Moments ago, San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival announced their lineup, including a two-set Phish show during the weekend-long affair between August 12-14th. The schedule has yet to be announced, but 3-day tickets for the festival go on sale this Thursday, April 14 for $175 each. With Bonnaroo and Austin City Limits, Outside Lands will mark the third mainstream, multi-band festival Phish has played since their return in 2009. It has also been rumored that Phish will couple their festival appearance with a nighttime show at Bill Graham Civic Center in the heart of San Francisco, but no official word has been released thus far. With this announcement, leg two dates can’t be far behind, and, as assumed, it looks like Phish will be kicking off August with a West Coast run! Stay tuned for more details another announcement is imminent…
Moments ago, San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival announced their lineup, including a two-set Phish show during the weekend-long affair between August 12-14th. The schedule has yet to be announced, but 3-day tickets for the festival go on sale this Thursday, April 14 for $175 each. With Bonnaroo and Austin City Limits, Outside Lands will mark …
These festival-sized grooves laced Sunday afternoon’s set at The Great Went. This version included teases of “Cities” and “Simple,” both highlights of the previous night.
Here’s another run through Phish’s eight festivals, one highlight at a time. Enjoy the jams as the weekend (and Super Ball IX) approaches! *** “Mike’s -> Simple” 8.16.96 II One of The Clifford Ball’s lasting highlights (with a scorching second jam in “Mike’s.”) *** “Tweezer –> Taste” 8.17.97 II These festival-sized grooves laced Sunday afternoon’s …
As Summer ’98 came to a close, Phish began weaving in a new style of melodic, ambient jamming—present in this “Ghost”—that would become prevalent throughout the fall. This version is a gorgeous festival highlight that often flies under the radar.
A climactic version from the third set of a West Coast Halloween.
With Super Ball IX on our minds, I figured I’d drop one highlight from each of the previous eight festivals to enjoy throughout your Tuesday. *** “Harry Hood” 8.16.96 III The first festival “Hood;” a soaring rendition from the third set of The Clifford Ball. *** “Wolfman’s > Simple” 8.16.97 II Two of so many …
The Watkins Glen rumor mill got some strong spins this weekend from two conflicting sources. On Saturday, BandsThatJam.com, a blog based out of New York state, poured gasoline on an already-burning fire by claiming that Phish had signed contracts in place for an 8 set, 3 day Phish-only festival. This report came as a tremendous relief for Phish fans, many who had feared, based on last-week’s speculation, that the band’s festival might be encroached upon by the unwanted scene of The Dave Matthews Band. But as soon as Phish fans began celebrating and discussing summer plans, there came a retort.
Yesterday, Watkins Glen Racetrack President, Michael Printup, publicly denied these reports in the Elmira Gazette saying:
We don’t know who is putting that out. There are a bunch of erroneous sites out there. We’ve been working with a concert promoter. But we don’t even have a contract. It’s all wishful thinking. We haven’t even signed a contract with a promoter. You do that first. Then it’s up to him to see what band he gets…Watkins Glen International is looking at some kind of summer concert, but it’s too early to even start talking about bands.
But when Hidden Track.com‘s Scotty B reached out to Peter Stergion of BandsThatJam for clarification of their report, Stergion was quick to stand by his story. Stergion explained:
The WGI President has to deny the story. They can’t publicly confirm until all the loose ends have been tied up. Our source has given us credible, specific information. Our source is not a Phish fan so they wouldn’t even have the ability to make up the information which is very consistent with what Phish has done in the past.
While not getting any more specific on their, allegedly, rock solid source, Stergion went on to defended his report to Hidden Track:
We publish stories based on good information from good sources. We take a look at the circumstances of the information and decide whether or not it’s credible. In this case we believe this will happen so we published it…We never heard DMB mentioned by anyone in person or any sources from within Watkins Glen. We’re confident that Watkins Glen will be a Phish-only festival.
10.31.09 (G.Lucas)
Well, we’ve heard both sides of this hot topic, and while I am leaning towards believing the report of a Phish-only festival, who can know for sure? The Phish at Watkins Glen rumors have circulated for quite some time now, but a true scare came last week when The Dave Matthews Band, who shares a management company, announced 4 multi-day, multi-band festivals around the country this summer. The feared crossover of the Phish and Dave Matthews scenes seemed imminent, and plenty of people were quick to voice plenty of reasons why that was not a good idea. But let’s not even go there. Hopefully, that disaster has been averted. If such an atrocity ever materialized, be sure I’ll weigh with my two cents.
But for now we will wait…and wait. Phish announced their entire 2010 Summer Tour in March last year, but in 2009, they dropped their first set of dates in January and their second set in March. In short, we could hear any day between now an April. With both Trey and Mike about to kick off their own tours, one might guess that Phish wait until they are done to tell us their summer plans. But then again, who knows? Surrounding hotels (of which there are few) and RVs have already been booked around the Watkins Glen area based on buzz alone. And if I had to guess, 8 sets over 3 days sounds just right to end a tour. One can hope…
The third show US Summer ‘97 capped a comic-book opening to US Summer ’97. Following Virginia Beach and Raleigh, Phish moved down to Atlanta and funked hard in their second visit to the venue. With, perhaps, the hottest “Ghost” of the summer and a smoking “YEM” the band left some legitmate jams in Atlanta, and they were off to Texas at the beginning of a revolutionary summer season. This show goes out via Twitter request to @LacobbieWan! (If you’re on Twitter, follow me @mrminer)
I: Julius, Dirt, NICU, Dogs Stole Things, Ginseng Sullivan, Water in the Sky, Limb By Limb, Split Open and Melt, Billy Breathes, Possum
II: Punch You in the Eye, Ghost > Sample in a Jar, You Enjoy Myself > Rocky Mountain Way* > Chalk Dust Torture
E: Frankenstein
Notes: *Debut, Joe Walsh cover
Source: Schoeps CMC641 > Sonasax > SBM-1 > DA-P1
The Watkins Glen rumor mill got some strong spins this weekend from two conflicting sources. On Saturday, BandsThatJam.com, a blog based out of New York state, poured gasoline on an already-burning fire by claiming that Phish had signed contracts in place for an 8 set, 3 day Phish-only festival. This report came as a tremendous …
Yesterday, some choice soundboard selections have leaked from Phish’s vault onto the Internet. Hidden Track and YEMblog have been the messenger pigeons of great tidings on the cusp of tour, providing the community with some crispy goodness for the road this summer. Yesterday, YEMBlog unveiled a Pre-FM source of Kevin Shapiro’s “From the Archives” show from Bonnaroo last summer. Included in the first broadcast, offered in FLAC and mp3, are such monumental musical moments as The Radio City “Ghost,” Big Cypress’ “After Midnight Reprise,” and The Fox Theatre “Tweezer” from November ’94. All in never before heard clarity – these three jams will get plenty of airtime this summer in cars and hotel rooms across the county. A track listing is below.
1. Destiny Unbound (5/31/2009 @ Fenway Park, Boston, MA)
2. Born Under Punches (10/31/1996 @ The Omni, Atlanta, GA)
3. Sabotage (8/16/1998 @ The Lemonwheel, Limestone, ME)
4. Ghost (5/22/2000 @ Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY)
5. Lengthwise (11/19/1992 @ St. Michael’s, Colchester, VT)
6. Sneakin’ Sally (9/28/1999 @ Oak Mountain, Pelham, AL)
7. Tweezer (11/23/1994 @ Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO)
8. Llama (10/18/1994 @ Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN)
9. After Midnight (12/31/1999 @ Big Cypress)
10. Born to Run (7/16/1999 @ PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ)
And as if that wasn’t enough, hours later, Hidden Track posted a just-leaked SBD of part one my personal favorite Phish2k sequences – Ticketfly for purchasing tickets for this summer’s Merriweather shows. The bittersweet detail to this “release” is the glaring absence of the transcendent ‘Rock and Roll” that opened the set and led into “Theme.” Most likely lopped off for liscencing purposes, the second two-thirds of this standout segment is still a treat. Hidden Track also noted:
Also of note is the album title in the tags associated with the file which reads “Past Summer Compilation (5/11/2010 v2)” and it’s listed as track 11 of 12. Hopefully we’ll get to hear the other 11 tracks soon!
Big ups to Scotty B. and his crew for getting these choice cuts out to the people!
Three more days…
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SBD Update: In addition , Hidden Track has updated their post with the following leaked SBDs. All are labeled as part of the mysterious “Past Summer Compilation.” Good stuff all around. Links are below
I: Possum, Weigh, Taste*, Strange Design, Stash, If I Could, Scent of a Mule, The Wedge, Funky Bitch, Slave to the Traffic Light
II: Ha Ha Ha > Maze, Spock’s Brain, Theme From the Bottom, Hold Your Head Up > Lonesome Cowboy Bill > Hold Your Head Up, Acoustic Army*, Sample in a Jar, Harry Hood, Suzy Greenberg
E: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
*debut
Source: AKG 398s > OADE M118 > Sony SBM-1 > Sony D7
Yesterday, some choice soundboard selections have leaked from Phish’s vault onto the Internet. Hidden Track and YEMblog have been the messenger pigeons of great tidings on the cusp of tour, providing the community with some crispy goodness for the road this summer. Yesterday, YEMBlog unveiled a Pre-FM source of Kevin Shapiro’s “From the Archives” show …
