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Phish - December 29th, 2022

Madison Square Garden · New York · NY

ThursdayNight 2 at this venue2022 NYE Run2022-12-29
Songs played
16
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (7)
Average gap
7.5
rarer than 43% of all shows, 7% of 2022
Biggest bustout
-
no 50+ gap songs
Debuts
1
Hey Stranger
Rotation25% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 2022-12-28
Gamehendge1/9

1 Unfinished.

2 Phish debut.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
3:00:48 of music

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

19:209:40SET 1SET 2ENCOREFluffhead - 19:20 (Set 1)Your Pet Cat - 8:29 (Set 1)Bathtub Gin - 16:52 (Set 1)Hey Stranger - 6:25 (Set 1)Tube - 7:41 (Set 1)Slave to the Traffic Light - 6:48 (Set 1)Blaze On - 10:23 (Set 1)David Bowie - 13:36 (Set 2)Everything's Right - 15:56 (Set 2)You Enjoy Myself - 18:30 (Set 2)Ruby Waves - 16:04 (Set 2)Lonely Trip - 5:00 (Set 2)Back on the Train - 7:38 (Set 2)Character Zero - 7:17 (Set 2)Guyute - 10:17 (Encore)Possum - 10:31 (Encore)
Longest: Fluffhead 19:20 · 16 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'896
  • '90-'942
  • '95-'002
  • '09-'141
  • '15-'193
  • '20-now2
Album representation

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

  • Junta2
  • The White Tape2
  • Big Boat1
  • Billy Breathes1
  • Lawn Boy1
  • The Story of the Ghost1
  • Covers5
  • No studio album3
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-25
  • 3-57
  • 6-151
  • 16-502
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original11
  • Trey Anastasio5
Rarity board

A typical night, rotation-wise - nothing shelved more than 50 shows.

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

Jam chart entries
Fluffhead

Clean, sprite, and powerful version, the band "arrives" only to depart, "Fluff" arguably breaking for "Jam" crossed with some feral amalgamation of "YPC." What is clear is that Page is terrific on his concert grand as the band patiently searches for a sort of space to deliver what comes by way of sound, a sort of unhurried, contemplative, improvisational ground.

Your Pet Cat

Melds -> in from an exploratory "Fluffhead" jam, and this "YPC" too gets an unusual treatment, as midway through the funk transitions to a pumped-up, increasingly upbeat blowout.

Bathtub Gin

Excellent version that traverses through multiple sections. Elevated melodic playing shifts through several key centers before landing in a passage of colorfully dense psychedelia. This then pivots to inspired major key rocking, gradually building to an exuberant, peak-filled finale from Trey.

Ruby Waves

Cool version > from "YEM." Straight from the song, proper, Trey wastes no time, leaning into his solo, a shearing sort of sound carving up space and backed by great Fish. As play seemingly cools, Trey augments his tone, his play offset by Page's inspired, sonic soundwaves. Form and structure dissolve into wild and inventive improv, full-band jamming near raucous at times, celebratory, and ubeat. More patterned play, highlighted by dynamic Fish, breaks for a nasty "Heartbreaker" tease and a return to the song's riff, thus resolving another memorable MSG moment.

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

Setlist notes

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.

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

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