Phish 2016-12-30 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY

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Set 1: Carolina, Blaze On, The Moma Dance > Gumbo > Cities, The Old Home Place, Bathtub Gin, Things People Do, My Friend, My Friend[1], Wilson, Sugar Shack, You Enjoy Myself

Set 2: Tweezer > Sparks > Ghost > Light -> Party Time, Wading in the Velvet Sea > Rocky Top

Encore: Rock and Roll, Tweezer Reprise

[1] No "Myfe" ending.

This show was webcast via Live Phish. Carolina was last played on March 1, 2003 (378 shows). My Friend did not contain the "Myfe" ending. Sparks was last played on September 2, 2011 (201 shows). Tweezer Reprise contained Martian Monster and Kung quotes.

Phish 2016-12-29 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY

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Set 1: Sweet Adeline, Peaches en Regalia > Mike's Song > Secret Smile > Weekapaug Groove, Roses Are Free, Poor Heart, 46 Days, Brian and Robert, Beauty of a Broken Heart, Theme From the Bottom > Split Open and Melt

Set 2: Down with Disease[1] -> What's the Use? > Fuego > Meatstick, Twenty Years Later -> Kung -> Twenty Years Later > Makisupa Policeman, Harry Hood

Encore: Julius

[1] Unfinished.

This show was webcast via Live Phish. Sweet Adeline was last played on Septembet 2, 2011 (200 shows). Peaches en Regalia was last played on August 28, 2012 (164 shows). Secret Smile was last played on July 26, 2013 (141 shows). Trey teased Dave's Energy Guide in Theme. DWD was unfinished. Trey teased WTU? in Fuego. Kung was last played on December 31, 2012 (156 shows) and was quoted in the return to Twenty Years Later.

Phish 2016-12-28 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY

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Set 1: The Star Spangled Banner, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Lonesome Cowboy Bill > Free, Train Song, Prince Caspian, Roggae, Funky Bitch, Halfway to the Moon, Corinna, Stash, Cavern

Set 2: Wolfman's Brother, Golden Age -> Simple > Chalk Dust Torture, Martian Monster -> Tweezer Reprise -> Martian Monster, Wingsuit > Possum

Encore: Good Times Bad Times

This show was webcast via Live Phish. Lonesome Cowboy Bill was played for the first time since July 1, 2012 (177 shows). Corinna was played for the first time since August 8, 2012 (170 shows). Tweezer Reprise's lyrics were changed to "Your trip is short." Tweezer Reprise does not get a separate track in the audio recording, but is encapsulated in 'Martian Monster'.

Dave's Picks Vol. 20 - Grateful Dead - Boulder, CO - December 9, 1981

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Grateful Dead - Boulder, CO - December 9, 1981

Disc 1
01. Cold Rain And Snow [6:38]
02. Jack Straw [6:26]
03. Friend Of The Devil> [8:10]
04. Little Red Rooster [8:48]
05. Bird Song [9:01]
06. Mama Tried> [2:25]
07. Mexicali Blues [5:15]
08. Candyman [6:11]
09. Cassidy [6:16]
10. Looks Like Rain [8:11]

Disc 2
01. China Cat Sunflower> [6:01]
02. I Know You Rider [6:31]
03. Scarlet Begonias [10:27]
04. Fire On The Mountain [8:44]
05. Estimated Prophet> [10:31]
06. He's Gone> [14:53]
07. Drums> [6:16]
08. Space [9:37]

Disc 3
01. The Other One> [7:40]
02. Stella Blue> [9:31]
03. Around And Around> [3:40]
04. Good Lovin' [9:23]
05. U.S. Blues> [4:59]
06. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [6:31]

Who's ready for a little early 80's Grateful Dead? 

For our last installment of the 2016 Dave's Picks series we are heeding that call with Boulder, CO, December 9, 1981. The last show of a 10-day run, Dave's Picks Volume 20 finds the band cranking out back-to-back high-energy sets; the first filled with superior Jerry moments (“Friend Of The Devil,” “Bird Song”) and a very rare 1-2 punch of Bobby songs ("Cassidy," "Looks Like Rain"). The second is a powerhouse of tight innovation with a nearly perfect "Scarlet>Fire," Brent's organs taking "Estimated" to an otherworldly level, and a double encore fit for "rock 'n' roll excellence."

And if that wasn't enticing enough, this one is chock full of classic covers - "Mama Tried," "Little Red Rooster," "Around and Around," "Good Lovin'," and potentially the very best version of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" that the Dead ever did do.

Taken from 7" reel-to-reel master tapes, Dave's Picks Volume 20 offers up top-notch sound quality and a robustness that was unusual for the tape recordings at this time. As always, it has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

Phish 2016-10-30 - MGM Grand Garden Arena - Las Vegas, NV

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Set 1: The Dogs, Ghost, Funky Bitch, Chalk Dust Torture, Army of One, Heavy Things, How Many People Are You, Stash, Theme From the Bottom > Suzy Greenberg

Set 2: Down with Disease[1] -> Birds of a Feather, Fuego, Miss You, Harry Hood -> Have Mercy -> Harry Hood > A Day in the Life

Encore: Character Zero

[1] Unfinished.

This show was webcast via Live Phish. DWD was unfinished. The Birds was quoted after Birds of a Feather. Fuego contained Birds of a Feather and The Birds teases. Have Mercy was played for the first time since June 4, 2011 (221 shows).

Phish 2016-10-31 - MGM Grand Garden Arena - Las Vegas, NV

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Set 1: Carini[1], Your Pet Cat, AC/DC Bag > Free > Possum, What's the Use? > Wombat, Tube, Wolfman's Brother, Ass Handed, Petrichor > Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Five Years, Soul Love, Moonage Daydream, Starman, It Ain't Easy, Lady Stardust, Star, Hang On to Yourself, Ziggy Stardust, Suffragette City, Rock 'n' Roll Suicide

Set 3: 46 Days > Sand > Twist[2] -> Meatstick > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Backwards Down the Number Line > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Space Oddity

[1] Lyrics changed to make reference to Trey's shirt from The Tonight Show.
[2] Trey on Marimba Lumina and Mike and Page on percussion.

Carini featured lyrics altered to reference Trey's shirt, which he wore on The Tonight Show. Trey teased Martian Monster in Free. The second set "musical costume" was David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. All of the songs in the second set were Phish debuts. Twist featured Trey on Marimba Lumina and Mike and Page on percussion. Also Sprach Zarathustra contained Fame quotes from Trey.

2016-10-29 - MGM Grand Garden Arena - Las Vegas, NV

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Set 1: The Birds, Kill Devil Falls, 555, Roggae, Gumbo, Lawn Boy, Wilson, Maze, Wingsuit, More

Set 2: Mercury > Piper > Scents and Subtle Sounds[1] > Tweezer > I Always Wanted It This Way[2], The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Golgi Apparatus

Encore: Shine a Light > Tweezer Reprise

[1] No intro.
[2] Trey on Marimba Lumina.

This show was webcast via Live Phish. Trey teased Call To The Post at the end of Gumbo. Scents did not have the intro. I Always Wanted It This Way featured Trey on Marimba Lumina.

Phish 2016-10-28 - MGM Grand Garden Arena - Las Vegas, NV

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Set 1: Martian Monster, No Men In No Man's Land, Dogs Stole Things, Beauty of My Dreams, Destiny Unbound, Limb By Limb, Home, When the Circus Comes, Steam > The Wedge, Cavern, Walls of the Cave

Set 2: Crimes of the Mind, Golden Age > Simple > Light > Twenty Years Later > Blaze On, The Squirming Coil

Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Bold As Love

Trey teased San-Ho-Zay during No Men In No Man's Land and Sand in Golden Age. Dogs Stole Things was played for the first time since 06-17-2012 (182 shows). Beauty of My Dreams was played for the first time since 12-31-2010 (227 shows). Crimes of the Mind was played for the first time since 11-29-2009 (283 shows).

Phish 2016-10-25 - Verizon Theatre - Grand Prairie TX

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Set 1: Daniel Saw the Stone, The Moma Dance > Chalk Dust Torture, Cities, Foam, Waking Up Dead, Divided Sky, I Didn't Know, Walk Away > What's the Use? > More

Set 2: Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Backwards Down the Number Line > Lifeboy, Meatstick, The Line, Tide Turns > Taste, Friday, Waves > Julius, Good Times Bad Times

Encore: Show of Life

Lifeboy was played for the first time since December 29, 2011 (189 shows). Friday was played for the first time since August 14, 2004 (325 shows).

Phish 2016-10-22 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park - Alpharetta GA

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Set One: Mike’s Song > Ass Handed > Weekapaug Groove, Waiting All Night > Sample in a Jar, Bathtub Gin, Rift, Stash, Funky Bitch, Your Pet Cat, Character Zero

Set Two: Run Like an Antelope, Fuego > Runaway Jim, No Quarter > Simple > 46 Days > Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley > 46 Days

Encore: Makisupa Policeman, First Tube

Phish 2016-10-16 - Veteran's Memorial Arena - Jacksonville FL

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Set 1: Kill Devil Falls > The Moma Dance > Back on the Train, Undermind, Nellie Kane, Stash, Petrichor, Mike's Song > Bouncing Around the Room, Weekapaug Groove

Set 2: Crosseyed and Painless > Steam > Piper > Wingsuit, Sparkle > The Wedge, Wading in the Velvet Sea > Run Like an Antelope

Encore: The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Character Zero

This show was webcast via LivePhish. Crosseyed was teased in Steam, Piper, and Antelope.

Phish 2016-10-24 - Verizon Theatre - Grand Prairie TX

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Set 1: No Men In No Man's Land, Breath and Burning, Poor Heart, Wolfman's Brother, Water in the Sky, My Soul > NICU > It's Ice > Ocelot, Fuck Your Face, Ass Handed, Saw It Again, Running Out of Time > David Bowie

Set 2: Dog Faced Boy > Seven Below > Petrichor, Maze > Dirt, I Always Wanted It This Way[1] > Piper, Bug

Encore: Buffalo Bill > Rock and Roll

[1] Trey on Marimba Lumina.

Mike teased Sit Still, Look Pretty before Water in the Sky. I Always Wanted It This Way featured Trey on Marimba Lumina. Piper contained a Woman from Tokyo tease from Trey.

Phish 2016-10-21 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park - Alpharetta GA

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Set 1: A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, AC/DC Bag > Back on the Train, Blaze On, Sugar Shack, Things People Do, Birds of a Feather, Mercury, Let's Go, Alaska, More

Set 2: Down with Disease[1] > Carini > Winterqueen, Ghost > Possum, Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Loving Cup

[1] Trey on Marimba Lumina; unfinished.

This show was webcast via Live Phish. The Birds was quoted at the end of BOAF. DWD contained I Dream Of Jeannie theme and Manteca teases, featured Trey on Marimba Lumina, and was unfinished. Trey teased Cat Scratch Fever in Ghost and Streets of Cairo in Possum.

Phish 2016-10-19 - Ascend Amphitheater - Nashville TN

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Set One: Theme From the Bottom, Camel Walk, My Soul, Petrichor, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, My Sweet One, Waking Up Dead, Halfway to the Moon, Running Out of Time[1], Tube, Shine a Light

Set Two: Golden Age > Tweezer > No Men In No Man’s Land > Plasma > Harry Hood > Suzy Greenberg

Encore: Walls Of The Cave > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Debut.

From the Editor's Desk

Buenos Tardes, Amigos!

Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste. My name is Hugo Fuguzelv, and I'm the new hamster in the wheel that is Black Muddy Blog. I'll be managing the posting from now on, and I'm working methodically to get Fall Tour caught up and updated. Before we get back to the boogie, I wanted to take a moment to applaud the man who has made this all happen.

For over 4 1/2 years, our man Conway Bangs has given his precious time and dedication to managing BMB and providing the content that you all yearn for. Like most anything, life and other responsibilities happen, and ol' CB found it hard to keep up. After some discussion, Hugo here enters the picture, and Conway gets to hand over the reins and focus on other things.

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Thank you, Conway, for all the work you put in for our little community here. You're always welcome at the Editor's Desk. I'll keep a seat empty and a cup of coffee warm for you.

Phish - 2016-10-15 - North Charleston Coliseum - North Charleston, SC

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Set 1: Blaze On, What's the Use?, Martian Monster, Devotion To a Dream, Waking Up Dead > Timber (Jerry), Things People Do, Let Me Lie, Maze -> Lengthwise[1] -> Maze, Ass Handed, Carini, Wolfman's Brother

Set 2: Mercury -> Twist > I Always Wanted It This Way[2] > Miss You, Fuego -> Sand, Joy, Possum

Encore: Good Times Bad Times

[1] Sung by Fish over the Maze intro.
[2] Debut.

This show featured the debut of I Always Wanted It This Way. Lengthwise was sung by Fish over the Maze intro. Twist included a What's the Use? tease from Trey and Seven Below teases from Mike.

Phish - 2016-10-14 - North Charleston Coliseum - North Charleston, SC

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Set 1: Petrichor[1], Ghost, Heavy Things, Home[2], Poor Heart, Bathtub Gin, 555, Horn, More[2]

Set 2: No Men In No Man's Land > Down with Disease[3] -> Cities[4] > Roggae > Twenty Years Later > Light > Free, Boogie On Reggae Woman > Harry Hood

Encore: Winterqueen, Tube > Rocky Top

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Debut.
[3] Unfinished.
[4] Trey on Marimba Lumina.

This show featured the Phish debut of Petrichor and the debuts of Home and More. Page dedicated Home to his mother who was in attendance at the show. DWD was unfinished. Cities featured Trey on Marimba Lumina. Mike teased Petrichor in Hood.

Phish - 2016-10-18 - Ascend Amphitheater - Nashville, TN

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SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Blaze On, Ghost, Lawn Boy, Halley's Comet > Sand, Tide Turns, 46 Days > Breath and Burning, Limb By Limb > Cavern, Also Sprach Zarathustra

SET 2: Julius, Fuego > My Friend, My Friend, Samson and Delilah[1], Twist[2], Miss You[3], West L.A. Fadeaway[3], Playing in the Band[4]

ENCORE: Quinn the Eskimo


[1] Phish debut; Bob Weir on guitar and vocals.
[2] Bob Weir on guitar.
[3] Bob Weir on guitar and vocals.
[4] Phish debut; Bob Weir on guitar.

Phish - 2016-10-14 - North Charleston Coliseum - North Charleston, SC

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SET 1: Petrichor[1], Ghost, Heavy Things, Home[2], Poor Heart, Bathtub Gin, 555, Horn, More[2] 

SET 2: No Men In No Man's Land > Down with Disease -> Cities[3] > Roggae > Twenty Years Later > Light > Free > Boogie On Reggae Woman > Harry Hood 

ENCORE: Winterqueen, Tube > Rocky Top 

[1] Phish debut. 
[2] Debut. 
[3] Trey on Marimba Lumina.

Phish 2016-07-09 - XFINITY Theatre - Hartford, CT

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Set 1: Pigtail, The Moma Dance, Birds of a Feather, Meat, Vultures > Free, Let Me Lie, Halley's Comet > Julius, You Enjoy Myself

Set 2: Down with Disease > Sand > Tela, Carini > Twenty Years Later > Run Like an Antelope > Backwards Down the Number Line 

Encore: The Lizards, Loving Cup 

The Birds was quoted at the end of BOAF. Let Me Lie was last performed on August 10, 2010 (229 shows). Portions of the YEM jam featured Trey on Marimba Lumina, Mike on keys, and Page on bass. DWD was unfinished.

Phish 2016-07-08 - Xfinity Center - Mansfield, MA

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Set 1: Party Time > 46 Days, Poor Heart, The Dogs, Bathtub Gin, Fast Enough for You, How Many People Are You, Strange Design, Fuego, Cities, Space Oddity 

Set 2: Ghost > Light > Wolfman's Brother, Chalk Dust Torture, Saw It Again > Back on the Train > Slave to the Traffic Light 

Encore: I Am the Walrus 

Eine kleine Nachtmusik was teased prior to Party Time. During Cities, Trey broke a string, switched guitars, and introduced his guitar tech, Brian Brown; Trey then switched to Marimba Lumina while Mike played Trey's guitar. Wolfman's contained a vocal jam, during which the PA cut out and the band left the stage. Wolfman's was unfinished, and after several minutes the band resumed with CDT.

Phish 2016-07-06 - Cross Insurance Arena - Portland, ME

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Set 1: Grind, Cars Trucks Buses > Blaze On, Yarmouth Road, Kill Devil Falls, The Sloth, Billy Breathes, My Friend, My Friend, Heavy Things, 555, Things People Do, The Line, Stash 

Set 2: First Tube > Tweezer > Guyute, Mike's Song > Tide Turns > Devotion To a Dream, Wingsuit > Bittersweet Motel > Fluffhead > Weekapaug Groove 

Encore: Contact > Tweezer Reprise 

Bittersweet Motel was last played on July 4, 2012 (146 shows).

Phish 2016-07-03 - SPAC - Saratoga Springs, NY

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Set 1: The Wedge, Heavy Things, Tube, Sugar Shack, Lawn Boy, Sparkle > Sample in a Jar, It's Ice > Guelah Papyrus, Ocelot > Scent of a Mule[1], Possum 

Set 2: Soul Shakedown Party, The Moma Dance[2] > Twist > Joy > Breath and Burning, Axilla > Theme From the Bottom > Harry Hood > Show of Life 

Encore: Rock and Roll 

Scent of a Mule featured Fish on Marimba Lumina. Moma Dance was unfinished.

Phish 2016-07-02 - SPAC - Saratoga Springs, NY

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Set 1: Crowd Control, 555 > Seven Below > Back on the Train, Army of One, Divided Sky, Martian Monster > Rift, Water in the Sky, 46 Days, Walls of the Cave 

Set 2: No Men In No Man's Land > Fuego > Light -> Golden Age > Taste, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Julius, A Day in the Life 

Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Run Like an Antelope 

Trey quoted Sleeping Monkey during BOTT. Martian Monster featured Trey on Marimba Lumina. Light featured NMINML quotes. Following Antelope, Trey picked up a shirt that read "They Attack!" prompting a The Birds quote before the band left the stage.

Phish 2016-07-01 - SPAC - Saratoga Springs, NY

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Set 1: Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, The Birds > NICU, Cities, David Bowie, Free, Uncle Pen, Halfway to the Moon, Let's Go, Waiting All Night > Bathtub Gin > Golgi Apparatus, The Squirming Coil 

Set 2: Sand > Carini > Chalk Dust Torture > Prince Caspian > Bug, Shine a Light, My Sweet One, Sleeping Monkey > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Fire 

Encore: Character Zero 

This show featured the debut of Let's Go. Chalk Dust Torture featured Trey on Marimba Lumina and Mike on keys. Sleeping Monkey included the last lyric of My Sweet One and a Say My Name quote.

Phish 2016-06-29 - The Mann - Philadelphia, PA

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Set 1: Wolfman's Brother, Your Pet Cat, Blaze On, Waking Up Dead, Llama, Devotion To a Dream, Reba, Mike's Song > Horn > Farmhouse > Weekapaug Groove 

Set 2: Crosseyed and Painless -> Friends, Down with Disease > What's the Use? > Meatstick, The Line, Tide Turns, Backwards Down the Number Line, Dem Bones 

Encore: Dear Prudence > Harry Hood

Notes: This show featured the debut of Waking Up Dead, Friends, and Tide Turns. Llama was performed in a slow funk style.

Phish 2016-06-28 - The Mann - Philadelphia, PA

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Set 1: Wilson, Funky Bitch, No Men In No Man's Land, Roggae, Nellie Kane, Gumbo > Birds of a Feather, Sleep Again, Things People Do, Limb By Limb, Split Open and Melt, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg

Set 2: Fuego > Runaway Jim > Gotta Jibboo > Breath and Burning > Timber (Jerry) > Slave to the Traffic Light > You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Quinn the Eskimo 

The Birds was quoted at the end of Birds of a Feather. Sleep Again was last played 2010-08-07 (224 shows). This show featured the debut of Things People Do.YEM featured Trey on Marimba Lumina.

Phish 2016-06-26 - Deer Creek - Noblesville, IN

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Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Kill Devil Falls, Camel Walk, A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, Poor Heart > Tube, Halley's Comet > Maze, Lawn Boy, Breath and Burning, Saw It Again, Theme From the Bottom > First Tube 

Set 2: Punch You In the Eye > Back on the Train, Light > Golden Age -> Boogie On Reggae Woman, Wingsuit > Shade, Possum 

Encore: Rock and Roll 

Notes: This show featured the debut of Breath and Burning.

Phish 2016-06-25 - Wrigley Field - Chicago, IL

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Set 1: The Moma Dance, AC/DC Bag > 555, Waiting All Night, Heavy Things, Happy Birthday to You, 46 Days, I Didn't Know, Divided Sky, Cavern > Good Times Bad Times 

Set 2: Carini > Tweezer > Fluffhead > Piper -> Steam > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Harry Hood > Tweezer Reprise 

Encore: I Am the Walrus

Happy Birthday was played for Phish tour manager Richard Glasgow. 
I Am the Walrus was played for the first time since June 29, 2010 (229 shows).

Phish 2016-06-24 - Wrigley Field - Chicago, IL

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Set 1: Sample in a Jar, Chalk Dust Torture, Martian Monster > Rift, Yarmouth Road, Sand, Miss You, The Wedge, Free > Blaze On 

Set 2: Down with Disease > Fuego > Twist > Twenty Years Later > Waste > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Backwards Down the Number Line, Loving Cup 

Encore: Space Oddity, Run Like an Antelope 

Following the debut of Miss You, Trey noted that the song would be on their new album and thanked the crowd for letting them try new material. Disease was unfinished. Fish teased Weekapaug in Twist. Space Oddity was a Phish debut and was performed a capella.

Phish 2016-06-22 - Xcel Energy Center - Saint Paul, MN

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Set 1: Pigtail, Wolfman's Brother, Daniel Saw the Stone, The Dogs, Undermind, Dear Prudence, Stash, Round Room, Horn, Uncle Pen, Halfway to the Moon, Walls of the Cave 

Set 2: Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Bouncing Around the Room, Ghost > The Line, Simple -> I Found a Reason, No Men In No Man's Land, Billy Breathes, Bathtub Gin 

Encore: Water in the Sky, Character Zero 

Notes: This show featured several bustouts: Pigtail (last played December 28, 2010, or 195 shows), Daniel Saw the Stone (last played June 30, 2012, or 140 shows), Dear Prudence (last played October 31, 1994, or 796 shows), Round Room (last played January 1, 2011, or 192 shows), Uncle Pen (last played August 31, 2012, or 123 shows), and I Found A Reason (last played October 31, 1998, or 493 shows). Trey teased The Little Drummer Boy in Ghost. Page teased Magilla in Simple.