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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.
SET 1: Piper, Guyute, NICU, Horn, Wilson[1], Mound, The Squirming Coil > David Bowie
SET 2: Waves[2] > Divided Sky, Lawn Boy, Carini, Rift, Harry Hood > Character Zero
SET 3: Sample in a Jar, Seven Below[2] > Auld Lang Syne > Runaway Jim -> Time Loves a Hero, Taste, Strange Design, Walls of the Cave[2]
ENCORE: Wading in the Velvet Sea
Phish returned from their hiatus with their first public show since October 7, 2000. The pre-show music alluded to the end of the hiatus with such songs as the theme from Welcome Back Kotter, Feels Like the First Time, Back in the Saddle Again, Reunited, and The Boys are Back in Town. The final selection was Foreplay/Long Time, during which time the band took the stage. Prior to Wilson, a scene from the Tom Hanks movie Cast Away was played in the arena (referring to Hanks’s character searching for his volleyball/companion named Wilson). Trey subsequently introduced Hanks to sing the final lyric. Major news media reported the Hanks appearance, but the guest singer was actually Page’s brother, Steve McConnell. Mound was played for the first time since November 19, 1996 (276 shows). Bowie included a DEG tease. This show included the debuts of Waves, Seven Below and Walls of the Cave. Appropriately, Seven Below began about seven minutes before midnight. During the song, the crew lowered a disco ball from the scoreboard and created a “snowfall” on stage. Dancers dressed in white as snow creatures took the stage and circled the band before dispersing into the crowd. Some of the dancers ascended ladders and donned stilts to become snow angels. At midnight, white balloons and confetti were dropped on the crowd. A little person remained on each front corner of the stage, popping balloons, while the snow angels continued to dance. Runaway Jim contained a Weekapaug tease from Page. Time Loves a Hero was last played August 11, 1998 (or 153 shows). Walls included a San-Ho-Zay tease from Trey. The evening was capped with perfect post-show music: Let’s Stay Together.
SET 1: 46 Days, Chalk Dust Torture
Phish performed on Saturday Night Live, with former Vice President Al Gore as host. Gore introduced both performances. Earlier in the show, Phish had appeared in the recurring “Jarret’s Room” sketch series, where Jimmy Fallon plays a college dorm room web-show host. In the sketch, the band was forced to hang out with Jarret and his friends after being involved in a car accident with one of them. Gore appeared in the sketch as one of the students’ professors. All four members of Phish joined in to play a snippet of Contact in the dorm room. Later, Robert Smigel’s TV Funhouse cartoon parodied the ability of Charlie Brown and his Peanuts friends to transform and enliven anything (e.g., a dumpy Christmas tree) by just “waving their arms around a lot.” Phish appeared as the “transformed” version of Schroeder and his friends, who had been playing music themselves. During the cartoon, two pieces of You Enjoy Myself were used as the Peanuts characters danced around.
This impromptu performance took place at the wedding reception of Lisa Narodick and (Dionysian Productions’) Jason Colton. Phish used the instruments of the reception band Brave Combo. Loving Cup was a request of the bride. This was the first known Phish performance in 420 days and the only known performance by all the members of Phish together during the hiatus.
SET 1: First Tube > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Fee, Bathtub Gin, Glide, My Soul
SET 2: Twist > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Tweezer, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Meatstick > David Bowie, Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE: You Enjoy Myself
This was the final show before the band’s hiatus. Appropriately, given the pending extended break from touring, the pre-show music closed with The Rolling Stones’ The Last Time and the post-show music was The Beatles’ Let it Be. After the show, the crowd gave the crew a standing ovation as they packed the band’s gear, while the crew took pictures of the crowd. Trey teased San-Ho-Zay in Twist. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
SET 1: Carini, Stash, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Mellow Mood, Maze, The Moma Dance, Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Heavy Things > Down with Disease[1] -> Spock's Brain, The Inlaw Josie Wales, Rift, Cities > Sand > Golgi Apparatus, Brian and Robert, Bold As Love
ENCORE: El Paso[2], Chalk Dust Torture[3] > West L.A. Fadeaway[2]
Glide was teased before the Carini opener and Jibboo was teased before Heavy Things. Disease was unfinished. The encore featured Bob Weir on guitar as well as vocals for the Phish debuts of El Paso and West L.A. Fadeaway. Trey teased Chalk Dust after West L.A. Fadeaway.
Soundcheck: She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride, Funky Bitch
SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guyute, Wolfman's Brother -> Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley[1], Limb By Limb, Come on Baby Let's Go Downtown > Beauty of My Dreams > Axilla, Horn > Possum
SET 2: Drowned -> NICU > David Bowie, Halley's Comet -> Walk Away, Piper > Character Zero
ENCORE: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Chalk Dust included a Walk This Way tease. Sneakin' Sally did not contain a vocal jam. Trey teased Rift before the start of the second set. Character Zero ended with a slow jam where Trey quoted the lyrics to Fast Enough for You.
Soundcheck: Drowned
SET 1: The Moma Dance > It's Ice > Bouncing Around the Room > Funky Bitch, Reba[1], Dog Faced Boy, Run Like an Antelope[2]
SET 2: Rock and Roll > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Sample in a Jar, Gotta Jibboo, Bug > Harry Hood > Cavern
ENCORE: Loving Cup
Reba did not have the whistling ending. Antelope included a reference to Bob Weaver instead of Marco Esquandolas.
Soundcheck: Back at the Chicken Shack, Ginseng Sullivan, Twist
SET 1: First Tube > Wolfman's Brother, Back on the Train, Beauty of My Dreams, Vultures, The Inlaw Josie Wales, Billy Breathes, Llama[1], Lawn Boy, Runaway Jim
SET 2: Roses Are Free > Piper[2] -> Guy Forget[3] -> When the Circus Comes > Camel Walk, Driver, David Bowie
ENCORE: Waste
Trey introduced the band during Llama (including Fish as 'Bob Weaver') before encouraging the audience to clap along with him. He slapped himself on the forehead and encouraged fans to slap the foreheads of the person next to them, but few did. Piper was unfinished and morphed into the debut of Guy Forget, which contained a "will the good lord save or will I dance on grave" quote and a San-Ho-Zay tease from Trey. Guy Forget had been previously performed in soundchecks. Piper and Camel Walk from this gig are included as filler on the Live in Vegas DVD.
SET 1: Walfredo, The Curtain With, Maze, Roggae, I Didn't Know[1], Mike's Song > Simple > Saw It Again, Esther[2] > Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule), AC/DC Bag, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird[3], Twist > Sand > A Day in the Life
ENCORE: Emotional Rescue
Though the band came out in position for Walfredo, they were forced to pause due to technical difficulties. For the second show in a row, several breakouts dotted the setlist: Walfredo (first since February 22, 1997, or 250 shows), Esther (August 9, 1998, 148 shows), Forbin’s and Mockingbird (August 7, 1998, 150 shows), A Day in the Life (July 3, 1998, 172 shows), and Emotional Rescue (July 28, 1998, 157 shows). The Mockingbird narration referenced the band’s upcoming hiatus. I Didn’t Know included a reference to Kid Rock’s sidekick Joe C. Esther featured flubbed lyrics for the final verse, ending with Trey proclaiming: “She died. Dead.” As the band returned for the second set, the crowd serenaded Trey with Happy Birthday. Twist contained San-Ho-Zay teases from Trey. Emotional Rescue included a bizarre synchronized duel on-stage between Trey and Mike. This show was webcast live and subsequently released in its entirety as the band’s first full concert DVD, Live in Vegas.
Soundcheck: Ginseng Sullivan, Mellow Mood
SET 1: Carini, Rift, Frankenstein, Mellow Mood, Wilson[1] > Spock's Brain > Bathtub Gin > Character Zero
SET 2: Dinner and a Movie, The Moma Dance > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Fluffhead > Meatstick > Walk This Way[2], Rapper's Delight[2], You Shook Me All Night Long[3]
ENCORE: We're an American Band[4]
Wilson included a heavy metal jam, complete with Trey waving his guitar in the air. Kid Rock provided guest vocals from Walk This Way through the encore. Walk This Way and Rapper’s Delight (with funny stage antics from Fish, who danced on his knees like Kid’s sidekick Joe C.) were Phish debuts. You Shook Me (All Night Long) was played in its entirety by Phish for the first time, although it had been jammed on other occasions. Walk This Way was also teased during 2001. Spock’s Brain (first since June 24, 1995, or 393 shows), Dinner and a Movie (first since March 1, 1997, or 244 shows), and American Band (first since November 16, 1996, or 273 shows) returned after long absences. The Carini opener was preceded by a Wilson tease and saw Trey have several problems with his guitar.
SET 1: Sample in a Jar, My Friend, My Friend[1], Beauty of My Dreams > My Soul, Limb By Limb, Dirt, Split Open and Melt, Horn, Taste, Cavern
SET 2: Piper > Gumbo > Ghost > The Mango Song, Heavy Things, Brother, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Loving Cup
The My Friend ending did not contain the "Myfe" lyric. Brother was played for the first time since July 28, 1998 (155 shows) after which Trey commented, “That song is all about the ending.”
SET 1: Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey, Down with Disease[1] > The Lizards, Tweezer, Back on the Train, Water in the Sky, Bug, Julius
SET 2: Gotta Jibboo > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Axilla > Harry Hood > Funky Bitch
ENCORE: Boogie On Reggae Woman > Driver > Tweezer Reprise
Everybody’s Got Something To Hide was played for the first time since October 31, 1994 (437 shows). Disease was unfinished.
SET 1: Mellow Mood, Chalk Dust Torture, Back at the Chicken Shack, Sparkle, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Roggae, First Tube > Punch You in the Eye > Sample in a Jar
SET 2: Cities > Free > Ya Mar, Carini, Lawn Boy, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Cool It Down -> David Bowie
ENCORE: Fire
Cool it Down was played for the first time since October 31, 1998 (132 shows) and contained San-Ho-Zay teases from Trey.
SET 1: Come on Baby Let's Go Downtown[1] > The Moma Dance, Frankenstein, Halley's Comet > Fee > Stash
SET 2: Birds of a Feather, Tweezer[2] > NICU > Scent of a Mule, Fast Enough for You, Piper > Character Zero
ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise
Come on Baby Let's Go Downtown made its Phish debut at this show. Trey teased Super Bad in Moma Dance. Tweezer contained Sunshine of Your Love teases from Trey and featured an ending typical for older Tweezers with a die-down akin to the Picture of Nectar album version.
SET 1: Down with Disease, Meat[1] > Poor Heart > Wilson > Slave to the Traffic Light, Dogs Stole Things > Bathtub Gin, Heavy Things, You Enjoy Myself
SET 2: Tube > Reba, Ghost > The Wedge, When the Circus Comes, Meatstick[2], Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Bold As Love
Meat was unfinished. Reba contained a Stash tease from Trey. Meatstick concluded with the band fading out and the audience finishing the song a cappella. Antelope subsequently included Meatstick teases.
SET 1: Cars Trucks Buses, Wolfman's Brother, Gotta Jibboo > Mike's Song > Simple -> The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > Weekapaug Groove, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
SET 2: First Tube > Limb By Limb, Dirt, It's Ice[1] > Wading in the Velvet Sea > Sand, Guyute > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Drowned
ENCORE: Cavern
It's Ice was unfinished and included a long, atypical jam.
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