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Soundcheck: Skin It Back, Scents and Subtle Sounds, Vultures, Sing Monica
SET 1: Crowd Control, Martian Monster > Axilla, Skin It Back -> Martian Monster, Vultures, Dog Faced Boy > David Bowie, Farmhouse > Scent of a Mule[1], Ghost, Grind
SET 2: Fuego > Rock and Roll[2] > 46 Days -> Taste, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Sand > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Cavern > Backwards Down the Number Line
ENCORE: Julius
Skin It Back was played for the first time since August 22, 2012 (111 shows). The second Martian Monster of the set included part of the ending of Skin It Back. Bowie, Mule and Ghost contained Martian Monster quotes. Mike teased Mercury in Bowie. Mule also contained a Marimba Lumina solo from Fish. Rock and Roll's lyrics were changed to reference Philadelphia.
Soundcheck: Jam, Mercury
SET 1: Free, No Men In No Man's Land, Wolfman's Brother, 555, Birds of a Feather, Funky Bitch, When the Circus Comes, Stash, Lawn Boy, Walls of the Cave
SET 2: Golden Age > Light > Shade, Mike's Song > Piper > Crosseyed and Painless -> Weekapaug Groove
ENCORE: Slave to the Traffic Light
During Lawn Boy, Page walked all the way over and said hello to "Mike Side." Light's lyrics were changed to mention Tom Marshall, who was in attendance at the show. Weekapaug included Crosseyed quotes. During the Weekapaug jam, Trey and Mike stood face to face before turning to the front of the stage and stepping in unison with the music.
SET 1: Party Time > Free, Halley's Comet > Wolfman's Brother, Possum, Lawn Boy, Bouncing Around the Room, Water in the Sky > Dirt, Devotion to a Dream, Sugar Shack, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: 46 Days -> The Dogs -> 46 Days > Piper > Ghost > Shade, Gotta Jibboo, Waiting All Night, Blaze On, Wading in the Velvet Sea > David Bowie, Suzy Greenberg > Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Loving Cup
Soundcheck: Blaze On, Shade, The Last Step (incomplete)
SET 1: Sample in a Jar, Sand, 555, Rift, Halfway to the Moon, Horn > Devotion to a Dream, Blaze On[1], Tube, Wolfman's Brother
SET 2: Ghost > Birds of a Feather, Mike's Song > The Wedge, Fuego > Shade[1], No Men In No Man's Land[1] > Weekapaug Groove > Boogie On Reggae Woman > Chalk Dust Torture
ENCORE: Theme From the Bottom
This show featured the debuts of Blaze On, Shade, and No Men In No Man's Land. Mike teased Do You Feel Like We Do before Ghost. Wedge included a Stash tease from Trey and Weekapaug contained a No Men In No Man's Land quote.
SET 1: Crowd Control, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Wingsuit, Water in the Sky, Plasma, Halfway to the Moon > Poor Heart, Gumbo -> Sanity > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Kill Devil Falls[1] > Mountains in the Mist, Fuego > Julius, Twist > Runaway Jim > Harry Hood
ENCORE: Loving Cup
Kill Devil Falls was unfinished. Trey teased Gumbo during Sanity and Antelope. Twist included a Smoke on the Water tease from Trey. Hood contained teases of Funk #49 as well as Ramblin' Man and Have Mercy teases from Trey.
Soundcheck: Devotion to a Dream, My Soul
SET 1: Stash, Possum, Ocelot > NICU > Back on the Train, Limb By Limb, Waiting All Night, Yarmouth Road, When the Circus Comes, Heavy Things, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture[1] -> Ghost > Birds of a Feather, Wombat, Tweezer -> Julius > Piper > Wading in the Velvet Sea > Suzy Greenberg
ENCORE: Boogie On Reggae Woman > Tweezer Reprise
Mike teased Paint It Black before Heavy Things. Chalk Dust was unfinished.
Soundcheck: Devotion to a Dream
SET 1: Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Undermind > AC/DC Bag, 555 > Divided Sky, Ocelot, Halfway to the Moon, Kill Devil Falls, Split Open and Melt, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture[1] > If I Could, The Line > Birds of a Feather, A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing > Mike's Song > Prince Caspian > Waves > Weekapaug Groove, Cavern > Golgi Apparatus > Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Wingsuit > The Squirming Coil
Chalk Dust was unfinished. Mike's Song contained a BOAF tease and Weekapaug contained a tease and quote of Shock the Monkey.
SET 1: Buried Alive > Twist, Heavy Things, 555, Halley's Comet > Bathtub Gin, Wingsuit, Divided Sky, Wombat, David Bowie
SET 2: Down with Disease[1] > Back on the Train > NICU > Gotta Jibboo > Theme From the Bottom > Meatstick > Fuego > The Wedge > Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Character Zero
DWD began with a Pop Goes the Weasel tease from Mike, contained a San-Ho-Zay tease from Trey, and was unfinished. Trey teased Stash in The Wedge. Antelope contained Meatstick, Fuego, and St. Thomas teases. Character Zero also contained Meatstick and Fuego teases.
Soundcheck: Billy Breathes, Sugar Shack, Let Me Lie
SET 1: Axilla, Gumbo > Taste, 555, Tube, Halfway to the Moon, Camel Walk, Sparkle, Halley's Comet > It's Ice, Ocelot, Walls of the Cave
SET 2: 46 Days > Fuego > The Line, Backwards Down the Number Line > Tweezer -> Ghost > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Harry Hood > Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: Possum
The start of this show was delayed due to inclement weather. Fuego contained a Godzilla tease from Trey and a Cars Trucks Buses tease from Mike.
SET 1: Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Fuego, Back on the Train, Halfway to the Moon, The Wedge, 555, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Birds of a Feather, Wingsuit
SET 2: Mike's Song > Simple > Free, Waiting All Night > Ghost -> Weekapaug Groove, Harry Hood, Cavern
ENCORE: Julius
Trey teased Streets of Cairo in Back on the Train, The Munsters theme in Stash, and Dave's Energy Guide in Ghost.
SET 1: 46 Days, Undermind, Halfway to the Moon, Carini, Devotion to a Dream, 555, Twist
ENCORE: Character Zero
Phish was the musical guest on Live on Letterman. Earlier in the day, Phish played The Line on The Late Show with David Letterman.
SET 1: The Line
Phish was the musical guest on The Late Show with David Letterman and then performed another set on Live on Letterman.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing > Wilson > Divided Sky, Ocelot, Sugar Shack, Halfway to the Moon > Fluffhead
SET 2: Glide, Llama, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Fuck Your Face, Reba, Icculus, The Lizards, Split Open and Melt
SET 3: Character Zero > Auld Lang Syne > Fuego > Light > Twenty Years Later > Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Grind, Show of Life
After the conclusion of the first set, Trey and Page carried a keyboard-shaped cake out to the front of the stage (with a giant two-dimensional mountain behind it, this created a tableau of the cover of Phish's Colorado '88 release), and proceeded to slice and serve cake in honor of their 30th anniversary to fans near the front of the stage. After the cake was served, a video was played showing Fish collecting various props from the band's previous New Year's Eve concerts and driving a replica of the band's "JEMP" truck down to New York City. The truck from the video appeared in Madison Square Garden and was moved to the center of the floor. All of the songs played during both setbreaks were from the year 1983. The band performed the second set standing on top of the truck, using a stripped-down stage setup including hockey sticks for mic stands. Melt contained a DEG tease from Trey. During Grind, the "days lived" stated by the band referenced how old they would be when they returned for their 60th anniversary. During the encore break, a video montage of photographs and film from throughout Phish's history and previous New Year's Eve concerts was shown. After the encore, a video image was shown of a "Save the Date" card for Phish's 60th anniversary show (on December 31, 2043) with each band member digitally aged.
SET 1: Cars Trucks Buses, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Ginseng Sullivan, Wolfman's Brother, Sparkle > Walk Away, Divided Sky, Split Open and Melt[1] > Julius
SET 2: Down with Disease[1] > Taste, Twenty Years Later > Piper > Backwards Down the Number Line, You Enjoy Myself, Grind
ENCORE: Bouncing Around the Room > Reba, Good Times Bad Times
Trey teased Stash in Cars Trucks Buses. Melt and DWD were unfinished. Mike teased Pop Goes the Weasel during the DWD intro and Shake a Tail Feather later in the song. Mike also teased American Woman in Twenty Years Later. Trey teased Dave's Energy Guide during Taste.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag, The Moma Dance, Axilla > Meatstick, Kill Devil Falls, Scent of a Mule[1], Timber (Jerry the Mule) > My Friend, My Friend, Halfway to the Moon, Maze, Character Zero
SET 2: Crosseyed and Painless > Light -> Golden Age > Birds of a Feather, Halley's Comet > Possum, Bug > Heavy Things, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Joy, First Tube
Scent of a Mule featured Fish on Marimba Lumina. Page teased Baby Elephant Walk before the start of the second set. Golden Age began over the jam out of Light.
Soundcheck: My Soul, Ginseng Sullivan, Jam -> Dog Log -> Buffalo Bill (lyric mash up with "Jet" by Wings) -> Power of Soul
SET 1: Wolfman's Brother, Gotta Jibboo, Cavern > Birds of a Feather, Funky Bitch, Cities > Rift > Bathtub Gin > Tube > Walk Away
SET 2: Golden Age > 46 Days > Boogie On Reggae Woman > Ghost > Carini > Piper > Wading in the Velvet Sea > Mike's Song > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Weekapaug Groove > Character Zero
Soundcheck: Jam > Sentimental Lady, Frost
SET 1: Kill Devil Falls, Mound > Bathtub Gin, Army of One, Rift, Horn > Possum, Pebbles and Marbles, Ocelot > Cavern > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Rock and Roll -> Heartbreaker[1] -> Makisupa Policeman[2] > Chalk Dust Torture[3] > Wilson > Tweezer -> Silent in the Morning > Birds of a Feather, Joy > Harry Hood > Character Zero
ENCORE: A Day in the Life > Tweezer Reprise
Possum contained Horn teases. Heartbreaker was incomplete and Chalk Dust was unfinished. Makisupa began with Mike playing his fight bell with drumsticks. Wilson, Tweezer, Hood, and Character Zero all contained Heartbreaker teases.
No known setlist
This show was postponed until July 22, 2013 due to "insurmountable transportation and public safety issues resulting from the power outage in Toronto after severe downpours in the city."
SET 1: Punch You in the Eye > Runaway Jim, Ocelot > Reba, I Didn't Know, The Curtain > Peaches en Regalia > Mound > Sample in a Jar, The Sloth, Camel Walk, Possum > Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture -> Frankie Says -> Undermind -> Sand -> Walk Away, Limb By Limb > Julius > Also Sprach Zarathustra, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Shine a Light
Before the vacuum solo in I Didn't Know, Trey introduced Fish as "The John Coltrane of the vacuum cleaner." Mike teased Sand in Frankie Says.
SET 1: Skin It Back > Possum, Tube, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Halley's Comet > Axilla > Ya Mar, Joy, Jesus Just Left Chicago > Backwards Down the Number Line > Golgi Apparatus
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Sand -> Golden Age, Wolfman's Brother -> Walk Away, Bug > Fluffhead > The Wedge > Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Character Zero
Skin It Back was played for the first time since July 29,1988 (1,424 shows). Spanish Moon was teased before and during Skin It Back. Happiness is a Warm Gun was played for the first time since October 31, 1994 (661 shows). Possum and Chalk Dust Torture contained Skin It Back teases. Sand contained an Izabella tease. Before Bug, Trey said the band doesn't speak in words back stage anymore and they decided they only used hand signals. Trey slapped his wrist as if he was being bitten by a bug to indicate Bug. Fluffhead contained a Dave's Energy Guide tease.
Soundcheck: Round Room, Saw It Again [Unconfirmed and Possibly Incomplete]
SET 1: Sample in a Jar, Party Time[1], Simple > Axilla, Tube, Kill Devil Falls, Water in the Sky > Horn, Babylon Baby, Bathtub Gin > Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, I Didn't Know[2] > Run Like an Antelope[3]
SET 2: Back on the Train > Rift, Split Open and Melt[4] > The Mango Song > Backwards Down the Number Line, Limb By Limb, Shine a Light, Lengthwise[5] -> Maze[6], Cavern > Fire[7]
ENCORE: Mexican Cousin > Slave to the Traffic Light
Carl Gerhard sat in on trumpet for Party Time. Trey introduced Gerhard as having come to the School of Phish in 1991 and talked about Gerhard's teaching career in the Armed Services. Trey acknowledged the crowd's request by playing Tube. During I Didn't Know, Trey said that they took Fish on the road in 1983 and he went to the Phish School of Music, adding that he was now the executive officer of the "Air Force." Trey said he didn't think Fish should be representing the vacuum cleaners without tucking in his shirt (a.k.a. his dress) and asked him to do so (Fish complied). Antelope included alternate lyrics "Been you to tuck in your dress, man?" "Tuck, tuck, tuck, tuck" and "Tuck in your dress man, you're out of control!" Trey also said that for 30 years, Fish has been leaving his dress untucked and told everybody to tuck in their dresses. Mike, Trey, and Page tucked in their shirts before the setbreak bow. Split Open and Melt included the alternate lyrics "Split open and tuck." Backwards Down the Number Line contained a DEG tease from Trey. Lengthwise included an invitation for audience members to appear on stage and tuck (a few fans came on stage), contained alternate lyrics "When you're there, I sleep tuckwise, and when you're tucked, I sleep, you really have to tuck" and "I sleep diagonal in my tuck," and Trey wielding a light saber, saying "the force is weak with that one. And that one too. But the force is strong with that one." The audience was subsequently called out by Fish, Trey, and Page, in part being told repeatedly "You suck at tucking" over the Maze intro. The Maze intro also featured Trey asking Chris Kuroda to turn off the lights while he waved the light saber around, talked like Darth Vader, saying "I am your father, Fish. I am your father," and played the guitar with his light saber. Fire contained more Tuck references, with Trey saying "Tuck it!" and the alternate lyrics "Let the Tucker take over!" Mike and Trey sported sombreros for Mexican Cousin.
SET 1: Dinner and a Movie, Ha Ha Ha > Chalk Dust Torture, Mexican Cousin, Walls of the Cave > Runaway Jim > Foam, I Didn't Know, Ocelot, Ginseng Sullivan > The Wedge, Limb By Limb, Let It Loose
SET 2: Down with Disease[1] -> Twist > Backwards Down the Number Line > Theme From the Bottom > Golden Age > A Day in the Life > You Enjoy Myself[2]
ENCORE: Heavy Things > Slave to the Traffic Light > Rocky Top
During I Didn't Know, Trey and Mike held up t-shirts of Otis Redding for the "Is this a picture of Otis Redding?" lyric. Mexican Cousin contained a Time Loves a Hero tease from Mike. DWD contained a Leave it to Beaver theme tease from Mike and was unfinished. YEM contained Walk This Way teases and the vocal jam contained a Darth Vader quote.
Soundcheck: Puff the Magic Dragon, Babylon Baby, Ocelot
SET 1: Party Time, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag > Mellow Mood, Rift, Punch You in the Eye > Meat, David Bowie, Bouncing Around the Room, Horn, Water in the Sky > 46 Days
SET 2: Gotta Jibboo > Light > Chalk Dust Torture[1] -> Slave to the Traffic Light > Free, Rocket Man[2] > Harry Hood > Walls of the Cave
ENCORE: Bug > The Squirming Coil
Light included Timber (Jerry) and Tweezer teases. Chalk Dust included teases of Dixie and Hedwig's Theme and was unfinished. Rocket Man was a Phish debut. The soundcheck's Puff the Magic Dragon was performed a cappella by Mike.
Soundcheck: Ginseng Sullivan (Incomplete)
SET 1: Dinner and a Movie, The Moma Dance > Possum, Cities > Fluffhead, Ocelot, Ginseng Sullivan, Kill Devil Falls > Bathtub Gin, Light Up Or Leave Me Alone[1] > Cavern
SET 2: Carini > Sand > Down with Disease[1] -> Maze, Meatstick > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Bug > A Day in the Life > Run Like an Antelope
In Cities, "Elvis" was changed to "Mary Johnson." Light Up Or Leave Me Alone and Disease were unfinished.
SET 1: Llama, The Moma Dance > Possum, Cities, Instant Karma!, David Bowie, Rhymes[1], Divided Sky, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan
SET 2: Back on the Train > Rock and Roll > The Mango Song, Bug, Pebbles and Marbles, Halley's Comet > Meatstick > Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Suzy Greenberg
This show marked the Phish debut of Rhymes. Antelope contained Meatstick, Bug, and Divided Sky teases. Suzy also contained Meatstick teases. After Bug, the crowd chanted "Let's Go Bruins" prompting the band to play in rhythm with the crowd's clapping. During the "Rye Rye Rocco" segment of Antelope, Trey introduced Fish as "Ladies and Gentlemen, on cymbal, Jon Fishman!" after he had missed the band's unified stop in the song.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Roggae > Punch You in the Eye, The Moma Dance > Rock and Roll, Sand, Tube > Divided Sky, Character Zero
SET 2: After Midnight > Possum, Drowned > Maze, Dirt, Alaska, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Fire
Trey dedicated Sand to "Max." YEM contained a Yakety Sax (It's Ice) tease from Mike. Fire contained alternate lyrics "move on over, let Cactus take over!"
SET 1: Kill Devil Falls, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Alaska[1], She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride, Wolfman's Brother, Pigtail[2], Stash, Bouncing Around the Room > Rift, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, The Birdwatcher[3]
SET 2: Carini > Backwards Down the Number Line > Back on the Train -> Limb By Limb > The Wedge > Frankie Says > Albuquerque, Harry Hood > Bug
ENCORE: Shine a Light
She Caught the Katy was last performed on July 21, 1998 (325 shows). Trey used a device that played Sarah Palin quotes during Alaska and after the debut of Pigtail. This show also featured the Phish debut of Birdwatcher. Back on the Train featured a Streets of Cairo tease from Trey and Hood contained a Spanish Harlem tease from Page.
Soundcheck: Nothing, Let Me Lie, Friday, Walls of the Cave
SET 1: After Midnight, The Sloth, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues[1], Mellow Mood, Access Me, Llama, All of These Dreams, The Curtain With > Scent of a Mule, A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, It's Ice > Walls of the Cave
SET 2: Possum > Light > Mike's Song > Simple > Makisupa Policeman[2] -> Night Nurse[3] -> Makisupa Policeman > The Wedge, Ghost -> The Mango Song > Weekapaug Groove[4] -> Llama Reprise
ENCORE: Show of Life
After Midnight was played for the first time since December 31, 1999 (208 shows). In Alumni, Trey added "from Goddard College" after the final "'cause I got a degree" lyric. Makisupa included the lyrics "Woke up this morning with a policeman at my door all I could do was shrug, and go back in my bedroom and smoke another nug." This show featured the Phish debut of Night Nurse; original artist Gregory Isaacs passed away the night before, October 25, 2010. Weekapaug was heavily teased by Trey in Mango before the segue into Weekapaug itself. Weekapaug subsequently contained a Can't You Hear Me Knocking jam, which featured lyrics from Ghost and Night Nurse, and was unfinished.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Back on the Train, Torn and Frayed, Bathtub Gin, Gumbo, Divided Sky, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Nellie Kane > 46 Days > Possum
SET 2: Fuck Your Face > Mike's Song -> Fuck Your Face > Light -> Twenty Years Later > Fast Enough for You, Weekapaug Groove, Halley's Comet > Free > Harry Hood > Golgi Apparatus, A Day in the Life
ENCORE: Reba[1], Backwards Down the Number Line
Mike's Song contained a Fuck Your Face tease. Fast Enough for You started with Fish playing the drumbeat to I Am Hydrogen. Reba contained a Manteca quote from Fish and did not have the whistling ending.
SET 1: Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Time Turns Elastic, Meat, Divided Sky, Timber (Jerry the Mule), On Your Way Down, Heavy Things, Sugar Shack, 46 Days
SET 2: Carini[1] -> David Bowie, Light > Theme From the Bottom -> Free > Joy, Halfway to the Moon > Bug, Summer of '89 > Split Open and Melt
ENCORE: Meatstick
Carini's lyrics were changed to reference a suspected outbreak of Bubonic plague in the Broomfield area. The first of the trapped miners in Chile emerged during the setbreak, and the second during Theme -> Free > Joy. After Meatstick's conclusion, the audience continued the song and dance for several choruses.
Soundcheck: Dog Log, Ginseng Sullivan, Burn That Bridge [Possibly incomplete]
SET 1: Fluffhead, Kill Devil Falls > Cities, Funky Bitch > Wilson[1], Reba[2], Walk Away, Wolfman's Brother > Possum
SET 2: Lengthwise -> Maze, Halley's Comet > Mike's Song > Simple > Backwards Down the Number Line > Prince Caspian > Rock and Roll > Weekapaug Groove, Loving Cup
ENCORE: Show of Life, Golgi Apparatus
Portions of Wilson were performed by Trey on a toy guitar during which Fish teased the beginning drumbeats of Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin). Reba did not have the whistling ending.
Soundcheck: Jam, Nellie Kane, You Better Believe It Baby
SET 1: The Squirming Coil, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Ya Mar, Timber (Jerry the Mule), Let Me Lie, Divided Sky, Walk Away, Roses Are Free > Limb By Limb, Bouncing Around the Room, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Party Time, Mike's Song > Crosseyed and Painless > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Destiny Unbound, Carini > Free > Heavy Things, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Shine a Light
Carini contained a quote from Fish of One of These Days ("One of these days I'm gonna cut you into little pieces") and, shortly thereafter, an Echoes tease from Page (the "ping" noise that begins Echoes).
SET 1: The Connection, Down with Disease > Sample in a Jar, Ocelot, Reba[1], Horn, Funky Bitch, Undermind, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, David Bowie
SET 2: Possum, Mike's Song > Simple > I Am the Walrus[2] > Weekapaug Groove[3] > Limb By Limb > Joy, Harry Hood > Golgi Apparatus
ENCORE: First Tube
Reba did not have the whistling ending. This show featured the Phish debut of I Am The Walrus. Weekapaug was unfinished.
Soundcheck: work on Dr. Gabel
SET 1: Lit O Bit[1], Camel Walk, Possum, Divided Sky, Dirt > Sample in a Jar, Kill Devil Falls, Dr. Gabel[2], Run Like an Antelope[3]
SET 2: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley -> Light -> 46 Days, Limb By Limb, Golgi Apparatus > Slave to the Traffic Light, Loving Cup
ENCORE: First Tube
This show featured the Phish debut of Lit O Bit (Rita Clarke And The Naturals) and the debut of Dr. Gabel. In Antelope, "Marco Esquandolas" was changed to "Leo Esquandolas," followed by a Page solo.
Soundcheck: Gone, Sleep Again, The Connection [list and order unconfirmed]
SET 1: Tube, Kill Devil Falls, Slave to the Traffic Light, Lawn Boy, Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag, The Moma Dance > My Friend, My Friend, Cold Water[1], Bathtub Gin, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan
SET 2: Wilson > Seven Below > 46 Days > Idea[2] > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Simple -> Joy, Taste, Theme From the Bottom > A Day in the Life
ENCORE: Heavy Things, First Tube
This show marked the Phish debut of Cold Water (Tom Waits) and the debut of Idea. Tube was played in response to the crowd requesting it.
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus, Maze, Driver, The Connection, Wolfman's Brother, Ocelot, Reba[1], Access Me, Divided Sky, Cavern
SET 2: Kill Devil Falls > Tweezer > Prince Caspian > Gotta Jibboo > Wilson -> Gotta Jibboo -> Heavy Things > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise
Reba did not have the whistling ending. Tweezer contained a brief Dave's Energy Guide tease from Page.
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Cities > Camel Walk, The Curtain With, The Wedge, The Moma Dance, Reba[1], Golgi Apparatus, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan
SET 2: Possum > Down with Disease[2] > Twenty Years Later > Harry Hood > The Mango Song > Mike's Song > Simple > Slave to the Traffic Light > Weekapaug Groove[3]
ENCORE: A Day in the Life
Cities was played in response to a fan with a sign requesting the song and featured alternative lyrics referencing Thanksgiving. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Disease was unfinished. Much of Weekapaug was played at a significantly slower pace than normal. Prior to ADITL, Fish teased the Weekapaug drumbeat.
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
This show featured the first Paul and Silas since November 29, 1998 (211 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.
SET 1: Kill Devil Falls, Ocelot, Brian and Robert, Sample in a Jar, Rift, Ya Mar, Reba[1], 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
Reba did not have the whistling ending. Trey and Fish teased Seven Below before Halley’s Comet.
SET 1: Kill Devil Falls, The Moma Dance, Sample in a Jar, Stash, Dog Faced Boy, Gumbo, Tube, Lengthwise, 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
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 lay 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 (235 shows). Bold as Love was played for the first time since October 6, 2000 (74 shows).
SET 1: Runaway Jim, Foam, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan[1], Timber (Jerry the Mule), 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
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).
SET 1: AC/DC Bag, Heavy Things, Punch You in the Eye > Wolfman's Brother, Theme From the Bottom, Birds of a Feather
SET 2: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove[1], A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing -> Piper -> Makisupa Policeman[2], Dog Faced Boy, Friday, Harry Hood
ENCORE: Possum[3]
Heavy things contained Stash teases from Trey. This version of Weekapaug featured a slowed down ending. After Weekapaug, Trey told a story explaining the origins of Weekapaug and ASIHTOS while Mike and Page teased (and Trey sang part of) December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night). The “keyword” for Makisupa referred to a tall, cool glass of soy milk. Possum did not contain its customary build-up intro.
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: 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…”).
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: 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: 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: 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.
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: 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.
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