Phish came into Folsom ready to roll. Tube was a sick version out of the gate, we got a roses bust out, a nellie ane, and ended with a sick Sand -> Fluffhead 1-2 punch. Sign me up. 2nd set is a ripper, like most of what youll find in early summer 2025 (prob late 205 too but i cannot see the future) - Sneaking Sally needed to come back and it had a sick return. I do feel like the set peaked there but overall it still carried on with good versions of WTU and 2001. While the stash encore was rare and weird, I like it and the fact that it got topped of with rocky top? Amazing encore to witness in my book! There is no other way to put it right now, Phish is freaking good! Set One: B+ Set Two B+ Rating: 4.26

July 4th has given us some good phish memories over the year... and 2025 of course was no exception. And why would it be in a year where the band is clearly on fire. Gin opener gets the place grooving into a strong 1st set, Oblivion was a nice 14 min treat in this set. Guyute is always a great song to here, and the set just kept going with BOTT and MEAP. All in all a good 1st set but the show would get way better..... On paper this 2nd set is just setlist porn. Idc what anyone says but if you read that without listening you could picture it as set of the summer. While listening I can confidently say it shredded and could deserve that title (personally i think its going to be a top 5 for sure) It flows so well, and each song just gets a patient play of excellence, The whole set is a must hear, and elevates this show big time. Set One: B Set Two A+ Rating: 4.45

Phish capped off their 3 night run at Folsom the same way they have all summer... with a freaking great show Even the biggest critical doomers and nitpickers have to be listening to the band every night and saying "damn this is good" at many points. The first set here is stacked with good treats i would take in any first set. BOAF, Sigma, Bowie, Blaze on , Lizards and strong playing - this was a very full set that offers a bit of everything phish can offer oh and it was capped off with a rare day in the life, one of the best covers theyve done over the years The 2nd set gets weird, and its very welcome. MFMF was a sick version which launchpadded us into a very trippy crosseyed to remember. Everythings right was the only meh choice of the set but still got a good play and kept the set alive. An encore of buffalo bill and harry hood is just a great cherry on top. What else can you want from a show? Ide take this one any day. Set One: B+ Set Two: A- Rating 4.38

Thanks for the birthday shoutout Fish on my 35th. Much love. Had an excellent weekend all around. Let’s do it again!! Fish was really on fire tonight too. All his drum fills were super energetic and carried the signature Fish sound. Page really blew me away too. Mike was killer and so was Trey, really great jamming and of course CK5 brought the magic. Really special, thank you so much.

First set highlights:blizards, day in the life overall first felt very standard. Maybe the weakest of the three nights. Good just nothing special. Aditl had a cool my friend sinister ending, felt socially and politically relevant, lyrical reference to having "read the book" as well. Not really sure what vibe they were going for this set. Shortest set break ever? 90s era "we'll see ya in 10" which I get was weather related but still impressive. Wilson mentioned again (lizards.) Book mentioned again. Second set highlights: crosseyed, slave, hood. Fuego needed in second spot. And then, ah there's my friend. Knew it was coming. Evil robot noises, love that they're still keeping that alive. Everyone knew crosseyed was coming. "Sharp as a knife" lyric connection to my friend. Weather delay nod. Birthday tease and Wu tang forever for rza was epic. Show has almost had Simpsons secret language level signals. ER also waiting to be called up. Wonderful jam, glimpses of 2004 stuff. Then we get more'd. I'm actually not too upset. Also fits with the message of the show, "in a world gone mad" you can say that again. Called slave, perfect. Also knew hood was gonna be late. Buffalo hood was hilarious. Second set really delivered after a very safe first. 4th quarter hood making people feel good, great celebration to finish. Can't wait to see what's next in this already slamming tour!

I'm too old for extended reviews or first sets. listening notes on set 2 then: youthful group play. WGTYM looks to finish in ambient noise but the band picks it up once more to drive a segue into a perfect spacey sfnal mid-set Tweezer. passage time turns inelastic as mike leads the band through a brief ominous passage which trey lifts up to a mighty climax. couldn't be happier with this segue/jam. it's the kind of show where No Quarter is the *cooldown* tune -- but that only tees up a locked-in DWD > Ghost sequence. Disease looks to dancepop until the band finds a strange little 3-1/2 minute hallway to a bluesrock tweeprisal; trey's closing lyrics don't even slow down the momentum and Ghost flies fast toward minor-key drama. backlot gothic cinemascope tweeprise vibes ramp up quick, then the finale of the Ghost jam is an shred-a-thon that finally tears the fucking place in half (trey doesn't wanna go)...and the encore only picks up from there, with a thrashing Zero followed by the three greatest minutes in rock. a first-time Phish attendee witnessing this set might well wonder, between religious ecstasies: where have these tireless senior citizens been her whole life? have they always been this good? she might ask. a nearby eavesdropper might respond: 'they've been better -- so have we.' happy independence day. death to tyrants.

Have coach toured this tour other than Sunday NH in the flesh and to these ears not a show yet that has come remotely close to being "lees than" and last night made have been the best of the lot so far. Every song just sounds like they are approaching each one with the ultimate in patience and letting them run their natural course for the moment. After a totally solid 1st quarter, pun intended, was stoked to hear Oblivion taken for a nearly 15 minute jaunt. Timber tore and the rest of the set was exemplary. The 2nd Set starting Simple set the stage for 45 minutes of multi faceted jamming thru another rocking WGTYM and a terrific Tweezer into the "cool down" song of the entire show, No Quarter(!). Filthy stuff it was then to resume the jamming with DWD and a take no prisoners Ghost. Add a Zero that clearly had extra mustard added to it by Trey joined happily by Page pounding on the piano keys and the triumphant Tweezer Reprise and it sounded like they truly are playing at their highest levels ever as Trey has been fond of saying of late and delivered another sizzling scorcher of a show. A great time to be on this bus imo. Eagerly awaiting my 2nd and 3rd bites of the apple at Forest Hills.

My first show. Not many people were there. The folks I chatted with had heard about the band from friends up north (many Duke and UNC students were from the NE) or were regulars at Cat's Cradle, which described me. I thought them raw but wild with potential greatness because there songs were so different from what was coming through college towns, and the songs had wide open spaces for improvisation, which they did a great deal of - to my immense delight! I think I spoke with all the band members briefly during a break and after the show, drinking beers at the bar. It was a very, very laid back scene. I saw them again at the Cradle at least once before finishing grad school, and then I was off to see the world.... as was Phish.

Holy Wow! I gotta say, being at the show, it's hard to rate anything under a 5. The Light>What's the Use was the only "miss", but there is always a slow part of a show. My definite recommendations for listening are Tube, Maze (Page was hot), and Kill Devil from the first set. The second set was full of Mike funk. I'll suggest Carini-Yem-Sneaking Sally (my personal highlight from this show) for sure and probably the whole 2nd set. Also, I just have to say, I am a Knoxville boy, and hearing Rocky Top in the middle of Folsom last night put the icing on the cake. What energy! If you're rating this show based on setlist or paying half attention from couch tour, trust me the energy in the Stadium was straight fire last night. Can't wait til tonight!

This was my kid brother's first show, and I saw him dance for the first time in my entire life. This was a particularly heavy show to begin his career with. There was a certain point in the show where he looked at me, waving his arms in confusion, unable to handle what he was experiencing. We were less than a stone's throw from the band, and they truly ripped him a new asshole. Mind you, this was a very confusing and scary situation for both of us, we had finally gotten used to Dick's, and we were being forced into a much larger, foreign area. The jams in Set 1 didn't help these notions, as they got dark fairly quickly, just as the dark storm started to build over our heads (hence pillow jets). Set 2 was all energy, a glorified dance party. Mike was incredibly strong all throughout. The interplay between him and Trey was awesome. What's The Use? really gave my kid brother a new lease on life. 2001 was just the best. He had been wanting to hear Stash from the get-go, and to have it in the encore slot really did a number on him. Rocky Top was just awesome. Reminds us of our old home! All in all, Phish was not testing the waters with this show, they were testing us. I liked Folsom as a venue (and between you and me, I would much prefer Boulder over Commerce City), and the band was locked in. Check this one out, especially Tube and the 2nd set. I can finally say I've done something right as an older brother.

This was my kid brother's first show, and I saw him dance for the first time in my entire life. This was a particularly heavy show to begin his career with. There was a certain point in the show where he looked at me, waving his arms in confusion, unable to handle what he was experiencing. We were less than a stone's throw from the band, and they truly ripped him a new asshole. Mind you, this was a very confusing and scary situation for both of us, we had finally gotten used to Dick's, and we were being forced into a much larger, foreign area. The jams in Set 1 didn't help these notions, as they got dark fairly quickly, just as the dark storm started to build over our heads (hence pillow jets). Set 2 was all energy, a glorified dance party. Mike was incredibly strong all throughout. The interplay between him and Trey was awesome. What's The Use? really gave my kid brother a new lease on life. 2001 was just the best. He had been wanting to hear Stash from the get-go, and to have it in the encore slot really did a number on him. Rocky Top was just awesome. Reminds us of our old home! All in all, Phish was not testing the waters with this show, they were testing us. I liked Folsom as a venue (and between you and me, I would much prefer Boulder over Commerce City), and the band was locked in. Check this one out, especially Tube and the 2nd set. I can finally say I've done something right as an older brother.

I don't think this is accurate. I went to the first Phish show at the Haunt and there were not 13 people in attendance. I recall there only being a single show on a Tuesday night. There was me and Eric, a bartender, a door person and two other people at the bar, then there was the 4 top from 'Cuz with Mimi. I think it was Mike who announced that this was the furthest west they had played. I thought the show was earlier in the semester as well since this was basically during finals at Cornell. I am pretty sure they did a full Gamehenge as the first set.

A few things stand out from this listen! The Llama set closer is fire, at a slightly slower (but not too slow) pace. Mike's very low register "Thank you" after Possum. And as they come out for encore the guy in the crowd screaming "I'm sweating my *^%#%$ $%$% off!!!!!" Also seriously thanks to everyone who made this audio out and available, especially Aadam Jacobs!

I love this first set! Mike's > Cities has a lot of spunk. I think they should play the Well more often, it's a lot of fun! Weekapaug had some really weird Mike material. Fuego > Golden Age goes extremely hard. Golden Age goes places I wish more jams would go to. An unbiased opinion, Mike carries these jams. His recap of the chorus at the end of Fuego is just sexy. I'm certain he teases Dazed and Confused about halfway into Golden Age. Wizard shit! Spells! Incantations! First Tube has amazing energy! Love love it. Austin N1 is a fun show. Maybe not the biggest jams of the summer, but great performances all around. Check out Mike's > Cities, and Fuego > Golden Age

Absolute beast of a show - Trey had a few sour notes here and there, especially early in the evening, but if such is the price to be paid as trade-off for a night of ambitious, explorative, über-creative type 2 jams, blended with high-energy bustouts (the Set I “Moonage Daydream” closer absolutely threw the crowd into a frenzy), then I’d like to sign up for that subscription. Absolutely a 4.5+ show. Venue was really fun, too.

[b]Punch You In The Eye:[/b] One of the best ways to start a show. Very extended intro which is cool [b]Free:[/b] First repeat of tour. Great solo from Trey [b]My Soul:[/b] raging [b]555:[/b] Trey switches the key for the jam. Big fan. Yikes on the ending though [b]Reba:[/b] Couple minor issues in the compositions but a solid straightforward buildup and peak [b]Hey Stranger:[/b] Spends a little more time than usual moving through different type 1 sections [b]Plasma:[/b] Jam starts laid back as normal and progressively moves towards a nice bliss peak and back into the ending [b]Guelah Papyrus:[/b] Welcome treat. Played mostly well [b]Moonage Daydream:[/b] One of my favorite covers and a sick closer. Trey kills it [b]Chalk Dust Torture:[/b] Trey comes back from the solo a bit prematurely but as expected it’s to launch into a heady type 2 jam. Starts off in gorgeous chill space which becomes more energized [b]Twist:[/b] We have seen some fantastic longer versions lately, so an enjoyable 8 minute type 1 rocker is perfectly acceptable [b]Ruby Waves:[/b] The jam begins with the usual Fishman shuffle for about 6 minutes before settling into a synthy heaven then moving on and gaining momentum and hitting a nice peak but this is summer 2025 so they aren’t done yet. Fishman finds a great groove that the other guys are able to work really well with. Then they hit a double peak with a great riff from Red. And now we are going for round 3. A spacey transition space that quickly gives way to [b]Monsters:[/b] Depressingly beautiful. Love this song so much. Couple sour notes from Trey but he makes up for it [b]Limb By Limb:[/b] Fun placement. One or two rough spots in the first couple mins but a good tight jam [b]Split Open And Melt:[/b] Fishman stays determined to keep trucking through the chaos and as they reach the climax he does great refinding the rhythm giving this jam a more normal vibe than some of the other recent versions [b]Rock And Roll:[/b] Great high energy closer but I still hope someday it makes a return to its rightful place the start of set 2 [b]Waste:[/b] graceful encore cooldown [b]Say It To Me SANTOS:[/b] My favorite show closer ends the night in raging fashion Great show to keep this tour on track to be one of the best in history. Great set 1 with rarities, type 1 jamming, and soloing from Trey. Second set brings some great type 2 and song placements. This is a 8/10 show. Highlights are Punch, 555, Plasma, Moonage Daydream, CDT, [u]Ruby Waves[/u], and SOAMelt

Great to see that the band hasn't taken a breather show as of yet. We're now on five consecutive heaters. Having never seen the boys in Texas, but remembering the average/below average 2016 Dallas shows, I was cautious in my expectations. Just like the four shows that proceeded it, this one is worth the listen. Great peak in NMINML, Fuego has best type-II, golden Age gets Spacey and slows down to such an enjoyable groove. Everything else is so well executed and high band energy. And the energy at the Moody Center felt like MSG or Dicks... The TX (Austin) scene is incredible. Notable from last night… Identical crowd, in terms of excitement, energy, and party times… However, what was absent was nitrous, overly spun individuals, and the craziness that can follow some phish shows. It was great to leave an area that wasn't trashed. Exiting more or less looked the same as entering (area and venue). For those that can do without balloons everywhere and still want the same phish scene, visit phish in Austin…

Bustouts and warlock jams! This show is a boiling pot, just waiting to erupt around every corner. The setlist is brilliant, and the energy they brought to Pittsburgh is unprecidented. I'm loving these extended YEM jams, by the way. Mind is pure evil; remember the pot I was just talking about? Well right here, the warlock is stirring it even faster, hell bent on creating chaos. I mean seriously guys, hide your kids from this one, it's possession material for sure if not dealt by the right hands. I started to feel the urge to kill John Lennon, but then I was brought back to reality by a very cheerful Caspian; ~oh that damn captain will be the death of me~. This jam is only for the most veteran of Phish enjoyers. It should not be taken lightly, especially not by the faint of heart. With that being said, it is just immaculate. A complete whirlwind of sound. Pair that with the stellar 1st set, and we got ourselves a new summer classic. Check this one out. Off to Texas we go!

"Also Sprach Zarathustra included a Let's Go Blue tease." Uhhh, NO! Absolutely ZERO people shouted Lets Go Blue. They chanted "GO CATS GO", the National Champion University of Vermont fightsong! UNH is also the Wildcats. Phish is from Vermont, not Michigan. Listen to the tape! #GoCatsGo! The whole show was a heater. Fantastic Stash, Meat, DWD. I like the Ghosts of the Forest songs like Drift While You're Sleeping. Old-school encore brought me back. The band is starting off summer tour on fire! This show is a keeper.

This one is inevitably going to get overshadowed by 6/22/25, but make no mistake: although it's not as deep, this show is also a total banger. Reminiscent to 12/29/18 in my eyes - [i]very [/i]high energy in the room and as close to a perfect rock show as you can expect from anyone, let alone a bunch of 60 year old dads. This is high praise coming from a cat like me. Don't let the DWYS opener fool you, set II is heat all the way through if you can stomach some love and light (at least Trey got it out of the way early). Set I is no slouch either, not by a long shot. Do yourself a favor and give this a spin.

In a show of what I would define as missed opportunities, they burned the Pete down and left us wondering why we ever miss a show. First set is quintessential "quarter - in-machine" phish. I won't dive in to much, but this is a great set, a Pagey Page set, that maybe lacked a little flow but rang rich through the stadium. Gumbo is spicy, walls was very delicious, bust outs all came to play. The set had a blues-rich theme... So... Blues shall deliver poor me. I am not a 400 show grump who thinks phish post 99 all sucks. I thought YEM was S - tier, but I'll allow those who know everything always to demote it to A tier. So then there was the talk of the town: What's Going Through Your Mind. Song found it's legs early for what we all assumed would be a trey heavy typical climb to the summit, face blasting from kuroda, and a back alley abort to the next song on the docket. We know nothing. Never bother predicting what's next. Dumb. From the summit came the collapse into dark, synthe-absorbed space rock. Not everyone has the same taste for phish, I respect that. But if this isn't your jam, I am sorry for you. Evil, murky, space exploration ensued for what I assumed was a decade. We were filthy on the floor. Eyes wide open, gazing around, checking in on our neighbors (some not doing so hot a few people off Fishman side where I resided). Even chompers were forced into silence. THIS is what space sounds like. The end of the jam felt like Fishman committing acts of violence against us for ten minutes, firing off machine gun fills into the void. The band had their fun, now they were down to business. At this point, the floor is dripping with yuck. As any great phish show will provide, this show came with no different journey. We had fully embraced the darkness, emotionally rattled. Caspian came to save the day. It was a light switch of emotion. Everyone sings, everyone rejoices, kuroda shoots the all whites, the rinse is complete. I go to phish for this journey over all else. We were on to the home stretch. Julius and a pretty good blaze on ended the set. A space-funk howling followed by a relatively tepid ghost sent us off to the night. This was a great phish show. I mentioned missed opportunities because page teased no quarter, trey teasing heartbreaker, during the peak of the Mind jam. It was there. It was begging. It would have probably taken more casualties. What the fck do I know, I'm a loyal servant. But they got us real low, and seemed like a no quarter was obvious. I heard mentions of a melt being the obvious choice to end set 2 and I disagree. We just took that journey for an hour, our little hearts couldn't do it again. I may miss the point of the value of being unpredictable, but if ghost opened the set, and yem closed the door, I feel the ghost would have had more leg room. Ghost's need leg room. Again, missed opportunities, but an outstanding show. The fact they brought this level of play to the show following manch 3 is remarkable. Sell everything, get to tour asap. The Pete 5/5 The crowd 4.8/5 (some serious spun folk) The show 4.6/5 if you are so picky The print/scene 5/5 Thank you, boys

Not gonna review the whole show, just want to say that the Gumbo in S1 is why I love this band. The song portion is sloppy and a bit uninspired. But then it bursts into a lovely major key bliss jam before reaching towering rock pinnacles and spiraling back into Gumbo. I’m not saying it’s the best Gumbo of all time, simply marveling at their ability to make lemonade out of lemons. Keeps me coming back after 33 years

With a couple memories: -Only thing I ate was a turnpike 7/11 premade ham and cheese (less the soggy bread. - met a couple cool people and when I remember his name, we will meet at the Mann. He let me hit his dab pen because I forgot my penjamin at home. -hot as balls - major funk going on in there once people settled in. -I got a parking spot on the street and only had to pay $1.20 -another new phriend, Daniel but he is buddies with one of the guys on the sound board. He didn’t lie about the lights. They were heavy at the end! Also to the two young girls who thought I was trying to impress them when I had my shirt off at my car, I was simply trying to tell them their headlights were not on. 😂

I’m gonna be blunt, I’m just not that into phish these days. It’s a combination of things but I mostly just don’t have the time or energy to be as dedicated like I once was. After not seeing the band for a few years it was hard to pass up a hometown show and I’m so glad I didn’t. At 40+ years into it they can still turn it on and bring it to create some of the most haunting psychedelic rock music ever. Last night was just that, a mind warp at the psychedelic circus. As my late friend once said about shows like these, they sent me to the far buoy. I needed that, thanks phish

Hot start to 2025 here. Song selection standard but no complaints whatsoever as things are played well. Treys voice was definitely a bit scratchy but it didn't hamper the show much at all Must hears: Life Saving Gun -> Twist, 2 extremely good jams foreshadowing what im willing to bet wiill be a legendary 2025 Set One: B- Set Two: B 4.2/10

Another solid night of Phish, one that might not break the airwaves but is certainly a good time all around. 2025 is off to a hot start First set highlights: Haleys, Stash, Meat Second set highlights: Carini > Wave of Hope Youll want to at least check those out, they are all top versions 1st Set: B 2nd Set: B- 4.1/5

Yes, this show is THAT good. Couch toured and wow wow wow. First set is pristine stuff all the way thru with sick song choice and good playing. 2nd set are u kidding how a bout a fun ass tweezer thon??? inspired playing all night this is the kind of show you pray you catch live, theres been alot of GOOD shows this year but this ones GREAT, listen to it. EGG IN A HOOOOOOOOOOOLE What a summer we have lined up for us huh? Set One: A+ Set Two: A+ Rating 4.6 Must hears: Literally the whole show (Yes this show is actually that good i dont pretend every show is this good i swear! LISTEN to it NOW!!!)

An incredible night to cap off a greater than usual tour opener run. I was hoping for a heater after the next level LSG>Twist of night one and the overall strong showing of night 2 and boy did we get it and more. I was pumped to get a strong Curtain With and my first Fast enough for you… but the evil MFMF ~> Egg in a Hole had me wigging out! As a former doom metal nut, I had been chasing Egg in a Hole for a while and seamlessly coming out of an already heavy MFMF was awesome. A strong Fluffhead was a bonus punch on what turned out to be my favorite first set in a while! On to the TWEEZE-fest... This felt like the big brother to the killer second set caught in Bethel night 1 of last year. Except while the Bethel tweezer and subsequent teases were not the highlights of that sequence, every tweezer chunk of this one was memorable and pushed the envelope. The first got super funky and then evolved to a really psychedelic peak, the second got heavy and ambient and the third went full evil ambient insectoid madness… smoothly segueing back into the Tweezer theme multiple times. Cant forget the Mercury and Pillow Jets either; both which got there and had interesting builds and great energy. Everything after was just extra gravy but worth noting even the Tweeprise had extra sauce and Kuroda was matching the intensity. Instant classic of a night.. definitely one to revisit again and again. Easily one of my high points of seeing this addictively wonderful band.

Despondent I made the "adult" decision many weeks ago to only do N1 and N2, meaning I had to do the drive back to DC on Sunday. Left late enough that I bought the stream and listened to the show driving through Jersey/Pennsylvania only to cuss myself out for missing what would have been my fourth Egg. That sadness turned to existential dread as the second set tweezed its spell. Congrats to all smarter than I who stayed. Petitioning to call that three-times Tweezer the "Threezer." I know we get plenty of Tweezer fests, but this one has earned the distinction. Each return is a vital component of the whole 40-minute jam which, taken together, is better than last year's monster in St. Louis. Happy, happy, happy summer tour, y'all.

Loved the basketball references for game 7 final(s) night. Especially the bust out Ltp ending in a “-3” in the first set. With-43, FEFY-53, Egg-63, Hell why not a slow Wedge -13. Nets unbreakable(sick) Conjurors of Thunder(timely). Show was up there with the SF run of spring! Lalalalalalalala