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Worcester Memorial Auditorium

Worcester, MA, USA

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Highest rated shows at this venue by Phish.net users:

Date Rating
1991-12-31 113 votes 4.4956/5

Top Reviews

Highest-rated reviews from shows at this venue:

1991-12-31 • Mikey Bruce, aka Hayduke lives! 92MDB@vax.cc.williams.edu by 8
(Originally published on the legacy Phish.net site many years ago...) If anyone can stand any more comments on NYE, here's my $0.02: First, the show was amazing. And the crowd was also pretty cool. The costumes and "creative formal attire was really excellent." We stood next to Santa...
1991-12-31 by zzyzx 6
(Published in the second edition of The Phish Companion...) It was cold this day - not merely chilly, but cold. I think the high was fifteen degrees or so. And since my friends had forgotten to get me a ticket (Phish selling out a show? Come on!), I got there at around 9 AM. Sure, that helped...
1991-12-31 • James Treworgy by 4
(Originally published on the legacy Phish.net site many years ago...) Just got back from NYE show... I didn't keep a setlist but they played just about everything you would expect (i.e., no big surprises... I think they had this one pretty much figured out before they hit the stage). Not to say...
1991-12-31 • Matt Laurence by 3
(Originally published on the legacy Phish.net site many years ago, after being posted on rec.music.phish 1/3/92.) Yes, the New Year's Eve show was intense. The first set, maybe set and 1/2 was only mediocre, but things definitely picked up after that. The new lighting and sound systems were...
1991-12-31 by Bob_Loblaw 3
A very interesting show. Some great destructive playing mixed with a lot of "Playing it safe" versions of songs. Possum rips the top off the building to start the show. Stash is a little sloppy but towards the end great peaks ensue. Straight Forward but well played Lizards. Very Strong Gueluh...
1991-12-31 by Banksphish 2
One of the Top 5 Phish shows of all time in my humble opinion.
1991-12-31 by willet43 2
Having these soundboards released recently has me reading these reviews. One thing that I didn't see pointed out as that after the lights went up after Tweezer Reprise, a horrible dog-whistle type sound blasted over the PA. Clearly an attempt by the band to jack with the crowd, and it worked....
1991-12-31 by Alexanderhoye 2
Compared to the New Years Eve party the year before in Boston, which was a dud, this was a top notch show and one of my favorites. The Worcester Auditorium was really set up beautifully and had an elegance and class that the night deserved. The crowd was dressed to the nines and there was a...
1991-12-31 • David WYDL9273%WOOSTER.BITNET@ohstvma.acs.ohio-state.EDU by 1
(Originally published on the legacy Phish.net site many years ago...) Well, the NYE show was outstanding. It was only my second show, and quite a treat. After the opener (possum) I turned to a friend of mine (his first show) who had a huge grin on his face and said "And that's only the first...
1991-12-31 by pettrout 1
First show. Made an incredibly lasting impression - still seeing them almost 20 years later. Best storage unit I've ever seen. [btw, I think the cursing "digital/vox box" thingy may have been a Beavis and Butthead talking keychain? It also said "fucking jerk!", 2x.]

Notable Jam Chart Performances

Individual jam chart entries from this venue:

1991-12-31 • Llama (4:35) Set 1 Noteworthy
> in from "Esther." Page is sick; Trey is very demented.
1991-12-31 • Tweezer (13:00) Set 3 Noteworthy
Highly praised, this version's jam features Trey mellifluously leading on his 'doc.
1991-12-31 • Stash (8:37) Set 1
Another great early version that stretches the "Type I" boundary and is well-played and loaded with tension.
Eons before there was life upon a "Soul Planet", there was "Runaway Jim". > from "ALS", this New Year's rocker blends some imaginative aspects of the year's strongest versions, before, as was so often the case, bleeding into crazy, frenzied play from Fish and Trey. A fitting finale for one of 1991's finest songs.
The first jam is solid but typical for this period. But the 2nd jam, which breaks into a great percussive and rocking groove is really the first noteworthy instance of the 2nd jam. In nearly all prior versions, the 2nd jam had been little more than chaotic, dissonant playing.


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