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More Phish goodness in Syracuse on Sunday night 11/22, as the band’s fall tour continues on its east coast trek. First set highlights include a David Bowie opener (for the 10th time ever), a fun Boogie On, and a smoking, exploratory Stash set closer. The second set kicked off with a big Drowned>Twist>Piper>BBFCFM sequence with lots of fun and energetic jamming and some Fishman drum breaks. Late show highlights were a fan-requested Tube, an always-welcome Theme, and a ragin’ Maze.  Next stop for the band is Tuesday and Wednesday night for their first gigs ever at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia.

11/22/09 - Set 2, Drowned

Phish ~ 11/22/09 ~ War Memorial at Oncenter ~ Syracuse, NY

Set 1
David Bowie
Julius
Sparkle
Kill Devil Falls
Lawn Boy
Heavy Things
Funky Bitch
Boogie on Reggae Woman
Let Me Lie
Beauty of A Broken Heart
Stash

Set 2
Drowned >
Twist >
Piper >
Big Black Furry Creatures From Mars
Tube
Theme From The Bottom
Maze
The Horse >
Silent in the Morning
Character Zero
First Tube

Encore
Good Times, Bad Times

***dl coming soon***

11/22/09 - Set 1, Bowie

Night 2 in Cincy built on the energy from night 1 and carried a much more rocking, triumphant tone. The Set 2 combination of Rock and Roll, Ghost, and Backwards Down the Number Line was a great expose of the many sides that Phish rock and roll anthems can take on. The first set was straight ahead rage-in-your face rock – see Wilson, Melt, and Antelope. Other notable jams included a 10 minute Ocelot that found a nice Type II groove before returning to the song’s reprise. All in all, the band in sounding confident and practiced and the tour is picking up speed nicely. Enjoy pics, setlist, dl, and vids below…

11-21-09

Phish/11-21-09/U.S. Bank Arena/Cincinnati, OH

Set 1: Wilson, NICU, Wolfman’s Brother, Ocelot, Torn and Frayed, Strange Design, Ginseng Sullivan, Albuquerque, Split Open and Melt, Dirt, Limb By Limb, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Rock and Roll > Ghost > If I Could, Backwards Down the Number Line, Prince Caspian, Suzy Greenberg, 2001 > The Squirming Coil

Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Axilla

Set 1 DL

Set 2 DL

11-21-09

Fresh off a solid, if not warm-up-esque (aern’t all tour openers?) tour opener in Detroit, Phish kicks off a 3 night run tonight with show 1 of 2 at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, OH. Then it’s up to Syracuse on Sunday before heading back south to Philly for the highly anticipated Turkey day run. Ah, Phish tour and the holidays, it dosen’t get much better than this phans.

11/20/09 Set 1

Phish – 11/20/09 – U.S. Bank Arena – Cincinnati, OH

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, The Moma Dance, The Divided Sky, Alaska, Water In The Sky, Fast Enough For You, Time Turns Elastic, Gotta Jibboo, Fluffhead

Set 2: PYITE, Tweezer -> Light -> Back on the Train -> Possum, Slave to the Traffic Light, YEM

Encore: Joy, Golgi Aparatus, Tweezer Reprise

Set 1 DL

Set 2 DL

It’s arrived, Phish fall tour starts tonight in Detroit rock city at Cobo arena. As the band winds their way down the east coast, here’s some useful links to keep you up-to-date on all things Phish tour:

Phish Twitter – real time setlist updates

Phish.com From The Road – real-time and historical setlists and pics from every show

PhishThoughts – Reviews and ‘no spoilers‘ downloads of every show

PT Phish Message Board – More sarcastic and idiotic Phish-related banter than you knew was possible

PhishTwit – Real time Phish activity in the twittosphere, next best thing to being there

And, of course, the tour opener setlist, pics, audio and vids below:

Phish ~ 11/18/09 ~ Cobo Arena ~ Detroit, MI

Set 1:
AC/DC Bag
Foam
Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan
Bouncing Around the Room
Sample in a Jar
Kill Devil Falls
It’s Ice
Horn
Mountains in the Mist
Poor Heart
46 Days
David Bowie

11/18/09

Set 2:
Runaway Jim
Down With Disease >
Free
Waste
Taste
Bug
Wading in the Velvet Sea
Mike’s Song >
I Am Hydrogen >
Weekapaug Groove
Cavern

Encore:
Character Zero

Download – Set 1

Download – Set 2

11/18/09 - DWD