10/31/2010 Atlantic City, NJ Halloween!!

Set 1: Frankenstein[1], Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Ghost -> Spooky, The Divided Sky, Roses Are Free > Funky Bitch, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Stash, Character Zero

Set 2: Fat Man in the Bathtub[2], All That You Dream[2], Oh Atlanta[2], Old Folks Boogie[3], Time Loves a Hero[4] -> Day or Night[3], Mercenary Territory[3], Spanish Moon[3], Dixie Chicken[3] -> Tripe Face Boogie[2], Rocket in My Pocket[3], Willin'[5], Don't Bogart That Joint[6], A Apolitical Blues[2], Sailin' Shoes[2], Feats Don't Fail Me Now[3]

Set 3: Down with Disease > Back on the Train > Gotta Jibboo, Camel Walk, Suzy Greenberg, Wilson > Harry Hood > The Horse > Silent in the Morning, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Julius[4]

[1] Page on keytar.
[2] Phish debut; Giovanni Hidalgo on percussion.
[3] Phish debut; Giovanni Hidalgo on percussion and Aaron Johnson, Stuart Bogie, Ian Hendrickson, Michael Leonhart and Eric Biondo on horns.
[4] Giovanni Hidalgo on percussion and Aaron Johnson, Stuart Bogie, Ian Hendrickson, Michael Leonhart and Eric Biondo on horns.
[5] Phish debut; Page on bass, Mike on piano, Trey on drums and Fish on vocals.
[6] Phish debut; A cappella

Notes: Page performed Frankenstein on keytar. Spooky was performed for the first time since 4/14/93 (751 shows). The second set "musical costume" was Little Feat's 1978 Waiting for Columbus. Join the Band (the first track of Waiting for Columbus) was played over the PA before the start of the second set.  Subsequently, Phish was introduced as "Little Feat" before Fat Man in the Bathtub. All of the songs in the second set other than Time Loves a Hero were Phish debuts. All of the songs in the second set, other than Don't Bogart That Joint and Willin', featured Giovanni Hidalgo on percussion. A five piece horn section consisting of Aaron Johnson, Stuart Bogie, Ian Hendrickson, Michael Leonhart and Eric Biondo joined the band for Old Folks Boogie, Time Loves a Hero, Day or Night, Mercenary Territory, Spanish Moon, Dixie Chicken, Rocket in My Pocket and Feats Don't Fail Me Now. Willin' featured Page on bass, Mike on piano, Trey on drums and Fish on vocals. Prior to the piano solo at the beginning of Willin', Fish remarked, "That should be Paul Barrère." Don't Bogart That Joint was performed a cappella. Trey introduced the guest musicians before Feats Don't Fail Me Now. At the conclusion of the second set, the entire band marched the perimeter of the floor. Disease was initially botched and had to be restarted, prompting Fish to declare, "This one's off our album." Julius featured David Hidalgo and the Waiting for Columbus horn section.

Phish 10/30/10 Atlantic City, NJ

Soundcheck: Whole Lotta Love (x2), Thank You, Billy Breathes, Can't You See, Ramble On, Whole Lotta Love, Ginseng Sullivan, Rock Me Baby, Destiny Unbound

Set 1: Kill Devil Falls, Cavern > Foam, Guelah Papyrus, Chalk Dust Torture -> Whole Lotta Love > Chalk Dust Torture, Ha Ha Ha, Walk Away, Wolfman's Brother -> Undermind > Bathtub Gin, The Squirming Coil

Set 2: Tube > Possum > Tweezer -> Heartbreaker -> Ramble On -> What Is and What Should Never Be -> Tweezer -> Stairway to Heaven, Halley's Comet > Also Sprach Zarathustra > David Bowie, Show of Life, Backwards Down the Number Line > Good Times Bad Times

Encore: Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise

Notes: Whole Lotta Love was incomplete and was played for the first time in over 1,000 shows. Wolfman's contained a vocal jam. Gin, Possum, Tweezer & Tweezer Reprise all contained a Whole Lotta Love tease from Trey. The incomplete versions of Heartbreaker & Stairway to Heaven were Phish debuts. After Stairway to Heaven, Trey joked, "Happy Halloween! See you all next year." Ramble On was played for the first time since August 12, 1998 (305 shows)

Phish Halloween 2010 Costume Contest

The last time there was a costume contest at a Phish Halloween show, the year was 1994. We're resurrecting the tradition this year, with help from those of you that can't be here in Atlantic City.

A group of fans dressed up as Phish at Festival 8

First off, the prize: The person who dons the best costume (fans will be voting) will win 2 tickets to each night of Phish's SOLD OUT Madison Square Garden shows, including New Year's Eve itself. Two Runner ups will receive a Phish prize package, including the new Coral Sky DVD and a Phish 10/31/10 Halloween Limited Edition Poster.

To enter the contest, you have to:

a) dress in costume, obvs. between the time doors open and before the third set. b) have your photo taken at one of two Photo Booths adjacent to either of the merchandise stands.

All photos will be uploaded throughout the night to Phish's Facebook page, where fans both inside the venue and at home, can vote on the best costume by "liking" the photos. The costume with the most likes wins. We'll keep voting open until Monday, November 1st at 9PM EST, so that those of you traveling home can still take part.

If you're a part of a group costume, you can get your picture taken with the group, but we can only offer one pair of tickets for each of the three Madison Square Garden shows for the entire group.

Also...all entrants will be able to take home a print out of your photo on the spot, as a memento of your Halloween in Atlantic City.

Phish 10/29/10 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall

Set 1: The Star Spangled Banner, My Soul, AC/DC Bag, Ocelot, Sample in a Jar, Light Up Or Leave Me Alone, Sugar Shack, Timber (Jerry), Bouncing Around the Room, Axilla, Rift, The Moma Dance > Cities > 46 Days
Set 2: Punch You In the Eye > Sand > Carini > Prince Caspian, Corinna, Piper > Theme From The Bottom > Golgi Apparatus > Slave to the Traffic Light > Fluffhead

Encore: Loving Cup

Notes: Caspian was unfinished. A brief When the Circus Comes tease preceded Corinna.

10/26/2010 Manchester, NH

Set 1: After Midnight, The Sloth, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Mellow Mood, Access Me, Llama, All of These Dreams, The Curtain With, Scent of a Mule, A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, It's Ice, Walls of the Cave

Set 2: Possum, Light > Mike's Song > Simple, Makisupa Policeman > Night Nurse > Makisupa Policeman, The Wedge, Ghost, The Mango Song, Weekapaug Groove, Llama

Encore: Show of Life

Notes: Debut of Night Nurse; original artist Gregory Isaacs passed away the night before, October 25, 2010. Weekapaug Groove contained lyrics from Ghost as well as a Can't You Hear Me Knocking jam, and went unfinished.

Verizon Wireless in Manchester, NH

10/24/2010 Amherst, MA

Set 1: AC/DC Bag > Camel Walk, The Divided Sky, Ride Captain Ride, Stash[1], Fee[2] -> Time Turns Elastic, Cavern > Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Seven Below > Wolfman's Brother, Backwards Down the Number Line > Alaska > Free, The Lizards, Brother, Roggae > Taste > Waste > David Bowie

Encore: Quinn the Eskimo, Chalk Dust Torture
Notes: Last Ride Captain Ride was 12/10/99 Spectrum (214 shows). Stash contained a brief Dave's Energy Guide tease from Trey. Trey sang verses of Fee through a megaphone. The last Chalk Dust Torture encore was on 10/6/2000 at Shoreline, with Bob Weir.

Setlist & Video 10/23/2010 Amherst, MA

Set 1: Meatstick, Party Time, Golgi Apparatus, Kill Devil Falls, Tweezer, Lawn Boy, Sparkle > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Possum > Tweezer Reprise[1]

Set 2: Down with Disease > My Friend, My Friend > Prince Caspian[2] -> Halfway to the Moon -> Boogie On Reggae Woman > Maze, Wading in the Velvet Sea > Piper > Harry Hood > You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Shine a Light

Notes: During Party Time, Trey wished "Kevin" a happy birthday. Tweezer Reprise featured Trey singing the refrain to Meatstick in place of the Tweezer Reprise lyrics. Caspian was unfinished.

Setlist 10/22/2010 Providence, RI

Set 1: Down with Disease, Funky Bitch, Fluffhead, Roses Are Free > Rift, The Moma Dance > Ocelot, NICU, Sample in a Jar, Julius

Set 2: Rock and Roll -> Carini -> My Problem Right There, Mike's Song > Sanity > Weekapaug Groove, Suzy Greenberg > Light > Character Zero > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Loving Cup

Encore: First Tube

Utica MP3 Download Fiasco

From PhishOrg:
"Due to ticket scanner failure at the Utica Memorial Auditorium, on Wed. 10/20, ticket stubs were collected. In short, ticket holders no longer have their barcodes to redeem their free MP3s at LivePhish.com. Phish Tickets and TicketMaster will be emailing every Utica ticket holder a new download code. Please use the new code to get your free Utica MP3. "

/My Thoughts
Hmmm, considering most everyone that I know got tickets through friends of friends, ebay and scalper sites like StubHub- my guess is that most of these emailed codes are going to people who won't be using them. Pretty weak. If you ask me I think Phish should just open this one up for everyone and let it be a free download.

I will post a download link of the audience recordings as soon as I get it. If you get a link before this is updated please share it below in the comments.

Phish 10/20/2010 Utica, NY

Set 1: My Soul, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Vultures, Wolfman's Brother > Cities > Guyute, David Bowie, Wilson > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters -> Saw It Again > Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Drowned -> Sand, Theme From the Bottom, Axilla > Birds of a Feather, Tela, Split Open and Melt > Have Mercy > Piper -> Split Open and Melt > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Good Times Bad Times

- videos -

 

Phish Setlist 10/19/2010 Augusta, ME

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Back on the Train, Torn and Frayed, Bathtub Gin, Gumbo, The Divided Sky, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Nellie Kane, 46 Days, Possum

Set 2: Fuck Your Face > Mike's Song -> Fuck Your Face -> Mike's Song -> Fuck Your Face > Light > Twenty Years Later -> Fast Enough for You, Weekapaug Groove, Halley's Comet > Free, Harry Hood, Golgi Apparatus, A Day in the Life

Encore: Reba, Backwards Down The Number Line

the official pennant from this show

Phish Setlist 10/16/2010 North Charleston, SC

Set 1: Kill Devil Falls, Guelah Papyrus, The Curtain With, The Mango Song, Sand, Limb By Limb, Sneakin' Sally through the Alley, Uncle Pen, Pebbles and Marbles, Cavern > David Bowie

Set 2: Crosseyed and Painless, Dirt, Fluffhead, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Tweezer > Show of Life, You Enjoy Myself


Encore: I Been Around, Quinn the Eskimo > Tweezer Reprise

A few videos from the night

Phish Setlist 10/15/2010 North Charleston, SC

SET ONE: Punch You In The Eye, Possum, Bathtub Gin, Bill Bailey*, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Destiny Unbound, Backward Down The Number Line, Bouncing Around The Room, Stash, Joy, Buffalo Bill, Dog Faced Boy, Run Like An Antelope

SET TWO: Down With Disease > Prince Caspian > Twist, Roses Are Free > My Friend, My Friend > My Problem Right There, Tube, Mike's Song > The Horse > Silent In The Morning, Mexican Cousin, Weekapaug Groove, Suzy Greenberg, Slave To The Traffic Light

ENCORE: Character Zero

Notes:
* w/ Jack McConnell
** Oddly enough, this show did not sell out

Jack McConnell onstage with his son and bandmates

Phish 10/12/2010: Broomfield, CO

Set 1: Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Time Turns Elastic, Meat*, The Divided Sky, Timber (Jerry), On Your Way Down, Heavy Things, Sugar Shack, 46 Days

Set 2: Carini** > David Bowie, Light, Theme From the Bottom > Free > Joy, Halfway to the Moon, Bug, Summer of '89, Split Open and Melt

Encore: Meatstick***

Notes:
* Meat (2nd time played since 2003) was likely played in response to the sign that an audience member had that displayed a raw T-bone steak & the word 'Meat' on it
** Carini ended with a jam & included several Harpua teases by Trey.
** Trey & Mike did a good job of messing up the Meatstick dance Also, after the band finished Meatstick, the audience continued the song and dance for 8 or more choruses.

Watch the Meatstick from 10/12/2010

PS: If anyone has a picture of that 'Meat' sign, please post it!

Phish 10/11/2010: Broomfield, CO

Set 1: Runaway Jim, Foam, Back on the Train, Wolfman's Brother, Reba, Halley's Comet, Tweezer, What Things Seem*, The Squirming Coil, Run Like an Antelope**

Set 2: Golden Age > Piper -> Camel Walk, Alaska, Gotta Jibboo, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Twist, Fluffhead > Backwards Down the Number Line

Encore: Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise

Notes: What Things Seem is a song off of Mike Gordon's new album and was played by Phish for the 1st time, Antelope included a 'Marco Polo' call and response

The 1st Bank Center is proving to be a great place to go Phishin'

Phish 10/10/2010: Broomfield, CO

Set 1: Chalkdust Torture, Ocelot, It's Ice > Bouncing Around the Room, Funky Bitch, AC/DC Bag, NICU, The Moma Dance, Horn, Stash, Golgi Apparatus

Set 2: Mike's Song > Simple > Ghost > Weekapaug Groove, Fee > Makisupa Policeman, My Problem Right There > Makisupa Policeman > Slave to the Traffic Light, Strange Design > Julius

Encore: Loving Cup

Phish getting the Fall Tour started in Colorado!

Holy heck that was a killer show! Second set was beyond top notch. Trey really seemed to be in a goofy mood. For proof, give this Makisupa a listen! Speaking of listening- if you have a ticket stub to this show (or any of the shows this tour actually), make sure you head over to LivePhish and redeem your free (but really you paid for it) MP3 copy of the show!

Phish flooded the 1stBank Center with its uniquely explosive, animated jam nuggets Sunday night, thrilling the sold-out arena with yet another feast for Colorado.

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With the spotlight spread evenly across the quartet, Phish tunneled into its funkiest realms Sunday night. Guitarist Trey Anastasio set the pace early with rambling, off-piste turns inside "Ocelet," a number from the band's most recent album, "Joy," which was released last year.

Keyboardist Page McConnell's crooning on the semi-rare "It's Ice," exemplified the newest version of the 27-year-old band, in which each musician plays a defining role.

Bassist Mike Gordon fueled a diversion in the middle of the first set, veering from hisdeep-end finish on "Bouncing Around the Room" into a supremely funky "Funky Bitch."

As McConnell shuffled from grand piano to his Leslie-speakered Hammond B organ, Gordon drove into a deeply anchored and syrupy "AC/DC Bag."

The dance-friendly "Moma Dance" propelled the venue into a writhing frenzy. Lightman Chris Koruda, truly the fifth member of Phish, splashed the whirling mass as if he were a paint-flinging Jackson Pollock and the room his cavorting canvas.

Weaving an up-and-down story line rife with tickling teases and taunts, the Vermont-spawned foursome launched their fall tour with an anticipated first-of-three show that marked their first indoor performance in the state since 2003.

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The Boys Drop In At the Fourmile Benefit Concert

Trey and Mike played an acoustic set at the Fourmile Benefit concert in Broomfield, CO 10/09/2010

Setlist: Back On the Train, Water in the Sky, Sample in a Jar, Train Song, Waste, Possum, My Friend My Friend, Wilson, Bathtub Gin

This set was highly anticipated due to the rumors circulating all night that the guys from Phish were going to play a few tracks together. The acoustic duo set was perfect for this setting!!

Big Red sat in with The String Cheese Incident 10/09/10

Other Phishy happenings at this show included Page sitting in with Leftover Salmon for their song 'Mama Boulet' and remained on stage for the Del McCoury cover 'High On a Mountain'. John Fishman joined his friends in Yonder Mountain String Band for a couple of tracks, including a great cover of the Talking Heads song 'Girlfriend Is Better'. The last Phish sighting of the night came during the set by Colorado's own String Cheese Incident when Trey joined the jam juggernaut for Joe Walsh's 'Rocky Mountain Way' and Cheese's own 'Outside Inside'!

Coral Sky DVD >

On November 2nd, 1996, Phish performed at Coral Sky Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, FL; the only outdoor shed show of the Fall Tour. On October 19th, JEMP Records will release Coral Sky, a brand new 2-DVD set capturing the complete performance. The show combined the residual energy of Halloween with a tropical feel that could only have happened in South Florida in November. Amidst swaying palms and soft breezes, the band played a deeply experimental show. They were joined by percussionist Karl Perazzo (Santana), whose contribution helped extend and build upon the magic of Halloween, adding polyrhythms that explored new space within Phish's music. Allman Brothers Band drummer, Butch Trucks, furthur upped the percussion coefficient by sitting in on drums for the Encore.

Often cited as a fan favorite, the epicenter of the show was a pairing of Crosseyed And Painless > Run Like An Antelope. Coral Sky showcases the thrilling genesis of a more rhythmic, textured style of group improvisation and conveys the band and crowd's shared excitement about the breakthrough. This 2-DVD set features more than 2 1/2 hours of footage with 5.1 Dolby Surround or optional PCM Stereo sound audio, mixed from multi-track masters.

Coral Sky is available for pre-order now at Phish Dry Goods, along with a soundtrack companion CD (which will not be in stores, but available exclusively at Dry Goods)

CORAL SKY DVD

Disc One
1. Ya Mar
2. Julius
3. Fee
4. Taste
5. Cavern
6. Stash
7. The Lizards
8. Free
9. Johnny B. Goode

Disc Two
1. Crosseyed And Painless
2. Run Like An Antelope
3. Waste
4. Harry Hood
5. A Day In The Life
6. Sweet Adeline
7. Funky Bitch

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Announcing Mike Gordon 'Moss'

We're thrilled to announce Mike's return to the road with his band for a 17-date headlining club tour in support of his new studio album, Moss (in stores October 19th and available for pre-order now).
The tour offers up some West Coast dates, beginning November 6th in West Hollywood, CA and continues Over the River and through the Woods, straight past Thanksgiving, ending in Boston, MA on the 27th. Along the way, the band returns to Boulder, Seattle, Omaha, Chicago, Madison, and Portland, amongst others. We're excited for first time visits to Salt Lake City, Syracuse, and Covington.

Buy Mike Gordon's Moss On Vinyl
Download MP3s of Mike Gordon's Moss

Mike Gordon November Tour >

We're thrilled to announce Mike's return to the road with his band for a 17-date headlining club tour in support of his new studio album, Moss (in stores October 19th and available for pre-order now).

The tour offers up some West Coast dates, beginning November 6th in West Hollywood, CA and continues Over the River and through the Woods, straight past Thanksgiving, ending in Boston, MA on the 27th. Along the way, the band returns to Boulder, Seattle, Omaha, Chicago, Madison, and Portland, amongst others. We're excited for first time visits to Salt Lake City, Syracuse, and Covington. More...

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