SET 1: Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Character Zero, Drift While You’re Sleeping > Maze, I Didn’t Know, Reba, Izabella
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture -> Plasma, Monsters, Crosseyed and Painless -> Guy Forget -> Crosseyed and Painless > Fuego
ENCORE: Rock and Roll
Before his solo in I Didn’t Know, Fish laid down at the front of the stage and reclined against his vacuum. Trey then called Fish “a man who’s been sleeping at the front of the stage while his twin plays the drums.” I Didn’t Know’s lyrics were changed to reference Mike. Reba did not contain the whistling ending. Trey teased Apostrophe at the end of Crosseyed and Painless through the start of Guy Forget. Trey teased Johnny B. Goode in Rock and Roll.
SET 1: Punch You in the Eye, Kill Devil Falls, Halfway to the Moon, Heavy Things, Life Saving Gun, Shade > Scent of a Mule, Pillow Jets > Runaway Jim, A Day in the Life
SET 2: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Axilla (Part II) > Down with Disease, Scents and Subtle Sounds -> Down with Disease[1] > What’s the Use? > Golden Age, I Always Wanted It This Way -> Down with Disease[1]
ENCORE: You Enjoy Myself -> Down with Disease[1]
[1] Ending only.
After a false start of Shade, Trey introduced Fishman and referenced his “healing percussion rinse” before restarting the song. A Day in the Life was played for the first time since December 3, 2019 (162 shows).
SET 1: Turtle in the Clouds, Hey Stranger, Back on the Train, Lawn Boy, Backwards Down the Number Line, Horn, Pebbles and Marbles, Bouncing Around the Room > Boogie On Reggae Woman, The Squirming Coil
SET 2: Free, Mr. Completely, If I Could > Twist > Ruby Waves > No Men In No Man’s Land > First Tube
ENCORE: Grind, Miss You > Harry Hood
Trey teased Tequila and Smoke on the Water during No Men In No Man’s Land. Before Grind, Trey asked Fish if he was going to tell The Prison Joke (from April 11, 1991), to which Fish replied “Once was enough for that.”
SET 1: A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, Tube, 555 > Divided Sky, Wolfman’s Brother, Bathtub Gin, Bug > Possum
SET 2: Set Your Soul Free > Prince Caspian > Chalk Dust Torture[1] > Dirt, Oblivion > Light -> Twenty Years Later > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Split Open and Melt
ENCORE: The Wedge, Carini
[1] Unfinished.
Trey teased White Wedding in Set Your Soul Free. Chalk Dust Torture was unfinished.
SET 1: 46 Days, The Moma Dance, The Well, My Friend, My Friend[1] -> Brian and Robert, Llama, Cities > Ya Mar, Stash, Cavern
SET 2: Axilla (Part II) > Down with Disease[2] > Mercury > Taste > Ghost > Limb By Limb, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Good Times Bad Times
ENCORE: Contact > Run Like an Antelope
[1] No “Myfe” ending.
[2] Unfinished.
My Friend, My Friend did not contain the “Myfe” ending. Trey teased In Memory of Elizabeth Reed in Stash and Antelope. During Axilla, Trey told Kuroda to “shine that thing in my face, birthday boy” and he and Mike teased Happy Birthday. Disease was unfinished. Trey teased Call to the Post before Contact.
SET 1: AC/DC Bag > The Curtain With > Steam, Maze, Farmhouse, Mull, Reba, Most Events Aren’t Planned
SET 2: Blaze On > Mike’s Song > The Curtain With > Weekapaug Groove, Leaves, Fuego > Lonely Trip > More, Fluffhead
ENCORE: A Life Beyond The Dream, First Tube
Trey teased Tequila during Mull. The Curtain With was performed in two parts: The Curtain after AC/DC Bag and the “With” after Mike’s Song. The latter portion began as I Am Hydrogen.
SET 1: Free, A Wave of Hope, Bathtub Gin > Wilson, The Connection, Thread, Joy, Runaway Jim > Life Saving Gun
SET 2: The Squirming Coil > Tweezer > Scents and Subtle Sounds > Twist > Crosseyed and Painless > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Possum > Tweezer Reprise
This show featured two bustouts: The Connection (last played December 7, 2019, or 151 shows) and Thread (last played September 1, 2021, or 123 shows). Trey teased Scarlet Begonias and Sand in Bathtub Gin. During the soundcheck, Trey teased Divided Sky in Plasma.
SET 1: Theme From the Bottom > Back on the Train, Sand > Bouncing Around the Room, Backwards Down the Number Line, Human Nature[1] > It’s Ice > Wolfman’s Brother, Drift While You’re Sleeping
SET 2: You Enjoy Myself > Oblivion > No Men In No Man’s Land > Monsters, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Chalk Dust Torture
ENCORE: When the Circus Comes, David Bowie > Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.
[1] Phish debut.
This show featured the Phish debut of Human Nature. Trey teased San-Ho-Zay in Back on the Train. Before Circus, Trey introduced Fish as the Orange Whip and mentioned how bands always come out for the encore and joked about how they should just leave one night and not come back out.
SET 1: Set Your Soul Free, Walls of the Cave, Sample in a Jar, Steam, My Friend, My Friend[1] > Sparkle, Ocelot, Leaves, The Squirming Coil
SET 2: Axilla (Part II) > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Light > Mountains in the Mist, Meat, Golgi Apparatus[2] > Slave to the Traffic Light > Cavern
ENCORE: 46 Days > Tube
[1] No “Myfe” ending.
[2] Lyrics changed to “I saw you with a barcode in your hand.”
My Friend My Friend did not contain the “Myfe” ending. Mike sung part of Passing Through in Light. Golgi’s lyrics were changed to “I saw you with a barcode in your hand.” Trey and Fish teased Mr. Completely in 46 Days.
SET 1: Plasma, Evolve, Ghost, Divided Sky, Shade, hey stranger, Character Zero
SET 2: Oblivion > Down with Disease, Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 1 -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > Light > Ether Edge > Piper, First Tube
ENCORE: More > Slave to the Traffic Light
The band took the stage while pre-recorded music similar to Plasma played, before beginning the song. During Ghost, the neon-colored outlines of three giant robots appeared to tower over the band, with their facial expressions varying and their arms and bodies swaying slowly. The three robots were then replaced by one massive robot, with spotlights utilized to make it appear as if beams of light were coming from the robot’s eyes, before the original three robots returned for the remainder of the jam. During Divided Sky, the dome became a view of a sea of clouds, with patches of blue sky above. As the clouds moved, their appearance varied from purple sunset hues to dark and stormy, with the movement stopping and all of the color fading during the pause before returning for the rest of the song. Page teased Linus and Lucy at the end of Divided Sky. Trey began Shade on acoustic guitar. During Shade, an eclipsed star was shown behind the band, with its corona of changing colors visible and a silhouette of the band in the center. During Sea of Stars, the dome became filled with a curtain of gold-colored four-point stars, which twinkled and waved in front of roiling clouds. During 2001, the dome became a starfield before being illuminated by replicated images of the stage lights. Mike teased Plasma during Light. During Ether Edge, a string of umbrellas with colored drops trailing beneath were raised to either side of the stage. The umbrellas were lowered again during Piper. During First Tube, the dome again became a starfield, this time with a ring of stars centered above the stage slowly swirling. As the second “verse” of First Tube began, a white vortex appeared in this area. As the stars in its orbit began to become multicolored, the vortex pulled in their light and created flowing, rainbow-hued ribbons that grew as the jam progressed. Prior to More, Trey thanked the production team behind the Sphere shows, and said that he thinks the band will return to the venue. After Slave, the band gathered at the front of the stage to take bows and have a picture taken in front of the crowd. This show was connected to the other three with each night’s setlist tied into a state of matter. This performance’s matter type was plasma.
SET 1: Set Your Soul Free, Tube, Stash, Pillow Jets, Steam, Mountains in the Mist, Taste, 46 Days
SET 2: Sigma Oasis > Fuego > Golden Age -> Twist, I Am Hydrogen > Chalk Dust Torture > Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.
ENCORE: A Life Beyond The Dream, Tweezer Reprise
During Tube, the dome seemed to fill with soap bubbles which reflected the venue and drifted in front of a nebula of changing colors. During Pillow Jets, the view became that of a grassy path through a grove of trees under a starlit sky. Travelling down the path as the jam progressed, the grass and trees became tinged with glowing, multi-colored light, which periodically intensified and erupted from the ground through the branches, creating a firework effect. Mike and Trey teased Manteca during Steam. During Mountains in the Mist, the dome made it appear as if the venue was nestled in an evergreen-covered mountain range, with mist shrouding the sky from view. During Taste, the entire dome appeared to become covered in turning rings of Jim Pollock illustrations from the covers of the Live Phish CD releases, rendered in gold and black. During Sigma Oasis, the dome became a cloudscape, with trees, birds and sea creatures made out of bubbling clouds. During Fuego, a spotlight was used to create a silhouette of the band, with the image then recreated across the dome with effects added to make the band appear as flaming shadow people. During Twist, the dome became filled with multicolored letters tumbling before a backdrop of pulsing red circles. I Am Hydrogen was performed in a show without Mike’s Song and Weekapaug Groove for the first time since October 31, 1987 (2,024 shows). A Life Beyond The Dream featured Trey on acoustic guitar. During Tweezer Reprise, the dome again displayed images of cars, this time tumbling into the distance. This show was connected to the other three with each night’s setlist tied into a state of matter. This performance’s matter type was gas.
SET 1: Free, The Moma Dance, Axilla (Part II), mercy, Bathtub Gin, Theme From the Bottom > Split Open and Melt
SET 2: A Wave of Hope, What’s the Use? > Ruby Waves, Lonely Trip, A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing -> Prince Caspian, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE: Wading in the Velvet Sea, Harry Hood
The band took the stage while pre-show music similar to a Free jam played, which continued until they began the song and waterfalls of colored light suddenly cascaded from the top of the dome. During Moma, a moving, 360-degree live shot of the crowd and band was displayed, with psychedelic colors and effects. During mercy, the dome displayed an overhead view of a sparkling ocean, with small birds in pastel colors flying over the water. During Gin, the entire dome became an overhead view of a large wave pool, filled with hundreds of people on food-shaped inflatables drifting and spinning. During the Gin jam, the images of the bathers became blurred and abstract, forming a neon kaleidoscope effect. During Theme, the entire dome became an underwater seascape, with kelp forest, fish, human swimmers, and light from the surface shining down from the top. Theme also contained a DEG tease from Trey. At the start of ASIHTOS, eight jellyfish puppets were raised on each side of the stage, while the dome remained dark. Once the jam began, the light on the dome came up to reveal another underwater seascape, whose plants and fish became luminous as the rest of the light dimmed again. During Caspian, this seascape changed to a view from within the columns and arches of a sunken monument. As YEM began, the entire dome became the view from inside of a car as it entered a “Tunnel of Luv” car wash, with the stage appearing to sit on top of the middle of the dashboard. The car progressed through the wash as YEM continued, with Trey’s solo during the wax and wheel scrub, and the bass and drums as the car was dried and exited the wash. Suddenly the car view was gone, and it appeared that the dome was clear, with a puppy licking it from the outside, in slow-motion, for the duration of the vocal jam. During Velvet Sea, the dome appeared to be covered in flowing red velvet, with photographs of the band throughout the years appearing and disappearing among the fabric. By the end of the song, the entire dome was covered in photos. Trey teased The Secret of Life (The Dead Milkmen) in Hood. This show was connected to the other three with each night’s setlist tied into a state of matter. This performance’s matter type was liquid.
SET 1: Everything’s Right, Back on the Train, Wolfman’s Brother, Maze, Leaves, Life Saving Gun, Dirt, Carini
SET 2: Sand > Tweezer -> My Friend, My Friend > Mike’s Song > Lifeboy, Weekapaug Groove, Blaze On > Fluffhead
ENCORE: Farmhouse, Run Like an Antelope
The band took the stage while the pre-show electronic music continued. During Back on the Train, psychedelic images of passing countryside were displayed behind and above the band, rotating in opposite directions in different sections of the dome. Trey teased Mercy, Mercy, Mercy in Wolfman’s Brother. During Maze, psychedelic live images of each band member appeared, stacked on top of each other. These images then fragmented and spread out, dancing and turning throughout the jam. During Leaves, several giant paper lanterns appeared, flanking the stage, while the dome showed a multitude of paper lanterns floating over water, with the moon shining above. During Life Saving Gun, the dome displayed stacks of old-style televisions with rabbit ears, with each television showing a live shot of one of the band members. These TVs moved and rotated as the jam progressed. After the song, Trey said that he “loves any song with a Jon Fishman percussion rinse,” and told the crowd they should see the Sphere from the stage. During Dirt, the dome showed a forest view, looking upwards through trees at a purple-hued sky. During Tweezer, a field of multi-colored cars appeared behind the band, changing in size and shape and with their headlights blinking on and off in patterns, while other cars drove past overhead. My Friend, My Friend included live spotlight silhouettes of the band members projected across the entire dome and Egg in a Hole quotes from Mike and did not contain the “Myfe” ending. The projections during Mike’s Song made it seem as if the venue was outdoors, with the band playing in front of a body of water with a rotating sculpture on the far shore. During Lifeboy, the sun went down and a number of other rotating sculptures lit up in the sky, creating a golden star-scape. The sun then rose again during Weekapaug. Blaze On’s lyrics were changed to “dancing in the Sphere.” Farmhouse began and ended with Trey on acoustic guitar, as well as images of a farmhouse in a field under a night sky filled with stars and aurorae. This show was connected to the other three with each night’s setlist tied into a state of matter. This performance’s matter type was solid.
SET 1: Everything’s Right, Tube, Ether Edge > Reba, Taste, Ruby Waves, A Life Beyond The Dream, Character Zero
SET 2: Down with Disease, Harpua[1] > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday[2] > The Lizards[2] > Punch You in the Eye > AC/DC Bag > Tela[2] > Llama > Wilson[3] > The Sloth[4] > Divided Sky[2]
SET 3: McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Colonel Forbin’s Ascent[5] > Fly Famous Mockingbird[6] > Auld Lang Syne > Split Open and Melt[2], You Enjoy Myself > Loving Cup > Possum
ENCORE: Cavern > First Tube > Tweezer Reprise
[1] Unfinished.
[2] Off-stage backing chorus.
[3] Jo Lampert on additional vocals. Off-stage backing chorus.
[4] Lyrics changed to “I’m squeezing that Charmin. Thank you Mr. Whipple. I’m still squeezing that Charmin. Thank you Mr. Whipple.”
[5] Off-stage backing chorus. Lyrics changed to “weary body.”
[6] Annie Golden on additional vocals. Off-stage backing chorus.
Tube contained teases of the theme to The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Harpua was unfinished and contained a Vibration of Life tease. During the Harpua narration, Trey talked about some of the Harpuas and Phish shows at Madison Square Garden of the past 40 years, and a bed appeared from beneath the front of the stage with an actor playing Jimmy and a puppet version of Poster Nutbag. Trey then interrupted the song before the “I want a dog” lyric and said Jimmy had lacked a strong female influence over the years and introduced actress Annie Golden as Jimmy’s grandmother. While consoling Jimmy, she told him it was time to tell the truth about the owner of Harpua. After telling Jimmy that the old man had given the puppet to Esther and helped Jimmy’s cousin Reba make liquid meat, a vinyl record (with a rhombus on the cover) was brought forth and Jimmy’s grandmother said “it’s time… it’s New Year’s Eve and I can’t let you ring another new year without knowing the real story of Gamehendge!” leading into The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday and a glowing rhombus rising to frame the entire stage. The band then began the first performance of the Gamehendge saga since July 8, 1994 (1,194 shows), with Golden and Trey providing the narration and performers acting out the parts of Colonel Forbin, Rutherford, the AC/DC Bag, Tela, Errand Wolfe (later billed in post show credits as “The Wolf”), and the Sloth. The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, The Lizards, Tela, Wilson, Divided Sky, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent, Fly Famous Mockingbird, and Split Open and Melt featured an off-stage backing chorus. The multi-beast and McGrupp were also performed by puppets. Tela performed acrobatics on wires during her song, with Jo Lampert (as the Wolf) providing additional vocals during Wilson. The Sloth’s lyrics were changed to “I’m squeezing that Charmin. Thank you Mr. Whipple. I’m still squeezing that Charmin. Thank you Mr. Whipple.” Colonel Forbin ascended the rhombus during Colonel Forbin’s Ascent (which had lyrics changed to “weary body”), and a large Famous Mockingbird puppet (with a top hat) flew over the crowd during Fly Famous Mockingbird, which also featured Annie Golden on additional vocals. Before Melt, Trey asked Jimmy’s grandmother if she knew that the mountain was a volcano, and the Lizards reappeared to dance to the ensuing Melt jam, eventually leaving the stage one by one as the rhombus was lowered again.
