Not Quite…
Blueballed! At least for now. After much hype and anticipatory rumors about a tour announcement today, it has come and gone and we have nothing except two leaked dates. Live Nation screwed up and posted the information about the upcoming Star Lake show on June 18 early before pulling it down. Ticketmaster’s scalping subsidiary, TicketsNow, has had $200 seats on sale for Great Woods June 9th and the Star Lake show throughout the day. Imagine that! Ticketmaster scalping their own tickets to a show that hasn’t yet been announced. Isn’t that what brokers do?
These Great Woods and Star Lake dates are the only ones we know for sure, and for that marathon schedule posted earlier…pssshaw. I wish. Unfortunately, neither of the leaked dates are included in that run, and therefore the schedule is proven incorrect. 41 shows over the summer would be quite fun, but quite the hearty undertaking for a comeback tour. The dates were not given to me randomly however, so don’t dismiss them all together. Though, if we get half of that schedule, we should be psyched. What also makes me question the validity of the dates is the lack of Jones Beach, which has come in from multiple sources as legit. Yet, Phish hasn’t gone on a tour like that since Summer of ’97 beginning June 13th and ending on August 17th, and that was only 38 shows spanning two continents.
This much more I am assuming to be true. Alpine Valley on July 26th and 27th. People are freaking on these dates, and the entire hotel is booked with Phishies. It will happen. When Alpine exists, you gotta think Deer Creek will come directly before or after. Red Rocks 7.29-8.2. I am sticking with the original dates that have been tossed around for months. The only thing about the faux dates that are cool is that they are the same dates they played Red Rocks in 1996, perhaps another indication of fabrication. The Gorge and Shoreline will also be on.
Here is what I will throw out there as guesses. Phish will play MSG, whether it is part of summer tour or beforehand. No doubt. Phish will visit Camden for two nights. Trey loves Camden and the E Center is a Phish staple. Great Woods will turn into two shows. I bet they go back to Lakewood for a couple, and the Los Angeles area will get a stop. I would imagine they will start June in the northeast, working their way down to Bonnaroo and then out to the Midwest, hitting Rothbury on the way and ending at Alpine or Deer Creek. Then they’ll start back up at Red Rocks, head out west, and go either up or down the coast. Perhaps they’ll throw a random show or two before Red Rocks to warm up- potentially Sandstone or Phoenix. I would estimate we will see a summer slate of between 20 and 30 shows. Anyhow, this is 100% pure conjecture.
Don’t believe anything until you see it up on Phish.com/tourdates! Hopefully today will be the day. It’s coming soon….
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ROSS GROWS ON A ROLLING STONE: The story of Trey’s new Ross Compressor made Rolling Stone.com! Also, the mainstream mag is now reporting Phish rumors!? Crazy, what’s next? Phish reviews in Rolling Stone? I should get in touch.
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DOWNLOAD OF THE DAY:
6.28.95 Jones Beach, NY < LINK
I thought we’d be celebrating Phish’s return to Long Island today, so i uploaded one of their last appearances in the summer of 1995. This show is packed full of your favorite songs, all played ferociously in vinatge ’95 style. Enjoy this one, and hopefully you can listen to it in celebration of today’s tour announcement.
I: Axilla [Part II] > Foam, Fast Enough for You, Reba, Punch You in the Eye, Stash, Fluffhead, Chalk Dust Torture
II: Sample in a Jar, Poor Heart, Tweezer*> Gumbo, Sparkle, Suzy Greenberg, Harry Hood, Tweezer Reprise
E: Sweet Adeline, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
*With “Cannonball” (The Breeders) jam.
Tags: Summer '09
Hampton day 2
set 1:
YEM>Piper>Bowie, Chalkdust, First tube
set 2:
Tweezer>Maze>Tweezer>Stash, Harry Hood>F*ck Your Face
Enc: Fluffhead> Tweeprise
Hampton day 3
Set 1:
Seven Below>Peaches>Waves, Bouncin’>Dark Ambient dance funk sesh
Set 2:
AC/DC>PYITE>SLOTH>McRupp>Makisupa, Camel Walk>Boogie on>Foam, It’s Ice, WILSON
Enc: Harpua>story>Contact
Hey guys look for me on Shakedown, i’ll be wearing a TICKETSNOW shirt selling Sammy’s 2 for $50 and 10 dollar grilled cheeses
tickestnow had deer creek tix for $321 each. Man what is this coming to..
still didnt see any official dates if someone has could u pleases post them here on the board……..
ITS UP!!!
Hampton Night 1
Set I:
Alaska –> Jennifer Dances –> Farmhouse –> Mock Song –> Mexican Cousin –> Sand* –> Prince Caspian
Set II:
SOAM –> I Am Hydrogen –> Buried Alive –> Jam –> Fast Enough For You, Mike’s Song
Encore:
Weekapaug –> TMWSIY –> Jam –> Sleeping Monkey
ITS OFFICIAL!
http://phish.com/tourdates/
http://www.phish.portals.musictody.com/ is where i found the dates.
really!??
those dates suck
you piss me off phish
🙁
That St. Louis show is interesting. small theater during the summer amp run??
Sorry Mr. Minor, didnt mean to steal any of your thunder, Ive been refreshing for 2 days now. Just got excited. Thank you Mr. Minor
does this mean I have to ask all my family, friends, coworkers and neighbors again to try to get me tickets with their credit cards? they already think I’m a liitle wierd, this isn’t helping, better start doing people extra favors.
THANK GOD!!!!!! I just finished washing up after i crapped my pants. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE in getting tickets.
thanks again minor….my days are already looking brighter!
I’m currently working on a program to hack into ticketmaster to get my tickets before the scumbags at ticketnow can!!! (j/k…. i wish….any computer programmers out there?)
camman, when you get to see the boys in your home town, in that venue, make sure you’re wearing garters, because if not, you’re socks will sure to be rocked off…
August west coast run? i like on the tour dates section of thier website, it has the the month of June listed, suggesting their will be anohter month added….
the june dates are posted
http://www.phish.com/news/
1) I can’t believe people are complaining about Phish -not- playing their particular part of the country. Traveling to new places is one of the best parts of the Phish experience. If you have too much shit going on in your life, and can’t travel, then just wait about 8 hours after the show ends and you’ll probably be able to download it in about 6 minutes. Sure, it would be great if they could do a 50 show tour and make everyone happy, but it’s not the end of the world. What about people who live in Montana?
2) Don’t worry about having to pay 200 dollars for tickets. The demand isn’t going to be as great for these shows as Hampton. Deer Creek and Great Woods will probably be very tough, but Alpine holds over 40k…I can almost guarantee you that everyone can get in for face value. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Star Lake sell out…at least quickly.
3) The Fabulous Fox is going to be so great. If I could make any of these shows, this is the one I would try to get to. Tickets will be very tough, but it’s going to be worthwhile for those who can get in. This news has me hopful that we could see a few west coast theater dates for late summer (cough Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland….cough).
does Live Nation sell tickets directly or is this through Ticketmaster?
and anyone have an idea where/when we might know which “select Blockbuster outlets”? I tend to find a lot of cluelessness and misinformation when asking ticket outlets whether they will be selling tickets those mornings..
Time to pick a tour route!!!
IT’S ON!!!! I am SOOOO HAPPY! I wouldn’t admit this unless i
…sorry, computer glitch. I wouldn’t admit this unless i knew everyone who reads this site was feeling the same thing, but i started tearing up at work. Can’t concentrate at all. Been going back and forth with people i haven’t talk to in years. Time to gas up the van!!!
i am so fucking at the fox theatre show
are you serious about being shocked that people are complaining about phish not coming to the south? really? honestly?
not everyone can travel to see their favorite band…some people may want to bring other people who may not have the means to take off days as easily if it were a closer show…i can keep going…
there are multitudes of very concrete and logical reasons why it is acceptable to complain about the lack of southern dates
^^ umm there is NO reason to be complaining about ANYTHING today!! Everyone should take a bong hit and celebrate.
Somebody’s jumpin’ in the tub with my brother!
Chicago_head…
i was just jamming to the “Brother” from the clifford ball..\
Ben and Jerry anyone?