Phish: 2003
January: 02 | 03 | 04February: 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 28
March: 01
June: 11
July: 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 31
August: 01 | 02 | 03
November: 28 | 29
December: 01 | 02 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31
SET 1: Wilson[1] > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Moma Dance > Guyute, You Enjoy Myself, First Tube > Tube[1]
SET 2: Stash, Seven Below[2] > Lawn Boy, Chalk Dust Torture -> Slave to the Traffic Light > Chalk Dust Torture
SET 3: Jungle Boogie[3] > Auld Lang Syne > Iron Man[4] > Runaway Jim > Simple > Reba[5], I Didn't Know > Feel the Heat[6] > Hold Your Head Up, Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Frankenstein
The brief conclusions of Wilson and Tube completed the versions from the previous evening. Weekapaug included Jungle Boogie lyrics and a Divided Sky tease; Weekapaug, YEM, First Tube, and Chalk Dust also included Auld Lang Syne teases. Seven Below was unfinished. The house music played over the P.A. during the second setbreak consisted solely of songs that referenced “cars” in their titles. As midnight neared during Jungle Boogie (a Phish debut), Fish’s drum kit was wheeled to the side of the stage. An Austin Cooper Mini automobile was lowered to the stage from above. The Miami Palmetto Senior High Band and cheerleading squad emerged from the car one-by-one, giving the impression that they were all in the car together. In reality, the car had touched down over a trap door in the stage and the guests came out from underneath. Also emerging were dancers similar to the bunny-women present at the IT Festival. The marching band joined in on the jam that emerged from Jungle Boogie. With the stage covered with marching band members and dancers (some even on top of Page’s baby grand piano), an emcee (dressed in an Eddie George, Tennessee Titans, #27 football jersey) counted the clock down to midnight. A massive balloon drop followed. Phish then led the marching band through an instrumental version of Iron Man (also a Phish debut). Reba did not have the whistling ending. For his “first song of 2004,” in honor of the Miami Heat, Fish performed the Phish debut of Feel the Heat, which contained Fame quotes from Trey and Fish. HYHU contained more references to “Henrietta’s Heat” as Fish took laps around the stage. Frankenstein was preceded by a Fluffhead tease.
SET 1: Wilson[1] > Sand -> Shafty -> NICU, Weigh, Cities, Strange Design > Scent of a Mule, Bathtub Gin -> Also Sprach Zarathustra
SET 2: Tube[1] -> L.A. Woman[2] > Birds of a Feather > L.A. Woman -> Makisupa Policeman -> P-Funk Medley[3], Makisupa Policeman, Down with Disease
ENCORE: Contact, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Wilson contained War Pigs teases from Mike and was unfinished. The song may have been played as an opener in memoriam of actor Earl Hindman, best known as “Wilson” from the television series Home Improvement, who passed away earlier in the day. NICU contained Shafty teases from Mike. Weigh was played for the first time since August 2, 1998 (202 shows). Gin included Show Biz Kids teases. 2001 included a P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) jam containing some brief lyrics, as well as Gin, Auld Lang Syne, and The Little Drummer Boy teases. Tube was unfinished. L.A. Woman was a Phish debut; Birds included L.A. Woman teases. During Makisupa, Trey noted that they were going to play Touch Me, but decided not to because Fish couldn't remember the words and they didn't know how have a horn section. To make it up to the crowd for letting them down, Trey brought out George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic (also known as The P. Funk All-Stars). Trey commented “and that’s even better than Touch Me!” Page teased Touch Me while Trey was talking. The ensuing P. Funk Jam moved through pieces of several classic Parliament/Funkadelic tunes including Butt-a-Butt, Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker), P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up), and One Nation Under A Groove. Get Low (Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz) was also part of the medley. By the end of the jam, Fish was alone on stage playing vacuum. Fish then exited, leaving the stage empty. Phish returned alone to finish Makisupa; to prove that P. Funk was better than Fish singing Touch Me, Makisupa closed with Fish singing the first line of Touch Me a cappella. During the last chorus of Contact, Trey sang lines like “L.A. Woman” and “Make my funk the P. Funk” in place of his usual harmonies.
SET 1: Piper, Foam, Anything But Me, Limb By Limb, Wolfman's Brother, Poor Heart > Cavern
SET 2: Rock and Roll -> Twist -> Boogie On Reggae Woman -> Ghost -> Free[1], Divided Sky, Good Times Bad Times
ENCORE: Waste
ENCORE 2: The Squirming Coil
Piper was preceded by an On Broadway tease. Wolfman's included Apostrophe teases by Trey. Twist contained a Dinah-Moe Humm quote from Trey. Free included a guitar and bass duet jam. A lengthy audience ovation followed Free.
SET 1: David Bowie, Sample in a Jar, Tweezer > Bouncing Around the Room, AC/DC Bag > Frankie Says[1] > Llama, Hold Your Head Up > Love You[2] > Hold Your Head Up, Tweezer Reprise
SET 2: Gotta Jibboo, Suzy Greenberg[3] -> Jam > Theme From the Bottom, Water in the Sky, Friday > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey > Loving Cup
Frankie Says was unfinished and included an extended jam segment. Fish forgot the words to Love You and scatted one verse, then sang, in near-perfect time: “I can’t remember the words now / I can’t remember the words / And it really doesn’t matter ‘cause I can’t sing either / So who gives a fuck, it’s time for the vacuum cleaner.” During the closing HYHU, Fish introduced the band, and himself as “Henrietta.” Suzy included an extended jam segment after the first chorus. Trey seemed to end the song after the second chorus while the rest of the band continued to play. The jam after Suzy contained a Lizards tease from Trey.
SET 1: Harry Hood > Cavern, Birds of a Feather, Ya Mar, Horn > Piper > Anything But Me, Water in the Sky, Down with Disease
SET 2: Rock and Roll -> Weekapaug Groove[1] -> Tweezer Reprise[2] > Frankenstein -> Kung -> Frankenstein, All of These Dreams, The Wedge, Boogie On Reggae Woman > Cities > Maze, Waste
ENCORE: Bug
This gig commemorated the 20th anniversary of the first Phish show. In the audience, a section of seats were roped off to make way for a music stand. The music stand held a three-ring binder that contained lyrics from the Phish canon, but it did not play an active role in the performance. Ya Mar contained teases of The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana). At the end of Disease, a video screen descended behind the stage. As the house lights remained down, a 25+ minute video was played featuring retrospective highlights from throughout Phish’s career. Before the second set, Mike brought out a tray of desserts and shared them with fans in front of the stage. Highway to Hell was briefly teased by Trey before Rock and Roll. Weekapaug was unfinished. Tweezer Reprise included lyrics (sung by Trey) from Mike’s Song. Appropriately, the post-show house music was the Beatles’ song Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band (which begins with the lyric, “It was twenty years ago today…”).
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Stash, Guyute, Thunderhead > Sparkle, Wolfman's Brother > Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: Tweezer -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > You Enjoy Myself, Camel Walk[1], Possum[1], Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress[1] > Run Like an Antelope[2]
ENCORE: Fire[3]
Tweezer was preceded by a Dixie tease. Camel Walk through Fire featured Jeff Holdsworth on guitar. This was Jeff’s first known performance with his former Phish brethren since May 17, 1986 (1,348 shows). Camel Walk, Possum, and Long Cool Woman (first since October 30, 1998, or 182 shows) also featured Jeff on lead vocals. Antelope featured Tom Marshall on vocals.
SET 1: Wilson > Cars Trucks Buses, Limb By Limb, Dirt > Seven Below, Divided Sky, Fast Enough for You > Julius
SET 2: Twist -> Simple > Taste > Makisupa Policeman[1], Buffalo Bill[2] > David Bowie, Strange Design > Character Zero
ENCORE: Friday
Trey teased San-Ho-Zay in Seven Below, Julius, and Twist. The lyrics to Makisupa referenced waking up “in Hempstead.” Later in Makisupa, Trey commented on the upcoming 20th anniversary of the band, and noted Makisupa as the first original Phish song ever played. Trey also commented on his long-standing friendship with Tom Marshall and said that Tom had written Makisupa when he was a child. Trey brought Tom out on stage and noted that he thought Makisupa was written in 1969, leading Tom to note that we “have a 60’s song.” Prior to Tom singing on Buffalo Bill, Trey noted: “Tom is now going to sing you a song about a boss, a log, and a piece of rope.”
SET 1: Bouncing Around the Room, Runaway Jim, Ghost > What's the Use? > AC/DC Bag > First Tube, Frankie Says > Bathtub Gin -> Free
SET 2: Waves > Sample in a Jar > Down with Disease[1], Walls of the Cave, Two Versions of Me, Crowd Control[2], Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Crimes of the Mind[3]
Disease was unfinished. This show included the debut of Crowd Control. Trey introduced Mike to sing “his song.” Crimes of the Mind (first since July 10, 1994, or 507 shows) featured the Dude of Life on vocals. During the song, the Dude congratulated Phish on their 20 years together, and wished them success for 20 more.
SET 1: Daniel Saw the Stone > Saw It Again, Punch You in the Eye, Army of One > Chalk Dust Torture[1], Wilson[2], Mike's Song[3] > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: Mellow Mood > Ghost -> Mountains in the Mist, Pebbles and Marbles, You Enjoy Myself[4] -> Chariots of Fire[5] > Loving Cup
SET 3: 46 Days, Julius > The Lizards, Secret Smile > Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Good Times Bad Times
This was the second show of the IT festival. Chalk Dust contained DEG teases from Mike. The ending of Chalk Dust was performed at near double-time. Trey omitted a verse in Wilson. Afterwards, he announced that it was the “shortest version ever” and dedicated it to Phish archivist Kevin Shapiro. Trey then humorously announced that the band would next play the “longest Bittersweet Motel” (traditionally one of the shortest songs in the Phish canon) while Page teased "Charge!" The crowd responded with a passionate “Fluffhead” chant, but Trey responded: “Mike says no” (prompting laughs from the other band members). Appropriately, Trey launched into Mike’s Song but Mike had the last laugh: during the Mike’s Song intro, Mike sang his “Hendge” lyric that had been omitted from Wilson. YEM contained the event-appropriate lyrical change “Boy, Man, God, IT,” a Frankenstein tease from Mike, and a vocal quote of Daniel Saw the Stone. The band vamped on the theme to Chariots of Fire (a Phish debut) while Trey introduced the top finishers in the Runaway Jim 5K race. During Antelope, Trey thanked the staff, road crew, caterers (“part of the reason we’re playing so well is because we have the best food this tour that we’ve ever had”), and fans. He concluded by encouraging everyone to drive safely and noted tongue-in-cheek that next year’s “IT 2” would have a traffic-free entrance. Antelope also included Under Pressure and It’s Ice teases.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag, Ya Mar[1] -> Runaway Jim, Reba, Birds of a Feather, Meatstick, Two Versions of Me, Vultures, Limb By Limb, Cavern
SET 2: Down with Disease[1] > NICU -> Brother, Lawn Boy, Discern, Waves -> Jam > David Bowie
SET 3: Rock and Roll -> Seven Below[1] -> Scents and Subtle Sounds -> Seven Below -> Spread It 'Round > Bug
ENCORE: Dog Log > The Mango Song
SET 4: Tower Jam
This was the first show of the IT festival. Ya Mar, DWD, and Seven Below were unfinished. Birds was followed by a “Meatstick” chant from the crowd, prompting Trey to note that the band would “like to honor” the request. After a long pause, Trey commented, “We’re taking our sweet time up here because…we have no place to go for two days.” DWD contained a San-Ho-Zay tease from Trey and multiple Scents and Subtle Sounds teases. NICU ended with a bass solo from Mike at Trey’s request (“Play it, Cactus!”). Seven Below contained an On Your Way Down tease, Scents and Subtle Sounds included Seven Below teases. Before Dog Log, Trey remarked that the band couldn’t figure out what to play, and noted how, on this tour, the band made a conscious effort to not think about what songs they were going to play next. The fourth set “Tower Jam” found Phish playing on top the old air traffic control tower near the concert field. The set consisted of roughly an hour’s worth of unscripted jam material, with no notable teases or jams present. While Phish jammed, Chris Kuroda illuminated the tower’s interior and exterior with a light show and dancers suspended by wires around the side of the tower performed on the structure.
SET 1: Jam -> Skin It Back, Jam
This Friday night soundcheck for the IT festival was simulcast via “The Bunny,” the official festival radio station.
SET 1: Llama, The Moma Dance > Divided Sky, Dirt > Seven Below, The Sloth, Water in the Sky, Wolfman's Brother > Possum
SET 2: Piper > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove -> Free > Friday > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Frankenstein
Weekapaug included an In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida tease. The tease may have been homage to Iron Butterfly guitarist Erik Braunn, who passed away two days before. Trey teased Fire (Ohio Players) in Hood.
SET 1: My Friend, My Friend, Lonesome Cowboy Bill, Scents and Subtle Sounds, You Ain't Goin' Nowhere[1], Spock's Brain > Chalk Dust Torture, On Your Way Down, Fast Enough for You > Taste
SET 2: Twist, Bug, You Enjoy Myself, Walls of the Cave
ENCORE: Secret Smile
Lonesome Cowboy Bill was played for the first time since October 31, 1998 (175 shows). This show marked the Phish debut of You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere. On Your Way Down was played for the first time since October 2, 1999 (110 shows). FEFY included a Bathtub Gin tease from Page.
Soundcheck: Little Drummer Boy -> Jam, Bittersweet Motel, Funky Bitch
SET 1: Daniel Saw the Stone > Camel Walk, Gotta Jibboo, Cool It Down, Scent of a Mule, Fee -> Timber (Jerry the Mule) > When the Circus Comes > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: Crosseyed and Painless -> Thunderhead, Brother, Harpua[1] > Bittersweet Motel > Harpua > Fooled Around and Fell in Love[2] > Hold Your Head Up > Harpua > David Bowie
ENCORE: Farmhouse
Daniel was played for the first time since February 23, 1997 (287 shows). Trey teased San-Ho-Zay in Cool It Down. Scent of a Mule included a tease of Wouldn’t It Be Loverly (from My Fair Lady). Harpua was played for the first time since November 2, 1998 (173 shows). The Harpua narration concerned Jimmy searching for “IT” and, eventually, joining a rock band and finding “IT” on the road. The Phish debut of Fooled Around and Fell in Love was preceded by a HYHU tease. In the soundcheck, Seven Below was teased in the Jam and Blue Bayou was quoted in Bittersweet Motel. This show was officially released on CD as Live Phish 07.29.03.
SET 1: Runaway Jim > Ya Mar, Down with Disease, Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar, Discern, Anything But Me, Llama
SET 2: Ghost > Halley's Comet -> Seven Below, Tube > Prince Caspian -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > Fire
ENCORE: The Squirming Coil
Seven Below included a Mozambique tease. After Seven Below, Trey “welcomed” Mike back to the stage (followed by a “Charge!” tease, with Mike’s name inserted). Trey teased Simple in Prince Caspian.
SET 1: Wilson > Cars Trucks Buses, The Wedge, It's Ice, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own > Wolfman's Brother, Mexican Cousin, Guyute > Taste
SET 2: Piper > Mountains in the Mist, Waves > Tweezer -> NICU[1] > Cavern > You Enjoy Myself[2]
ENCORE: Wading in the Velvet Sea > Tweezer Reprise
Piper included a Can’t You Hear Me Knocking tease. NICU included a bass solo from Mike (complete with Trey yelling, “Play it, Cactus!”) instead of Page’s usual organ solo. YEM included a lyrical change to reference “IT” and concluded with a Happy Birthday tease for Chris Kuroda.
SET 1: Funky Bitch > Chalk Dust Torture, Two Versions of Me, Bathtub Gin, Limb By Limb, Back on the Train > Horn > Golgi Apparatus > Character Zero
SET 2: Drowned -> Kung -> Twist -> Heavy Things, Harry Hood > David Bowie
ENCORE: The Star-Spangled Banner, Bug
Kung (first since September 29, 1999, or 108 shows) was sung over the jam connecting Drowned and Twist. Fish quoted Manteca in Hood. Bowie included a full-band Tweezer tease.
SET 1: Scents and Subtle Sounds > Theme From the Bottom, Rift > Sample in a Jar, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley[1], Billy Breathes, Seven Below, Cavern
SET 2: Down with Disease[2] > The Squirming Coil, Makisupa Policeman[3] -> Buffalo Bill, Run Like an Antelope, Thunderhead > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Waste
Sneakin' Sally did not contain a vocal jam. Disease was preceded by a Buffalo Bill tease, contained a Can't You Hear Me Knocking tease, and was unfinished. The lyrics to Makisupa referenced writing a letter to Max Creek. Makisupa also included a Dream Police quote. Antelope was dedicated to “our friend Greg” (presumably well-known fan Antelope Greg) for some “shit he’s got to deal with after this tour.” Trey encouraged Greg to not “let it get you down.”
SET 1: Punch You in the Eye > Beauty of My Dreams, Gumbo, Divided Sky, Boogie On Reggae Woman > Carini > Magilla, Possum
SET 2: Split Open and Melt -> Free > Friday, The Lizards, Walls of the Cave
ENCORE: Bouncing Around the Room, Frankenstein
Soundcheck: Boogie On Reggae Woman > AC/DC Bag, Night Speaks to a Woman tease, My Soul, Fooled Around and Fell In Love
SET 1: Cities > Runaway Jim, Meat, Water in the Sky, Stash, The Old Home Place, Vultures, Birds of a Feather > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove[1]
SET 2: Suzy Greenberg > Taste, 46 Days > Tweezer > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Limb By Limb > Good Times Bad Times
ENCORE: Loving Cup > Tweezer Reprise
Trey teased The Chase part of Fluffhead after Runaway Jim. Weekapaug included a Shock the Monkey tease and concluded with a rave-up ending akin to the ending of The Mango Song. Limb By Limb contained a DEG tease from Trey.
SET 1: Sample in a Jar, Reba[1], Wilson[2], Scents and Subtle Sounds, Maze, Driver, NICU > Ya Mar[3], Rocky Top, Lawn Boy, Julius
SET 2: Piper > Rock and Roll[4] -> Seven Below[4] -> Prince Caspian > You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Wading in the Velvet Sea
Reba did not have the whistling ending. Wilson included an extended jam segment. NICU, Ya Mar, and Rocky Top were played in succession for the first time ever – which would be quite an obscure item to report, except that all three songs found Trey exhorting Page to “Play it, Leo!” Trey subsequently announced the songs as the “Leo Trio.” Ya Mar also included a lyrical change to reference Mike’s Segway. Trey teased San-Ho-Zay in Julius. Piper contained a tease of Tweezer Reprise. Rock and Roll and Seven Below were unfinished.
SET 1: Axilla > Rift, Bathtub Gin -> The Mango Song, Roggae, Discern, I Didn't Know > Dust in the Wind[1] > I Didn't Know, David Bowie
SET 2: Down with Disease[2] -> Catapult, Bug, Secret Smile, Two Versions of Me, Twist > Character Zero
ENCORE: Harry Hood
Trey announced “Dan” as the winner of the contest from the night before, as Dan was the first to call Mike’s hotline to name Dust in the Wind as the song that was teased. Trey announced the prize was a private vacuum solo from Fish to Dan. As homage to the movie Old School (which also featured Dust in the Wind), Trey encouraged the crowd to “earmuff” it while Dan received his prize. To bring the rest of the crowd in on the joke, Phish subsequently debuted an abbreviated version of Dust in the Wind. The song began as a solo vacuum piece but Trey jumped in on vocals to assist the struggling Fish. Trey teased Come On (Part One) before DWD. DWD contained San-Ho-Zay and Psycho Killer teases and was unfinished. Catapult was sung over the jam that emerged from DWD. Charcter Zero also contained a San-Ho-Zay tease.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother, Maze, Dirt, Pebbles and Marbles, Strange Design, Back on the Train > Divided Sky
SET 2: Tweezer -> Makisupa Policeman[1], Limb By Limb, Anything But Me > Horn > Waves, Cavern > Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Contact > Tweezer Reprise
The lyrics to Makisupa referenced a member of Phish’s security team, Jim Tobin, being arrested, as well as the name of Phish’s chief of security, John Langenstein. Makisupa also included a Dust in the Wind tease, prompting Trey to challenge the audience to name the song that was teased and call Mike’s hotline to win “some kind of crazy prize, like a date with Fish or something.” Trey forgot the lyrics to Cavern, and after stumbling a bit, asked Page to take over. Cavern also included an AC/DC Bag tease. Contact contained a Dixie tease from Trey.
Soundcheck: Jam, Scents and Subtle Sounds
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > Ya Mar, Theme From the Bottom, Saw It Again, Poor Heart, Two Versions of Me, Secret Smile, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: Mr. Completely[1] -> Low Rider -> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars -> Buried Alive > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars > Ha Ha Ha > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars > Mr. Completely > Spread It 'Round[2], Walls of the Cave > Golgi Apparatus > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey
Fans who arrived early enough to hear the soundcheck from outside the venue caught a 30-plus-minute version of Scents and Subtle Sounds. Scents was later released as a track on iTunes. Video footage of the soundcheck was posted on phish.com. This show marked the Phish debut of Mr. Completely and the debut of Spread it ‘Round. The first Mr. Completely contained a tease of Life on Mars (Dexter Wansel). This abbreviated version of Buried Alive was performed at a much faster tempo than usual and in a different key. Trey teased San-Ho-Zay and Mr. Completely in Walls of the Cave. This show was officially released on CD as Live Phish 07.15.03.
SET 1: Runaway Jim, Scents and Subtle Sounds, Axilla > Carini, Dog Faced Boy, Round Room, Halley's Comet[1] > Guyute[1], You Enjoy Myself
SET 2: Llama, Wolfman's Brother -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, Seven Below, Harry Hood, Chalk Dust Torture
ENCORE: First Tube
Round Room included a Dixie tease. Mike played electric bagpipes on portions of Halley’s and Guyute. Seven Below included a Third Stone from the Sun tease and the Hood intro included a Seven Below tease.
Soundcheck: Boogie On Reggae Woman, Piper, Harry Hood, “Cone-Headed Dog Blues”
SET 1: Taste, Mexican Cousin, Stash, NICU, Heavy Things, Mock Song[1], Army of One[2], Maze
SET 2: Piper > Two Versions of Me[1], Tweezer -> Dogs Stole Things, Water in the Sky, Ghost > David Bowie
ENCORE: Frankenstein > Tweezer Reprise
This show marked the debut of Mock Song and Two Versions of Me, and the Phish debut of Army of One. Tweezer included a Free tease.
SET 1: Spices -> Waves, Reba[1], Lawn Boy, The Moma Dance > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: 46 Days, Divided Sky, Friday > Free[2] > Seven Below, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease
ENCORE: Rift, Character Zero
Reba did not have the whistling ending. Free began differently than usual, as the band omitted the usual guitar-driven intro.
SET 1: You Enjoy Myself[1] -> Simple > Mountains in the Mist, Chalk Dust Torture[2], Bathtub Gin
SET 2: Boogie On Reggae Woman > AC/DC Bag > Piper > Twist[1] -> Scents and Subtle Sounds, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Loving Cup
You Enjoy Myself and Twist were unfinished. Chalk Dust concluded with a rave-up akin to the ending of The Mango Song.
SET 1: Guyute, Horn > My Sweet One > Tweezer > Limb By Limb, Fast Enough for You, Frankie Says > Taste
SET 2: Down with Disease[1], Vultures, Secret Smile[2], Harry Hood > Carini, Discern[2], Waste
ENCORE: Bouncing Around the Room > Tweezer Reprise
Limb By Limb contained a DEG tease from Trey. Disease was unfinished. This show featured the Phish debuts of Secret Smile and Discern. Hood included a Magilla tease from Page.
Soundcheck: Billy Breathes, Scents and Subtle Sounds, Spread it ‘Round, Spices (x2), Discern, Funky Bitch (first verse only)
SET 1: Stash, Sample in a Jar, Billy Breathes > Waves, Spices[1], Anything But Me, David Bowie, Dirt, Possum
SET 2: Birds of a Feather, Wolfman's Brother -> Scents and Subtle Sounds[2], The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > Walls of the Cave > Prince Caspian
ENCORE: Character Zero
This show featured the Phish debut of Spices and the debut Scents and Subtle Sounds.
SET 1: Scents and Subtle Sounds, I Am Hydrogen, Sanity
This was a tech rehearsal for the summer tour. Video snippets of Scents and Subtle Sounds, I Am Hydrogen, and Sanity were posted on phish.com. This setlist is incomplete.
SET 1: The Star-Spangled Banner
Phish performed the national anthem before Game 4 of the 2003 NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the New Jersey Nets.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, The Moma Dance, Foam, Lawn Boy, Character Zero > Divided Sky, Mountains in the Mist, Waves > Sample in a Jar
SET 2: Rock and Roll > Wilson > Piper > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Wolfman's Brother -> Boogie On Reggae Woman, Wading in the Velvet Sea > Run Like an Antelope, Carolina
ENCORE: First Tube > You Enjoy Myself -> Proud Mary[1]
Trey teased San-Ho-Zay in Chalk Dust. Instead of emerging from behind the piano with his own microphone for Lawn Boy, Page came front stage and used Trey’s microphone and stand. The move prompted a raucous response from the crowd. Trey teased Oye Como Va and Another One Bites the Dust during YEM. Carolina was played for the first time since November 18, 1998 (146 shows). The YEM vocal jam included a Daniel Saw the Stone tease. Proud Mary was performed a cappella (including renderings of the musical breaks) to conclude the vocal jam. Only one other version of Proud Mary is known – a full-band version at the first ever Phish show on December 2, 1983 (1,379 shows).
Soundcheck: Poor Heart
SET 1: Birds of a Feather, Destiny Unbound, Horn > Bathtub Gin, Sleep, Back on the Train, Bouncing Around the Room, Walls of the Cave
SET 2: Tweezer > Soul Shakedown Party -> David Bowie, Round Room > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Contact, Mexican Cousin > Tweezer Reprise
Phish broke out two long-shelved tunes: the first Destiny Unbound since November 15, 1991 (800 shows) and the first Soul Shakedown Party since February 20, 1997 (272 shows). Trey teased Mr. Completely in Bathtub Gin. Back on the Train and Tweezer contained San-Ho-Zay teases from Trey. Tweezer also included a Cars Trucks Buses tease from Page and a Do You Feel Like We Do tease. Trey teased The Horse prior to Round Room. This show was officially released on CD as Live Phish 02.28.03.
SET 1: You Enjoy Myself > Clone[1], Roggae, Drifting[1], Blue Skies[1], The Moma Dance, Final Flight[1] > Maze
SET 2: Stash, Ghost -> Low Rider -> Makisupa Policeman[2] -> Ya Mar, Guyute, Waves > Prince Caspian -> Frankenstein > Golgi Apparatus
ENCORE: Loving Cup
YEM was preceded by a Call to the Post tease from Trey. The YEM vocal jam included Trey singing pieces of Clone (which would be played in its entirety after the vocal jam). This show marked the Phish debuts of Clone, Drifting, Blue Skies, and Final Flight (all of which had previously been played by various band member side projects). Maze included a tease from Page of Summertime (Gershwin). The lyrics to Makisupa referenced the fire at the band’s hotel in Cincinnati a week earlier. Trey expanded Page’s nickname to “Leo Kottke” in Ya Mar. Ya Mar also included a Stash tease. Golgi included a Frankenstein tease.
SET 1: Julius, Talk, 46 Days, Taste, Frankie Says, Slave to the Traffic Light, Water in the Sky, Walls of the Cave
SET 2: AC/DC Bag, Cities, Theme From the Bottom[1] > Runaway Jim > Thunderhead > Sparkle, Pebbles and Marbles
ENCORE: The Squirming Coil > Character Zero
Talk was played for the first time since August 6, 1998 (169 shows). Theme was unfinished.
SET 1: Down with Disease, Corinna, Wolfman's Brother > Limb By Limb, Everyday I Have the Blues[1], The Thrill is Gone[1], Rock Me Baby[1]
SET 2: Halley's Comet > Harry Hood > Heavy Things, Twist, All of These Dreams, Waves > Sample in a Jar > Chalk Dust Torture
ENCORE: Farmhouse
The last three songs of the first set were Phish concert debuts that B.B. King on guitar and vocals.
SET 1: The Sloth, Dogs Stole Things, Piper -> Weekapaug Groove, Dirt > Scent of a Mule, Walls of the Cave, Mountains in the Mist, Sample in a Jar
SET 2: Tube > Bathtub Gin, Friday > David Bowie, Bug
ENCORE: Suzy Greenberg
Piper contained a DEG tease. For the first known time, Weekapaug was played without Mike’s Song (possibly to bring closure to the Mike’s Song a night earlier). Gin included a Mr. Completely tease. Trey teased San-Ho-Zay in Suzy Greenberg.
SET 1: Wilson > Frankenstein, Down with Disease, Lifeboy > Boogie On Reggae Woman, Run Like an Antelope, I Didn't Know
SET 2: Mike's Song -> Free > Waste -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > Harry Hood > All of These Dreams, Possum > Cavern
ENCORE: Wading in the Velvet Sea
Lifeboy was played for the first time since November 25, 1998 (135 shows). During I Didn’t Know, Trey introduced Fish as “Henrietta, the world’s finest vacuum player.” I Didn't Know also included some dancing antics from Trey, Page, and Mike while Fish took his vacuum solo. 2001 included teases of Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Simple Gifts, and Stash from Trey.
SET 1: Rift > Rock and Roll, Guyute, Driver, Waves > Simple, Gotta Jibboo
SET 2: Tweezer > Punch You in the Eye > Fast Enough for You > Seven Below, Pebbles and Marbles
ENCORE: Golgi Apparatus, Anything But Me > Tweezer Reprise
Gotta Jibboo included a San-Ho-Zay tease from Trey.
SET 1: Runaway Jim, Water in the Sky, Twist, The Squirming Coil, Brian and Robert, Stash, The Wedge, Birds of a Feather, Lawn Boy, Walls of the Cave
SET 2: The Moma Dance[1] > Limb By Limb, Thunderhead, Divided Sky, Carini, You Enjoy Myself -> The Lion Sleeps Tonight[2]
ENCORE: NICU, Mexican Cousin
Twist and Walls of the Cave included San-Ho-Zay teases from Trey. Moma Dance contained DEG teases from Trey and was unfinished. The YEM vocal jam included a tease of the William Tell Overture. The Phish debut of The Lion Sleeps Tonight was performed a cappella.
SET 1: David Bowie -> Catapult -> David Bowie, Horn > Guyute, Round Room, Golden Lady > Poor Heart, Pebbles and Marbles
SET 2: Down with Disease -> Seven Below -> Down with Disease > Anything But Me > Piper -> Makisupa Policeman, Character Zero
ENCORE: Friday
Golden Lady was played for the first time since October 20, 1994 (461 shows). Trey chided Fish at the start of the second set, claiming that he didn’t know how to play Disease. Trey teased DEG in Seven Below. The jam out of Piper included an In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida tease from Page and a Rift tease before moving briefly through the ending segment of Disease (in the key of Piper, no less) before segueing into Makisupa.
Soundcheck: Round Room, Time Loves a Hero
SET 1: Llama, Wolfman's Brother > Reba[1], Life on Mars?, 46 Days, It's Ice > Frankie Says > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Waves > Bug > Ghost > Free > Harry Hood[2]
ENCORE: Sample in a Jar
Trey teased San-Ho-Zay in Wolfman's Brother and Ghost. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Life on Mars? was played for the first time since March 2, 1997 (255 shows). Antelope included Stash teases and a 2001 tease. Fans hung a large white banner over a section of the venue balcony proclaiming that it had been “871 Days Since Last Ghost”; the same banner appeared the next night indicating “1 Days Since Last Ghost.” Hood included a “silent” jam.
SET 1: My Sweet One, The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'[1] > Chalk Dust Torture, Fee -> Taste, Bathtub Gin, Heavy Things, Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: Possum, Walls of the Cave -> Carini, All of These Dreams, Limb By Limb, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag -> Prince Caspian
ENCORE: Loving Cup
The Cover of 'Rolling Stone' made its Phish debut at this show, presumably as a nod to their actual appearance on the cover of the March 6, 2003 issue of that very magazine. Gin included Entrance of the Gladiators, Woman from Tokyo, and San-Ho-Zay teases. Trey also teased San-Ho-Zay in Walls of the Cave. A fan jumped on-stage and grabbed Trey’s microphone during AC/DC Bag before being dragged off-stage.
SET 1: Llama, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Roggae, Maze, Anything But Me[1], Ya Mar, Saw It Again, Bouncing Around the Room, Split Open and Melt
SET 2: Rock and Roll > Mike's Song > Mountains in the Mist > Weekapaug Groove[2] > What's the Use? > Down with Disease -> Fast Enough for You, Also Sprach Zarathustra[3]
ENCORE: Friday[1]
Anything But Me and Friday both debuted. Ya Mar contained a Stash teaase from Trey. Weekapaug was unfinished. During 2001, Trey thanked the fans and talked about how fortunate the band was to be able to share the reunion with them. Trey, Mike and Page each took an individual “big rock ending” vamp before the band ended the song together.
SET 1: Tweezer > Theme From the Bottom, Foam, Pebbles and Marbles[1], You Enjoy Myself[2]
SET 2: Birds of a Feather, Wolfman's Brother > Makisupa Policeman[3], Axilla > Twist -> Free, All of These Dreams[4], Possum[5]
ENCORE: Contact, Tweezer Reprise
This show featured the debut of All of These Dreams and the Phish debut of Pebbles and Marbles. Trey restarted YEM after a sloppy attempt at the composed beginning section. Trey teased San-Ho-Zay in YEM. One portion of the YEM vocal jam was based on the name “George Takei” (the actor who played Mr. Sulu on Star Trek) and another was based on the melody to Tweezer Reprise. Trey teased Can't You Hear Me Knocking in Birds of a Feather. Lyrics in Makisupa referenced “fatty,” “Waffle House,” and “Hooters.” The end of Possum included bizarre on-stage antics with Page playing Trey’s guitar from his seat, Trey playing Mike’s bass, and Mike using the “B” and “Ah” cymbals normally reserved for Cracklin’ Rosie. This improvisational Contact continued the joke of mock introductions, as Trey introduced “Al Gore.”
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture > Bathtub Gin, It's Ice > Back on the Train, Round Room[1] > The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Stash, Water in the Sky > Character Zero
SET 2: 46 Days[1] > Simple -> My Friend, My Friend, Limb By Limb, Thunderhead[2] > Run Like an Antelope > Cavern
ENCORE: Mexican Cousin[1]
Gin included San-Ho-Zay teases. Trey referenced the New Year’s Eve Tom Hanks prank by again “introducing” Hanks, this time prior to It’s Ice. Round Room, Mexican Cousin, and 46 Days (complete with a Can’t You Hear Me Knocking tease) all debuted. Thunderhead made its Phish debut during this show as well. Antelope included a tease of the James Bond theme from Page.
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