Monday, 12/31/2012
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1: Garden Party^[1], Possum, RosesRoses Are Free, Rift > SampleSample in a Jar, Alaska, Mike'sMike's Song > Walk Away, WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove, Character Zero

Set 2: BOAFBirds of a Feather, Ghost > Piper > Light^[2] > 2001Also Sprach Zarathustra > HorseThe Horse > SilentSilent in the Morning, YEMYou Enjoy Myself^[3]

Set 3: Party Time, Kung > CDTChalk Dust Torture > Auld Lang Syne > TweepriseTweezer Reprise^[4] > Sand > WedgeThe Wedge > Fly Like an Eagle^[1] > Wilson, Lawn Boy^[5]

Encore: Driver, Iron Man^[6]

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Auld Lang Syne tease.
[3] Birds of a Feather tease.
[4] With Carrie Manolakos on vocals and backup singers.
[5] A Cappella.
[6] First Phish performance in full.

Notes: This show featured the floor and stage covered with artificial turf (numerous plants also dotted the stage). Prior to the show, actors played garden sports including croquet, badminton, and mini-golf, while a few more "sunbathed" on a riser behind the stage. During the first setbreak, golfers came on stage and hit soft golf balls into the crowd.  Light contained an Auld Lang Syne tease.  You Enjoy Myself contained a Birds of a Feather tease.  Trey, Page and Mike came out for the third set in golf carts and began hitting golf balls into the crowd. Fishman then arrived on a golf cart wearing donut pants and shirt, an argyle vest, and a golf hat.  Golf carts were brought back on stage during Kung, then began racing past the stage periodically during Chalk Dust. During the Chalk Dust jam, golfers began getting out of the carts, hitting balls into the crowd and dancing on stage.  One of the golfers did the New Year's countdown from on top of a cart.  Auld Lang Syne was accompanied by balloons dropping from the ceiling and ping pong balls fired from cannons.  Tweezer Reprise featured Carrie Manolakos on vocals and a number of backup singers. The remainder of the third set and encore featured song titles focusing on a golf theme. Wilson was preceded by an animated Wilson golf ball on the venue's jumbotrons. Iron Man was preceded by Page coming to the front of the stage to wish the crowd Happy New Year and reference the start of the 30th year of Phish. In an apparent reference to Bob Hope, Page wore a blazer, USS Nimitz ball cap and carried a golf club. Driver was stopped and restarted.This show featured the Phish debuts of Garden Party and Fly Like an Eagle, the first full Phish performance of Iron Man (which was last played December 31, 2003, or 192 shows), and the first ever a cappella Lawn Boy.

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Sunday, 12/30/2012
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1: Runaway Jim^[1], Cities > DividedDivided Sky, BOTTBack on the Train, Ride Captain Ride, Ocelot, Ya Mar, Horn > My FriendMy Friend, My Friend^[2] > AntelopeRun Like an Antelope

Set 2: DwDDown with Disease^[3] > Twenty Years Later > Carini > BDTNLBackwards Down the Number Line > Julius > SlaveSlave to the Traffic Light^[4]

Encore: HoodHarry Hood^[4] > Show of Life

[1] DEG tease from Trey.
[2] No "Myfe" ending.
[3] Woman from Tokyo tease; unfinished.
[4] Little Drummer Boy tease from Page.

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish.com. Runaway Jim contained a DEG tease from Trey. My Friend did not contain the "Myfe" ending. Down with Disease contained a Woman from Tokyo tease from Trey and was unfinished. Slave and Hood contained Little Drummer Boy teases from Page.

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Saturday, 12/29/2012
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1: Crowd Control, Mound, BagAC/DC Bag > R&RRock and Roll, Sugar Shack, Reba, Halley'sHalley's Comet > LxLLimb By Limb^[1], Velvet SeaWading in the Velvet Sea, GinBathtub Gin^[2]

Set 2: Golden Age > Waves -> CaspianPrince Caspian^[3] > Boogie OnBoogie On Reggae Woman > SuzySuzy Greenberg^[4] > Bug > Cavern > 46 Days

Encore: CoilThe Squirming Coil, Grind, First Tube

[1] Follow the Yellow Brick Road tease from Trey.
[2] Susie Q quotes from Fishman.
[3] Unfinished.
[4] "More cowbell" quotes from Trey.

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish.com. Limb By Limb contained a Follow the Yellow Brick Road tease from Trey and Bathtub Gin contained Susie Q quotes from Fishman. Caspian was unfinished. Suzy contained "more cowbell" quotes from Trey.

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