Friday, 04/26/1996 Main Stage, New Orleans Fairgrounds, New Orleans, LA

Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Poor Heart, Blues Jam, Wolfman’s Brother

Set 1: Ya Mar^[1], AC/DC Bag, Sparkle, Stash, Cars Trucks Buses^[2], You Enjoy Myself -> Wolfman's Brother^[3], Scent of a Mule, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Harry Hood, Sample in a Jar, A Day in the Life, David Bowie^[4]

Encore: Hello My Baby, Cavern

[1] When the Saints Go Marching In tease.
[2] Michael Ray on trumpet.
[3] First two verses performed a cappella.
[4] Strong Caravan jam.

Notes: This single-set performance headlined this day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Ya Mar included a When the Saints Go Marching In tease. Cars Trucks Buses featured Michael Ray on trumpet. The first two verses of Wolfman’s Brother were performed a cappella as they came out of the YEM vocal jam. David Bowie included a strong Caravan jam.

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Thursday, 06/06/1996 Joyous Lake, Woodstock, NY

Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Taste, Waste

Set 1: Split Open and Melt, Poor Heart, Runaway Jim, Funky Bitch, Theme From the Bottom, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Scent of a Mule^[1], Highway to Hell

Set 2: AC/DC Bag, You Enjoy Myself, Chalk Dust Torture, Sparkle, Stash, Waste^[2], Character Zero^[2], David Bowie, Fee > Sample in a Jar

Encore: Ya Mar, Fire

[1] Sunshine of Your Love tease and saw Trey on keys for portions.
[2] Debut.

Notes: This unannounced show was performed under the name “Third Ball.” BBFCFM featured Trey using a Rolling Rock beer bottle as a slide. Scent of a Mule included a Sunshine of Your Love tease and saw Trey on keys for portions. Waste and Character Zero debuted at this show. The opening act was Juan Hung Low.

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Wednesday, 07/03/1996 Stadio Briamasco, Trento, Italy

Set 1: Runaway Jim, Stash, Sparkle, Taste^[1] -> Llama^[2]

[1] Carlos Santana and Karl Perazzo. Trey flubbed lyrics.
[2] Carlos Santana and Karl Perazzo. Trey flubbed lyrics and Carlos sung a verse.

Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana. Carlos Santana and Karl Perazzo sat in on Taste and Llama, during which Trey flubbed lyrics to both songs; Carlos jumped in to help during Llama, singing a verse.

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Friday, 07/05/1996 Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy

Set 1: Funky Bitch -> Chalk Dust Torture -> AC/DC Bag -> You Enjoy Myself, Scent of a Mule, David Bowie

Encore: Sweet Adeline

Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

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Saturday, 07/06/1996 Piazza del Duomo, Pistoia, Italy

Set 1: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Reba, Poor Heart, A Day in the Life, Maze, Harry Hood

Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

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Sunday, 07/07/1996 Parco Aquatica, Milan, Italy

Set 1: Sample in a Jar, The Divided Sky, Bouncing Around the Room, The Curtain > Tweezer, Sweet Adeline, Uncle Pen, Cavern, Run Like an Antelope -> Suzy Greenberg

Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

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Tuesday, 07/09/1996 Centre International, Deauville, France

Set 1: Theme From the Bottom, Poor Heart, Taste, Cars Trucks Buses, Mike's Song, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero

Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

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Wednesday, 07/10/1996 Le Zenith, Paris, France

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Waste, David Bowie, Hello My Baby, Good Times Bad Times

Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

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Thursday, 07/11/1996 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, England

Set 1: Runaway Jim, Cavern, Reba^[1], I Didn't Know, Sparkle, Stash, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar

Set 2: Harry Hood > Bouncing Around the Room > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, The Lizards, Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself, Hello My Baby^[2]

Encore: A Day in the Life

[1] Unfinished.
[2] Without amplification.

Notes: Reba was unfinished. Hello My Baby was performed without amplification.

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Friday, 07/12/1996 Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Set 1: Wilson, The Divided Sky, Horn, Split Open and Melt, Ya Mar, Funky Bitch, Taste^[1], Theme From the Bottom, Tweezer, Llama

Set 2: It's Ice -> Prince Caspian -> Mike's Song -> Run Like an Antelope -> Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Jam^[2], NICU -> Slave to the Traffic Light^[3], Suzy Greenberg

Set 3: David Bowie^[3] -> Free^[3], Hello My Baby

Encore: Bathtub Gin, Johnny B. Goode

[1] Debut of the reworked version, which Trey announced would be performed like this (the Billy Breathes album version) thenceforth.
[2] Interactive, as the band jammed on chords yelled out by the fans.
[3] Unfinished.

Notes: The reworked Taste debuted at this show, and Trey announced that the song would be performed like this (the Billy Breathes album version) from now on. Slave, Bowie, and Free were all unfinished. The jam before NICU was interactive, as the band jammed on chords yelled out by the fans.

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Saturday, 07/13/1996 Dour Festival, Dour, Belgium

Set 1: Sample in a Jar, Runaway Jim, Cavern, Reba, Poor Heart, Split Open and Melt, Fire, Funky Bitch, Chalk Dust Torture, You Enjoy Myself

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Monday, 07/15/1996 La Marna, Sesto Calende, Italy

Soundcheck: Character Zero

Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Punch You In the Eye, Fast Enough for You, Guyute, Possum^[1], I Didn't Know, Harry Hood, Cavern

Set 2: Down with Disease, Maze, Loving Cup > Makisupa Policeman, It's Ice, Julius, Hold Your Head Up > Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Uncle Pen, Run Like an Antelope

Encore: Golgi Apparatus

[1] Simpsons and All Fall Down signals.

Notes: Possum contained Simpsons and All Fall Down signals.

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Wednesday, 07/17/1996 Theatre Antique, Vienne, France

Set 1: The Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar, David Bowie, Ya Mar, Funky Bitch

Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

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Thursday, 07/18/1996 Theatre de Verdure, Nice, France

Set 1: Julius, Cars Trucks Buses > Bouncing Around the Room > Stash, Hello My Baby, It's Ice, You Enjoy Myself

Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana as the Nice Jazz Festival.

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Friday, 07/19/1996 Les Arenes Romaines, Arles, France

Set 1: Runaway Jim, Foam, Sweet Adeline, Waste, Chalk Dust Torture, The Squirming Coil

Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

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Sunday, 07/21/1996 The Forum, Nüremberg, Germany

Set 1: Golgi Apparatus, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Tweezer, If I Could, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Taste, Train Song^[1], Fee > Timber (Jerry) > Johnny B. Goode

Set 2: Llama, Theme From the Bottom, Reba, Life on Mars?, Free, Run Like an Antelope > Simple, Prince Caspian, Suzy Greenberg

Encore: Harry Hood

[1] Debut.

Notes: Train Song debuted at this show and was dedicated to the fans that were following the band around Europe via the rails.

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Monday, 07/22/1996 Tanzbrunnen, Cologne, Germany

Set 1: Sample in a Jar, Poor Heart, Cavern, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself

Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

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Tuesday, 07/23/1996 Markethalle, Hamburg, Germany

Set 1: AC/DC Bag > Foam, Theme From the Bottom, Gumbo, Scent of a Mule -> Down with Disease -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Hello My Baby

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Runaway Jim, Loving Cup, Sparkle, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Rocky Top

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Wednesday, 07/24/1996 The Music Hall, Hanover, Germany

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Ya Mar, Julius, You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus

Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

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Thursday, 07/25/1996 Stadtpark, Hamburg, Germany

Set 1: Poor Heart, Punch You In the Eye, Sample in a Jar, It's Ice > Run Like an Antelope, Life on Mars?, Harry Hood, Cavern

Notes: This show was a one-set opener for Santana.

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Friday, 08/02/1996 Wolf Mountain Amphitheatre, Park City, UT

Soundcheck: The Old Home Place, Character Zero, Guelah Papyrus

Set 1: Somewhere Over the Rainbow^[1], Ya Mar, Down with Disease, Guelah Papyrus, Poor Heart, Foam, Theme From the Bottom, Golgi Apparatus, Tweezer, Hello My Baby, Possum

Set 2: Runaway Jim, Simple, Taste, Free > Fluffhead, Prince Caspian, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Run Like an Antelope^[2]

Encore: Punch You In the Eye

[1] Performed solo by Page on theremin.
[2] Star Wars song tease.

Notes: This show marked the debut of Page’s theremin. Somewhere Over the Rainbow was performed solo by Page on the theremin in response to the huge rainbow that appeared over the venue just before the show started. Antelope included a tease from a Star Wars song.

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Sunday, 08/04/1996 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO

Soundcheck: Character Zero, Poor Heart (half speed), Caravan, Jam

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Funky Bitch, Guyute, Fee, Split Open and Melt, The Mango Song, The Sloth, Maze, Loving Cup

Set 2: AC/DC Bag, Reba, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar, David Bowie, Sweet Adeline, Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Theme From Star Trek^[1], Rocky Top

[1] Phish debut; performed solo by Page on theremin.

Notes: The Theme from Star Trek made its Phish debut at this show and was performed by Page solo on the theremin.

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Monday, 08/05/1996 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO

Soundcheck: Strange Design (several times)

Set 1: Wilson, Poor Heart, Guelah Papyrus, The Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother, Foam, If I Could, Julius, The Squirming Coil

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Down with Disease -> It's Ice, Halley's Comet -> Somewhere Over the Rainbow^[1], Waste^[2], Talk^[3], Train Song^[2], Strange Design^[2], Amazing Grace, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove

Encore: Cavern

[1] Performed solo by Page on theremin.
[2] Page on a smaller piano, Trey on acoustic guitar, Mike on acoustic bass, and Fishman on a smaller drum set.
[3] Debut; Page on a smaller piano, Trey on acoustic guitar, Mike on acoustic bass, and Fishman on a smaller drum set.

Notes: As urged in flyers handed out by Phish.netters, many fans sat down during the silent part of Divided Sky. Somewhere Over the Rainbow was performed solo by Page on the theremin. Waste through Strange Design were performed with Page on a smaller piano, Trey on acoustic guitar, Mike on acoustic bass, and Fishman on a smaller drum set. This show marked the first performance of Talk and featured an atypical It’s Ice. Mike teased Barracuda before the second set.

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Tuesday, 08/06/1996 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO

Set 1: Makisupa Policeman, Rift, Suzy Greenberg^[1] > Simple, Theme From the Bottom, The Lizards, Dinner and a Movie, Horn, Run Like an Antelope^[2]

Set 2: The Curtain > Tweezer^[3], Prince Caspian, A Day in the Life, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Hold Your Head Up > Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood^[4] > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Johnny B. Goode

[1] Simple tease.
[2] “21 year old Phish Fan Marcus Esquandolas” was substituted for “Marco Esquandolas.”
[3] Norwegian Wood jam.
[4] Debut of "Hood" response chant.

Notes: Note the “This is Red Rocks, This is the Edge” quote from Trey during the break in Rift. The quote was a reference both to U2’s Live: Under a Blood Red Sky album and Trey’s similar remarks on the Junta-released version of Icculus. Suzy included a Simple tease. The phrase “21 year old Phish Fan Marcus Esquandolas” was substituted for “Marco Esquandolas” during Antelope in reference to a fan’s quote in a newspaper article on the disturbance in Morrison the day before. Tweezer included a Norwegian Wood jam. Harry Hood featured the debut of the “Hood” response chant, initiated by Phish.netters and advertised on flyers handed out at the Red Rocks shows. Among other ideas, the flyers encouraged fans to shout: “Hood” after the band sings “Harry.” It began to rain in the second set; the band responded with Purple Rain, and Chris Kuroda showed the stage in purple lights. The performance of Simple from this gig appears on the Carved in Stone CD benefiting The Rocks Fund, dedicated to the rehabilitation and preservation of Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

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Wednesday, 08/07/1996 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO

Set 1: Punch You In the Eye, Sparkle, Stash, Ya Mar, Gumbo, Taste, Lawn Boy, Ninety-Nine Years (and One Dark Day)^[1], Hold to a Dream^[1], Doin' My Time^[1]

Set 2: Runaway Jim -> Gypsy Queen -> Runaway Jim, Free, Colonel Forbin's Ascent^[2] > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Possum, Life on Mars?, You Enjoy Myself, Hello My Baby

Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Golgi Apparatus

[1] Phish debut; Tim O’Brien on mandolin, acoustic guitar and lead vocals.
[2] Narration had Trey tell of giant iguana that would take the crowd to Mars to view the life there.

Notes: During Ya Mar, Trey thanked the audience, saluted a Colorado swimmer who won two gold medals at the Olympics, and announced that a special guest would come out later in the set. The last three songs of the first set were all Phish debuts and featured Tim O’Brien on mandolin, acoustic guitar and lead vocals. During the Forbin’s narration, Trey told of a giant iguana that would take the crowd to Mars to view the life there.

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Saturday, 08/10/1996 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI

Soundcheck: Character Zero, The Old Home Place, Funky Bitch

Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag, Fee, Reba, I Didn't Know, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Rift, Bathtub Gin, Cavern

Set 2: Wilson, Down with Disease, Scent of a Mule^[1], Free, Fluffhead, Hold Your Head Up > Whipping Post > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood, A Day in the Life

Encore: Contact, Fire

[1] In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida tease from Page during the Mule Duel.

Notes: Page teased In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida during the Mule Duel. Whipping Post was played for the first time since April 20, 1993 (284 shows). My Friend featured Trey using his microphone stand as a slide.

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Monday, 08/12/1996 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN

Soundcheck: Jam, Lean on Me (instrumental), The Old Home Place, Ain’t Too Proud To Beg -> Jam

Set 1: Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Esther, Chalk Dust Torture, Weigh, It's Ice, Dog Faced Boy, Taste, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg

Set 2: Timber (Jerry), Sparkle, Simple, Prince Caspian -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Run Like an Antelope, Hello My Baby, Golgi Apparatus, Possum^[1]

Encore: Sample in a Jar

[1] All Fall Down and Simpsons signals.

Notes: Possum included All Fall Down and Simpsons signals.

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Tuesday, 08/13/1996 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN

Soundcheck: Talk (intro, acoustic, x2), Waste (acoustic), Spooky -> Jam

Set 1: The Divided Sky, Tube, Tela > Maze, Fast Enough for You, The Old Home Place, Punch You In the Eye, Llama, Glide, Slave to the Traffic Light

Set 2: AC/DC Bag, The Lizards, Mike's Song -> Lifeboy, Weekapaug Groove -> Somewhere Over the Rainbow^[1], Waste^[2], Train Song^[2], Strange Design^[2], Sweet Adeline, David Bowie

Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Rocky Top

[1] Performed solo by Page on theremin.
[2] Performed on acoustic mini-stage.

Notes: Page performed Somewhere Over the Rainbow solo on the theremin. Waste through Strange Design were performed on the acoustic mini-stage. Trey played the composed section to Divided Sky over the soundcheck jam. This show was officially released as Live Phish 12.

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Wednesday, 08/14/1996 Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA

Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Tush

Set 1: Wilson -> Jam -> Down with Disease, Fee -> Poor Heart, Reba, The Mango Song, Gumbo, Stash, Hello My Baby

Set 2: Runaway Jim, You Enjoy Myself, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Cars Trucks Buses, Tweezer, Theme From the Bottom, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Sample in a Jar, Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Julius

Notes: Julius was dedicated to Brad Sands’s brother Matty.

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Friday, 08/16/1996 Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag, Esther, The Divided Sky, Halley's Comet > David Bowie

Set 2: Split Open and Melt, Sparkle, Free, The Squirming Coil, Waste^[1], Talk^[1], Train Song^[1], Strange Design^[1], Hello My Baby, Mike's Song -> Simple -> Contact -> Weekapaug Groove

Set 3: Makisupa Policeman, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease^[2] -> NICU, Life on Mars?, Harry Hood -> Fireworks Jam

Encore: Amazing Grace

Set 4: Flatbed Truck Jam

[1] Acoustic mini-stage.
[2] Unfinished.

Notes: This was the first show of The Clifford Ball festival. Waste through Strange Design were performed on the acoustic mini-stage. Disease was unfinished. The second set was preceded by a Mary Had a Little Lamb tease. The band took to the back of a flatbed truck at around 3:30 in the morning and drove through the crowd. The performance was one long open-ended jam.  

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Saturday, 08/17/1996 Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY

Set 1: The Old Home Place, Punch You In the Eye, Reba > Cars Trucks Buses, The Lizards, Sample in a Jar, Taste, Fee -> Maze, Suzy Greenberg

Set 2: The Curtain, Runaway Jim, It's Ice, Brother^[1], Fluffhead, Run Like an Antelope, Golgi Apparatus, Slave to the Traffic Light

Set 3: Wilson^[2], Frankenstein, Scent of a Mule^[3], Tweezer, A Day in the Life, Possum > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Harpua^[4]

[1] Ben and Jerry on vocals.
[2] Heartbreaker tease.
[3] Page/Fishman Mule Duel.
[4] Unfinished.

Notes: This was the second show of The Clifford Ball festival. Before the second set, Trey paid tribute to Aaron Stein of Syracuse, who was front row center for every show of the tour. The first Brother since August 2, 1993 (257 shows) featured Ben and Jerry on guest vocals. Wilson included a Heartbreaker tease. Antelope featured a female acrobat twirling in the rigging, suspended above the stage in a circus-like fashion. Scent of a Mule featured a Page/Fishman duel instead of the typical Page/Trey duel. Tweezer had big trampolines on each side of the stage and more circus shenanigans. A stunt plane circled overhead during Tweezer Reprise and Harpua. Harpua was unfinished; it was completed on August 16, 1997 at The Great Went.

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Wednesday, 10/16/1996 Olympic Center, Lake Placid, NY

Soundcheck: Billy Breathes

Set 1: Cars Trucks Buses, Down with Disease, Wilson, Buried Alive, Poor Heart, Billy Breathes, Mound, Sample in a Jar, It's Ice, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Character Zero

Set 2: Wolfman's Brother, Taste, Train Song, Simple, Swept Away^[1] > Steep^[1] -> Prince Caspian, Run Like an Antelope, The Squirming Coil, Johnny B. Goode

Encore: Waste

[1] Debut.

Notes: Swept Away and Steep debuted at this show.

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Thursday, 10/17/1996 Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State University, State College, PA

Set 1: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Funky Bitch, Sparkle, Tweezer -> Theme From the Bottom, Talk, Punch You In the Eye, Character Zero, A Day in the Life, Tweezer Reprise

Set 2: Ya Mar, Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Scent of a Mule, Free, The Lizards, The Star Spangled Banner^[1], David Bowie

Encore: Golgi Apparatus

[1] Phish debut.

Notes: The Star Spangled Banner made its Phish debut at this show.

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Friday, 10/18/1996 Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA

Soundcheck: My Mind’s Got a Mind of its Own, Billy Breathes

Set 1: Runaway Jim, Guelah Papyrus, The Old Home Place, Cars Trucks Buses, Stash, Strange Design, The Divided Sky, Billy Breathes, Taste, Sample in a Jar

Set 2: Suzy Greenberg, Maze, You Enjoy Myself^[1], Reba, Waste, Harry Hood

Encore: Julius

[1] Do You Feel Like We Do teases.

Notes: YEM included teases of Peter Frampton’s Do You Feel Like We Do.

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Saturday, 10/19/1996 Marine Midland Arena, Buffalo, NY

Soundcheck: Billy Breathes

Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Rift, Free, Esther, Llama, Gumbo, Down with Disease, Prince Caspian, Frankenstein

Set 2: AC/DC Bag, Sparkle, Slave to the Traffic Light, Bouncing Around the Room, Split Open and Melt, Fluffhead, Swept Away > Steep, Run Like an Antelope, Hello My Baby

Encore: Fee, Rocky Top

Notes: The second set started with a Wish You Were Here tease.

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Monday, 10/21/1996 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1: The Star Spangled Banner, Sample in a Jar, Cars Trucks Buses, The Sloth, The Divided Sky, Character Zero, Ginseng Sullivan, Stash, Waste, Possum

Set 2: Wilson, Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother, Reba, Train Song, Maze, Life on Mars?, Simple -> The Horse > Silent in the Morning, David Bowie

Encore: Funky Bitch

Notes: Ginseng was played for the first time since June 23, 1995 (103 shows).

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Tuesday, 10/22/1996 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1: The Curtain > Runaway Jim, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice, Talk, Split Open and Melt, Sparkle, Free, You Enjoy Myself

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease, Taste, The Mango Song, Lawn Boy, Scent of a Mule, Mike's Song -> Swept Away > Steep, Weekapaug Groove

Encore: All Along the Watchtower^[1]

[1] Buddy Miles on drums and lead vocals, Merl Saunders on keys, and Fishman on Trey’s percussion rack.

Notes: This Weekapaug, often referred to as the “Freakapaug,” included circus dancers and Mimi Fishman dancing around on stage towards the end. Watchtower (first since April 21, 1994, or 226 shows) featured Buddy Miles on drums and lead vocals, Merl Saunders on keys, and Fishman on Trey’s percussion rack. The circus dancers also appeared for the encore.

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Wednesday, 10/23/1996 Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT

Set 1: Punch You In the Eye, Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag, Foam, Hello My Baby, Character Zero, Rift, Theme From the Bottom, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Brother^[1], Ya Mar^[2], Tweezer^[1], The Lizards^[1], Llama^[1], Suzy Greenberg^[1], Slave to the Traffic Light^[1], Julius^[1]

Encore: Chalk Dust Torture^[1]

[1] Bob Gullotti on a second drum set.
[2] Bob Gullotti on a second drum set. Long drum jam between Fishman and Gullotti.

Notes: The entire second set and encore featured Bob Gullotti on a second drum set. Ya Mar included a long drum jam between Fishman and Gullotti.

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Friday, 10/25/1996 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA

Set 1: Ha Ha Ha, Taste, Makisupa Policeman, Maze, Billy Breathes, Mound, Guelah Papyrus, I Didn't Know, Stash, The Squirming Coil

Set 2: Tube, Prince Caspian, Timber (Jerry), The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Reprise, NICU, Free, Strange Design, Harry Hood, Cavern, The Star Spangled Banner

Encore: Johnny B. Goode

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Saturday, 10/26/1996 Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC

Set 1: Julius, Cars Trucks Buses, Wolfman's Brother, Reba, Train Song, Character Zero, It's Ice, Theme From the Bottom, Sample in a Jar

Set 2: Down with Disease, You Enjoy Myself, Sparkle, Simple -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Waste, Run Like an Antelope^[1]

Encore: Fire

[1] Star Spangled Banner and Voodoo Child teases.

Notes: Antelope included Star Spangled Banner and Voodoo Child teases, and was dedicated by Trey to Fishman’s then-14-year old cousin Jason Roberts for winning a guitar competition.

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Sunday, 10/27/1996 North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC

Set 1: Runaway Jim, Punch You In the Eye, AC/DC Bag, Fee, Scent of a Mule -> Catapult^[1] -> Scent of a Mule, Split Open and Melt, Talk, Taste^[2], Suzy Greenberg

Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Rift, Prince Caspian, Ya Mar, Tweezer, Fluffhead, Life on Mars?, Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Possum, Carolina

[1] Performed twice during the Mule Duel; first by Mike, and then by Page solo on the theremin.
[2] Norwegian Wood tease.

Notes: Catapult was performed twice during the Mule Duel; first by Mike, and then by Page solo on the theremin. Taste included a Norwegian Wood tease.

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Tuesday, 10/29/1996 Leon County Civic Center, Tallahassee, FL

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture^[1], Guelah Papyrus^[1], Cars Trucks Buses^[1], Taste^[1], Bouncing Around the Room^[1], Stash^[1], Train Song^[1], Billy Breathes^[1], Poor Heart^[1] > David Bowie^[1]

Set 2: Rift^[1] > Mike's Song^[1] > The Horse^[1] > Silent in the Morning^[1], Weekapaug Groove^[1], The Wedge^[1], Character Zero^[1], Suspicious Minds^[1] > Hold Your Head Up^[1], Slave to the Traffic Light^[1], Hello My Baby

Encore: Good Times Bad Times^[1]

[1] Karl Perazzo.

Notes: Guest percussionist Karl Perazzo played the entire show. After Suspicious Minds, Trey introduced Fishman as “Norton Charlton Heston.”

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Thursday, 10/31/1996 The Omni, Atlanta, GA

Soundcheck: Overload

Set 1: Sanity, Highway to Hell, Down with Disease, You Enjoy Myself, Prince Caspian, Reba, Colonel Forbin's Ascent^[1] > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Character Zero, The Star Spangled Banner

Set 2: Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)^[2] > Crosseyed and Painless^[2] > The Great Curve^[2], Once in a Lifetime^[2] > Houses in Motion^[3] -> Seen and Not Seen^[4] -> Listening Wind^[2] -> The Overload^[2]

Set 3: Brother^[5], Also Sprach Zarathustra^[5] > Maze^[5], Simple^[6] -> Swept Away^[5] > Steep^[5], Jesus Just Left Chicago^[7], Suzy Greenberg^[8]

Encore: Frankenstein^[9]

[1] Narration referred to David Byrne, who appeared in the mountain as the face of Icculus, threw Forbin off the mountain and into the arms of the "evil" Famous Mockingbird.
[2] Phish debut; Karl Perazzo on percussion, Dave Grippo on saxophone, and Gary Gazaway on trumpet.
[3] Phish debut; Karl Perazzo on percussion, Dave Grippo on saxophone, and Gary Gazaway on trumpet. Tweezer tease from Trey at the end.
[4] Phish debut; Karl Perazzo on percussion, Dave Grippo on saxophone, Gary Gazaway on trumpet, and Trey on bass.
[5] Karl Perazzo on percussion.
[6] Karl Perazzo on percussion. Mama Told Me Not to Come tease.
[7] Karl Perazzo on percussion, Dave Grippo on saxophone, Gary Gazaway on trumpet.
[8] Karl Perazzo on percussion, Dave Grippo on saxophone, Gary Gazaway on trumpet. Born Under Punches tease from Page.
[9] Dave Grippo on saxophone, Gary Gazaway on trumpet.

Notes: The Forbin’s narration included a reference to The Talking Heads’ David Byrne, who appeared in the mountain as the face of Icculus. As Trey told the story, Byrne threw Colonel Forbin off the mountain and into the arms of the “evil” Famous Mockingbird. The second set "musical costume" was The Talking Heads' Remain in Light. All of the Remain in Light songs were Phish debuts; the set featured Karl Perazzo on percussion, Dave Grippo on saxophone, and Gary Gazaway on trumpet. Perazzo also played during the entire third set. Jesus Just Left Chicago, Suzy Greenberg, and Frankenstein also featured Grippo and Gazaway. At the end of Houses in Motion (which featured Trey teasing Tweezer), an armchair was brought out to the center of the stage and Mike sat in it to sing Seen and Not Seen. While he sang, Karl Perazzo drummed and Trey played bass. After Overload, a bizarre on-stage demonstration closed the set. The third set opened with a Feel Like a Stranger tease. Suzy included a Born Under Punches tease from Page. Simple included a tease of Mama Told Me Not to Come. This show was officially released as Live Phish 15.

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Saturday, 11/02/1996 Coral Sky Amphitheater, West Palm Beach, FL

Set 1: Ya Mar^[1], Julius^[1], Fee^[1] -> Taste^[1], Cavern^[1], Stash^[1], The Lizards^[1], Free^[1], Johnny B. Goode^[1]

Set 2: Crosseyed and Painless^[1] -> Run Like an Antelope^[2], Waste^[1], Harry Hood^[1], A Day in the Life^[1], Sweet Adeline

Encore: Funky Bitch^[3]

[1] Karl Perazzo on percussion.
[2] Karl Perazzo on percussion. “Norton Charlton Heston” replaced “Marco Esquandolas.”
[3] Karl Perazzo on percussion, Butch Trucks on drums, Fishman on Trey's percussion rack.

Notes: Karl Perazzo sat in on percussion for the entire show. Butch Trucks joined the band on drums for the encore while Fishman played Trey’s percussion rack. The lyric “Norton Charlton Heston” replaced “Marco Esquandolas” in Antelope. Portions of this performance (Ya Mar, Crosseyed/Antelope, Waste, Hood, and ADITL) were released to the syndicated radio program The Album Network.

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Sunday, 11/03/1996 O'Connell Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Set 1: My Friend, My Friend^[1], Runaway Jim^[1], Billy Breathes^[1], The Sloth^[1], NICU^[1], Sample in a Jar^[1], Theme From the Bottom^[1], Bouncing Around the Room^[1], Character Zero^[1]

Set 2: Timber (Jerry)^[1], The Divided Sky^[1], Wolfman's Brother^[1], Sparkle^[1], Tweezer^[1], Life on Mars?^[1], Possum^[1], Tweezer Reprise^[1]

Encore: Fire^[1]

[1] Karl Perazzo on percussion.

Notes: Karl Perazzo sat in on percussion for the entire show.

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Wednesday, 11/06/1996 Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN

Set 1: Split Open and Melt^[1], Cars Trucks Buses, Fast Enough for You, Taste, Train Song, Poor Heart, Punch You In the Eye, Billy Breathes, David Bowie

Set 2: Wilson, The Curtain > Mike's Song -> Swept Away > Steep, Weekapaug Groove, Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar, Funky Bitch

Encore: Rocky Top

[1] In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida tease from Trey.

Notes: Split Open And Melt included an In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida tease from Trey.

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Thursday, 11/07/1996 Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Weigh > Rift > Guelah Papyrus, Stash, Waste, Guyute, Free > Tela, Character Zero^[1]

Set 2: Suzy Greenberg > Bathtub Gin -> Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Frankenstein

[1] No ending vocal jam.

Notes: Character Zero was performed without the ending vocal jam. Fishman humorously stumbled through Bike, which was played by request. 

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Friday, 11/08/1996 Assembly Hall, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

Set 1: Runaway Jim -> Axilla -> All Things Reconsidered -> Mound, Down with Disease, Prince Caspian, Reba, Golgi Apparatus, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Simple^[1], Loving Cup, Mike's Song, The Star Spangled Banner, Weekapaug Groove

Encore: Theme From the Bottom

[1] Cecilia tease.

Notes: Trey had equipment problems in Simple, so Loving Cup (“I know I play a bad guitar”) was played next. Simple included a Cecilia tease. ATR was played for the first time since July 1, 1995 (108 shows) and Axilla was played for the first time since October 16, 1994 (170 shows).

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Saturday, 11/09/1996 The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI

Set 1: Buried Alive, Poor Heart, The Sloth, The Divided Sky, Horn, Tube, Talk, Split Open and Melt, The Lizards, Character Zero

Set 2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself, Taste, Swept Away > Steep > Harry Hood^[1]

Encore: Julius

[1] Steep tease.

Notes: Hood contained a Steep tease.

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Monday, 11/11/1996 Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, AC/DC Bag, Sparkle, Brother, Theme From the Bottom, Axilla, Runaway Jim

Set 2: Timber (Jerry), The Divided Sky^[1], Gumbo, The Curtain, Sample in a Jar, Tweezer, Swept Away > Steep, Maze, Contact, Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Waste, Cavern

[1] All Fall Down signal.

Notes: Divided Sky included an All Fall Down signal.

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Wednesday, 11/13/1996 Target Center, Minneapolis, MN

Set 1: Down with Disease, Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice, Ya Mar, Taste, Train Song, Reba, Character Zero, Sweet Adeline

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Suzy Greenberg -> Jam, Prince Caspian, You Enjoy Myself, Theme From the Bottom, Golgi Apparatus

Encore: Good Times Bad Times

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Thursday, 11/14/1996 Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA

Set 1: AC/DC Bag > Uncle Pen, Wolfman's Brother, Cars Trucks Buses, Free, All Things Reconsidered, Bathtub Gin, Talk, Julius

Set 2: Llama > Sample in a Jar, Taste, Swept Away > Steep, Scent of a Mule, Life on Mars?, Demand > Run Like an Antelope, A Day in the Life

Encore: Stash, Hello My Baby

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Friday, 11/15/1996 Kiel Center, St. Louis, MO

Set 1: Wilson, The Divided Sky, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero, Punch You In the Eye > Prince Caspian, Ginseng Sullivan, Train Song, Chalk Dust Torture, Taste, Cavern

Set 2: Makisupa Policeman -> Maze, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Split Open and Melt, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Mike's Song, Sleeping Monkey, Mean Mr. Mustard^[1], Weekapaug Groove^[2]

Encore: Funky Bitch^[2]

[1] Phish debut.
[2] John Popper on harmonica.

Notes: Mimi Fishman addressed the crowd before the show and noted that the band was donating a portion of the proceeds from the show to charity. After Sleeping Monkey, Trey announced that the show was brought to you by the letter M (referencing all the second-set songs with “M”-titles) and the number 420. This show marked the Phish debut of Mean Mr. Mustard, complete with a John Popper (cloaked in a cape and hobbling with a cane to the roar of the audience) cameo as the “dirty old man.” Popper stayed on stage to lend his harmonica to a very short Weekapaug closer and Funky Bitch encore.

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Saturday, 11/16/1996 Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE

Set 1: Poor Heart, Down with Disease, Guyute, Gumbo, Rift, Free, The Old Home Place, David Bowie, Lawn Boy, Sparkle, Frankenstein

Set 2: La Grange, Runaway Jim -> The Vibration of Life -> Kung -> Catapult, Axilla > Harry Hood^[1] > Suzy Greenberg^[2], Amazing Grace

Encore: We're an American Band^[3]

[1] Lyrics referenced Leigh Fordham.
[2] La Grange and Axilla teases.
[3] Phish debut.

Notes: The Vibration of Life was announced by Trey as “Written by God.” The Hood lyrics were altered slightly to include a bit about Leigh Fordham, a member of Phish’s light crew. The light crew also received a bizarre tribute at the end of Axilla. Suzy Greenberg included La Grange and Axilla teases. We’re An American Band made its Phish debut in the city referenced in its lyrics.

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Monday, 11/18/1996 Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN

Set 1: Cars Trucks Buses, Timber (Jerry), Poor Heart, Taste, Billy Breathes, Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Ginseng Sullivan, Reba, Character Zero

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Simple -> Swept Away > Steep, Scent of a Mule, Tweezer^[1], Hello My Baby, Tweezer Reprise^[1], Llama^[1]

Encore: Waste, Johnny B. Goode^[1]

[1] Gary Gazaway on trumpet.

Notes: Tweezer, Tweezer Reprise, Llama, and Johnny B. Goode featured Gary Gazaway on trumpet.

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Tuesday, 11/19/1996 Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO

Set 1: Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag, Foam, Theme From the Bottom, Mound, Stash, Fee, Taste, Loving Cup

Set 2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, Bathtub Gin -> The Vibration of Life -> You Enjoy Myself^[1], The Star Spangled Banner, Fire

Encore: The Squirming Coil

[1] Groove is in the Heart jam that included brief lyrics.

Notes: Trey announced the first-ever Vibration of Life dedication and sent it out to the crew in general, and more specifically, Bob Neumann, the band’s Audio Crew Chief and speaker designer. YEM included a Groove is in the Heart jam that included brief lyrics.

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Friday, 11/22/1996 Spokane Arena, Spokane, WA

Soundcheck: Magilla, Funky Bitch, Billy Breathes

Set 1: It's Ice, Runaway Jim, Wolfman's Brother, Taste, Ginseng Sullivan, Sample in a Jar, Fast Enough for You, Train Song, Stash, Cavern

Set 2: Down with Disease, Prince Caspian, Maze, Billy Breathes, Swept Away > Steep, Character Zero, Theme From the Bottom, Slave to the Traffic Light, Hello My Baby

Encore: Julius^[1]

[1] Cocaine tease and thank you to the city of Spokane.

Notes: Julius included a Cocaine tease and a thank you to the city of Spokane.

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Saturday, 11/23/1996 Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Cars Trucks Buses, The Divided Sky, Punch You In the Eye, Midnight on the Highway^[1], Split Open and Melt, Rift, Funky Bitch

Set 2: The Curtain > Mike's Song -> Simple -> Makisupa Policeman^[2] -> Axilla -> Weekapaug Groove -> Catapult, Waste, Amazing Grace, Harry Hood

Encore: Good Times Bad Times

[1] Phish debut.
[2] “Woke up this morning, border guard in my bunk, turned the fucking dog on the bus, and found my dank.”

Notes: This show included the first Phish performance of Midnight on the Highway, which was learned while the band was stopped at the American/Canadian border. Makisupa also referenced the border-crossing incident: “Woke up this morning, border guard in my bunk, turned the fucking dog on the bus, and found my dank.”

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Sunday, 11/24/1996 Memorial Colisem, Portland, OR

Set 1: Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag, All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room, Reba^[1], Character Zero, Strange Design, Taste, I Didn't Know^[2], Sample in a Jar, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Sparkle, David Bowie, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself, Loving Cup, Suzy Greenberg

Encore: Ginseng Sullivan, Cavern

[1] Unfinished.
[2] Because tease.

Notes: Reba was unfinished. I Didn’t Know included a Because tease.

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Wednesday, 11/27/1996 Key Arena, Seattle, WA

Set 1: Julius > My Friend, My Friend, Ya Mar, Chalk Dust Torture, The Sloth, Uncle Pen, Free > Theme From the Bottom, Bold As Love

Set 2: Down with Disease -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, Scent of a Mule^[1], Tweezer -> Sweet Emotion Jam -> Down with Disease^[2], The Star Spangled Banner, Fire

Encore: Waste, Tweezer Reprise

[1] Mule Duel included Brady Bunch theme scats from Trey and some vacuum action from Fishman.
[2] Can’t You Hear Me Knocking at ending.

Notes: The Mule Duel included Brady Bunch theme scats from Trey and some vacuum action from Fishman. Fire and Bold As Love were dedicated to Jimi Hendrix on his birthday. The Disease and Tweezer combo has led some fans to refer to this as the “Diseezer.” The Disease Reprise contained a Can’t You Hear Me Knocking ending.

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Friday, 11/29/1996 The Cow Palace, Daly City, CA

Set 1: Frankenstein, NICU, Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero, The Divided Sky, Bathtub Gin, Life on Mars?, Maze, Suzy Greenberg

Set 2: Wilson > Simple -> Sparks -> Sparkle, Taste, Swept Away > Steep, You Enjoy Myself^[1], Waste, Harry Hood

Encore: Sample in a Jar

[1] Trey broke a string during YEM, leading to some odd jamming.

Notes: Trey broke a string during YEM, leading to some odd jamming. Sparks was played for the first time since October 29, 1994 (173 shows).

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Saturday, 11/30/1996 ARCO Arena, Sacramento, CA

Set 1: Runaway Jim, Punch You In the Eye^[1], All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Fluffhead, The Old Home Place^[2], Uncle Pen^[2], Prince Caspian, Chalk Dust Torture

Set 2: La Grange, It's Ice > Glide, Brother^[3], Contact, Also Sprach Zarathustra^[1] > Timber (Jerry)^[4], Taste^[5], Funky Bitch^[4], Amazing Grace, Amazing Grace Jam^[6]

Encore: Possum^[6]

[1] James Brown quotes and antics from Fishman.
[2] John McEuen on banjo.
[3] Lyrics included reference to Steve McConnell.
[4] Peter Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone.
[5] Peter Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone, slowed down intro
[6] Peter Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone and John McEuen on lap slide guitar.

Notes: The Old Home Place and Uncle Pen featured John McEuen on banjo. Timber through Funky Bitch featured Peter Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone. Taste included an intro jam that was basically a slowed-down version of the song. The Amazing Grace Jam and Possum featured Apfelbaum on tenor saxophone and McEuen on lap slide guitar. Punch You in the Eye and 2001 featured James Brown quotes and antics from Fishman. The lyrics to Brother included a reference to Steve McConnell.

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Sunday, 12/01/1996 Pauley Pavilion, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Set 1: Peaches en Regalia, Poor Heart, Cavern, Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero, The Curtain > Down with Disease, Train Song, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Sample in a Jar, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Tweezer, Sparkle, Simple -> A Day in the Life, Reba, Swept Away > Steep, Tweezer Reprise > Johnny B. Goode, Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Highway to Hell

Notes: This show marked the return of Peaches en Regalia, which had been shelved since December 31, 1994 (144 shows).

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Monday, 12/02/1996 America West Arena, Phoenix, AZ

Set 1: Rocky Top, AC/DC Bag, Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself, I Didn't Know, Theme From the Bottom, Gumbo, Julius

Set 2: Ya Mar, The Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother -> Taste, Free, Scent of a Mule, Harry Hood, Sweet Adeline

Encore: Fire

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Wednesday, 12/04/1996 Sports Arena, San Diego, CA

Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Chalk Dust Torture, Horn, Uncle Pen, Timber (Jerry), Sample in a Jar, Train Song, Guyute, Character Zero, The Lizards, David Bowie

Set 2: Ha Ha Ha, Mike's Song -> Prince Caspian -> Sparkle, Punch You In the Eye, Life on Mars?, Reba, Lawn Boy^[1], Weekapaug Groove

Encore: Jesus Just Left Chicago

[1] Trey thanked the caterers.

Notes: During Lawn Boy, Trey thanked the caterers and brought two of them on stage to dance.

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Friday, 12/06/1996 The Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, NV

Soundcheck: Peaches en Regalia, The Wedge, I Want To Be A Cowboy’s Sweetheart

Set 1: Wilson, Peaches en Regalia, Poor Heart, Also Sprach Zarathustra^[1] > Llama, You Enjoy Myself^[2], Cars Trucks Buses, Down with Disease > Frankenstein

Set 2: Julius, Sparkle, Mike's Song -> Simple -> Jam, Harry Hood, Weekapaug Groove, Sweet Adeline^[3], Good Times Bad Times

Encore: Harpua^[4] -> Wildwood Weed^[5] -> Harpua^[6] -> I Want To Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart^[7] -> Harpua^[6] -> Suspicious Minds^[8] -> Harpua, Suzy Greenberg^[9]

[1] Get on the Good Foot tease.
[2] Donuts vocal jam.
[3] Without microphones.
[4] Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde; opening segment in 4/4 time signature.
[5] Phish debut; Les Claypool on vocals, Larry LaLonde.
[6] Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde
[7] Phish Debut; Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, The Yodeling Cowgirls on vocals, John McEuen.
[8] Four Elvis impersonators.
[9] Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Elvis impersonators (one who led a Susie Q jam), Courtney Gains on Trey's percussion rack.

Notes: 2001 included a Get on the Good Foot tease. The YEM vocal jam was based on donuts. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. The opening segment of Harpua was performed in a normal 4/4 time signature as opposed to its usual 7/4 signature. Wildwood Weed (a Phish debut with Les Claypool on vocals) and parts of Harpua featured Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde of Primus. I Want To Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart also made its Phish debut at this show and featured the Yodeling Cowgirls on vocals, Claypool, LaLonde, and  John McEuen. Suspicious Minds featured four Elvis impersonators on vocals with Fishman joining in at the end. Suzy Greenberg featured Claypool, LaLonde, McEuen, the Elvis impersonators, The Yodeling Cowgirls dancing on stage, and actor Courtney Gains on Trey’s percussion rack. One of the Elvis impersonators led a Susie Q jam at the end of Suzy Greenberg.

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Saturday, 12/28/1996 CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

Set 1: Runaway Jim, NICU, Wolfman's Brother, It's Ice, Billy Breathes, Ginseng Sullivan, Split Open and Melt, The Mango Song, Frankenstein

Set 2: Makisupa Policeman^[1] -> Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Digital Delay Loop Jam -> The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > Mike's Song -> Strange Design > Weekapaug Groove^[2], The Star Spangled Banner

Encore: Johnny B. Goode

[1] “Stink, Stank, Stunk,” lyrics.
[2] Ended with long Page solo.

Notes: Makisupa Policeman included the cryptic lyrics “Stink, Stank, Stunk,” which may have been a reference to the theme song in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Weekapaug Groove ended with a long Page solo. The Star Spangled Banner was dedicated to Kate Smith, who used to sing God Bless America at Flyers’ home hockey games.

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Sunday, 12/29/1996 CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

Set 1: Poor Heart, Caravan, Cavern, Taste, Guelah Papyrus, Train Song, Rift, Free, The Squirming Coil, La Grange

Set 2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, Bathtub Gin, The Lizards, You Enjoy Myself -> Rotation Jam -> Sixteen Candles^[1] -> Vocal Jam, Harpua^[2] -> Champagne Supernova^[3] -> Harpua

Encore: Rocky Top

[1] Phish debut; performed solo by Mike on piano.
[2] Harpua, Poster, and Jimmy were confronted by the “Über Demon” and the “evil sound of hell.”
[3] Phish debut; Tom Marshall on vocals.

Notes: Mike performed the Phish debut of Sixteen Candles solo on piano. Tom Marshall contributed the vocals to the Phish debut of Champagne Supernova as Harpua, Poster, and Jimmy were confronted by the “Über Demon” and the “evil sound of hell.” This show featured the breakout of Caravan, which had been shelved since December 2, 1994 (160 shows).

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Monday, 12/30/1996 FleetCenter, Boston, MA

Set 1: Ya Mar, The Sloth, Llama, Gumbo, Reba^[1], Talk^[2], Funky Bitch^[3], Theme From the Bottom, Good Times Bad Times

Set 2: Timber (Jerry), Uncle Pen, AC/DC Bag, Guyute, Tweezer -> Lifeboy, Scent of a Mule^[4], Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Possum

[1] Unfinished.
[2] Trey on acoustic guitar.
[3] P.A. cut out.
[4] Page/Mike Mule Duel and Steven Wright ringing a desk bell three times.

Notes: Reba was unfinished. Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar. The P.A. cut out during Funky Bitch, during which Fishman took an “air drum” solo, Trey performed Townsend-style windmills, and the entire band engaged in random silliness while still “playing” the song. Scent featured a Page/Mike Mule Duel and a guest appearance from comedian Steven Wright, who came out and rang a desk bell three times.

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Tuesday, 12/31/1996 FleetCenter, Boston, MA

Set 1: Axilla, Peaches en Regalia, Punch You In the Eye, Cars Trucks Buses, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, The Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar, Tweezer Reprise

Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Wilson, Sparkle, Simple -> Swept Away > Steep > Harry Hood -> Prince Caspian, Character Zero

Set 3: Also Sprach Zarathustra^[1] > Auld Lang Syne -> Down with Disease, Suzy Greenberg, Run Like an Antelope, Bohemian Rhapsody^[2], Julius^[3]

Encore: Amazing Grace^[3]

[1] Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough teases.
[2] Phish debut; Boston Community Choir.
[3] Boston Community Choir.

Notes: As the traditional Auld Lang Syne rang in the New Year, tens of thousands of balloons (reportedly a world record) fell from the rafters. This show marked the first Phish performance of Bohemian Rhapsody which, along with Julius and Amazing Grace, featured the Boston Community Choir. 2001 included Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough teases.

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