Venues

Boston World Trade Center Exhibition Hall (World Trade Center)

Boston, MA, USA

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Top Rated Shows

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

Date Rating
1989-12-31 23 votes 3.0870/5
1990-12-31 24 votes 3.0833/5

Top Reviews

Highest-rated reviews from shows at this venue:

1990-12-31 by RunawayJim4180 5
Found this review via "Back In My Day's" Wordpress: This show was kind of a bust for a few reasons. That said, it is a New Years show so it does have some historical significance. That said, it kinda sucked. The New Years run in ’90 consisted of the 12/28 show at the Marquee in NYC (which...
1990-12-31 by RunawayJim4180 3
This is pretty funny, but if any of you reviewers who actually attended want to relive that terrible Chucklehead set, here it is in all its glory: https://archive.org/details/chead1990-12-31/chead1990-12-31d1t08.flac It runs about 75 mins just in case you were curious. Not good enough to ruin...
1989-12-31 by Powderhound 3
Very strange night in the Boston World Trade Center. They were not even given a formal convention room or hall in the building. They basically just set up a very small, short stage in the front main lobby. Risers probably only 8 inches off the lobby floor. The band's hotline had a message of,...
1990-12-31 • Jon Epstein by 2
(Published in the second edition of The Phish Companion...) Back to the World Trade Center a year later. The show was sold out. Ticketless friends of mine spent two hours telling tales of woe and fame to the poor woman in the ticket booth, who...
1990-12-31 by kipmat 2
The AUD I heard of this show is pitched incredibly high, maybe a whole tone, so songs played in the key of E like MSO and Possum sound like they are in F#. Even with the tape slowed down, though, this show would still be considered brief. Between the "opening band who are desperate to take...
1990-12-31 by Alexanderhoye 2
This would be the only bad Phish Show that I've ever attended. Chucklehead, the opening band was so utterly annoying that they almost ruined the evening for everybody - everyone was boo'ing them to get off the stage, but they kept jumping around playing their bad music (some sort of brass-heavy...
1990-12-31 by Bob_Loblaw 2
Probably the worst NYE show Phish will ever play. This show has a bizarre vibe to it. It feels unorganized, and the guys are playing like they are very nervous. Perfectly understandable considering that NYE is a big show and let's face it, they're not a big band yet. However I literally...
1989-12-31 • Jonathan Epstein by 2
(Posted to rec.music.phish 2/3/97...) My first show!! The World Trade Center in Boston is a big hall where they have a lot of conventions, like home shows and MacWorld. The stage was set up along the left wall with a small wooden dancefloor in front of the stage. They had fruit and nachos set...
1990-12-31 by The_Ghost 1
A pleasant show to rewind to. Not a lot of good recordings exist, but if you have a decent enough system to adjust the quality this is a good listen. I dug this up because it was one of my best friends first shows. Enough intro, let's dissect. Opening act - "Chucklehead" was a bunch of...
1989-12-31 by DollarBill 1
Ah the first New Year’s Eve show in Phish history and the last show of 1989 was a pleasure to hear, though the continuing tape speed issues throughout remind you that it was still the ‘80’s. It seems a lot has changed since the beginning of ’89, some covers have been removed, Gamehenge material...

Notable Jam Chart Performances

Individual jam chart entries from this venue:

> from "Coil", "Jim" offers a nice, stark contrast, illustrating the band's versatility. Mike's line (later picked up by Page) is fun and infectious, before the song's sustained and collective calm explodes into incredibly fast play - even for early Trey.


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