Last night was a classic 12/30 show. Excellent setlist, excellent jams, the whole room was buzzing!

Set 1 starts things out with a great Possum into a Wolfman’s jam that sets the tone for jams to come. I was hoping for a Maze, but to get Lengthwise > Maze was special. Theme is always welcome. The placement on More was interesting to me, a nice cool down in the middle of the set. It worked a lot more for me than that Farmhouse on N1. Divided Sky placement was excellent too, and then NMINML out of left field with a tight jam! Most Events delivered the goods too, and then just as Trey says “we’ll be right back!” he rips it into Fluffhead, an excellent version at that.

Set Two begins with a welcome Hey Stranger. Great new tune that I’m happy to hear. But as it ends, the sounds of Mike slapping his Bass are like a warm blanket swaddling the audience up on a cold night… Down with Disease has arrived, and they’re going to jam it. Clocking in at 20 mins, it mellows out and goes perfectly into Winterqueen, a song I had not heard live ever until tonight. Cool-Down songs are interesting to me. You want something refreshing, but you don’t want something you’ve heard a million times. That’s why I like this pick. As it’s wrapping up I think to myself, is there anyway they drop into a Tweezer right now? And oh boy, they totally do. This Tweezer was a religious experience for me. Starts off with some great Gordo bass interplay, and then jumps off into some incredible spacey territory. Kuroda had been on fire all night, but his expertise really shines through. I noticed he kept the Garden really dark for the first half of the song. Then Trey builds to a peak that brings the song back to the main Tweezer riff, and you think… will they end it here? Of course not. They build upon that to an incredible peak. Kuroda blasts the white lights from the stage, the Jumbotron, then rings that surround the garden. There’s multiple circles of light surrounding everyone, and at the center is Trey blasting us with straight hose. That was a religious experience, I felt like I saw God. Seven Below and Piper were both great, but 2001 was much needed. Albeit short, a dance party nonetheless. Everything’s Right placement here was odd but I liked it! Not used to seeing it close out shows, but here it is and it rips!

A Life Beyond the Dream is an encore song I welcome because it’s warm, loving, positive, and centers me for the inevitable heater that’s about to follow… While it wasn’t Tweeprise, it was an all time version of Harry Hood. Trey held that note for about 82 seconds, and then still managed to rip into an incredible peak.

3 hours and 23 mins later, we have a beefy show that proves that 2024 is going to go down as an all time year for Phish. The Mexico run, the Sphere run, an incredible summer tour capped off with Mondegreen and an exceptional Dicks. The Albany run was special, and now we find ourselves here, after back to back incredible Phish shows on the precipice of New Year’s Eve… How will they follow up Gamehendge from last year? Can they close out 2024 as strong as they started it? You know the answer. See you all tonight.

Phish did it again for us at the garden tonight. The night prior, 12-29, was a serious scorcher that really had me doubting they would "surpass" that show. But, if anyone could do it, its this band in this arena. Lets get to the show.

Possum opener, pretty standard but gets the place rocking well early. Wolfmans was a great follow up and had my section moving.

The first set gets its first major highlight during Divided Sky. This song inside MSG is just a cathartic experience. Simple case of "ya had to be there"

The no mans that followed up was a serious treat. Love that song in the first set as a jam vehicle. MEAP > Fluffhead were 2 great calls here. Both played very very well and you could not ask for more from those tunes. A fantastic 1-2 punch to end it.

Hey Stranger is an odd choice to open the 2nd but that song really isnt too bad and has gotten some good jam material as of late. Disease gets us rocking hard - an intense jam to open the floodgates in the 2nd set. The transition to winterqueen was very sweet. I had never heard winterqueen live before and always thought it was a nice ballad. Needless to say I was happy about it and its sick transtition out of DwD.

Alright, time to strap in! The Tweezer pulls in and it was very very focused. Tight ass jamming going and just had me and my section with a glued on smile. What a treat. No it was not the 12-30-19 Tweezer but this one was its own flavor of amazing. Cant wait to relisten. And then we get a sick transition to Seven Below - again a song I never had the ability to hear live before (12-30-24 was my 30th show ever) and was a song I always truly loved. I think Phish did it justice for me on this night, well played, nice little jam after and hit the mood just right!

Piper was short but i think did hit the vibe right. But its all about what came after - getting a 2001 is great any time, but when you get a 2001 inside the mecca of MSG, you strap in. Because your spaceship is about to FUCKING BLAST OFF!- and we did blast off - in bliss to a sick version as the 2nd set peaked.

This crazy ]world I know indeed. It was a good cherry to top a really well done 2nd set.

People love to hate LBTD but imho its as good a ballad as you can get from 3.0/4.0 , yes I would liked Silent in the Morning here more but thats a personal preference. Trey still shredded the fuck out of it, and it was a moment to reflect and cool down from the insanity of the tail end of the 2nd set.

Me and my neighbors thought the Tweeprise was coming out of it, but instead it was a much bigger treat. A very strong Hood - trey held the note , shook his head , and we all just couldnt help but cheer it on. Magic in MSG, with our favorite band, in the year 2024.

I dont have a ticket tonight, and im a poor piece of wook trash. And it is going to pain me knowing I will not be in that building with that band my phish family. Breaking my heart actually. But what a 2024 it was.

Set One: A-
Set Two: A

Score: 4.5

There are only 2 reviews of this show so far, so I thought I'd add one. I had an amazing seat in 102 for this show. I got to see the full effects of the light show. This is a rarity; I'm usually behind the stage or on the side of the stage at MSG.

This Wolfman's is sneaky excellent. A really funky, churning jam. Quite fantastic for only an 11 minute version. Hearing this Wolfman's live gave me a nostalgic flashback to 12/28/16, my second show.

I don't think I've ever seen Divided Sky and Fluffhead in the same set. Quite good versions of them both. The set seemingly was about to end after Most Events Aren't Planned, but Trey went into Fluffhead after thanking the crowd. This was a fantastic move, and it rounded out the set at 1 hour and 32 minutes! That's a long Phish set!

Set II is terrific, even masterful. I caught the debut of Hey Stranger on 12/29/22 and hadn't seen it since. I loved the version off the studio album and had it on repeat during the late summer. So it was nice to hear it opening this set.

DwD is the musical highlight for the show to me. A very deep jam emerges that made me feel like the Garden was a vast ocean. The oceanic themes of this jam reminded me of Drowned > ASIHTOS from 7/30/17 a bit.

Winterqueen is a song I have been chasing. Just over a year ago, I was listening to the studio version of Winterqueen over and over again, hoping to hear it live one day. A year later, they delivered one for me. A perfect, slightly extended version.

Tweezer has a very strong jam. Towards the beginning of the jam, after the Uncle Ebeneezer lyric, Trey is in rock star mode, but is also playing in a funky, almost minimalist way. Stupendous playing by Trey.

Seven Below is another song that I had been craving to see live. The last time I saw Phish perform it was Mohegan Sun 2019!

A phenomenal Hood to close out the encore! What a peak at the end!

I love how this show contains a top notch second set plus Divided Sky, Fluffhead, and Harry Hood all in the same show! None of those three songs are even in the second set!

This show has fantastic setlist decisions by Trey and great jamming. I would recommend listening to this show.