instruments during Makisupa. Trey teased Hedwig’s Theme during YEM. BDTNL was unfinished. During the soundcheck, Trey played an extended tease of the intro to Fly Famous Mockingbird.
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.
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus, Halley's Comet > Chalk Dust Torture, Divided Sky, When the Circus Comes, Time Turns Elastic, Ya Mar, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Suzy Greenberg, David Bowie
SET 2: Backwards Down the Number Line > Down with Disease[1] > Limb By Limb, Oh! Sweet Nuthin', Cities -> Maze, Mike's Song > Simple > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Let Me Lie, Bold As Love
Disease was unfinished. This show featured the first performance of Oh! Sweet Nuthin’ since October 31, 1998 (227 shows).
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.
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