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Thomas & Mack Center

Las Vegas, NV, USA

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Top Rated Shows

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

Date Rating
2002-06-01 1 votes 5.0000/5
1998-10-31 324 votes 4.5463/5
1998-10-30 189 votes 4.4921/5
2000-09-30 187 votes 4.3209/5
2003-02-16 220 votes 4.3136/5
1997-11-13 206 votes 4.2427/5
2003-02-15 209 votes 4.0335/5
2002-05-31 5 votes 4.0000/5
2000-09-29 129 votes 3.8450/5
2004-04-17 167 votes 2.9162/5

Top Reviews

Highest-rated reviews from shows at this venue:

1998-10-31 by waxbanks 40
Four years prior to this night, the Halloween '94 show yielded several (arguably) best-ever takes on classic Phish songs on top of that outlandish Beatles cover; this is a more ambivalent pleasure. Not for nothing did the band choose the somewhat dopey fun of the November Hampton shows for a...
2004-04-15 by n00b100 28
Here are a few nice things I can say about this show: 1. The Moma Dance's green treatment is very well deserved. This is about as close to the sparks that BEK gave off that Moma ever got to in its lifetime. 2. The segue from Stash into Timber is pretty neat. 3. Girls Girls Girls could...
1998-10-31 by GRAPEKING 21
Trey wore a wolfman mask and kept staring at me. He wasn't the only one who pee'd his pant that night. Oh boy what a 3 nights that was (the scary ass Reba from EL Lay included). I like terror-rock. It's what I'm addicted to - the terror on the faces of those around me and absolutely feeling...
1998-10-30 by waxbanks 21
The first set is fine and fun and light and so forth, but the big money is on Set II, which is nearly enough to justify a Live Phish 16 download all on its own. Nothing here is as *essential* as the third set of Halloween '98, but if you're up on your Phish history you'll recognize that Stash >...
2000-09-30 by YEM930 20
2000 was a roller coaster ride with moments of euphoria and sorrow. Up there with the laughter at the Moby Dick Deer Creek show, Vegas was one of the endless reasons I love The Phish from Vermont. From Walfredo to Emotional Rescue this was a powerful show. Now that I think back on you...
1997-11-13 by waxbanks 18
The second-set opener is a unique Stash that dissolves into one of Fall Tour's most stunning ambient passages - not just a transitional 'noise space' (cf. summer '09) but a brief, fully-integrated meterless jam in the *middle* of the jam. Stash has always brought the best out of Phish, and 1997...
2003-02-16 by n00b100 17
I obviously haven't checked out every setlist page on .net (though given my periods of unemployment and time-killing during law school, I've covered a fair share of ground), but I would hazard a guess that this show features a rating least commensurate with the show's actual quality. You look at...
1998-10-31 by moonofjupiter 17
Going into this show after a very very strong first night, energy was contagious. Of course everyone is talking about what they will cover. People who know people had some insight into this that and the other. But when they handed me the playbill I flipped out. VU IS ONE OF THE GREATEST BANDS OF...
2003-02-15 by andrewrose 15
There's some tasty gems hidden in this show. The obvious nugget to go to is the first Ghost of 2.0, smack in the middle of a 5 song second set. And while it doesn't disappoint (gets pretty rock and roll towards the latter half, but still patient, with tons of great textures from Page), the...
2003-02-15 by unclepen15 15
Not so much a review of the show but its worth noting that Aaron Ralston (dude from 127 hours) was in attendance at this show. On the infamous day he descended into the canyon in Utah, he mentions in his book that he was listening to the second set of this show on his portable cd player.

Notable Jam Chart Performances

Individual jam chart entries from this venue:

2004-04-15 • The Moma Dance (13:48) Set 1 Noteworthy
Sloppy intro, but the first jam segment (1:55-4:25) is excellent. The main jam absolutely erupts and burns as hotly as "Moma" ever has.
2004-04-15 • Roggae (9:17) Set 1 Noteworthy
The jam starts off in very fine fashion, with a cool and different groove, but then veers increasingly toward chaotic dissonance. This darker sentiment is underscored by Page who shifts his harmonic underpinnings to minor mode.
2003-02-16 • Round Room (11:53) Set 1 Noteworthy
Excellent and extended low-key outro jam.
2003-02-16 • Piper (19:51) Set 2 Noteworthy
Short intro leads to up-tempo, rhythm driven, melodic jam. This is a favorite version for many fans, for reasons that will be obvious when you check this version out. Fishman's snappy work propels this funky jam.
2003-02-15 • Wolfman's Brother (15:03) Set 1 Noteworthy
Some great exploration starting at 6:40, with no return to "Wolfman's." Upbeat, far-ranging, and funky, the jam eventually softens and > to "Reba."
2000-09-30 • Weekapaug Groove (10:38) Set 1 Noteworthy
Not so much a groove jam as some excellent funky and rhythmic jamming with awesome playing by Mike and Fish. Has moments that recall the excellent "Suzy" from 9/14/00.
2000-09-30 • Roggae (8:21) Set 1 Noteworthy
A more ranging and interesting jam than any performed up until this date. It's also blissfully serene and delicate. All performances after these September '00 versions would feature much greater variation in the jam.
1998-10-31 • Wolfman's Brother (30:11) Set 3 Noteworthy
Haunting Halloween Masterpiece. At 9:50, the jam descends from low intensity funk mode into 14 minutes of dark, chilling, effects-laden improvisation. A few movements to resurface are rebuffed, and the jam remains deep down until 24:00 when a bluesy shuffle provides some cathartic relief. -> to "Piper" which further brightens the mood.
1998-10-31 • Lonesome Cowboy Bill (10:05) Set 2 Noteworthy
Fiery jam segues into a magnificently enchanting, psychedelic horizon.
Funky '98-style jam emerges, where Page on clavinet is the star. Rocks along until morphing into some more ambient, serene space, before a fantastic -> to "CDT."
1998-10-30 • Tweezer (16:50) Set 2 Noteworthy
Siiiiiiick Trey soloing! "Manteca" and "You Better Believe It Baby" teases.
1998-10-30 • Run Like an Antelope (16:48) Set 1 Noteworthy
A minute of exploratory action (6:20 - 7:20) in a jam that otherwise is straightforward. But following "Rocco" there several minutes of eerie and spacey effects and chanting by Trey before the final closing.
1997-11-13 • Mike's Song (15:04) Set 2 Noteworthy
A really great and different groove is established early in the 1st jam, before drifting back into more typical territory. The jamming moves back out for more of the original groove, including great scratch funk around 8:30. The 2nd jam kicks in at 10:10 and features gentle and soothing play with "Born On The Bayou" teasing and glides into "Hydrogen."
Despite a few brief departures from the norm, this version stays mostly in "Type I" territory through 15 minutes when it downshifts and works its way into a stop-start jam around 16:30. From there, it dwindles and > to "Caspian".
Sloppy and takes time to peak, but when the band finally comes together and eventually peaks it's a gorgeous moment of clarity that cuts through everything and makes things happy for a minute, before getting goregously goopy and grimy like only '04 can.


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