[We would like to thank @andrewrose for providing this recap. -Ed.]

“Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.” - Milton, Paradise Lost.

Saturday night in Saratoga Springs! If you’re just tuning in, Phish kicked off their tour-closing run in the state capital area and hometown region on Friday night and, in the second set, unlocked a portal that’s been coalescing all year—or maybe since Mexico ’24—dropping a set so flawless and filled with space-hose that the they chose to release it in its entirety on Youtube rather than the customary single highlight. After that performance, speculation abounded about what was in store for the bigger Saturday night crowd. Having left everything on the table the previous night, surely expectations were to be tempered. A jukebox Saturday night special, or maybe just something a little loose to conserve the energy for the tour closer on Sunday? They couldn’t possibly keep that up, and keep digging deeper down.. could they?

Well follow me now and you will not regret / A tale of the trip to Hell and back that our wandering minstrels did beget.

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