Phish Tour

Buddy of mine is all ready to go.

Is is true they renamed the tour, Delta Variant-Summer Spread 2021?

Covid Apparatus

It doesn't get much more American that Phish at the Wal-Mart Ampitheater.

Never forget a couple years ago Commerce City banned camping during a Dick's run because of disease-ridden prairie dogs. Now they're opening a tour in the country's top Covid hotspot. Yikes.

The Disease-Ridden Prairie Dogs. Now they're opening a tour.

Kasvot Vaxxed

bathtub gin

Acid, Arkansas and Phish.....vaccinated and looking forward to it.

Got my ticket refunded for Eugene - I have no intention of being in a 12000 seat indoor arena filled with wookie flu types- vax or no vax -- mask or no mask. Hey it's nuthin personal.

^^^Passing on Atlantic City for the same reason, supposed to be my first Phish in 9 years^^^

^ same with me and AC, although caught a show in 2019.  My buddy, from Florida, wanted me to meet up with him. 

Passed on Eugene for same reason.

Wasn't even a second thought.

Be good custys.

Still got tickets for the Gorge.   It was rescheduled earlier this summer to the last week of August, but will have to miss the Sunday show because we had already made plans for Crater Lake for the next day.    Doing a lot of traveling in August and September so might end up bagging it anyway just to get some downtime.   While the Gorge is one of the greatest outdoor venues in the country, multi-day Phish fests in the dry scrubland of Eastern Washington in the middle of summer can be physically draining if you are not careful. 

^^ Down with disease opener
followed by
Sample in a Jar

I guess Catapult would be in bad taste.

((((Kasvot Vaxxed)))))

lmao!

I think they are bat shit  to start in Arkansas 

One or more members of band and crew get sick 

could ruin the whole tour?!

And we are still planning on Mexico in February..

hope the whole tour doesn't go off the rails 

fingers crossed!

look what happened at MSG with Foo Fighters -

then Grateful Shred 

headed up to the Days Beween Fest and hoping we are distanced enough that we all leave healthy!

Have fun, Ro. Nice to see you here.

^then Georgia 

7 Georgia counties in top 20 Delta variant “danger zones” in US

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/7-georgia-counties-top-20-delta...

then Tennessee. 

Unwanted 'Milestone': Nashville sees 3 straight days of 8% COVID-19 positivity rate

https://fox17.com/news/local/unwanted-milestone-nashville-sees-3-straigh...

Looking forward to Tahoe!

i'm out for Arkansas. covid hotspot, 55, uninsured, hot and very humid, blah, blah....

probably miss an epic 177 min Down with Disease, but I'll live another day.....sigh

Sounds like a quality decision, Joe. I bet if you found a field full of fireflies, got yourself nicely loaded on shrooms, and listened real hard you could here that epic DWD. If the wind was blowing in the right direction, of course.

Go abroad and experience the planet and have more fun is my motto!

Seeing the same old band over and over is lame IMHO and stupid! So much more to experience in life!!

You seem to be an authority on lame and stupid, doolittle, so I don't know what to do with your advice.

Very cool firefly, judit. Very cool.

thanks all^., and all is good, no harm, no foul.

This would've been a first time,  doolittle, and I would love to experience Phish at least once. Hopefully, there'll be another first time, sometime.

I do have some L left over, and this is hammock weather, so I'll put it to good use next week when the temp cools down a bit and maybe I'll be lucky enough to see that firefly show. ;-)

Mikey your loss! 

Have fun at your next Grateful Shred show!

Ship of fools

What part of the world do you see right now, James?

So how is Arkansas Phish?  

Heard they saved Down with Disease for the second set opener.

The Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion
Rogers, AR
July 28, 2021

Ticket Time | 7PM CDT, 8PM EST
Poster: https://www.instagram.com/p/CR4SvNarW_b/

Set 1 (8:23 - 9:38):

I Never Needed You Like This Before *
Tube
Free
Bouncing Around the Room
46 Days
Limb By Limb
Wolfman's Brother
NICU
Drift While You're Sleeping

Set 2 (10:14):
Down With Disease ** >
Simple ->
Fuego >
Plasma >
Runaway Jim >
Weekapaug Groove >
Runaway Jim >
Rift
If I Could
Rise/Come Together
Slave to the Traffic Light

*First Time Played
**Unfinished

https://www.phantasytour.com/bands/phish/threads/4747522/unofficial-setl...

Thanks, Mike. I'm selfishly happy they didn't lay down a mind-melding Opossum jam.  How can they not play Opossum in Arkansas?!  Damn, dropped the ball on that one.  I feel better.

Lots of songs in both sets, which means not very long jams.

Hoping that's not going to be a trend.

Although that Runaway Jim>Weekapaug Groove>Runaway Jim looks pretty cool.

A 15 minute Down with Disease is long enough for me, any longer is usually tiresome, IMO

That looks like a GREAT second set from here

I knew my time had come to contract the Delta.

Taboot!

7/28 set2 looks great, but they can keep the fuego, plasma and put that 20mins into the jim jam 

Got tonight's Atlanta show on the stereo at home.  So far:

Buried Alive

Set Your Soul Free

Reba

My Friend, My Friend

555

Kill Devil Falls

Gotta Jibboo

Sparkle

Thread

Meat

Run Like An Antelope

SET TWO

More

Tweezer>???

@CoventryMusic

^i like waste, but i feel that way about More, The line, mercury, and just about anything from kasvot vaxt, big boat or Sigma Oasis. 

i loved last night !

i found it to be romantic and luscious 

I heard this tour (and Trey's new guitar) is officially the start of the Phish 4.0 era :-)

Buddy of mine went yo Alabama,  dumped his Nashville and AC tix, and still has deer creek and Hershey. He seems very happy to be in Indiana. 

He enjoyed Alabama, no further critique provided. 

8/6/21 - 3 songs in, this is the shit

Superspreader tour in full effect.   An acquaintance did these shows fully vaxed and now has COVID.

Couch tour seems to be the way to go. <<<

Hope your acquaintence comes through it OK!

Up until about two weeks ago, I still had some FOMO going on with not having tickets to Dicks for the first time in five years, but at this point, I'm more than OK with it.

Had a difficult time hanging out at a local show yesterday - even outside and on the periphery and got to thinking I'm going to have a hard time at the upcoming Phil shows in CO ... so might be looking to unload them sooner than later.  I suspect there will be tix on the ground for Dicks come day of show (if we even get there).

I have a ticket for each of the 2 SF shows, but now I'm paranoid about being indoors with a bunch of maskless tourheads, many of which probably aren't even vaxxed... 

I've listened to 5 or 6 of the shows so far, the performances have been average,  IMO. The 11th is by far my favorite, and the only one I'd consider listening to a second time. I have been a phish fan for about 30 years, but most Trey's new tunes* are not good, IMO. Not sure if I've been more of a phish apologist, or a Ben Simmons apologist, however,  for me, Ben Simmons passing up a dunk=Trey's yacht rock.

*songs from Kasvot Växt, Big Boat, Sigma Oasis, and Trey's solo material. 

yeah, I could only stomach a few pages on the Chase thread... PT reflects the great divide we have in this country (world?).

soooooo excited AC is broadcast on sirius !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alex tempted me to come with but this is all for him

i hope he gets an esther tomorrow !!!!!

Some really good recent videos I've seen on YouTube. Far-out jammy deeep phishing.
 

Trey's vocals seem to be another story entirely.

This run has been very good IMO. Some good jamming, I agree vocals not so great. Must be crazy scene in AC!!!

I thought about going but Delta made up my mind for me.

Great that you can listen or stream the shows, not like the old days....

Hi Jill, been a while!

Mehsh

>>>Trey's vocals seem to be another story entirely.

All the vocals in general have been hit and miss this tour, except for last (Friday) night in AC where everyone, including Trey, seemed committed and mostly on point.

Slow Llama

https://youtu.be/WXc5QGAcC2g

I AM LOVING THIS

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PHISH, SATURDAY 08/14/2021

ATLANTIC CITY BEACH

Atlantic City, NJ

Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Jam

SET 1: Llama[1], Tube, Destiny Unbound > Ya Mar, 46 Days, Reba[2], Soul Shakedown Party, Split Open and Melt, The Squirming Coil

SET 2: I Never Needed You Like This Before, Drowned > Ghost -> Scents and Subtle Sounds[3] > Chalk Dust Torture[4] > No Quarter > Slave to the Traffic Light > Suzy Greenberg

ENCORE: A Life Beyond The Dream, Tweezer Reprise

[1] Performed in slow, funk style
[2] No whistling
[3] Did not contain the intro
[4] Unfinished

Llama was performed in a slow funk style. Reba did not have the whistling. Scents and Subtle Sounds did not contain the intro. Chalk Dust Torture was unfinished. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch contained alternate lyrics from Trey about riding 80 foot waves. This was the rescheduled date from the show that had been postponed due to the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak in 2020.

>Llama was performed in a slow<

I've listened to most of the tour, and Llama isn't the only tune played at a slower tempo. 1st night in AC was another good one. Only the second show of the tour that I'd listen to again. Haven't heard last night's show yet. 

These "deep phishing" jams are mundane, IMO. They're like stolling around a nice field. It's alright, but you don't get anywhere. 

Still not a fan of most if the newer tunes, but i like a few.

Could be my imagination, but the band, especially Trey, seems more engaged and enthused when playing the newer tunes.

Yawner out of the gates tonight, time left for redemption 

I think they know it's their best song 

Carini? Their best song? Not even in the top 20 for me.

^ same

Carini had a super creepy vibe the time I saw it at the Gorge.  Is it always like that?

I'm more of a Chalk Dust Torture guy.

The darker the Carini the better IMO 

^I agree

Still on the fence for the Gorge and got my tix in the mail today.  The new vaccination policy makes it a little more enticing and with three separate one day tickets, it gives me more flexibility to just go up for a night or two and sell the unused ones.

Anyone else going or thinking of going? 

So does "Never miss a Sunday show" apply to the Phish too?  

>>>>> "Never miss a Sunday show" apply to the Phish too? 

That's what they say.   Problem with the last time I was up there was that after three days of hearty partying in the Eastern Washington sun, I was burnt by Sunday and dragging, so maybe skip Friday and hit the Saturday and/or Sunday shows.

The PTBM art fits together to make one image. So far we have:

last night second set began so dark it was right up my alley

for me all the shows had really fantastic parts, they did a bunch of songs i love, and Alex had a blast at the saturnday show

iffen i were nearer the gorge i would go in a heartbeat

Just back and in the saddle after a truly spectacular and memorable 3-night run in AC! That band is so focused on every aspect of putting on great shows it's incredible. All 3 nights were really good, with many A++ parts!  The scene and vibe there was beyond what I imagined it would be. Pictures of the concert make it look jammed and super crowded but they were deceiving as it was spacious with room for full-on crazy throw down dance parties everywhere!! Nothing like barefeet for entire shows, wallowing in the ocean if and whenever you want, head up front not problem, incredible sound and of course the best lighting and visual in the business. The band was excited, energetic, happy, patient, tight and very exploratory. What a rager!!  Security was virtually non-existent in the show and police around the venue let EVERYTHING go down with bothering anyone.  This was about as kinde of a run and scene as you'll find anywhere!! Each night had parts that are well worth keeping in the Replay pile. Tweezer > Gin is certainly one of them. 

Anyone think Phish will be able to complete Summer & Fall tour? 

Considering the geography covered plus the cray-cray volume of un-vaccinated folks who will feel emboldened to be in crowds unmasked, hard for me to see how one/both tours will NOT be canceled or cut-short due to Delta strain.   Also seems like unless Trey, Mike, Leo, or Jon get sick, the old adage hold will win:  "The Show Must Go On... [So We Can Collect Our Paychecks]!"

Despite holding tix -PHX(10/22)- i am only thinking it has maybe 40% chance of happening.  What's your guess?

I think they will forge ahead.  The Gorge shows will be the start of them requiring proof of vaccination or a negative test within 72 hours.   Governor Inslee has announced a new mask mandate for the state of Washington beginning this Monday, but that only applies to indoor public events.  

The reviews have been decent enough, so I might pull my normal routine of skipping the camping and just showing up for the last day.  It's a pain-free exercise I've done three times there already.  I drive in around 4 p.m. with no traffic to deal with since the clusterfuck happens on Friday when everyone rolls in for the start of the run.  At the first notes of the standard double-encore on the last night, I say my farewells to my friends, beat the exiting crowd out of the gates to my car which is parked in the front of the day lot, and am one of the first vehicles to leave, avoiding all traffic, and home and in bed about three hours later.  I expect tickets will be plentiful and cheap, if not free.  

Atta boy!

Feet don't fail me now!

Tahoe burning - wtf?!

Don't jinx first show?!'

If the Tahoe shows scheduled to happen a little less than two weeks from now don't happen, it won't be because of Covid.

There is a fire RAGING in the mountains to the west of the Tahoe basin right now, and if that thing keeps growing it's possible that it could crest the ridge and barrel down on the lake.

And even if that doesn't happen, it's just about to blaze over and close Highway 50, which would be a deal-breaker for many people even if the shows happen, not being able to get there in any sane fashion.

The best hope is that because there are many communities and many very valuable homes all up in those mountains, the officials are pulling many of the fire fighters from other blazes to reinforce those fighting this one. Fight that fire you heroes!!!!

Unfortunately, I was already planning on not going to this run for other reasons, but in my almost 30 years of seeing Phish and the 40+ years of seeing shows overall, the Phish shows at Harvey's Tahoe have been as fun an overall concert experience as I have ever enjoyed, so I hope they happen, and keep happening.

GTTS!

I have tickets to South Lake and I really hope they reschedule again. Between the fires and the Covid it is really a bad look to be throwing a big two day party there, and I don't even want to think about the backlash if some fucked up person going to the show starts another fire. 

couldn't make these shows, but FOTM has quelled my FOMO a bit

AQI in the 300-400s around Tahoe now...

https://www.purpleair.com/map?opt=1/mAQI/a10/cC0#9.42/39.0688/-119.9792

50 is closed

Dierks Bentley just cancelled his show scheduled for tomorrow at Tahoe.

https://mobile.twitter.com/DierksBentley/status/1429134711645827074?s=20...

Phantasy board getting pretty pissed off that there hasn't been an announcement on the South Lake shows. Eric Church just rescheduled to next year, but apparently Phish isn't doing any West Coast shows next year so that isn't an option. The band is kind of screwed with moving those shows with those fall Sacramento shows still not sold out. 

I'm sure Tahoe will be outright canceled. The shows can't happen as scheduled and I have no idea where they could feasibly be moved to.

Tahoe moved to Shoreline next week.  Whole place will be GA?

Place will also be unusually empty for a Phish concert.  Will be interesting for sure. 

The old dump is better than nothing at all!!!

You're right, Woz

The shows are officially moved, not canceled.

All Shoreline will be GA, and they will attempt to control it with "Lower Bowl GA" wristbands, "Upper Bowl GA" wristbands and lawn GA.

People with Tahoe tix get first shot at seated area GA, probably first-come first-serve at the shows.

Tix go on sale tomorrow the 26th at noon.

It's gonna' be crazy, and very likely some level of shit-show, as Shoreline has almost never done a full GA show like this (when they have it's been a shit-show) and they'll have to rush to get enough staff to deal with it on very short notice, and let me tell you from recent first-hand experience, most of the staff there is marginal at best.

And after six years I'm one of them again, and I'm not in charge now.

I picked a hell of a time to quit sniffing glue.

Ugh! That sucks. My tickets are for sale....

Are they offering refunds? That's a slap in the face moving the shows to Shoreline.

I want my money back.

Offering refunds.  They said details would be coming tomorrow.

However, you have a pair of hard PTBM 2 day passes?

I might be interested.

I live in Marin too (saw that in your profile)

Would be nice to meet you / we might know each other.

Have you heard anything about an attendance cap Lance?

There won't be any attendance cap. Shoreline holds 22,000 and is open right now for full capacity. Tahoe has sold 9,000 for each show and there will certainly be more than a few refunds from that.

How many people will buy tix to these shows with less than a week's notice? Phish isn't massively popular in the BA, so I'm guesstimating around 12,000 - 14,000 max, and very possibly less than that, since nothing around here is selling well these days.

And this is the bands idea BTW. APE wanted to cancel a show at the Greek and move Phish there, or put the shows at Concord Pavilion, which is set up much better for this type of GA switch, but Phish likes Shoreline, and guess who always wins those discussions?

Fuckin' rock stars.

Refund info:

Fans who purchased tickets from an authorized ticket sales channel (Ticketmaster, Phish Tickets, CID or venue websites) you will have until 5:00 pm.. PT on Saturday, August 28th to request a refund. These ticketing partners will be contacting all buyers on Thursday with further instructions.

Shoreline requires Vaxx or a negative test

What's the capacity inside the pavilion at Shoreline?

>>>What's the capacity inside the pavilion at Shoreline<<<

Somewhere between 7,000 - 7,500.

If you buy a ticket for Shoreline, it's automatically the lawn for you.

And apparently there will be a cap on attendance, but I haven't heard what they're setting it at.

Tom, are your Shoreline contacts telling you Tahoe ticket holders will be guaranteed pavilion seats?

Trying to decide whether to custie up for a VIP box or if my Tahoe stubs will get me into the 100s without having to wait all afternoon on some GA line (sprinting, etc...).

appreciate the intel!

>>>but Phish likes Shoreline, and guess who always wins those discussions?

Why??? It's the worst shed in the BA. The backstage looks like something they set up for the Marines at Kabul airport. It's horrible to get in and out. No public transportation. The sound always SUCKS unless you are in the 100's and don't be too close in the 100's either, and the town of Mountain View views every show as a way to generate money by ticketing people in the parking lot for having a beer. 

I remember back when I was living on the east coast and I got tapes from some of the first shows there, and I thought Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View CA wow that sounds amazing, but no it's an actual dump. I really can't think of worse shed in the entire country. 

With all the fires burning there is the added possibility of being at the dump with an AQI of 200 next week. 

So what's all the recent gossip re: Mike about?

 I really can't think of worse shed in the entire country. <<<<<

Xfinity in Hartford, for one. 

Shoreline is by far the worst venue in the country. Phish sucks for moving the show there.

Irvine Meadows is pretty bad.  So is the White River Amphitheatre south of Seattle.

>>>Xfinity in Hartford, for one. 

That was built after I moved west but it has both Hartford and Xfinity in the name so probably deep inside one of the circles of hell. 

On a side note how do you win the war on drugs? Make them all legal but you can only buy them through Xfinity customer service. 

>>>> ..... the town of Mountain View views every show as a way to generate money by ticketing people in the parking lot for having a beer. >>

I'm living about 10 miles west up the hill from Shoreline and can see it from my deck -- should I bail on my plan to sell beers in the lot? ;)

Wish I could host a pre- or post-func but it wouldn't fly w/ my housemates. 

I went for a speed walk around Shoreline a couple of weeks ago, and drove through the backstage lot because hey, the gates were wide open ! 
The area is all brown. Impossible to park along the roadways there, but there is a public parking lot at the playfields on Garcia Parkway, so just west of the amphi.
Guess I was scouting but I didn't know it would come in handy so soon, LOL.

There is a big construction project happening across the road on Amphitheater Parkway, guessing it must be a Google building.

Yes, Goggle is expanding their campus there.

The guy playing The Greek on the 31st didnt want to give up his show for Phish, even though he's only sold 1000 tix.

Phish (at least the band members)  would have much rather been the Greek.

Kudos for "the show must go on" rejiggering that happened but what a dick punch for people who thought theyd be seeing Phish in Tahoe those dates.  Not exactly a lateral move venue/ scene wise.

When I used to shoot slide film, somewhere in storage I have a great slide show of the dancing bear dude bungee jumping from a crane outside of Shoreline in the early 90's (I think). 

Lawn Boy = $85 + Fees  

Yikes...

Hey Tom, I need to get in touch with you re: ADA seating at shoreline (how to gain access) as I'm having knee replacement surgery on September 10 and am currently on crutches and a disabled parking placard.

Shoreline is the bomb

great venue

I'm pretty sure I saw 28 years of the  bridge school there

>>>will Tahoe ticket holders will be guaranteed pavilion seats<<<

There's never anything guaranteed with any GA show, and this one is sketchier than most, especially given the lack of time they have to prepare for it.

If 6,000/8,000 Tahoe ticketholders show up (which may be a generous assumption) then there will be juuuuuuuust enough room (if people don't hog seats, and we know THAT never happens) in the entire seating sections.

There are about 2,500 seats in the 100-sections, so arriving early is likely going to be key to this deal, which is certainly what everyone is going to be thinking, and I'm anticipating a variety of separate struggles to get into the venue & then into the lower or even upper seated sections, so if you're coming you better bring a ton of patience and at least a touch of empathy for the staff & venue.

And Woz, I have no info right now on how they're going to handle ADA. I'm assuming it will be first-come, first-serve available at the info booth just inside the main gates, with Tahoe tix getting some type of priority, but that's gonna' be crazy as well since there is very limited ADA space in the lower bowl, most of it is along the top of the 200s. And disabled parking in the lower lots is limited, so again, get there EARLY if you want to score one of those.

But again, I stepped away from management there a number of years ago and I have no idea on the details of what they're planning to do. Anyway, I thought you weren't going? Ha! When I saw that post I thought, "Woz, not going to a show? Yeah, right."

I'm working the Green Day show tomorrow night with some people who will likely know more, if I glean anything useful I'll post it here.

And on a side note, I'm fairly confident in my saying that I don't believe there is a person alive or dead who knows more overall about Shoreline Amphitheatre than I do. I started there from the very first show the place ever did in 1986, and in various capacities have worked or attended well over 90% of all the shows the dump has ever done. I love that funky old place deep in my heart for my own personal reasons, but I don't disagree with most of what's said about it as a venue.

I will say that with a little smarts, a little planning and a little experience one can mitigate many of the annoying aspects of the place, parking/traffic/lines etc. and IMO if you have a seat in the 100s or in the first ten rows of the 200s it's a good to decent place to see a show. If you're in the back half of the 200s you have to hope the band's sound people know what they're doing, but it can still work OK for a large shed. The lawn just blows for anything other than, as hoover likes to say, getting schwilly with your friends.

And there is one thing about the place that's outstanding, especially for a big lug like me - the very generous amount of leg room in the rows of seats. That also translates into more room for folks to boogie when standing up, and that's something that's pretty important to most people reading this. There has to be SOMETHING good about the place, right?

Anyway, it's really too bad Phish didn't want to bump Quinn XCII & Chelsea Cutler (whoever the hell they are) from their bombing Greek show, as the Greek would have worked very well for this late switch (as long as at least some of the Tahoe ticket-holders didn't show up) but it is what it is.

Because of the fires the Tahoe shows were definitely not going to happen, and at least there is an alternative. If folks don't like the alternative then nothing is lost that wasn't going to be lost anyway.

Let's all just try to have fun, and be nice.

I have to agree with all the good things pointed out, and despite my rantings I have had many a good time there. 

Not sure how people will be able to save seats in the pavilion if they cut off entry after a certain number of wrist bands are given out. Anyone who gets there late wouldn't be able to get to the saved seat anyway which would actually be great. 

Anyway have fun those who are going. I could see these shows having Warlock Hampton type vibe going for them musically. It will be an interesting kick off to what is turning into a Bay Area Phish residency over the next month or so. 

I'm back to being out....

>>>Not sure how people will be able to save seats in the pavilion<<<

People hog seats to give themselves more room, because they think they can scam their friends into the area (which may not be that difficult at these shows) or just because they can.

People suck.

Well the Warfield security had it down with not letting people on to the floor. Stamps, wristbands, and ticket stub. Which meant I had to be sneaked through the kitchen to get on the floor, but then there was no going to bathroom. 

woz, wanna sell your tix? depending on price ill take one night or both

Lol worst in the nation. Shoreline isn't even the worst venue in the Bay Area.

My friends have a pretty stylin' setup for the Gorge

Still waiting on refund process info from Phish ticketing. Oh how I miss index card and GDTS! Total shitshow with these phish people.... 

Gorge

https://www.facebook.com/john.hermsen.77/videos/219992203422776/?notif_i...

https://mixlr.com/cshonka

Quit whining Woz. You'll get your precious money back.

And I bet the Shoreline shows will rock.

So there.

SET ONE

Torn and Frayed

No Men In No Man's Land

Leaves

Split Open And Melt

Tube

I Been Around

Ha Ha Ha

Mull

Shade

Alaska

Golgi Apparatus

SET TWO

Sigma Oasis

What's The Use?

Blaze On >

Lifeboy

Camel Walk >

Chalk Dust Torture

Slave To The Traffic Light

ENCORE

Drift While You're Sleeping

Nice nod to Charlie Watts with the show opener.

The Gorge 8/27/21 Pro-Shot Video:

Set 1 Opener:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT28kxQSBEE
 

Set II Opener:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT28kxQSBEE

>>>>When I used to shoot slide film, somewhere in storage I have a great slide show of the dancing bear dude bungee jumping from a crane outside of Shoreline in the early 90's (I think). 

I watched Billy jump from that crane. 93 I think?

LOL Tom! They finally came through and I cashed them in and then got Wednesday tickets because the Mrs decided she can go after all! Sitting at the airport bar at JFK basking in the afterglow of last night's killer DeadCo show at SPAC.

Ended up skipping the Gorge and gave my tix to a friend.

Any clips of the "Gorge Jam" soundcheck circulating?

Tuned in during Esther. Get some. 

SET ONE

Carini >

Maze

46 Days

555

Divided Sky

Swept Away >

Steep

Boogie On Reggae Woman

Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.

SET TWO

Sand >

Down With Disease

Prince Caspian >

Mountains in the Mist

Scents And Subtle Sounds >

Bug

Possum

ENCORE

Bittersweet Motel

Heavy Things

About To Run

George, WA

Soundcheck: My Soul (this soundcheck is possibly incomplete)

SET 1: Carini > Maze > 46 Days, Esther, 555 > Divided Sky, Swept Away > Steep, Boogie On Reggae Woman > Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.

SET 2: Sand > Down with Disease > Prince Caspian > Mountains in the Mist, Scents and Subtle Sounds > Bug > Possum

ENCORE: Bittersweet Motel > Heavy Things, About to Run

Esther is not listed on phish's from the road website.

I tuned in last night during the jam out of Scents and Subtle Sounds. It sounded fucking great, and Bug & Possum were really good too.

The band sounds in great form right now.

And as I'm thinking about that, and also about the various issues & annoyances of the Tahoe shows being moved to Shoreline this week that many are continuing to complain about, I'm reminded of the horror bearing down on Lake Tahoe and surrounding environs right now, and I'm thinking about how insignificant a few shows are or how meaningless little issues like how one can get into the lower bowl at Shoreline or not are.

Fire is raging hell down on the Tahoe region right now, and that's about as great a region as exists in our country, if not the world. Then factor in what's happening in the south, or all over this lunatic world right now.

A few little problems at a rock 'n roll show don't matter much, and no matter the issues I may encounter at Shoreline this week, I'll consider myself incredibly lucky to be there.

So stay safe, and Go To The Show when you can.

Because you just never know what's next.

Here's the Gorge story from jambands.com, videos at this link > https://jambands.com/news/2021/08/30/phish-close-the-gorge-run-with-teas...
 

Phish wrapped up their three-night run at The Gorge on Sunday, Aug. 29, giving fans plenty of teases and 2021 tour debuts to sink their teeth into.

Five different songs made their 2021 debut at The Gorge on Sunday, including “How Many People Are You,” “Saw It Again,” “The Mango Song,” “I Always Wanted It This Way” and the part-one encore “Shine a Light,” which many saw as yet another tribute to The Rolling Stones’ late drummer Charlie Watts. (Just two days earlier, Phish opened the run with The Rolling Stones’ “Torn and Frayed.”)

As for the teases, elements of The Doors’ “L.A. Woman” and Ohio Players’ “Fire” appeared in the band’s set-one closer “Character Zero.” (Guitarist Trey Anastasio revived the long-dormant Ohio Players tease earlier this summer in Alpharetta.)

Set two’s “Mr. Completely” opener was also used as a motif through the night – glimmers of it appeared later within “Crosseyed and Painless” and “I Always Wanted It This Way.”

Phish
Aug. 29, 2021
The Gorge, George, Wash.

Set I: Cool Amber and Mercury > The Moma Dance, Free, Lonely Trip, How Many People Are You > Bathtub Gin > Back on the Train, My Friend, My Friend[1] > Rift, Character Zero

Set II: Mr. Completely > Meat, Crosseyed and Painless > Saw It Again > The Mango Song > Everything’s Right > Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 1 > I Always Wanted It This Way

Enc: Shine a Light > First Tube

In for both nights at OUR dump, which I have grown to love over the years (been seeing shows there pretty much ever since it's odoriferous opening.  Zang, the marshmallow war and also the Bridge show zoner gathering where a lot of us met for the first time are good examples of happy memories made in that venue.

And while I normally don't bother if I can't get decent seats (mid 200's down), these are not normal times, and while I know my experience won't be optimal, it's still a far cry from our not so distant shelter-in-place reality.  And with hospital beds filling up even here in California, it's not inconceivable that we could soon be forced to take a step back.

Due to my work situation caused by the pandemic, I can no longer just take off mid week to see out of town shows, so while I am heartbroken for the situation going on in the Sierra/Tahoe, I am stoked to be able to GO TO THE SHOW, if for nothing else than to talk Giants and Niners with the legendary Lance Newberry.

See yas on the lawn!

Hall mellow wars

I so love that particular dump. And will be engaging regardless of not being a fish head

Fuck the marshmallow wars.

First, many people would soak them in beer, soda or water and they because stinging little missiles.

Second, in the heat of the sun those damn things melted all over the concourses and make a sticky hell to walk on.

People would argue with me, "Common' maaan, it's just gentle good fun."

I would counter that with, "Look a little deeper bub, it's really just a passive-aggressive way to be violent."

The tortilla wars were less annoying, but still thinly veiled violence.

Of course neither of those situations held a candle to the Summer Jam food fights.

(That epic Summer Jam shit was happening 30 years ago, and I just shuddered thinking about it)

BTW Hall, I can't guarantee anything at all, but keep your eye on your phone. If I can help I'll give you a holler.

You going solo?

I am "team lance"

on the food fight thing...

this isn't animal house , we are living in a society here :)

>>>they because<<<

WTF??? How did I miss that mistake?

They BECAME stinging little missiles.

(And they did)

>>>this isn't animal house , we are living in a society here<<<

Frank, I guess you and I are just old men with lawns. 

i just cut the grass and dropped blades to be sharpened

:)

i wish i could send some Northern ILL rain your way 

folks are flooding while you dry out 

SAD !!! 

excited to hear shoreline the next 2 nights <3<3<3

also just watched that camel walk from the other night

so fun !

>at least it's not a glowstick that will poke your eye out. <

Have to keep your head on a swivel. 

harshmellows

gamehenges ! ! !

hope you're having a HallGasmic Show !!!

sounds perfect from the beast coast

when they are having so much fun you can hear it in the playing (:

I can't even begin to describe what tonight was for me.

WAY too many angles, way too many twists & turns of effort & emotion.

Suffice to say, the first hour of the 2nd set is why I love this band.

And I do love this band.

And I CAN still have fun.

Far out.

Carry on.

BTW, the first hour of the 2nd set was one song.

How can you not love a band that can do that?

>Regarding long songs...

IMO, phish is at their best when they keep songs in the 10-15 minute range. Second night at the gorge was good, but both sand and scents and subtle sounds were 5 minute too long, IMO. Their jams often go nowhere. 

However, I have not listened to the 47 minute Soul Planet.

I sure know how to skip a great show LOL! The Soul Planet was 47 minutes.

Thanks 73, I actually did have one of the best times ever. What a show!  It all still feels like a dream... I didn't find out about these shows until I checked the zone on Monday, next thing I know I'm in the 100 section (with great neighbors and plenty of room) getting my face melted.  I literally pinched myself during Wolfman's thinking that I must be dreaming.

>>>hope you're having a HallGasmic Show !!!

Nice thing about wearing a mask is no one can see my goofy ecstasy face lol.

>>>47 minute Soul Planet

Apparently that Soul Planet was the 3rd longest jam they've ever done.  Crazy.  As for long jams, I love them when I'm in the proper state of mind, which I was last night.  Whenever I started to get a little lost (as in, what the fucking fuck is happening right now?!) I would re-focus on Fishman which would get my feet moving and kind of bring me back. After all the talk of drummers here lately, I realized I don't usually pay enough attention to what they're doing, so I made it a point to last night and I really enjoyed that perspective vs focusing on the guys up front, as I have a tendency to do.

After the show, a random dude in our row comes up to me and starts showing me his driver's license and I'm like, 'sorry I'm unable to read at the moment, what does it say?' and he points to the name line and says "my last name is Wilson", then he points to the DOB line and says "and today is my birthday!".  Wilson got an fuckin' Wilson encore on his fuckin' Birthday.  Far fuckin' out.

On a more somber note, my 99 year old WW2 vet father-in-law is in the hospital with a cracked vertebrae.  His name is Jim, and while he doesn't get into most of what I listen to (understandably), he always gets up and boogies when I played Runaway Jim, so I hope they play it for him tonight.

Now I'm girding my loins for another 3 hours of standing in line to get a 100 section wristband. 

Can't wait for more "angles, twists & turns of effort & emotion" (is that one of their new songs?).

>>>"angles, twists & turns of effort & emotion" (is that one of their new songs?)<<<

I bet it would be a good one (IMO they could use a few GOOD new songs).

And I don't disagree with the idea that the length of a jam isn't the end-all or makes a song or jam an automatic classic, or that the band doesn't go too far/get lost at times with long jams, but as Hall says, a lot of that is individual perception in the moment.

I just love the idea that a band WILL do something like that, take that effort and risk, and I love that you never know when or if that's coming. I mean, who would ever guess that they'd just put their heads down and drift away in a pretty simple (and rather dull) song like Soul Planet?

And for me personally as someone who loves improvisation, even if they're just noodling around I can always find something in the grooves or interplay between those four that's interesting, especially when in the room hearing it at full live volume.

BTW, I thought it sounded GREAT last night, from the front ten rows all the way to the top of the lawn. And it virtually never sounds really good at the top of that lawn.

I was glad to see you for that one moment Googly and was happy that you got the happy wristband. Maybe tonight I won't get buried doing EVERYBODY'S DAMN JOB and having to save the day again, and can take a few minutes to chat if we cross paths.

After a few years away It's a thrill to be back "boots on the ground", but one thing for sure, I'm going off the clock at intermission again and enjoying the 2nd set with my friends.

GTTS!

I sure know how to skip a great show LOL! The Soul Planet was 47 minutes.<<<

In the middle of watching that now ... had to do a double take at the length of the clip on YouTube since it's a "preview" ... which is interesting in that it's typically just the first song and normally lasts only 10-20 minutes tops for any of the "jam bands" that use this model to lure fans into pay-per-view couch tour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iszu0K5o9AU

from jambands.com,  video of Soul Planet at this link: https://jambands.com/news/2021/09/01/at-shoreline-phish-play-first-axill...
 

At Shoreline, Phish Play First “Axilla (Part II)” Since 12/31/95, Offer Third-Longest Jam Ever with “Soul Planet”

Phish came out swinging at their Shoreline Amphitheater show on Tuesday, Aug. 31.

As some may recall, the Aug. 31-Sept. 1 shows were originally supposed to take place in Lake Tahoe, but due to the area’s outbreak of wildfires, Phish moved the show to the Golden State.

In turn, they rewarded fans in spades, with an opening trio for diehards (“Glide,” “Colonel Forbin’s Ascent”> “Fly Famous Mockingbird”), their first “Axilla (Part II)” since their historic 12/31/95 show at Madison Square Garden and their third-longest jam of all time, emerging out of the second set’s opening “Soul Planet.”

In fact, according to Phish.net’s Scott Marks, the only jams to exceed the aforementioned, 47-minute “Soul Planet” were 11/29/97’s “Runaway Jim” (58:48) and 6/14/95’s “Tweezer” (50:17).

“I just want to send an incredible amount of love to everyone in Lake Tahoe that’s been effected by the Caldor Fire,” Trey Anastasio told the crowd following “Fly Famous Mockingbird.” “Especially a message of love to firefighters and emergency personnel, families. We’re all thinking of everyone there. I also want to thank our friends at Another Planet, everyone at Live Nation, the Phish crew and Phish team who made this leap to one of our all-time favorite venues.”

Later in the improv-heavy show, fans grooved through the end of the second set with a “Tela”> “Harry Hood” that even included a quick vocal nod to the late Lee “Scratch” Perry by Jon Fishman.

The show closed with an encore of “Fee” and “Wilson.”

Phish
Aug. 31, 2021
Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, Calif.

Set I: Glide, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent^ > Fly Famous Mockingbird^, Wolfman’s Brother, If I Could, I Never Needed You Like This Before, Stash, Weigh, Bouncing Around the Room, Gotta Jibboo, Moonage Daydream

Set II: Soul Planet% -> The Final Hurrah > Theme From the Bottom, Axilla (Part II)*, Tela > Harry Hood

Enc: Fee, Wilson

Notes:
^ LTP: July 30, 2017 (113 shows)
* LTP: December 31, 1995 (855 shows)
% Third longest jam ever (~47 minutes)

PHISH, WEDNESDAY 09/01/2021

SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE

Mountain View, CA

SET 1: Mike's Song > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > Weekapaug Groove, Brian and Robert, Thread, The Wedge, Cities -> Passing Through > Fluffhead

SET 2: The Lizards, Tweezer > Miss You > Piper > Twenty Years Later, Twist > Backwards Down the Number Line

ENCORE: A Life Beyond The Dream, Tweezer Reprise

Trey teased Walk This Way in Mike's Song and Passing Through.

Incredible two nights for me.

Amazing shows? That's for everyone to decide for themselves, but so much happened these past two days, and at least for me that's what it's ALL about in the end... memorable, meaningful experiences.

I'm not much for lyrics, but when they were playing Backward Down The Number Line to close a long and strange set, with the concept of old friends and the repeating line, "All my friends!" and I was looking around my area and saw my best friend of 30 years, a great friend of 25 years and two great friends I've had for over 40 years all partying & rocking together with me, well, it got to me. Just a bit.

Time is a funny thing. Sometimes we don't appreciate it's passing. For multiple reasons, tonight and last night I was very aware of that.

Happy happy oh my friend.

Ultimately it was a great save for two shows that could have just been canceled. Less than 10,000 in the house last night, less than 7,000 tonight, all GA both nights made for two very unique, very special Shoreline shows.

I hope those who were there enjoyed them as much as I did.

sirius is about to play last night !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely stunning show at the dump last night! It was awesome the capacity was limited and tech workers work from home. It made parking and getting in a breeze. The band? Oh my did they deliver jam after jam after jam. They have found what they were looking for in 4.0.

>>>The pictures I saw made the lawn look packed<<<

Oh no. There was a little over 3,000 on Tuesday and around 2,000 last night on a lawn that holds 15,000.

Everyone was settled at the front, so it looked full there, but walking along the top last night was a lonely walk.

It was pretty fucking great for those wanting their own acreage.

from jambands.com > 
 

Phish Play 34-Minute “Tweezer” for Second Show at the Shoreline Amphitheatre

Phish continued their run of shows at the Shoreline Amphitheatre, in Mountian View, Calif. The shows were originally slated for Stateline, Nev. had to be relocated due to wildfires, which grew 15-miles in a single night.

The show followed Tuesday’s incredible performance with a fresh melange of track selections and masterful musical improvisation. With a bit of a late start due to some issues with Page McConnell’s set up the band kicked off with “Mike’s Song,” during which Trey Anastasio warmed up by teasing a cover of 1986 hit “Walk This Way.” The band then flowed into “The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday,” then Hebrew song “Avenu Malkenu” into “Weekapaug Groove.” They closed set one with “Cities,” which went on for over 15 minutes, into “Passing Through” into “Fluffhead.”

The second set began with “The Lizards,” which got fans going but it was what followed that made Phish’s consistent tightness on this run abundantly clear. They jammed over the track for 34-minutes during which Anastasio teased “American Woman” and sung some of the lyrics to it as well. This rendition of “Tweezer” was the third song to pass 30-minutes this summer and is the fifth longest jam since Phish’s return to performance in 2009. The show soon began to form into continuous jam of cascading improvision through “Miss You” into “Piper” into “Twenty Years Later,” then “Twist” into “Backwards Down the Number Line,” to close the set.

Phish encored with “A Life Beyond The Dream,” then “Tweezer Reprise,” to finish off the evening for good.

We're you working yesterday Tom?

I worked both shows through intermission, then went off the clock and enjoyed the 2nd sets in a box with friends.

Compromise is found less & less these days, but that was my offer and given the late announcement of mid-week shows the entire venue was under-staffed and my boss was happy to agree.

Things were much smoother for me yesterday and I was hoping to spot you. Next time for sure.

I had my eye out for you. It was quite the scene. Ended up with a band for the 100s and was quite happy.

^^^YaY^^^

>>> Ended up with a band for the 100s<<<

I'm shocked.

>>>It was quite the GREAT scene<<<

Completed that for you.

In the half-full venue it was a great vibe & very good group of folks both nights.

And the shows?

Juuuust a little rock 'n roll (and a little bit more).

What else can one ask for in 2021?

GTTS!!!!!!!!!

shoreline was the redemption shows of tahoe

all heart and love

So refreshing, like being able to drink water again after being severely dehydrated... I didn't know how much I needed it.

Not really a shed...

Lance, glad you had a good time.  I too was thinking of my oldest friend (who got me into the GD and Phish) during number line, but he was put into a wedlock years ago and the warden won't let him out very often.  Great seeing ya, even for just a minute, hopefully that foaming at the mouth 'fan' you had to deal with didn't harsh yer mellow too much!  

Yeah, that guy was irate for sure, but I was able to calm him down and then deal with him. He came up to me about an hour later and thanked me for helping him and gave me a note for the woman he had been railing on, apologizing for the way he had screamed at her.

None of us are at our best when we're pissed off, and he felt really bad about how he had acted. Not surprisingly, he turned out to be a good guy who was caught in a bad situation.

He had a legitimate beef, but that situation was about to go really bad for him if I didn't happen to be right there chatting with you (the person he was yelling at told me later that she was about to call security to have him evicted) so you can take some credit for saving his day as well.

After being away from it for a few years it's been really fun & satisfying these past couple of weeks to be back in the fray, helping people again.

I'm an old dude, but I still got some game.

I'm just so damned tired the next day now!

nice pics hall, glad you had a good time 

great tour going on right now :)

thanks ! 

awwws

i so much adore Us

Looks like they kept the momentum going last night with the opener of the Dick's run.  20+ minute versions of Carini and Chalk Dust Torture.  That CDT sandwich looks pretty sweet:

Sept. 3, 2021
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colo.

Set I: 46 Days, Party Time, Steam, Timber (Jerry the Mule), Yarmouth Road, Foam, Vultures, Pebbles and Marbles, Carini

Set II: Rise/Come Together > A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing > Chalk Dust Torture > Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 1 > Light -> Plasma -> Chalk Dust Torture, Runaway Jim, Slave to the Traffic Light

Enc: Cavern > Waste > Good Times Bad Times

THESE FREE SIRIUS FEEDS RULLLLLE

FAMOUS FUCKING MOCKINGBIRD

Links?

Slackers.

smiley,

I've been numberlined at 9 out of 19 shows since my first show in '13.

I'm still a techie gear freak:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZKjKaQdW9w

I'm hearing the fall tour is being rebooked into outdoor venues

>>I'm hearing the fall tour is being rebooked into outdoor venues

Seems like a load of troll if you got that from PT or .net. Not necessarily a bad idea, though.

Someone told me, not sure where it came from....

^^^^ if only! 
they could move the Chase Center shows to Shoreline again... where else? 

 

The 'Maybe So, Maybe Not' rumored outdoor fall tour

10/15 Toyota Amphitheatre, Wheatland, CA
10/16 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
10/17 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
10/19 Les Schwab Amphitheatre, Bend, OR
10/20 Les Schwab Amphitheatre, Bend, OR
10/22 Ak-Chin Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ
10/23 North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA
10/24 FivePoint Amphitheater, Irvine, CA
10/26 Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA
10/28 Las Vegas Festival Grounds, Las Vegas, NV
10/29 Las Vegas Festival Grounds, Las Vegas, NV
10/30 Las Vegas Festival Grounds, Las Vegas, NV
10/31 Las Vegas Festival Grounds, Las Vegas, NV

>>>>I'm hearing the fall tour is being rebooked into outdoor venues

They pulled it off with the big Tahoe to Shoreline switch a roo, so why not.   I don't see myself going to Eugene for an indoor show at the Matthew Knight Arena, but might go over to Bend for outdoor shows at the Les Schwab Amphitheater.  Oregon has indoor mask requirements so everyone at the currently scheduled shows will have to mask up for the entire event.

>>I don't see myself going to Eugene for an indoor show at the Matthew Knight Arena, but might go over to Bend for outdoor shows at the Les Schwab Amphitheater.<<
 

same

Paging HeathenTom for the Shoreline intel!

Cold as hell at Les Schwab in October -- ferget it

>>>The 'Maybe So, Maybe Not' rumored outdoor fall tour

10/15 Toyota Amphitheatre, Wheatland, CA

Well someone thinks this is happening. The Suite at the newish Fire Mountain Hard Rock Casino near Surface of the Sun Amphitheater is $899 a night which is the most it goes for for the whole month. 

>>>Paging HeathenTom for the Shoreline intel<<<

Personally, for better AND worse I'm no longer privy to this type of info, and my contacts within Live Nation, who are pretty good contacts, haven't heard anything official about these possible changes, but this rumor is really gaining legs, and with Phish you just never know what they're thinking.

Apparently they thought the switch to Shoreline last week went magnificently (for whatever reason they really like Shoreline, and despite some predictable glitches they WERE really good shows) and they may be getting chilly feet about playing/bringing their fans into indoor venues.

These switches would be much larger and more problematic, since many if not all of the indoor shows sold reserved seats at different prices, and the Shoreline switch was from a 9,000 capacity all GA venue into a 22,000 capacity venue. Maybe they'll tell everyone to get refunds and buy new tix for the rescheduled shows, but that's a major pain operationally, and as always "refund" is a nasty word to promoters.

Wheatland & Shoreline are big enough to hold all those who have tix for their nearby local indoor shows, but if they just switch using existing tickets it will all be more difficult with 16,000/18,000 people than with 9,000.

Plus, with the Harvey's/Shoreline switch, both venues are seasonally held & operated by the promoters involved, which probably meant that venue money issues weren't as complex, while these arena shows are all in rented venues, and those venues will likely frown on losing the events, which could create some added compensation issues.

We will see.

^^^^ thanks for the analysis

Changing venues is a good idea to support public health.