Following their biggest show of the summer to the 80,000+ festivarians at Bonnaroo last weekend, Phish played the smallest venue of their summer tour last night – the intimate 4,500 person capacity Fox Theatre in St. Louis. The most hyped show of the summer and probably the hardest ticket, the Fox performance seemingly fell short of expectations (at least on paper). Despite the ‘McGrupp’ bustout in the encore and a 2nd set Mike’s Groove, the new song, ballad, and repeat heavy setlist has fans hailing this as the ‘sleeper’ show of the summer. Let’s just hope the boys are saving up for the tour-closing 4 show run comign up this wekend.
Phish
6/16/09
The Fabulous Fox Theatre
St. Louis, MO
Phish @ The Fox - 6/16/09
Set 1
Kill Devil Falls
Ocelot
Brian And Robert
Sample In A Jar
Rift
Yamar
Reba
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
The Fox - 6/16/09
Check out the RiverFront Times review of the show here
A few YouTube snippets…
Character Zero:
Slave to the Traffic Light:
Welcome To Now 