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Allstate Arena

Rosemont, IL, USA

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Top Rated Shows

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

Date Rating
2018-10-26 790 votes 4.5608/5
1995-10-31 278 votes 4.5216/5
2003-02-20 347 votes 4.5159/5
2000-09-22 133 votes 4.2256/5
2018-10-28 490 votes 4.1653/5
2018-10-27 494 votes 4.1093/5
2000-09-23 104 votes 3.7885/5
1999-10-03 117 votes 3.7521/5

Top Reviews

Highest-rated reviews from shows at this venue:

2018-10-26 by Phishy_P 105
This review is going to be short and to the point. This was a solid show. If you like Phish, you should probably listen to it. Especially Tweezer, Golden Age, Mercury > Moonage, Reba, and PYITE. The rest of this review is written purely to meet the minimum required review length for a show...
2003-02-20 by waxbanks 48
I've gotta disagree with the earlier reviewer's C+ rating - this is a strong show in the middle of a superb tour. Seven Below gets an intricate funk workout that keeps referring to the song's original pulse and comes smartly back to the song after 21:00 or so. Tweezer is a monstrous roaring...
2018-10-27 by AndiAwoke 43
Usually, I go to Phish shows to chase that ultimate climactic energy. Last night's Sand, for instance... when that built to and hit its peak, it was some of the most orgasmic, beautiful energy in the world. We were all connected to it in that arena, all being given it by Trey... it was glorious...
1995-10-31 by Squirrel95 43
I was the wookie, does a video of the chess move exist?
2018-10-26 by prepschoolhippie04 40
this is exactly the show i hope for. had been telling friends i hoped they’d do some allstate callbacks and even if dreams come true, pull through some of that 2.0 spacey ooze sludge vibe and mix it with their hottest trix of 3.0, and even that if the energy is amped, the jams are good and...
1995-10-31 by ADAWGWYO 29
I have a funny story about YEM at this show and it goes somethin like this: Halloween 95 PTBM blessed my girlfriend Amber and I with 20th row Fish-side on the floor. Sahweet seats considering the situation. 2 car loads from Wyoming had made the 16 hour trek for this 1 special concert. We had...
1995-10-31 by stazone 23
To be in this room, on this night, for this album proved to me that an intelligence directs our universe and all of it's events. I'd seen Phish in 94 with a group of friends at the infamous UIC show. Liked the energy and the band. That summer "Down With Disease" was getting some rotation on...
2018-10-28 by DividedSkywalkerNYC 20
I agree that this show was unorthodox - extended Type II jamming in the opener certainly isn't expected - but this performance, while not spotless, was definitely intriguing. If you're chasing blissful, Major-chord first set jams, last night hit the spot. Everything's Right sounds even better on...
2018-10-26 by caramilton555 18
I've been going to shows since 2000 and last night was by far one the best shows I have ever seen! The setlist, the energy, and Trey just totally feelin' it was all in perfect harmony! AHH-MAZE-ING SHOW!!!! Page nailed A Day In The Life. Trey dancing during Tweezer Reprise was great. He had to...
2000-09-22 by waxbanks 16
The first set is more or less standard late Phish2K fare - the DWD opener cools out quickly into a pleasantly low-key groove that Just. Doesn't. Change. For fully six minutes. Not even a note, near as I can tell from my (muddy) AUD recording. This is the sound, tinged with inescapable melancholy,...

Notable Jam Chart Performances

Individual jam chart entries from this venue:

2018-10-28 • Tube (10:57) Set 1 Noteworthy
The jam first shifts away from the typical into upbeat major key play, cohering around Trey's staccato riffs, and then moves into a very cool darker segment which is infused with "I'm a Man" and leads into the last verse.
2018-10-27 • No Men In No Man's Land (25:22) Set 2 Noteworthy
A brief but captivating groove takes hold from 9-11 minutes and another section of soothing, delicate play follows shortly after. The jam gradually gains energy and peaks with sustained blasts of guitar around 18:00 and then makes a left turn into a twisted, synth-aided march, ending -> "Steam".
2003-02-20 • Simple (18:09) Set 1 Noteworthy
Orchestral in dimension. Astounding jam that at times moves beyond standard "Simple."
2003-02-20 • Seven Below (21:10) Set 2 Noteworthy
This is our first real taste of seven below. Gordon gets nasty in the middle section, and the rest of the band matches him in the funk department.
2003-02-20 • Pebbles and Marbles (16:05) Set 2 Noteworthy
Caps a great set with a roaring, over-the-top jam.
1995-10-31 • You Enjoy Myself (39:45) Set 3 Noteworthy
HEAR AT ALL COSTS!!!! "Fuck You (In)(Up) the Ass" VJ.
1995-10-31 • Jesus Just Left Chicago (9:03) Set 3 Noteworthy
Dave Grippo on saxophone. Grippo kicks in where Trey would normally lead the playing and adds rich texture and a jazz sentiment to this fantastic version. Performed in Chicago, of course.
The band walks on stage and opens with a line drive double to deep left center field. The classic fall '18 whale call bliss sound pops up halfway through jam. One-dimensional, but the dimension is intense. The triumphant and cathartic peak swells and overwhelms, eventually stumbling back to the bridge refrain.
2018-10-28 • No Quarter (12:15) Set 2
A pleasant surprise from Fall 2018, as out of the final verse the band vamps on the usual "No Quarter" jam, before Page leads them into a brief but lovely major key jam with some nice Trey soloing. Grows briefly funky thanks to Page on clavinet, before Trey hits on the opening chords to "Cities", leading to a nifty ->.
2018-10-28 • Plasma (12:45) Set 2
Serving as the penultimate song in the second set, "Plasma" features multi-textured improvisation. Mike leads the jam early on, while Trey plays along using heavy effects. The band then locks into a solid groove for a few minutes before Trey Teases "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed," inciting a passage of major key jamming, with a "peak" that sounds straight out of "Blaze On."
2018-10-26 • Reba (13:59) Set 1
Airy grooves and sprite melodies create that quintessential sort of spirit, Mike's play on point and off-beat, driving an august sort of improvisation which, in time, Trey works to a truly impassioned conclusion.
2018-10-26 • Mercury (18:39) Set 1
A patient journey ensues as "Mercury" builds off of its straightforward jam. Just prior to the 13:00 mark, the music goes "Type II" by way of a smooth major key modulation. Page's synthesizers then envelop the music, as Trey melodically trills on top. This then transitions into a hazily introspective, yet muscular groove that puddles into "Moonage Daydream."
2018-10-26 • Tweezer (21:30) Set 2
The band, like one organism, seemingly processes varying properties of a periodic waveform, or signals that contain vital information, to be shared with some other, astral, life forms. Trey shines, but all four clearly articulate, or inform the several structures, or forms of this "Tweezer's" many "pieces," which, so sutured, create a sonic sort of euphoria (the audience reactions are truly memorable).
2018-10-26 • Golden Age (16:39) Set 2
> from "Tweezer." The jam embarks on a dynamic ride, traveling from cascading ear candy loops via Trey, to an effect-drenched minor key groove that patiently builds to a rousing peak. The music then cools into chilly ambience before appropriately moving into "Frost."
Hot on the heels of an 18-minute "Simple," this nearly-20 minute offering surprises, to close out set 1. A classic tension-release "Jibboo" gets accented with melodic blues work, before highly rhythmic Fishman fills push Trey to explore the classic hard-edged, uncompressed 2.0 tone, propelled by Page's complex chord work.


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