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Set 1: Punch You In the Eye, Backwards Down the Number Line, Axilla, Taste, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Stash, Lawn Boy, Time Turns Elastic, Get Back On The Train

Set 2: Down with Disease > Piper > Fluffhead, Cities, Free, Halley's Comet > Also Sprach Zarathustra > David Bowie

Encore: Character Zero

Poll: Which would you rather hear at your next Phish show?

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back to Mecca. Magical Square Garden. Simply put, it's the greatest arena in the world - for anything. Compound that with the fact that December 2, 2009 represented Phish 's 26th anniversary together as a band, the palpable energy for their first show at  Madison Square Garden in seven years (and second since '98) was unmatched even before the band hit the stage. Read on

Up until last night, I'd never heard a single song from Phish. This is not to say that I'd never been around their music — having attended college in the Northeast, I'm more than certain that Phish had washed down my ear canal at some point — but I've always felt about them the way a vegetarian feels about Osso Bucco. I'm sure that's a lovely veal shank, and I can imagine why people love it so, but I don't order that kind of thing at a restaurant. Read on

Returning to Madison Square Garden for the first time since their first reunion on New Year's Eve of 2002, beloved jam band Phish held nothing back for its first of three shows this week in New York City. Before the gig, diehard fans were passing out photocopied fliers reminding the crowd that it was the 26th anniversary of the band's formation. Unfortunately, the Phan-driven 'Happy Birthday' serenade never got off the ground before the concert that may or may not have marked a special date. Read on

When you’re talking about going to a Phish concert, it’s more than meets the eye of just watching a bunch of long-hairs play a handful of seemingly endless jams. It’s also more than believing anything you’ve heard from them before and letting the moment in time become something that will attach itself to the hands of your internal silent clock long after the four hippies from Vermont take their final post-encore bow. The music is an auxiliary to the sake of just being there. . . being alive. Read On

Set 1: First Tube, Wolfman's Brother, Bouncing Around the Room, Back on the Train, Billy Breathes, AC/DC Bag > Possum, Slave to the Traffic Light

Set 2: Sand, Limb By Limb, Bug > Piper, Harry Hood

Encore: Rock and Roll

This show was part of the "1999 Winter Tour."

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With a second set fueled by adrenalized playing, a non-stop setlist, and an exploratory epic, Phish pieced together an explosive first night of their highly-anticipated Madison Square Garden run. Arriving in the Big Apple for the peak of their fall run, the band capitalized on their current momentum, kicking off their three-night run with a song-driven escapade. But in the highlight of the evening, the band let themselves go in a far-reaching exploration of “Light,” crafting one of the best – and most original sounding – pieces of improv of fall tour. Building on this run’s many standout versions of their newest jam vehicle, the band placed the song in the spotlight of the second set, taking the song on its most interstellar journey of its young life. Read On