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Phish - December 29th, 2023

Madison Square Garden · New York · NY

FridayNight 2 at this venue2023 NYE Run2023-12-29
Songs played
19
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (10)
Average gap
4.8
rarer than 25% of all shows, 2% of 2023
Biggest bustout
-
no 50+ gap songs
Debuts
0
8 covers played
Rotation37% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 2023-12-28
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in3:09:00
Set 1
Free8:40 > The Moma Dance7:53,Maze9:09,Evolve6:54,Stash13:00,Back on the Train7:01,Theme from the Bottom10:39 > Mountains in the Mist5:55,46 Days6:14,Drift While You're Sleeping11:21
Set 2
Chalk Dust Torture122:24 > Oblivion16:38,What's the Use?7:11 -> My Friend, My Friend211:23 -> Sand10:13,About to Run5:55,Harry Hood14:20
Encore
Lonely Trip6:16,Carini7:53

1 Unfinished.

2 No "Myfe" ending.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
3:09:00 of music

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

22:2411:12SET 1SET 2ENCOREFree - 8:40 (Set 1)The Moma Dance - 7:53 (Set 1)Maze - 9:09 (Set 1)Evolve - 6:54 (Set 1)Stash - 13:00 (Set 1)Back on the Train - 7:01 (Set 1)Theme from the Bottom - 10:39 (Set 1)Mountains in the Mist - 5:55 (Set 1)46 Days - 6:14 (Set 1)Drift While You're Sleeping - 11:21 (Set 1)Chalk Dust Torture - 22:24 (Set 2)Oblivion - 16:38 (Set 2)What's the Use? - 7:11 (Set 2)My Friend, My Friend - 11:23 (Set 2)Sand - 10:13 (Set 2)About to Run - 5:55 (Set 2)Harry Hood - 14:20 (Set 2)Lonely Trip - 6:16 (Encore)Carini - 7:53 (Encore)
Longest: Chalk Dust Torture 22:24 · 19 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'891
  • '90-'944
  • '95-'008
  • '03-'041
  • '15-'192
  • '20-now3
Album representation

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

  • A Picture of Nectar2
  • Billy Breathes2
  • Rift2
  • Round Room1
  • The Siket Disc1
  • The Story of the Ghost1
  • Covers8
  • No studio album2
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-23
  • 3-510
  • 6-156
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original11
  • Trey Anastasio6
  • Ghosts of the Forest2
Rarity board

A greatest-hits night - nothing shelved more than 50 shows.

The Moma Dancegap 9
Mazegap 9
Back on the Traingap 9
About to Rungap 8
Lonely Tripgap 8
Freegap 7
Theme from the Bottomgap 5
Mountains in the Mistgap 4

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

Jam chart entries
Theme from the Bottom

A soaring, muscular version distinguished by bright and conversational interplay is especially notable for the return of Trey's "Deluxe Reverb" which paints the affair with cascades of crystalline peaks, settling eventually into a cloud of sound that uncurls into "Mountains in the Mist".

Chalk Dust Torture

A teeth-gnashing multi(sectioned)beast of a jam, this take traverses through various disparate yet cohesively-arranged themes, including hyper-drive psychedelic rock, "Woo's", dense mind-bending dissonance and finally, a stoner/doom metal-esque dirge that grinds down > "Oblivion".

Oblivion

After a brief stay in the minor synth zone, the jam trends more upbeat by 8:00 and shortly thereafter features more seriously rocking riffage, then deftly turns on the hose with a few long sustained notes from Trey along the way for a surefire crowd-pleasing conclusion.

My Friend, My Friend

A spirited version in its own right, Trey's vocal incantations (and power chords) build into a blistering "heavy metal" jam capped with a ferocious, percussive outro; here's swagger that winds down to inform an uncanny groove - like a series of handstands in grand fashion. -> into "Sand".

Harry Hood

Because the divergent "Hood" has become ubiquitous in recent years, sticking to the classic format and delivering a purely "Type I" jam as this version does is a welcome subversion, especially when the climactic build and peak are executed as passionately as they are here. Old-school "Hood" lovers, this one's for you.

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

Setlist notes

Chalk Dust was unfinished, My Friend, My Friend did not contain the "Myfe" ending.

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

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