Friday, 03/06/2009 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA

Set 1: Fluffhead, The Divided Sky, Chalk Dust Torture > Sample in a Jar, Stash, I Didn't Know, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Farmhouse, NICU, Horn > Rift, Train Song, Water in the Sky, The Squirming Coil, David Bowie

Set 2: Backwards Down the Number Line^[1] > Tweezer -> Taste, Possum, Theme From the Bottom, First Tube > Harry Hood, Waste > You Enjoy Myself^[2]

Encore: Grind, Bouncing Around the Room, Loving Cup

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Restarted.

Notes: Phish’s first public performance since Coventry on August 15, 2004 started with Fluffhead, a song not played since prior to the first hiatus on September 29, 2000 (70 shows). Also of note, several large, white balloons were hung in a circle around the coliseum, lit up by an additional central lighting rig; the balloons (save for a few casualties) would remain for the entire run. Trey Introduced Fishman as “Dad” during I Didn’t Know. Train Song was not played since May 23, 2000  (111 shows) and Grind was not played since December 30, 1998 (181 shows). This show featured the Phish debut of Backwards Down the Number Line. YEM featured a false start possibly as a nod to the January 3, 2003 restarted version.

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Saturday, 03/07/2009 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA

Set 1: Back on the Train, Runaway Jim, Brian and Robert, Split Open and Melt, Heavy Things, Punch You In the Eye, Gumbo, Reba, Mexican Cousin, It's Ice, Halley's Comet > Beauty of a Broken Heart^[1], Guelah Papyrus, Lawn Boy, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Rock and Roll > Limb By Limb, Ghost > Piper -> Birds of a Feather, Wolfman's Brother > Prince Caspian, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Character Zero

Encore: A Day in the Life

[1] Phish debut.

Notes: Beauty of a Broken Heart made its Phish debut at this show. Guelah Papyrus was played for the first time since September 18, 2000 (78 shows) and ADITL was played for the first time since September 30, 2000 (70 shows).

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Sunday, 03/08/2009 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA

Soundcheck:  

Set 1: Sanity^[1] > Wilson, Foam, Bathtub Gin, Undermind^[2], AC/DC Bag > My Friend, My Friend, Scent of a Mule, All of These Dreams, Maze, She Thinks I Still Care^[2], Army of One, Tube, Cars Trucks Buses, Free, Frankenstein^[3]

Set 2: Down with Disease > Seven Below, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Twist -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > The Moma Dance, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Wading in the Velvet Sea > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Happy Birthday to You, Contact^[4], Bug, Tweezer Reprise

[1] Unfinished.
[2] Phish debut.
[3] Page on keytar.
[4] Happy Birthday jam.

Notes: Sanity (not played since November 27, 1998 or 188 shows) ended prematurely right after the “world explodes” line (additionally, one of the large, white balloons that was hung from the rafters popped, as if on cue, as Trey sang "world explodes"). This show marked the Phish debuts of Undermind and She Thinks I Still Care. Frankenstein featured Page on keytar. Before Contact, the band and audience sang Happy Birthday to Fish’s Dad, Leonard, and the end of Contact featured a Happy Birthday jam. The post-show music included "Sweet Virginia" from Exile on Main Street.

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Sunday, 05/31/2009 Fenway Park, Boston, MA

Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Kill Devil Falls, Undermind, The Star Spangled Banner

Set 1: The Star Spangled Banner, Sample in a Jar, The Moma Dance, Chalk Dust Torture, Ocelot^[1], Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Poor Heart, Limb By Limb^[2], Wading in the Velvet Sea, Down with Disease, Destiny Unbound, Character Zero

Set 2: Tweezer^[3] -> Light^[4], Bathtub Gin, David Bowie, Time Turns Elastic^[4], Free, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Cavern, Good Times Bad Times, Tweezer Reprise

[1] Debut.
[2] Take Me Out to the Ballgame tease.
[3] Theme From the Bottom jam.
[4] Phish debut.

Notes: The Star Spangled Banner was performed from the pitcher’s mound. This show marked the debut of Ocelot and the Phish debuts of Light and Time Turns Elastic. Stash was preceded by Stash, It’s Ice and Take Me Out to the Ballgame teases. Trey also teased Take Me Out to the Ballgame after Stash and again during Limb By Limb. Tweezer contained a Theme From the Bottom jam. After Time Turns Elastic, Trey jokingly announced, “That’s our single.” The Ballad of Curtis Loew was performed for the first time since August 2, 1993 (625 shows).

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Tuesday, 06/02/2009 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY

Set 1: Runaway Jim, Foam, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan^[1], Timber (Jerry), Cities, Driver, Reba, Possum, Farmhouse, If I Could

Set 2: Mike's Song > Simple > Wolfman's Brother -> Weekapaug Groove, When the Circus Comes, Kill Devil Falls^[1], Harry Hood > Loving Cup

Encore: Suzy Greenberg^[2]

[1] Debut.
[2] Oye Como Va tease.

Notes: Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan and Kill Devil Falls both debuted at this show, with the latter, remarkably, being played by request. This show featured the first If I Could since June 28, 2000 (103 shows). Suzy Greenberg contained an Oye Como Va tease.

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Thursday, 06/04/2009 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY

Soundcheck: Twenty Years Later

Set 1: Grind, The Divided Sky, Ocelot, The Squirming Coil, Punch You In the Eye, Dirt, NICU, Ghost, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Water in the Sky, Birds of a Feather, Drowned^[1] > Meatstick, Time Turns Elastic, Waste, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Rock and Roll

[1] Jumpin' Jack Flash tease.

Notes: Drowned featured a Jumpin’ Jack Flash tease.

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Friday, 06/05/2009 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY

Set 1: Wilson, Buried Alive, Kill Devil Falls, AC/DC Bag, I Didn't Know, My Friend, My Friend, Ya Mar^[1], Theme From the Bottom, Boogie On Reggae Woman^[2], Split Open and Melt

Set 2: Down with Disease -> Twist^[3] > Piper > Backwards Down the Number Line, Free, Twenty Years Later^[4] > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: A Day in the Life

[1] It's Raining, It's Pouring tease from Page.
[2] Ghostbusters tease.
[3] Oye Como Va jam.
[4] Debut.

Notes: During I Didn’t Know, Trey introduced Fish as “Little Junior Moses Brown Heaps DeWitt” and commented that he was going to “suck all of the moisture out of the air.” During Ya Mar, Page teased It’s Raining, It’s Pouring. Boogie On Reggae Woman contained a Ghostbusters tease. Trey teased Flat Fee prior to DWD. Twist featured an Oye Como Va jam. This show marked the debut of Twenty Years Later.

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Saturday, 06/06/2009 Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA

Set 1: Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Nothing, Back on the Train, Golgi Apparatus, Sparkle > Gotta Jibboo, Lawn Boy, Let Me Lie^[1], Taste, Makisupa Policeman^[2], Prince Caspian

Set 2: Seven Below, Fluffhead, Scent of a Mule, Heavy Things, Harry Hood > Possum, Bug

Encore: Contact > Julius

[1] Phish debut.
[2] No "keyword."

Notes: Let Me Lie made its Phish debut at this show. The first post-break-up Makisupa Policeman notably did not contain a “keyword.”

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Sunday, 06/07/2009 Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Fee, Wolfman's Brother, Guyute, My Sweet One, 46 Days, The Lizards, The Wedge, Strange Design, Tube, First Tube

Set 2: Sand, Suzy Greenberg, Limb By Limb, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Sugar Shack^[1], Character Zero > Tweezer

Encore: Joy^[1], Bouncing Around the Room, Run Like an Antelope > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Debut.

Notes: After forgetting the lyrics to Fee, Trey remarked that “We knew this one backstage.” This show marked the debuts of Sugar Shack and Joy. Before the extended encore, Trey asked, “You guys in a rush to go anywhere?” He then talked about how much they had enjoyed the northeast run and that they wanted to play a few more songs before heading south (though he was careful to note that they love the south, too).

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Tuesday, 06/09/2009 Asheville Civic Center, Asheville, NC

Set 1: Kill Devil Falls, The Moma Dance, Sample in a Jar, Stash, Dog Faced Boy, Gumbo, Tube, Lengthwise, The Divided Sky, When the Cactus is in Bloom^[1], Bold As Love

Set 2: Backwards Down the Number Line > Ghost > Fast Enough for You, Halley's Comet > Maze, Alaska^[1], Theme From the Bottom, Golgi Apparatus, Possum

Encore: Loving Cup

[1] Phish debut.

Notes: This show featured the Phish debuts of When the Cactus is in Bloom and Alaska. Before Dog Faced Boy, Trey explained that while living with Fish, he wrote Dog Faced Boy, Tube and Gumbo based on entries in one of Fish’s journals. During Dog Faced Boy, Fish left his drum kit and lied down in front of the stage because he didn’t need to sing the song. Lengthwise (performed a cappella) was played for the first time since July 28, 1998 (233 shows). Bold as Love was played for the first time since October 6, 2000 (74 shows).

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Wednesday, 06/10/2009 Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, TN

Set 1: Runaway Jim, Punch You In the Eye, Ocelot, Foam, Train Song, Undermind, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Squirming Coil, Character Zero

Set 2: Back on the Train, Waves > A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing > David Bowie, Army of One, Reba^[1], Hello My Baby, Julius > Cavern > Harry Hood

Encore: Frankenstein^[2]

[1] No whistling.
[2] Page on keytar.

Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending. Hello My Baby was played for the first time since December 5, 1999 (138 shows). Frankenstein featured Page on keytar.

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Friday, 06/12/2009 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Manchester, TN

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, The Divided Sky, Possum > Down with Disease, Alaska, Stash, Golgi Apparatus, Wolfman's Brother, Poor Heart, Kill Devil Falls -> Free, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Harry Hood > Highway to Hell > Also Sprach Zarathustra > You Enjoy Myself -> Wilson -> You Enjoy Myself

Encore: A Day in the Life

Notes: This show marked Phish’s first appearance at Bonnaroo. This “late-night set” on the What Stage began at approximately 11:00 p.m. Highway to Hell was played for the first time since February 26, 1997 (325 shows).

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Sunday, 06/14/2009 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Manchester, TN

Set 1: AC/DC Bag > NICU, Gotta Jibboo > Punch You In the Eye > Sparkle > Bathtub Gin, Character Zero > Tweezer -> The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Run Like an Antelope, Mustang Sally^[1], Bobby Jean^[2] > Glory Days^[2]

Set 2: Rock and Roll^[3] -> Light > 46 Days, Limb By Limb^[4], Farmhouse, Backwards Down the Number Line > Prince Caspian, First Tube

Encore: Suzy Greenberg > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Bruce Springsteen on guitar and vocals.
[2] Phish debut; Bruce Springsteen on guitar and vocals.
[3] Brief Rift tease.
[4] DEG tease.

Notes: This show, performed on the What Stage, closed out the 2009 Bonnaroo Festival. Before Mustang Sally, Trey remarked that he had seen a show at Jadwin Gym at Princeton University when was 12 (apparently referring to an 11/1/78 performance by Bruce Springsteen at this 3,000 seat venue, though Trey would have been 14 at the time), and added that Phish would now have an opportunity to play with one of his heroes, Bruce Springsteen. Springsteen joined in on guitar and vocals for Mustang Sally, Bobby Jean and Glory Days. Mustang Sally was played for the first time since June 21, 1988 (1,290 shows). This show marked the Phish debuts of Bobby Jean and Glory Days. Rock and Roll included a brief Rift tease. Limb By Limb contained a Dave’s Energy Guide tease.

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Tuesday, 06/16/2009 The Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO

Set 1: Kill Devil Falls, Ocelot, Brian and Robert, Sample in a Jar, Rift, Ya Mar, Reba, Train Song, Horn, Possum > Slave to the Traffic Light

Set 2: Halley's Comet -> Runaway Jim, Frankie Says, Time Turns Elastic, Sleep, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Character Zero

Encore: The Star Spangled Banner, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Notes: Trey teased Seven Below before Halley’s Comet.

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Thursday, 06/18/2009 Post-Gazette Pavilion, Burgettstown, PA

Set 1: Golgi Apparatus, Chalk Dust Torture, Bouncing Around the Room, Wolfman's Brother, The Divided Sky, Heavy Things, Walk Away, Wilson, Tube, Alaska, David Bowie

Set 2: Down with Disease > Free, Guyute, Piper -> When the Circus Comes, Harry Hood > The Squirming Coil, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Grind, Hello My Baby^[1], Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Loving Cup

[1] Aborted.

Notes: This show featured the first Walk Away since October 5, 2000 (80 shows). After Grind, Trey remarked that Page blew the wrong note on the pitch pipe and had them all singing in the wrong key. They decide to perform another a cappella song and Trey joked that if they couldn’t get it right, Fish would sing Bike. Sure enough, Hello My Baby was no better and was aborted. However, true to his word, Trey announced that Fish will now sing Bike. For his part, Fish took the opportunity to welcome everyone to “the trainwreck portion of the show.” Bike was played for the first time since September 12, 2000 (95 shows).

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Friday, 06/19/2009 Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN

Set 1: Backwards Down the Number Line, AC/DC Bag, Limb By Limb, The Moma Dance, Water in the Sky, Split Open and Melt^[1], Lawn Boy, The Wedge, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, The Connection^[2], Ocelot, Fluffhead

Set 2: A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing > Drowned > Twist, Let Me Lie, Tweezer -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > Suzy Greenberg -> Possum

Encore: Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Can’t You Hear Me Knocking tease.
[2] Debut.

Notes: After Limb By Limb, Trey introduced Fish as “Johnny B. Fishman” and quoted Johnny B. Goode. Split Open and Melt included a Can’t You Hear Me Knocking tease. Before The Connection, Mike introduced Trey as “Sweetie Pie” and Trey responded by blowing a kiss to Mike. This show marked the debut of The Connection. There were severe thunderstorms during setbreak and, as a result, Page made an announcement that they were going to take a longer than usual break and that everyone on the lawn should return to their cars until the second set, which would not start until 11:00.

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Saturday, 06/20/2009 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI

Set 1: Punch You In the Eye, Runaway Jim, Stash, Ya Mar, Bathtub Gin, Kill Devil Falls, Train Song, Farmhouse, Sparkle, Run Like an Antelope^[1]

Set 2: Waves > Sample in a Jar, Maze, Makisupa Policeman^[2], Ghost -> The Lizards, You Enjoy Myself^[3] -> NICU > Prince Caspian > Waste, Fire

Encore: Character Zero

[1] Lyrics changed to to “Been you to have any Hibachi?”
[2] Keyword referenced Trey's probation.
[3] No bass & drums or vocal jam.

Notes: During Antelope, Trey changed the lyrics to “Been you to have any Hibachi?” The lyrics to Makisupa were changed to “Woke up this morning, pissing in jah cup / Woke up this afternoon, called my probation officer.” YEM was unfinished and did not contain a bass and drums segment or a vocal jam.

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Sunday, 06/21/2009 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI

Set 1: Brother, Wolfman's Brother, Funky Bitch > The Divided Sky, Joy, Back on the Train, Taste, Poor Heart, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Reprise, Time Turns Elastic

Set 2: Crosseyed and Painless^[1] -> Down with Disease^[2] > Bug > Piper^[3] > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Grind, Frankenstein^[4]

[1] Brief Let It Grow (Grateful Dead) tease.
[2] Taste tease from Trey.
[3] Brief Can’t You Hear Me Knocking tease.
[4] Page on the keytar and Trey on a five-neck guitar.

Notes: During Brother, each of the band members’ children jumped into a bathtub placed at the side of the stage. Afterwards, Trey introduced them and wished everyone a happy Fathers’ Day. Funky Bitch was played in acknowledgement of a fan who had been holding up a sign requesting the song at this show and the previous one. The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Reprise was played for the first time since July 4, 2000 (111 shows). Crosseyed and Painless included a brief, subtle tease from Page of the Grateful Dead’s Let It Grow. Trey teased Taste near the end of Disease. Piper contains a brief Can’t You Hear Me Knocking tease. Frankenstein featured Page on the keytar and Trey on a five-neck guitar.

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Thursday, 07/30/2009 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO

Soundcheck: Foam, Party Time, Sugar Shack, Beauty of a Broken Heart, Middle of the Road, Billy Breathes

Set 1: The Divided Sky, Ocelot, The Wedge, Poor Heart, The Moma Dance, Horn, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Possum

Set 2: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Ghost^[1] > Wolfman's Brother, Limb By Limb, Billy Breathes, The Squirming Coil > David Bowie

Encore: Loving Cup

[1] Praise You jam and a Windy City tease.

Notes: This marked Phish’s first show at Red Rocks since August 7, 1996 (388 shows). Trey introduced Mike before the start of the second set, at which point Mike pretended to leave the stage, prompting Trey to introduce him a second time. Ghost contained a Praise You jam and a Windy City tease. Trey teased Piper before starting Limb By Limb.

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Friday, 07/31/2009 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO

Soundcheck: Time Turns Elastic, Sugar Shack, Seven Bar Blues Jam

Set 1: Runaway Jim, Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Time Turns Elastic, Lawn Boy, Water in the Sky, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Split Open and Melt

Set 2: Drowned -> Crosseyed and Painless > Joy, Tweezer > Backwards Down the Number Line > Fluffhead^[1] -> Piper -> A Day in the Life

Encore: Suzy Greenberg^[2] > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Unfinished; DEG tease.
[2] Drowned, Crosseyed and Painless and AC/DC Bag teases.

Notes: Fluffhead was unfinished and contained a Dave’s Energy Guide tease.  Suzy contained Drowned, Crosseyed and Painless and AC/DC Bag teases.  The Seven Bar Blues Jam from the soundcheck featured Trey on bass and Mike on guitar.

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Saturday, 08/01/2009 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO

Soundcheck: Sugar Shack

Set 1: AC/DC Bag, The Curtain With, Mound, Gotta Jibboo, Guyute, Punch You In the Eye, Tube, Alaska, Run Like an Antelope^[1]

Set 2: Rock and Roll > Down with Disease^[2] > Free, Esther, Dirt, Harry Hood^[3]

Encore: Sleeping Monkey, First Tube

[1] Lyrics changed to “Been you to have any slush?”
[2] L.A. Woman and Taste teases.
[3] Dirt and Free teases.

Notes: Throughout the first set the band was using charades to communicate what song was coming next, prompting Trey to remark after Jibboo, “We do everything by hand signals now. There’s no more talking.”  After PYITE, Trey again referenced the hand signals, joking “That could be one of two songs, so we’ll see if he starts the right one.” During Antelope, Trey changed the lyrics to “Been you to have any slush?”  Disease contained an L.A. Woman tease from Trey, who also briefly teased Taste just before beginning Free. Esther was played for the first time since September 30, 2000 (89 shows). Hood featured Dirt and Free teases from Trey.

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Sunday, 08/02/2009 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO

Set 1: Roses Are Free, Wilson > NICU, Prince Caspian, Back on the Train, Reba, Grind, Beauty of a Broken Heart, Sample in a Jar, Sugar Shack, Waste, Kill Devil Falls

Set 2: Boogie On Reggae Woman^[1], You Enjoy Myself^[2] -> Undermind^[3] -> Drums^[3] -> Seven Below^[3] > Also Sprach Zarathustra^[3] > Waves^[3] > Character Zero^[3]

Encore: Bittersweet Motel, Bouncing Around the Room, Slave to the Traffic Light

[1] Twist-esque jam and Oye Como Va tease from Page.
[2] AC/DC Bag tease from Page and Trey.
[3] Bill Kreutzmann on drums.

Notes: Boogie On featured a Twist-esque jam and contained an Oye Come Va tease from Page. Both Trey and Page teased AC/DC Bag during YEM. Undermind through Zero featured Bill Kreutzmann on drums.  Before the encore, Trey explained that Bittersweet Motel was being played at the request of his daughter, Bella.  After Bittersweet Motel, Fish remarked that he felt lonely again and needed the second drummer back.

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Wednesday, 08/05/2009 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA

Set 1: Golgi Apparatus, Halley's Comet > Chalk Dust Torture, The Divided Sky, When the Circus Comes, Time Turns Elastic, Ya Mar, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Suzy Greenberg, David Bowie

Set 2: Backwards Down the Number Line > Down with Disease > Limb By Limb, Oh! Sweet Nuthin', Cities -> Maze, Mike's Song > Simple > Weekapaug Groove

Encore: Let Me Lie, Bold As Love

Notes: This show featured the first performance of Oh! Sweet Nuthin’ since October 31, 1998 (225 shows).

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Friday, 08/07/2009 Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA

Soundcheck: Middle of the Road

Set 1: Down with Disease, Ocelot, Pebbles and Marbles > Possum, Sleep, Destiny Unbound, Stash, Sneakin' Sally through the Alley > Cavern

Set 2: The Moma Dance, Light -> Taste, Fluffhead, Joy, Bathtub Gin^[1] > Harry Hood

Encore: Slave to the Traffic Light

[1] Unfinished.

Notes: Gin was unfinished.

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Saturday, 08/08/2009 Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA

Soundcheck: Middle of the Road (several times), Twenty Years Later

Set 1: The Mango Song > Chalk Dust Torture, Middle Of The Road^[1], Tweezer, Driver, Twenty Years Later, Ya Mar, It's Ice, Wolfman's Brother > Character Zero > Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Rock and Roll -> Makisupa Policeman^[2], Alaska, The Wedge, You Enjoy Myself^[3], Backwards Down the Number Line^[4] > Piper^[5], Grind

Encore: Good Times Bad Times, Tweezer Reprise,

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Instrument switching; Keyword referenced Bobby Brown.
[3] Hedwig's Theme tease.
[4] Unfinished.
[5] Llama teases from Fish.

Notes: This show marked the Phish debut of Middle of the Road. Prior to Mike’s solo in the intro of Antelope, Trey whispered, “Cactus, Cactus, Cactus gonna play it for you, Cactus.” The keyword for Makisupa was “did like Bobby Brown. I ate my breakfast and I laid back down.” Trey and Mike switched instruments during Makisupa. Trey teased Hedwig’s Theme during YEM. BDTNL was unfinished.  Fish teased Llama several times at the end of Piper. During the soundcheck, Trey played an extended tease of the intro to Fly Famous Mockingbird.

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Tuesday, 08/11/2009 Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL

Soundcheck: Liquid Time > Funky Bitch

Set 1: Kill Devil Falls, Sample in a Jar, Ocelot, Paul and Silas, Windy City^[1], The Curtain With, Train Song, Gumbo, Heavy Things, Time Turns Elastic

Set 2: Backwards Down the Number Line > Carini > Gotta Jibboo, Theme From the Bottom, Wilson > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Chalk Dust Torture, Harry Hood, The Squirming Coil

Encore: Loving Cup

[1] Debut.

Notes: This show featured the first Paul and Silas since November 29, 1998 (209 shows).  Trey explained that Paul and Silas was “sort of a request” for a fan he met the night before.  This show marked the debut of Windy City, which Trey indicated the band had been waiting to debut in Chicago.

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Thursday, 08/13/2009 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY

Soundcheck: How High the Moon, Magilla, Sugar Shack

Set 1: Sample in a Jar, Dinner and a Movie, Wolfman's Brother, My Friend, My Friend, Possum, Farmhouse, Sugar Shack, Brian and Robert, David Bowie, Bathtub Gin, How High the Moon > Golgi Apparatus

Set 2: Drowned > Prince Caspian > Rift, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Sparkle, Run Like an Antelope^[1] > Suzy Greenberg > Fluffhead

Encore: Joy, First Tube

[1] Lyrics changed to “Been you to have any splash cymbal solo, man?”, after which Fish took a splash cymbal solo.

Notes: After Gin, Trey wished Happy Birthday to an audience member holding a sign for The Sloth, saying they would get to it eventually (they played it two nights later). Trey then wished his wife, Sue, a happy fifteenth wedding anniversary. Trey also said some words in remembrance of Les Paul, who passed away earlier that day. Trey said that Les was a hero to all of the band members for, among other reasons, continuing playing music into his nineties and that hopefully they would be playing into their nineties too. Finally, Trey dedicated the ensuing version of How High the Moon (last played on March 8, 1993 (710 shows)), to the memory of Les.  Trey changed the lyrics of Antelope to “Been you to have any splash cymbal solo, man?”, after which Fish took a splash cymbal solo.

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Friday, 08/14/2009 The Comcast Theatre, Hartford, CT

Soundcheck: "Lamp Post Song"

Set 1: Punch You In the Eye, AC/DC Bag > NICU, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Birds of a Feather, Lawn Boy, Stash, I Didn't Know, Middle Of The Road, Character Zero

Set 2: Down with Disease^[1] > Wilson > Slave to the Traffic Light, Piper^[2] > Water in the Sky, Ghost -> Psycho Killer -> Catapult -> Icculus^[3] > You Enjoy Myself

Encore: While My Guitar Gently Weeps

[1] Reba jam.
[2] Spill the Wine tease from Page.
[3] Narration centered on the fact that “you crazy kids” just don’t read anymore.

Notes: This show featured the first versions of Forbin’s and Mockingbird since September 30, 2000 (96 shows), which were performed without narration. During I Didn’t Know, Trey introduced Fish as “Recent Julliard Master’s Vacuum Program graduate, the one and only, Jon Moses Quagmire DeWitt Hampton.” DWD contained a Reba jam. Piper included a Spill the Wine tease from Page. This show featured the first Psycho Killer since December 7, 1997 (282 shows). Psycho Killer was unfinished and disintegrated into a self-described, electronic “Pong” jam. During the post-Psycho Killer “Pong” jam, Trey initiated a dance contest saying that whoever could best dance to that music would “win something.”  After Catapult (while continuing the “Pong” jam), Trey asked, “Does everybody else love this song as much as I do?” and said that he was “waiting for the day when they play stuff like this on the radio.”  Icculus was last performed on July 18, 1999 (193 shows). The Icculus narration centered on the fact that “you crazy kids” just don’t read anymore.  The “Pong” jam reappeared during the YEM jam. The soundcheck included a jam with lyrics that were made up on the fly with Trey on bass (so that Mike could check on bass sounds from the audience) and Fish on drums.

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Saturday, 08/15/2009 Merriweather Post Pavillion, Columbia, MD

Soundcheck: I Been Around, Middle Of The Road, Sugar Shack

Set 1: Crowd Control, Kill Devil Falls, The Sloth, Beauty of a Broken Heart, Axilla, Foam, Esther, Ha Ha Ha, Party Time^[1], Tube, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Strange Design, Time Turns Elastic

Set 2: Tweezer > Taste, Alaska, Let Me Lie, 46 Days, Oh! Sweet Nuthin' > Harry Hood

Encore: Good Times Bad Times, Tweezer Reprise

[1] Debut.

Notes: Before Ha Ha Ha, Trey chided Fish saying, “You should know this song, Fish, because you wrote this song.” After Ha Ha Ha, Trey said that he loved that song so much, that the time had come for the debut of Party Time, another Fish original that he loves even more. Before Tube, Trey said that he couldn’t hear what song a group of fans were shouting for, saying that it sounded like “Snoop.”  Trey then joked, “You said ‘Snoop’? He’s right back here, Snoop Dogg, everyone!” Finally, he started Tube, saying that he thought that was the song they were requesting. After Alaska, Trey offered some kind words for his guitar tech, Brian Brown, adding, “No Brian, no guitar.”

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Sunday, 08/16/2009 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

Soundcheck: I Been Around, Kids, I Kissed a Girl, Beauty of My Dreams

Set 1: Llama, The Moma Dance, Guyute, Anything But Me, Cars Trucks Buses, Chalk Dust Torture, Golgi Apparatus, David Bowie, Cavern > Possum, Ocelot, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Backwards Down the Number Line -> Twenty Years Later, Halley's Comet > Rock and Roll, Harpua -> I Kissed a Girl^[1] > Hold Your Head Up > Harpua, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Grind, I Been Around^[2], Highway to Hell

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Debut.

Notes: The Harpua narration centered on a depressed Jimmy calling on his Spirit Guide who happened to be a “funny little man wearing a dress” who spoke truth through song (in this case, I Kissed a Girl). This show featured the Phish debut of I Kissed a Girl (described by Trey as “so wrong on so many levels”).  After Harpua, Trey remarked to Fish that he was waiting for the day when Fish went to see Katy Perry and she performed a Phish song, prompting Fish to declare, “I don’t apologize to Katy Perry for that. I only apologize to [the audience].” Prior to the encore, Trey stated that it was hard to play the last show of the tour because they felt like they could just keep going.  Before starting the debut performance of I Been Around, Trey explained that they were playing it because he realized that it was the one song off of the upcoming album (Joy) that they hadn’t played live.

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Friday, 10/30/2009 Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA

Set 1: Party Time, Chalk Dust Torture, The Moma Dance, NICU, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Stash^[1], I Didn't Know, Poor Heart, Cavern, Beauty of a Broken Heart, Ocelot, Time Turns Elastic

Set 2: Punch You In the Eye > Down with Disease -> Prince Caspian -> Wolfman's Brother > Piper > Joy, David Bowie, Harry Hood > Golgi Apparatus

Encore: Character Zero

[1] L.A. Woman tease.

Notes: This show was part of the three-show Festival 8. Stash contained an L.A. Woman tease. During I Didnt Know, Trey announced that Henrietta would, for the first time in human history, suck and blow at the same time, in the shape of a figure 8. During Bowie, Trey said, "I'm gonna give you a little hint about the Halloween album now."

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Saturday, 10/31/2009 Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA

Set 1: Sample in a Jar, The Divided Sky, Lawn Boy, Kill Devil Falls, Bathtub Gin, The Squirming Coil, Runaway Jim > Possum, Run Like an Antelope^[1]

Set 2: Rocks Off^[2] > Rip This Joint^[2], Shake Your Hips^[2], Casino Boogie^[3], Tumbling Dice^[4], Sweet Virginia^[5], Torn and Frayed^[3], Sweet Black Angel^[2], Loving Cup^[5], Happy^[4], Turd on the Run^[4], Ventilator Blues^[4] -> I Just Want To See His Face^[6] > Let It Loose^[4], All Down the Line^[4], Stop Breaking Down^[4], Shine a Light^[4], Soul Survivor^[4]

Set 3: Backwards Down the Number Line > Fluffhead > Ghost, When the Circus Comes, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Suzy Greenberg^[5]

[1] Lyrics changed to to “Been you to have any Coil?”
[2] Phish debut; Dave Guy on trumpet, David Smith on trombone, and Tony Jarvis on saxophone.
[3] Phish debut.
[4] Phish debut; Sharon Jones and Saundra Williams on backup vocals, Dave Guy on trumpet, David Smith on trombone, and Tony Jarvis on saxophone.
[5] Sharon Jones and Saundra Williams on backup vocals, Dave Guy on trumpet, David Smith on trombone, and Tony Jarvis on saxophone.
[6] Phish debut; Sharon Jones and Saundra Williams on backup vocals.

Notes: This show was part of the three-show Festival 8. Playbills were distributed on-site (beginning at 12:30pm, 8 hours in advance) confirming that the second set (the band's "musical costume") would be the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St. After Divided Sky, Trey acknowledged the beauty of the venue and announced that Page would now play a love song to the lawn since it was the first time they had played on grass in a long time. Antelope's lyrics were changed to  "Been you to have any Coil, man?" (The Coil was an art installation on the venue grounds.) Set 2 began with a video highlighting selections of the 99 classic albums displayed and then systematically eliminated on the phish.com web site leading up to the festival. Selections in the montage included snippets from Michael Jackson's Thriller, T Rex's Electric Warrior, Metallica's Master of Puppets, Miles Davis's A Tribute to Jack Johnson, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and The Doors (self titled), among others. All of the Exile on Main St songs were Phish debuts, except for Loving Cup and Sweet Virginia. All songs in the second set except for Casino Boogie, Torn and Frayed, and I Just Want To See His Face featured Dave Guy on trumpet, David Smith on trombone, and Tony Jarvis on saxophone. Tumbling Dice, Sweet Virginia, and Loving Cup through Soul Survivor also featured Sharon Jones and Saundra Williams on backup vocals. Trey introduced the horn section after Tumbling Dice and again after the completion of the costume, before saying "We are the Rolling Stones. See you later." Suzy Greenberg was played with Jones, Williams, and the horns.

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Sunday, 11/01/2009 Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA

Set 1: Water in the Sky^[1], Back on the Train^[1], Brian and Robert^[1], Invisible^[2], Strange Design^[1], Mountains in the Mist^[1], The Curtain With^[1], Army of One^[1], Sleep Again^[2], My Sweet One^[1], Let Me Lie^[1], Bouncing Around the Room^[1], Train Song^[1], Wilson^[1], McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters^[1]

Encore: Driver^[1], Talk^[1], Secret Smile^[1]

Set 2: AC/DC Bag > Rift, Gotta Jibboo, Heavy Things, Reba^[3], The Wedge, Guelah Papyrus, Undermind, Sparkle, Split Open and Melt

Set 3: Tweezer -> Maze, Free, Sugar Shack, Limb By Limb, Theme From the Bottom, Mike's Song > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Light > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore 2: Grind, Esther, Tweezer Reprise

[1] Acoustic.
[2] Acoustic; Phish debut.
[3] No whistling.

Notes: This show was part of the three-show Festival 8. The first set, which started at noon, was billed as Phish's "first full-length acoustic set" (complete with complimentary coffee and Festival 8 themed donuts). The first set featured Trey and Mike on acoustics, Page solely on piano, and a unique stage setup that had Fishman stage right with Page on the far left. Before Brian and Robert, Trey encouraged the crowd to sit down due to the "mellow" nature of the set; he added that they had never before played to a crowd that was sitting. Whether the crowd should stand up or sit down became a running joke throughout the set, until Trey confessed during Wilson that he only asked the crowd to sit down at the request of the crew and, in fact, he hates telling people what to do (and also hates sitting down). This show marked the Phish debuts of Invisible and Sleep Again. Fishman performed a whistle solo on My Sweet One. The band briefly left the stage after McGrupp, returning to encore with Driver, Talk, and Secret Smile. Reba lacked the whistling ending. Trey took a moment before Tweeprise to thank those who helped put on the festival.

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Wednesday, 11/18/2009 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI

Set 1: AC/DC Bag, Foam, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Bouncing Around the Room, Sample in a Jar, Kill Devil Falls, It's Ice, Horn, Mountains in the Mist, Poor Heart, 46 Days, David Bowie

Set 2: Runaway Jim, Down with Disease > Free > Waste, Taste, Bug, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Cavern

Encore: Character Zero

Notes:  

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