Looks like the rumors were true and Phish is headed down south for NYE for 4 nights in Miami. Check out the Phishy announcement below in the ‘Phishbill’ handed out at Festival 8:
Archive for Phish
Festival 8 Day 1
Phish
10/30/09
Festival 8 – Day 1
Empire Polo Club
Indio, CA
Set I
Party Time
Chalkdust Torture
Moma Dance
NICU
Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan
Stash
I Didn’t Know
Poor Heart
Cavern
Beauty Of A Broken Heart
Ocelot
Time Turns Elastic
Set II:
Punch You in the Eye >
Down with Disease >
Prince Caspian >
Wolfman’s Brother >
Piper >
Joy
David Bowie
Harry Hood
Golgi Aparatus
Encore:
Character Zero
Lots more to come folks!
Phish Festival 8 Stream, NYE Plans, and Beyond
For those of you not lucky enough to make it out to Indio for Phish’s highly anticipated Festival 8, you can still catch all the action over on Sirius’s ‘Jam On’ Channel which will be broadcasting Phish Radio 95.9 the Bunny all weekend long. Don’t worry if you don’t have a subscription, you can sign up for a free 7 day trial here. The Bunny will of course carry all 8 sets of Phish this weekend, including the musical costume set and the Sunday high noon acoustic set. The exact festival schedule is below (all times are PST):
OFFICIAL FESTIVAL 8 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
FRIDAY (10/30)
4:00PM Concert field opens
7:30PM Set 1
10:00PM Set 2
SATURDAY (10/31)
12:00PM Concert field opens
3:00PM Set 1
7:30PM The Halloween Set
10:00PM Set 3
SUNDAY (11/01)
10:00AM Concert field opens
12:00PM Acoustic Set
5:30PM Set 2
8:30PM Set 3
For all you Tweeters out there, you can keep on top of the festival goings on via PhishTwit.
With Festival 8 underway, and the mystery musical costume set soon to be revealed, the only remaining question is what the band has planned for New Year’s Eve. All signs still point to either 3 or 4 nights in Miami, likely to be announced a week or so following the festival. Other rumored dates include a few nights back at Hampton and 2 nights in Atlanta before continuing southbound.
While NYE is still up in the air – 2010’s plan seem more certain with a heavily rumored Trey solo tour in February followed by a Phish Europe tour in May.
Old School
We’ve certainly looked back at where the Dead got their start here on Welcome To Now, But we’ve never really examined Phish’s musical origins. With Halloween approaching and now less than 2 weeks away, this is as good of a time as any to check out this crispy peice of Phishtory from Oct. 30th, 1985. The show includes the first ever live performance of Harry Hood, and a few other songs that have remained an integral part the cannon of Phish 2.0 and 3.0: Slave to the Traffic Light, Possum, and Sneaking Sally through the Alley. Enjoy!
Phish in 85'
Phish
10/30/1985
Hunt’s
Burlington, VT
Harry Hood*
Dog Log >
Possum
Slave to the Traffic Light%
Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley*#
I Wish
Revival
Alumni Blues
Prep School Hippie
Skippy the Wondermouse
* – First Time Played
Phish Halloween Album Update
With less than 3 weeks until Phish’s highly anticipated Festival 8, albums are being eliminated day by day from the Phish.com Halloween album mystery lineup. Most recently, frontrunner album Pet Sounds from the Beach Boys was eliminated. Notable and likely albums that still remain include The Band – Self Titled, Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run, David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust, Led Zeppelin – IV/ZOSO, and Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced.
Pet Sounds gets the axe
Keep track of the remaining albums here.
Also, get your orders in now for Phish’s fall tour: a limited number of tickets are available directly through Phish Tickets’ online ticketing system at http://phish.portals.musictoday.com . The ticket request period is currently underway and will end Friday, October 16th at 5:00pm EST.
Phish Fall Tour Announcement
It’s O-Phish-ial! Check Phish.com for details, the boys are going all out for Northeast heads this holiday season. While these dates are no surprise to most, that’s not containing my uber-excitement for this upcoming run!
Phish Fall Tour 2009
11.18.09 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI
11.20.09 U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH
11.21.09 U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH
11.22.09 War Memorial at Oncenter , Syracuse, NY
11.24.09 Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
11.25.09 Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
11.27.09 Times Union Center, Albany, NY
11.28.09 Times Union Center, Albany, NY
11.29.09 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME
12.02.09 Madison Square Garden , New York, NY
12.03.09 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
12.04.09 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
12.05.09 John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA
Ain’t Nuthin’ New
While Phish has been pumping out the tricks, mysteries, and secrets like it’s their job as of late, they aren’t the first to adopt this cosmic humor.
Back up 20 years, the Grateful Dead make a historic return to none other than Hampton Coliseum – The Mothership (and yes, hippies were calling it that long before Phish debuted there) – by booking a secret 2 night run under the name “Formerly The Warlocks”. The Dead had been banned from the historic arena years earlier due to the unruly parking lot/line scene. The circumstances surrounding these shows is historic in and of itself and the band really brought it both nights with top-notch playing and many long-shelved songs being reborn. This is a piece of Dead lore’ not to be missed…
The Warlocks, 1965
Formerly the Warlocks
Hampton Coliseum
Hampton, VA
October 8th and 9th, 1989
10/8/89
Set 1:
Foolish Heart
Walkin’ Blues
Candyman
Me and My Uncle
Big River
Stagger Lee
Queen Jane Approximately
Bird Song
The Promised Land
Set 2:
Help on the Way >
Slipknot! >
Franklin’s Tower
Victim or the Crime >
Eyes of the World >
Drums >
Space >
I Need a Miracle >
The Wheel >
Gimme Some Lovin’ >
Morning Dew
Encore:
And We Bid You Good Night
10/9/89
Set 1:
Feel Like a Stranger
Built to Last
Little Red Rooster
Ramble on Rose
We Can Run
Jack-A-Roe
Stuck in Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
Row Jimmy
The Music Never Stopped
Set 2:
Playing in the Band >
Uncle John’s Band >
Playing in the Band Reprise >
Dark Star >
Drums >
Space >
Death Don’t Have No Mercy >
Dear Mr. Fantasy >
Hey Jude Reprise >
Throwing Stones >
Good Lovin’
Encore:
Attics of My Life
Trick or Treat?
Check out the following subtle photoshop work found over on the Phish.com Halloween album lineup:
Note the guitar… that ain’t no Fender folks!
Hello Nasty is right….
Throwin’ it back to Colorado 88′
Weekend Nuggets
Enjoy a few heady weekend nuggets, courtesy of yours truly, Welcome to Now blog:
1. Furthur SBD
Furthur has begun circulating the sought-after Soundboard recordings from their recent debut run at the Fox in Oakland. Yesterday, they released the SBD for the first night – 9/18/09. It sounds phenomenal and is a real treat, check it out here:
Stream on Archive.org
Download Torrent – etree.org
Download (Matrix) – etree.org
2. Confirmation of Phish Fall Tour!
While many like to say that no tour is confirmed til’ it’s on the dot-com, I’m gonna go ahead and say we have official CONFIRMATION of Phish’s upcoming fall tour! An Albany bar is advertising a post-Phish show after party with The Heayy Pets on Nov. 27th and Raisinhead on the 28th. This coupled with tons of independent sources independently confirming many of the dates below is confirmation enough for me, it’s on! Local hotels in Albany are almost sold out so grab a room fast while they last. The rumored dates are as follows:
Fall Tour 2009
11/20/09 – US Bank Arena – Cincinnati, Ohio
11/21/09 – US Bank Arena – Cincinnati, Ohio
11/24/09 – Wachovia Center – Philadelphia, PA
11/25/09 – Wachovia Center – Philadelphia, PA
11/27/09 – Times Union Center – Albany, NY
11/28/09 – Times Union Center – Albany, NY
12/2/09 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
12/3/09 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
12/4/09 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
12/5/09 – John Paul Jones Arena – Charlottesville, VA
New Years Run 2009
12/28/09 – American Airlines Arena – Miami, FL
12/29/09 – American Airlines Arena – Miami, FL
12/30/09 – American Airlines Arena – Miami, FL
12/31/09 – American Airlines Arena – Miami, FL
Additional possible dates include a Nov. 18th stop in the Motor City, and a Conan appearance and possible gig at the Hollywood Bowl before Festival 8 takes place. Look for an announcement on the 16th of October…
3. Mule tour close-out at the Warfield w/ Special Guests
Gov’t Mule pulled out all the stops for the final show of their late summer/early fall tour that took place last weekend at The Warfield Theater in San Francisco. Warren and the boys brought out Jackie Greene, Grace Potter, and Jose Neto and rocked out on all the Mule classics and run throughs of the following set of choice covers: One of These Days (Floyd), Wish You Were Here (Floyd), Loser (GD), Morning Dew (GD), Empty Pages (Traffic), Wild Horses (Stones), Southern Man (Neil Young), and a smoking Mule > Who do you Love (Bo Diddley) > Whole Lotta Love (Zep) sandwich. Wow is just about all you can say to that. Give it a listen and check out some great pics from Jambase below:
Download Link (Torrent)
Download Link (MP3s)
Jambase Coverage/Pictures
Phish to Play Last Album Alive at 8
In Phish’s latest effort to torture their obsessive and undying fanbase, another mystery animation was unveiled today on the official Phish site. Included in the spooky animation is a set of potential albums for their Festival 8 musical costume set, to be ‘killed’ off over the next month. The band will then ‘play the last record left alive’. There are some great albums on the list, there’s no doubt about that – check out a full list below…
Phish.com - 9/28/09
The full list of albums appearing in the animation is as follows:
AC/DC – Back In Black
Aerosmith – Toys In The Attic
Arcade Fire – Funeral
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Blind Faith – Blind Faith
Bob Dylan And The Band – the Basement Tapes
Bob Seger – Against The Wind
Boston – Boston
Brian Eno – Before And After Science
CCR – Green River
Chicago – Chicago I
Curtis Mayfield – Soundtrack to Superfly
David Bowie – Hunky Dory
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie Scary Monsters
Declan McManus – This Year’s Model
Devo – Freedom of Choice
Duran Duran – Rio
Dylan – Blood On the Tracks
Elton John – goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Blvd
fIREHOSE – flyin’ the flannel
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
Frank Zappa – Hot Rats
Genesis – The Lambs Lie Down On Broadway
Grateful Dead – American Beauty
Guns & Roses – Appetite For Destruction
Hall & Oates – Private Eyes
Huey Lewis And The News – Sports
Jane’s Addiction – Ritual de Lo Habitual
Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced?
Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band
Jonathon Richmond and The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers
Journey – Escape
KI$$ – Alive II
King Crimson – Larks’ Tongues In Aspic
Led Zeppelin – I
Led Zeppelin – IV (Zoso)
Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man
LOVE – Forever Changes
Manu Chao – Clandestino
Medeski Martin & Wood – Shack Man
Metallica – Master Of Puppets
MGMT – Oracle Spectacular
Michael Jackson – Thiller
Michael McDonald – If That’s What It Takes
Miles Davis – A Tribute To Jack Johnson
Minutemen – Double Nickels On The Dime
Neil Young – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young – Tonight’s The Night
Nirvana – Nevermind
Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Pearl Jam – 10
Peter Gabriel – So
Pink Floyd – Meddle
Pink Floyd – The Wall
Pork Tornado – Pork Tornado
Primus – Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
Prince – Purple Rain
Queen – A Night At The Opera
Radiohead – Kid A
Rage Agaist The Machine – Evil Empire
Rolling Stones – Exile
Rush – Moving Pictures
Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack
Springsteen – Born To Run
Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
T.Rex – Electric Warrior
Talking Heads – Fear Of Music
Television Marquee Moon
The Allman Brothers Band – Eat A Peach
The Band – The Band (Brown Album)
The Beaatie Boys – Hello Nasty
The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
The Clash – London Calling
The Doors – The Doors
The Eagles – Hotel California
The Pixies – Come On Pilgrim
The Police – Ghost In The Machine
The Ramones – Ramones
The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
The Roots – Phronology
The White Stripes – Elephant
The Who – Who’s Next
Tom Petty – Damn The Torpedoes
Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
U2 – Joshua Tree
Van Halen – Van Halen
Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
Velve Underground And Nico
Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
Ween – White Pepper
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
X – Los Angeles
Yes – The Yes Album
Zappa – Aposrophe
ZZ Top – Tres Hombes
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