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Phish - December 29th, 2018

Madison Square Garden · New York · NY

SaturdayNight 2 at this venue2018 NYE Run2018-12-29
Songs played
18
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (9)
Average gap
10.6
rarer than 58% of all shows, 47% of 2018
Biggest bustout
68
Corinna - shows since last played
Debuts
0
7 covers played
Rotation33% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 2018-12-28
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in2:26:57
Set 1
Buried Alive4:38,Blaze On10:52,Turtle in the Clouds6:28,The Sloth3:56,46 Days12:22 > Cities6:41,Corinna3:45,Ya Mar7:22,Wolfman's Brother15:53
Set 2
Carini6:47 -> 🍞Tweezer119:53 > Death Don't Hurt Very Long6:53 -> Tweezer🍞7:36 > No Quarter8:01 > Also Sprach Zarathustra9:50 > First Tube8:36
Encore
Shine a Light3:59,Tweezer Reprise3:26
Gamehendge1/9bustout50+ show gap

1 Tweezer Sandwich: Tweezer bookended Death Don't Hurt Very Long in Set 2 - the 24th on record, the first since August 15th, 2015.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:26:57 of music

Song length in play order. Tap a point for that song. Swipe the chart to see the rest.

19:539:56SET 1SET 2ENCOREBuried Alive - 4:38 (Set 1)Blaze On - 10:52 (Set 1)Turtle in the Clouds - 6:28 (Set 1)The Sloth - 3:56 (Set 1)46 Days - 12:22 (Set 1)Cities - 6:41 (Set 1)Corinna - 3:45 (Set 1)Ya Mar - 7:22 (Set 1)Wolfman's Brother - 15:53 (Set 1)Carini - 6:47 (Set 2)Tweezer - 19:53 (Set 2)Death Don't Hurt Very Long - 6:53 (Set 2)Tweezer - 7:36 (Set 2)No Quarter - 8:01 (Set 2)Also Sprach Zarathustra - 9:50 (Set 2)First Tube - 8:36 (Set 2)Shine a Light - 3:59 (Encore)Tweezer Reprise - 3:26 (Encore)
Longest: Tweezer 19:53 · 18 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

Tonight's unique songs by the era Phish first played them.

  • '83-'894
  • '90-'945
  • '95-'002
  • '03-'041
  • '09-'142
  • '15-'193
Album representation

The studio home of each song, from phish.net. Covers count as one slice.

  • A Picture of Nectar2
  • Big Boat1
  • Hoist1
  • Round Room1
  • Covers7
  • No studio album5
Gap since last played

Shows since each song's previous appearance. A big number is a bustout.

  • 1-24
  • 3-58
  • 6-153
  • 16-501
  • 51+ · bustout1
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original10
  • Cyril Ferguson1
  • Led Zeppelin1
  • Strauss, as interpreted by Deodato1
  • Taj Mahal1
  • Talking Heads1
  • The Rolling Stones1
  • Trey Anastasio1
Rarity board

A typical night, rotation-wise - 1 song shelved 50+ shows.

Corinnagap 68
The Slothgap 45
Shine a Lightgap 12
Ya Margap 7
Citiesgap 6
Buried Alivegap 5
Turtle in the Cloudsgap 5
Death Don't Hurt Very Longgap 5

Gap = shows since the song was last played, at the moment it was played.

Jam chart entries
46 Days

Around 5:30, the playing shifts from the usual fire and brimstone stuff to a quieter, percussive groove. As Page and Trey link up, the jam develops energy and a brighter tone. The band neatly modifies the energy up and down several times, before cleverly -> to "Cities."

Wolfman's Brother

Begins with a bit of vocal jamming and then gets into an upbeat clav-groove and continues building in a section bookended by "Party Time" quotes before some more "Wolfman's" scatting and a final ascent for a guitar-driven, high-energy conclusion.

Tweezer

First section features an extended, fiery jam that is akin to "I Know You Rider" (Grateful Dead) before funkily dissolving into "Death Don't Hurt Very Long."

Death Don't Hurt Very Long

Version is sandwiched between heaping slices of "Tweezer."

Tweezer

Second section is melodic, patient, and mystical, and includes a smooth transition to "No Quarter."

No Quarter

> out of a fan-favorite "Tweezer" > "Death Don't Hurt Very Long" -> "Tweezer" sequence. A particularly passionate version befitting the set it's in, with sharp playing from everyone and a truly fiery Trey solo on top. Reminiscent of the cooking-with-gas 2011 "No Quarter"s. > into an equally killer "Also Sprach Zarathustra".

Also Sprach Zarathustra

A dynamite version that demonstrates Phish's mastery of the "Also Sprach Zarathustra" groove, as the band neatly weaves around Fish's four-on-the-floor beat and both Trey and Page wonderfully mesh together.

Versions phish.net's jam charts single out as noteworthy.

Setlist notes

Wolfman's Brother contained Party Time quotes. Trey teased Can't Always Listen in the first Tweezer. Tweezer Reprise contained a Death Don't Hurt Very Long quote.

Setlist, gaps, jam charts, and notes from phish.net, a project of the non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.

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