Last night, Phish performed for the first time at the intimate Harbor Center NTELOS Pavillion in Porstmouth, VA (just 30 minutes away from the Mothership). While the show offered up a number of highlights and solid playing for the most part, the setlist left something to be desired the band’s playing was notably less exploratory and ‘loose’ as the opening 3 nights of tour. Four shows into the tour and yet to repeat a song, the stage is set for Hartford 2010 – look out for yet-unplayed gems PYITE, Birds of a Feather, Yamar, and oxy-years hits Scents and Subtle Sounds and ASIHTOS. It’s gonna be hot people!
Phish @ Hartford 8/14/09
Phish – 6/15/10 – NTELOS Pavilion – Portsmouth, VA
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*, Bathtub Gin, Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan
Set 2: Wilson -> Seven Below, 46 Days -> Idea**, 2001 -> Simple -> Joy, Taste, Theme from the Bottom, A Day in the Life
PHISH ~ 6/13/2010 ~ HERSHEYPARK STADIUM ~ HERSHEY, PA
Phish 6/13/2010 - YEM
Set 1: Gotta Jibboo, Chalk Dust Torture, Fluffhead, Funky Bitch, Runaway Jim, NICU, Horn, It’s Ice, Bouncing Around the Room, Sparkle, Split Open and Melt
Set 2: Drowned -> Tweezer -> Twist, Piper -> Free, Wading in the Velvet Sea, You Enjoy Myself
NOTE TO READERS: SETLISTS, DOWNLOADS, AND MORE FROM EVERY SUMMER TOUR SHOW CAN BE FOUND IN THE DOWNLOAD LIBRARY (LINK AT TOP LEFT OF PAGE) ON THE PHISH SUMMER TOUR 2010 PAGE
PHISH
6/12/2010
BLOSSOM MUSIC CENTER
CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH
6/12/2010 Print
Set 1: Look Out Cleveland*, Ocelot, Water in the Sky, Stash, The Ballad of Curtis Loew#, Sample in a Jar, Time Turns Elastic, Mike’s Song -> I Am Hydrogen -> Weekapaug Groove
Set 2: Rock and Roll > Harry Hood > Backwards Down the Number Line > Twenty Years Later, Instant Karma*, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony -> Suzy Greenberg -> Waste, Character Zero
E: The Squirming Coil
* – Debut (The Band)
** – Debut (John Lennon)
# – Last played 05/31/09 Fenway Park
NOTE TO READERS: SETLISTS, DOWNLOADS, AND MORE FROM EVERY SUMMER TOUR SHOW CAN BE FOUND IN THE DOWNLOAD LIBRARY (LINK AT TOP LEFT OF PAGE) ON THE PHISH SUMMER TOUR 2010 PAGE
The boys really kicked Summer Tour 2010 off with a bang last night, offering up a greatest hits-filled show in Chicago. This has to be the most exciting tour opener of any Phish 2.0 or 3.0 trek, and arguably one of the tightest and best played. The show focused on older material with big jam vehicles DWD, Possum, Reba, Divided Sky, and David Bowie all appearing in the 1st set! The 2nd set also started with a full on blitz of two jam sandwiches of Light->Maze, and Ghost -> Limb by Limb.
Phish Totyota Park 2009
The second set then slowed down a bit with a sweet Prince Caspian followed by an always welcome Horse-> Silent. To cap things off, a fun and explorative Antelope closed out the set but not before the Band offered their first debut of the tour – Trey and The Dude of Life’s newly penned ‘Show of Life’ that was first played on the recent TAB Band Tour. A one-two punch encore of Cavern and Julius ended things on a rocking high note – hopefully a theme that will continue tonight at Blossom and throughout the tour!
Phish Toyota Park 2009
PHISH ~ 6/11/2010 ~ TOYOTA PARK ~ CHICAGO, IL
Set 1: Down With Disease, Wolfman’s Brother, Possum, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Reba > Jesus Just Left Chicago, The Divided Sky, Golgi Apparatus, David Bowie
Set 2: Light > Maze, Ghost > Limb By Limb, Prince Caspian, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Run Like An Antelope, Show Of Life*
NOTE TO READERS: SETLISTS, DOWNLOADS, AND MORE FROM EVERY SUMMER TOUR SHOW CAN BE FOUND IN THE DOWNLOAD LIBRARY (LINK AT TOP LEFT OF PAGE) ON THE PHISH SUMMER TOUR 2010 PAGE
The time is finally upon us phans, Phish tour kicks off tomorrow night, June 11th, with a highly anticipated tour opener at Toyota Park in Chicago. The band has certainly been getting the community pumped up with a full-out PR blitz this past week: a new website, leaked never-before-circulated soundboard recordings, an (albeit pre-recorded) late night appearance, and a surprise Trey guest spot.
Be sure to follow Welcome To Now for setlist updates, show reviews, videos, and downloads from throughout the tour. If that dosen’t satisfy your Phish craving, be sure to also check out YEMBlog, Phish From The Road, and Mr. Miner’s Phish Thoughts. Full Phish Summer 2010 Tour Dates below – enjoy, have fun, and be safe phans!
PHISH SUMMER TOUR 2010 (LEG 1)
June 11 – Chicago, IL @ Toyota Park
June 12 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
June 13 – Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
June 15 – Portsmouth, VA @ Telos Pavilion at Harbor Center
June 17 – Hartford, CT @ Comcast Theatre
June 18 – Hartford, CT @ Comcast Theatre
June 19 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 20 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 22 – Mansfield, MA @ Comcast Center
June 24 – Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
June 25 – Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
June 26 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 27 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 29 – Canandaigua, NY @ CMAC
July 1 – Raleigh, NC @ Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
July 2 – Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 3 – Alpharetta, GA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre @ Encore Park
July 4 – Alpharetta, GA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre @ Encore Park
Trey stopped by Conan’s show at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby last night and raged out on Alaska! As if we weren’t already excited enough for summer tour, check the video below to take it to the next level… 3 days people!
While completely unconfirmed and unsubstantiated, the following rumor popped up today right here on Welcome To Now. I received this comment from a reader in response to previous rumors posted here about Phish’s 2010 Summer Tour plans:
“Just confirmed permits have been submitted for Loring Airforce Base Limestone ME. Late Aug. 27/28/29. The town is already asking for volunteers from the towns folk for a large 3 day concert. Hummmmm.. I wonder who that could be!”
Any other heads out there here similar rumblings out of Limestone?
IT Festival - Loring Air Force Base, Limestone ME - 2003
While this is certainly late in the season for a summer festival announcement, recent news that Phish will NOT return to Indio in 2010 does make this scenario more likely.
In our first installment of Phish Classics, let’s dust off a gem from summer of 94′: The famous ‘Gamehoist’ Show. For this special summer outing, the boys played one for the records – a complete Gamehenge in the 1st set followed by a complete run through ‘Hoist’ in the 2nd set. This is a must-have for any collection, both sets of the show are flawlessly executed, jammed out to the max, and dripping with early 90’s Phish-psychedelia.
Phish in 93'
This show is one of the five known complete Gamehenge performances ever, the 4th of 5 (with the final one to appear just weeks later). The songs are performed precisely and feature searing and exploratory jams, steeped in the band’s exciting 1994 style. Trey’s narrations between songs take the audience on a journey to another land, certainly unlike any other touring rock act at the time. Covering ‘Hoist’ in full was an equally ballsy move for the band, having just released the album months before the show. That said, the band had already debuted all of the album’s material live and sufficiently ‘road-tested’ it. In any case, the performance here is inspired and fun, with many of the jams really taking off.
Hoist Album Art
06/26/94 Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, WV
Set I: Kung, Llama, The Lizards, Tela, Wilson, AC/DC Bag, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent -> Fly Famous Mockingbird, The Sloth, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, The Divided Sky
Set II: Julius, Down With Disease, If I Could, Axilla, Lifeboy, Sample in a Jar, Wolfman’s Brother, Scent of a Mule, Dog Faced Boy, Demand* -> Y’rushalayim Shel Zahav
Encore: Old Home Place**, Amazing Grace, Tube, Fire
“GameHoist”. The first set was the Gamehendge saga, including full narration between songs. The second set was the entire ‘Hoist’ album, except for “Riker’s Mailbox”
* – With Split Open and Melt jam
** – First Time Played
Today we celebrate the one year anniversary of Welcome To Now! Founded on March 25th, 2009, WTN has been there over the past year along with all you freaks out there, sharing in the groove and digging the wonderful music taking place all across this great land. In honor of this special day, let’s look back at the 10 biggest musical moments of the past year in Jam:
1. PHISH RETURNS
Phish @ Hamtpon - 3/07/09
Phish returned to the stage in 2009, with a more than triumphant year of playing. The reunion began with a historic 3 show run at Hampton Coliseum in March. Things just got better as the year went on for The Phish – the band released a new album, ‘Joy’, and hit the road for a big 2-leg summer tour, Halloween at Festival 8 in Indio, CA, an East Coast fall tour, and New Years in Miami. All in all, 2009 was a great year to be a Phish-head!
Hampton Fluffhead
2. PHIL AND BOBBY GO FURTHUR (JOHN K. LEAVES DSO)
Lesh, Weir, and Kadlecik - Dec. 09'
Phil Lesh and Bob Weir shocked deadheads everywhere in August of 09′ when they announced their newest post-Jerry Dead project: Furthur. Unexpected to all, Phil and Bobby called on John Kadlecik, aka ‘Faux Jerry’, aka ‘The Ghost of Jerry’, DSOs long-time axe-man, to join the band. The new project laid to rest indefinitely both Phil Lesh and Friends and Ratdog, and dealt a major blow to DSO, leaving them without a front man. In the 6 months the band has been together, they’ve played a big coming out 3-show run in Oakland, a brief Northeast December tour, New Year’s run in San Fran, and a smoking Winter tour of the East Coast and Midwest. Coming up in 2010, the band will hit the stage for a Memorial Day Festival and a mini-tour of the Northeast in late June and early July.
Furthur NYE 2009 Poster
3. THE DEAD REUNITE FOR TOUR
The Dead - Spring 09'
Months before Furthur, the Core Four reunited for the first time in over 5 years for a one-off Spring Tour across the US. The boys were joined by Warren Haynes on lead guitar and vocals, and Jeff Chimenti of Ratdog on the keys. Check out a few tour highlights below for download!
The Disco Biscuits closed out a fantastic year of playing with their second Annual 5 show run at the Nokia Theater in New York City. By all accounts and from personal experience, this string of shows was top-notch and a real exclamation point on the year for the band. Check out choice downloads, videos, and news from 2009 in the Bisco Archive.
Bisco NYE Run 09 Flyer
5. PHISH FESTIVAL 8 & ROLLING STONES MUSICAL COSTUME
Phish - 10/31/09 Set 1
Phish re-launched two traditions on Halloween weekend 2009 with their first festival of Phish 3.0 along with a highly anticipated Halloween musical costume set – The Rolling Stones’ ‘Exile on Main Street’. Breaking new ground, the band also performed an intimate and picturesque acoustic set at Noon on Sunday, with complimentary donuts and coffee for phans. Truly a magical weekend, and it’s now going to be seen like never before in a full length 3D film being released April 30th. Check out this crisp video/audio stream of the Sunday acoustic set here!
6. ABB BACK WITH A VENGEANCE: BEACON, MOUNTAIN JAM, AND MORE
ABB Beacon Marquis 2009
After canceling their annual Beacon run in 2008 due to Greg Allman’s battle with Hepatitis C, the band returned in 2009 with a guest-filled 40th anniversary run at the Beacon Theater. The run included guest stops from a star-studded cast including Clapton, Lesh, Weir, Helm, Scaggs, Anastasio, and McConnell. The band kept trucking in 09′ with spring and summer festival appearances including Wanee and Mountain Jam as well as big summer and fall tours. The band just wrapped up a fantastic 9 show run at the United Palace in New York city, is sounding better than ever, and has more shows plotted for 2010 already. Check out setlist, vids, and a review of the final night at the United Palace here.
Haynes, Trucks, and Clapton - Beacon 2009
7. PHIL LESH CELEBRATES 70TH BIRTHDAY WITH SPECIAL PHRIENDS
Lesh, Robinson, Weir, Greene, and Kadlecik - 3/12/10
On March 12th 2010, Phil Lesh celebrated his 70th birthday (technically 3/14/10) with a big bash at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, CA. The evening featured a fun 3 set format complete with an opening acoustic set and 2 raucous electric sets featuring special guests from throughout Phil’s solo career including John Molo, Chris Robinson, Jackie Greene, and Steve Molitz. Give it a listen here:
Breaking with long-standing tradition, Phish played their first mainstream festival with 2 separate appearances (an extended late night set and a 2 set show) at 2009’s Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, TN. The band realized a long time dream and provided the festival’s highlight with a big collaboration with Bruce Springstreen, who also headlined the festival in 09′. The boss and the boys treated fans to a fun cover/bust-out of ‘Mustang Sally’, as well as performances of Bruce’s own songs ‘Glory Days’, and ‘Bobby Jean’. To re-live this special moment, check out this smoking video of Glory Days:
9. STRING CHEESE REUNITE FOR BIG ROTHBURY GIG
SCI @ Rothbury 2009
The String Cheese Incident reunited for a special one-off show at 2009’s Rothbury music festival. The band put on a massive spectacle of a show enhanced with massive light and art installations. The show went off with flying colors, so much so that the band has decided to tour further in 2010, with gigs at Red Rocks and beyond already announced and more in the works. To get a taste of the Cheese to come, buy the Soundboard of the Rothbury show here.
SCI at Red Rocks
10. TREY BRINGS BACK CLASSIC TAB
Markelis, Lawton, Anastasio, and Paczkowski
Having brought back the core four of his Classic Tab Band – Russ Lawton, Tony Markelis, Ray Paczkowski, and, of course, Big Red himself – in the Fall of 2008, Anastasio hit the road with a bigger-and-better Classic TAB band a few months ago in the Winter of 2010. For the tour, Trey added to the core four with a 3-piece horn section featuring TAB vets Jeffier Hartswick and Russell Reminton along with new-comer cutie Natalie Cressman. The tour was a massive success and featured some of the most enthused and passionate guitar work from Trey since Phish’s 2009 return. Check out lots of downloads, setslits, vids, and more in the TAB Winter Tour archive, enjoy!
PHISH SUMMER TOUR 2010 LEG 1
06/11 – Toyota Park, Chicago, IL
06/12 – Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
06/13 – Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA
06/15 – nTelos Pavilion, Portsmouth, VA
06/17 – Comcast Theatre, Hartford, CT
06/18 – Comcast Theatre, Hartford, CT
06/19 – Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
06/20 – Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
06/22 – Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA
06/24 – Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
06/25 – Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
06/26 – Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
06/27 – Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
06/29 – CMAC Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua, NY
07/01 – Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC
07/02 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
07/03 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA
07/04 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA
Phish at Jones Beach Summer 09'
PHISH SUMMER TOUR 2010 LEG 2
08/05 – The Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA
08/06 – The Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA
08/07 – The Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA
08/09 – Telluride Town Park, Telluride, CO
08/10 – Telluride Town Park, Telluride, CO
08/12 – Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN
08/13 – Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN
08/14 – Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI
08/15 – Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI
08/17 – Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, NY
08/18 – Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, NY
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