March 15, 2010
4 days ago
The Waldorf-Astoria
Set 1: Watcher of the Skies[1], No Reply At All[1]
[1] Phish Debut
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Phanart Auctions Top $1600 for Mbird A series of auctions, sales, and other fundraisers sponsored and run by Pete Mason and Phanart have generated more than $1,600 for music education through the Mockingbird Foundation. We look forward to more successful exchanges @ Phanart, more grants from the Mockingbird Foundation, and more fans finding creative ways to help fund music education.
Summer Tour Announced Phish has announced their summer 2010 tour, closely resembling the recently circulating rumored dates, with a flash video mashup of Esther Williams style synchronized swimming featuring Jon Fishman. The tour features 29 shows stretching from June 11 in Chicago to August 18th at Jones Beach.
Phish Plays R&RHF Induction Ceremony Tonight
Phish will
perform at tonight's 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
ceremony beginning at 8:30PM EST. The private ceremony will take place at
The Waldorf-Astoria tonight and will be televised live on FuseTV and at http://www.fuse.tv. In addition, Trey will
have the privilege of inducting Genesis into
Newest Phish App Released The Helping Friendly App will be available on the iTunes store today. The third app (of at least four) developed under license with the Mockingbird Foundation, this one tracks your shows and stats and pulls all the setlists and stats by date, year, city, venue, tour, song, and today in Phish history. Helping Friendly App, from Foundation partner Massey Software, will cost $1.99, with free automatic updates.
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Phish to Release Indio in 3D As the Daily Herald as reported, Phish will release a movie in 3D featuring footage from the Festival 8 shows at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, CA, last fall.
Telluride Approving Phish's Request? Local forces in Telluride, CO, are in negotiations to bring Phish on August 9th and 10th, immediatley following the weekend-long Telluride Jazz Celebration. The dates were reportedly requested by the band's management (AEG Live), were approved by the Parks and Recreation Commission on Feb. 24th, and were put on the town's special events calendar by the CSASSE Board on March 3rd. Update: The shows have been announced. Tickets for locals will be on sale at the Telluride Music Company and the Sheridan Opera House.
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Fishman Busts the Scalper Kings Four individuals have been arrested on a 43-count indictment related to wire fraud and a host of related crimes perpetrated in wildly successful attempts to siphon tickets from TicketMaster, MusicToday, LiveNation and others, for resale through ticket brokers. Wiseguys and its various fronts and subsidiaries stole hundreds of thousands of tickets per year over the last 5 years, including approximately 20% of seats for the Phish reunion shows at Hampton in March 2009 (see page 46). Internal emails among Wiseguy employees indicate that the thieves had cornered the market on illegitimate access to online ticket sales and, in their words, monopolized access to the best available seats. The indictment was filed by US Attorney Paul J. Fishman.
Trey to Induct Genesis to R&R Hall of Fame Trey Anastasio will induct Genesis into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month, according to the Associated Press and as reported by Jambands.com and UKPA. In addition to the Phish guitarist, Wyclef Jean will honor Jimmy Cliff, Barry and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees will induct Abba, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong will honor The Stooges, and Jackson Browne will induct David Geffen. There is a chance all of these musicians will also take part in jam sessions during the ceremony. The 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is set for March 15 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. The ceremony will also air on Fuse TV.
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