SET 1: Ghost > David Bowie, Esther > Harry Hood > Meat > Split Open and Melt, Leaves > The Squirming Coil
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture[1] -> Twist > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley > Back on the Train, A Life Beyond The Dream, First Tube
ENCORE: Run Like an Antelope
[1] Unfinished.
Chalk Dust Torture was unfinished. Trey teased Johnny B. Goode in Back on the Train.
SET 1: I Never Needed You Like This Before, AC/DC Bag[1] > Rift, Runaway Jim, Lawn Boy, Halley’s Comet > Timber (Jerry the Mule), Winterqueen > 46 Days
SET 2: Mike’s Song > Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 1 > Weekapaug Groove > Cool It Down > Set Your Soul Free > What’s the Use? > Loving Cup
SET 1: The Curtain With, Carini -> All of These Dreams, Stash, Halfway to the Moon, Mull > Undermind, Theme From the Bottom
SET 2: My Soul > Tweezer[1] -> Simple > Rock and Roll
ENCORE: Miss You, Sand
[1] Fish on Marimba Lumina.
The Curtain With was performed for the first time since June 30, 2019 (117 shows). During Carini, Trey mentioned Frenchie (Tim Gazaille), a fan who had passed away the previous day. Tweezer featured Fish on Marimba Lumina.
SET 1: Tweezer, Halley’s Comet -> Set Your Soul Free > Rift, Cavern > Tweezer > Shade, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S. > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Kill Devil Falls, Mercury > Light -> Waste, Drift While You’re Sleeping, Backwards Down the Number Line
SET 3: Ghost[1] > Bohemian Rhapsody[2] > Ghost -> Jungle Boogie[3] > Wilson[4] > Auld Lang Syne[3] > Carini[5] > Theme from New York, New York[6] > Tweezer > Prince Caspian > Crosseyed and Painless > Piper, A Life Beyond The Dream, First Tube
ENCORE: Show of Life > Tweezer Reprise[7]
[1] Dancers and characters from Phish’s past on stage.
[2] The Late Show Gospel Choir. Lyrics changed to reference Ghost.
[3] The Late Show Gospel Choir and the BD Entertainment Marching Band.
[4] The Late Show Gospel Choir and the BD Entertainment Marching Band. Last verse only and unfinished.
[5] “Naked dude” dancers.
[6] “Naked dude” dancers and singers. Lyrics changed to “if I could be naked there.”
[7] The wombat ran and danced across the stage.
Page teased The Little Drummer Boy in the first Tweezer. Trey teased Super Bad in Weekapaug. The second setbreak music was comprised of songs referencing past Phish New Year’s Eve gags. Before the third set began, a barbershop quartet appeared with a singing telegram for Phish. The telegram said that at the stroke of midnight it would be 40 years for Phish and to make a wish. Trey wished he had a time machine so they could do it all again. A cube descended from overhead and a time machine was revealed near Mike. The quartet activated the time machine and the cube played audio and video from past years of Phish. Dancers from various past new year’s gags appeared on stage as well as a wombat (from October 31, 2013). The wombat broke the time machine and Ghost began with dancers and characters (like Father Time from December 31, 1999 and the Famous Mockingbird from December 31, 1992) continuing to appear from the band’s past performances. Ghost featured Meatstick lyrics sung from the band as well as by dancers in different languages in a nod to December 31, 2010. The first Bohemian Rhapsody since December 31, 1996 (852 shows) featured the Late Show Gospel Choir singing on risers behind the band and Ghost quotes from Page and the choir with subsequent lyrics changed to reference Ghost. The first Jungle Boogie since December 31, 2003 (544 shows) featured the BD Entertainment Marching Band marching band along with the choir. The marching band and choir were also featured in Wilson where a platform above Trey that had appeared for the entire New Year’s run descended and the clone that had been lying on the platform rose and was revealed to be a Tom Hanks actor from Cast Away. Inflated Wilson volleyballs were then tossed into the crowd. Only the final verse was sung in Wilson which contained Jungle Boogie quotes and was unfinished. During Auld Lang Syne, Phish briefly stopped playing and ate cake in front of the stage while the marching band and choir continued to perform. Carini featured several dancers in “naked dude” costumes emerging from a birthday cake in front of the stage and dancing and running around with security trying to catch them. The Theme from New York, New York was performed for the first time since December 31, 1997 (774 shows) and featured the naked dude dancers performing a kickline in front of the stage while adding vocals and Trey changing the lyrics to “if I could be naked there.” Page teased Tweezer in Caspian. Piper contained Crosseyed quotes. During Tweezer Reprise, the wombat ran and danced across the stage. The post show music was Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, which was a nod to Phish playing their 72nd show at Madison Square Garden, tying Elton John.
SET 1: Fluffhead[1] -> Your Pet Cat > Bathtub Gin > hey stranger[2], Tube > Slave to the Traffic Light, Blaze On
SET 2: David Bowie, Everything’s Right > You Enjoy Myself > Ruby Waves > Lonely Trip, Back on the Train > Character Zero
ENCORE: Guyute, Possum
[1] Unfinished.
[2] Phish debut.
Fluffhead was unfinished. Trey teased Dave’s Energy Guide in Bathtub Gin. This show featured the Phish debut of hey stranger. Trey teased Heartbreaker in Ruby Waves.
SET 1: First Tube, Bathtub Gin, Undermind, Drift While You’re Sleeping > Halley’s Comet > Everything’s Right, More > Fluffhead
SET 2: Set Your Soul Free > Fuego > A Life Beyond The Dream, Crosseyed and Painless -> David Bowie, Loving Cup
ENCORE: Divided Sky, Icculus, Character Zero
Trey teased Mr. P.C. in David Bowie. Icculus was dedicated to PI (Phish’s stage manager Paul Ingwersen who was retiring that night). PI was subsequently mentioned in Icculus. Trey referenced Icculus in Character Zero with “read the book!” quotes. The soundcheck’s Jam was followed by In the Summertime and Right Place, Wrong Time quotes.
SET 1: Punch You in the Eye, Wolfman’s Brother, Walls of the Cave, Heavy Rotation, Boogie On Reggae Woman > Stash > Free > Mike’s Song > Bug
SET 2: Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S. > Kill Devil Falls[1] > Sigma Oasis[1] > Thunderhead > The Moma Dance[1] -> No Quarter > Also Sprach Zarathustra
> from “No Quarter”. Extra flourishes from Trey indicate this version may not be a typical “2001”. Trey’s play ranges from plucky and upbeat to blissful and melodic. This is a neat version that should be heard for its uniqueness. > “Melt”.
> Split Open and Melt
ENCORE: Fee[2] > Slave to the Traffic Light
[1] Unfinished.
[2] Trey on megaphone.
Trey teased There is a Mountain in Walls of the Cave and Sigma Oasis. Kill Devil Falls, Sigma Oasis, and Moma Dance were unfinished. Thunderhead was performed for the first time since December 1, 2003 (544 shows). Trey teased Thunderhead in Moma Dance. Fee featured Trey on megaphone.
SET 1: Carini[1] > You Enjoy Myself -> Ghost > Julius, Reba, Tube > Tweezer -> What’s the Use? > Weekapaug Groove -> No Men In No Man’s Land > Weekapaug Groove > Moonage Daydream > Chalk Dust Torture
ENCORE: Pebbles and Marbles, Tweezer Reprise
[1] Lyrics changed to “at least he had some boots.”
This show started late and consisted of only one set due to a lengthy delay following a thunderstorm. Carini’s lyrics were changed to “at least he had some boots” in reference to streaker who ran out onto the field during the weather delay wearing only a pair of boots. Trey teased Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now in Carini and Streets of Cairo during Tweezer.
SET 1: Sand[1] -> Down with Disease[1] -> Scent of a Mule, Ocelot, Heavy Things, Axilla (Part II) > Back on the Train > Theme From the Bottom, Blaze On
SET 2: Possum > Twist > Ruby Waves > Don’t Doubt Me > A Wave of Hope > The Howling -> Piper
SET 1: The Landlady, Runaway Jim > Divided Sky, 46 Days > Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Sugar Shack, Shade, Halfway to the Moon, Everything’s Right
SET 2: Energy > Gotta Jibboo[1] > Soul Planet > Rift, Reba[2], Martian Monster[3] > Broken Heart Attack[4] > Hold Your Head Up -> Martian Monster[5], Possum[6] > Slave to the Traffic Light
ENCORE: Waste, First Tube
[1] Unfinished.
[2] No whistling.
[3] Trey whistled in the intro and later joined Fish on drums.
[4] Phish debut.
[5] Trey on drums and Fish on Marimba Lumina.
[6] Fish played the drums with one drumstick with the other in the air in the intro.
Gotta Jibboo was unfinished. Reba did not contain the whistling ending. Trey whistled in the intro to the first Martian Monster and eventually joined Fish on drums. The Phish debut of Broken Heart Attack featured Fish on vacuum. The second Martian Monster featured Trey on drums, Fish on Marimba Lumina, and a David Bowie intro tease from Trey while on drums. The Possum intro featured Fish playing the drums with one hand with his other drumstick in the air and Trey quoting Broken Heart Attack.