Phish Summer 2015 – Not just reading the book,

Phish Dick’s Run 9/4-9/6/15

Friday, 09/04/2015
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO

Soundcheck: My Soul, Undermind, Hey Joe

Set 1: Tube > Ghost > Halley’s Comet > Undermind, Yarmouth Road > Bathtub Gin,Waiting All Night > Horn > The Wedge, 46 Days > Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Wolfman’s Brother^[1] > Blaze On > Golden Age > Roses Are Free > Fuego >Wading in the Velvet Sea > Walls of the Cave

Encore: Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Loving Cup

[1] Unfinished.

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. Wolfman’s was unfinished. Bike was last played June 28, 2012 (132 shows). The soundcheck’s Undermind contained a Streets of Cairo tease from Trey.

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Saturday, 09/05/2015
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO

Soundcheck: Mercury (x2)

Set 1: No Men In No Man’s Land, Martian Monster, NICU, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Bouncing Around the Room, 555, Winterqueen, Split Open and Melt, Limb By Limb > Roggae > Character Zero

Set 2: A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing > Chalk Dust Torture^[1] -> Twist > Mercury >Light > Wingsuit > Rock and Roll

Encore: Sleeping Monkey > Harry Hood > A Day in the Life

[1] Unfinished.

Teases:
· Call to the Post and It’s Ice teases
· Dave’s Energy Guide tease in Rock and Roll
· The Birds tease in Chalk Dust Torture

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. Trey teased It’s Ice and Call to the Post before Split Open and Melt and Dave’s Energy Guide during Rock and Roll. Chalk Dust included teases of The Birds by Trey and Fish and was unfinished. Trey announced “Let Leo pick” before the encore, and Page thanked the crowd while the band began to play Page’s selection, Sleeping Monkey.

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Sunday, 09/06/2015
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO

Set 1: The Landlady, Free > The Moma Dance > Seven Below > Prince Caspian >Backwards Down the Number Line, The Line, Scent of a Mule^[1] > Saw It Again,Halfway to the Moon, The Birdwatcher, Frankenstein^[2]

Set 2: Wilson > Down with Disease^[3] > Carini > Steam > Piper > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Tweezer > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Tweezer Reprise, Harpua^[4] > After Midnight^[5] > NO2^[1] > Keyboard Army^[5] > Your Pet Cat^[6] > Once in a Lifetime > United We Stand^[7]

[1] Fish on Marimba Lumina.
[2] Page on keytar.
[3] Unfinished.
[4] Unfinished. Narration included Jimmy being a guy from the east coast coming west and needing an oxygen tank. Trey sucked from an oxygen tank.
[5] Contained Harpua narration.
[6] Contained Harpua narration from Mike about eating Poster Nutbag.
[7] Phish debut.

Teases:
· Rocking Down The Highway quote in Piper
· Glass Onion quote in Harpua
· Harpua tease & quote in Your Pet Cat

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish and featured several bustouts: The Landlady (last played December 3, 1994, or 768 shows), Birdwatcher (June 28, 2012, 134 shows), Keyboard Army (December 14, 1995, 684 shows), and Once In A Lifetime (October 31, 1996, 634 shows). Scent of a Mule and NO2 featured Fish on Marimba Lumina. Frankenstein featured Page on keytar. Down with Disease and Harpua were unfinished. Piper included a quote of Rocking Down The Highway. Harpua, After Midnight, Keyboard Army, and Your Pet Cat included narration about Jimmy being a guy from the east coast coming west, having a breathing problem, and needing an oxygen tank (with Trey sucking from an oxygen tank). Trey then said Jimmy started to feel strange and wondered if he should’ve gotten that oxygen tank in the parking lot after the Phish show. Harpua also contained a Glass Onion quote with Trey saying the Walrus was Page. Your Pet Cat included narration from Mike about eating Poster Nutbag and finished with a portion of Harpua. Once In A Life Time contained Harpua quotes. This show featured the Phish debut of United We Stand. During Harpua, Trey mentioned that people writing down the setlist would want to only count Harpua once (by doing this, the encore spelled out THANK YOU).

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Phish 8/15-8/16/15 Merriweather Post Pavilion

Saturday, 08/15/2015
Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD

Soundcheck: Sparkle, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Friday, Nothing (x5), Stir It Up (instrumental)

Set 1: Simple Glide Buried Alive McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters Roggae Limb By Limb Big Black Furry Creature from Mars Your Pet Cat Big Black Furry Creature from Mars Horn Blaze On Run Like an Antelope^[1]

Set 2: Halley’s Comet 46 Days Bug Steam What’s the Use? Steam Piper Tweezer^[2]NO2 Tweezer Walls of the Cave

Encore: Sleeping Monkey Tweezer Reprise

[1] Marco Esquandolas lyric changed to “Gaktoidler Esquandolas.”
[2] Trey on megaphone.

Teases:
· Magilla tease in Simple
· Your Pet Cat and Theme from I Dream of Jeannie quotes in Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
· Call to the Post tease in Run Like an Antelope
· Sleeping Monkey quote in Tweezer Reprise
· Martian Monster quote in NO2

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. Simple included a Magilla tease. The first Big Black Furry Creature from Mars included an I Dream of Jeannie theme tease from Mike and a Your Pet Cat quote. Run Like an Antelope included a Call To The Post tease and the lyrics were changed to “Gaktoidler Esquandolas.” Piper included a Steam tease. Tweezer included Trey on megaphone. NO2 was last played August 12, 2010 (202 shows) and included a Martian Monster quote. During the intro to Sleeping Monkey, Trey said that backstage the band had read a website that ranked Phish songs and they were surprised that Page’s all-time favorite song was not on the top of the list, so they were going to play it for the crowd right now. Trey then said every night walking off during encore breaks Page asks to play it and Mike says “No Page, not tonight, tonight’s not your night, man.” Tweezer Reprise included a Sleeping Monkey quote from Fish.

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Sunday, 08/16/2015
Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD

Soundcheck: Foam, The Mango Song, My Soul

Set 1: Golgi Apparatus Undermind Julius 555 Nothing No Men In No Man’s Land Stash David Bowie Possum

Set 2: Down with Disease^[1] Slave to the Traffic Light Light Twist Shine a Light Fuego Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Backwards Down the Number Line

[1] Lyrics changed to “Mike’s head.” Unfinished.

Teases:
· Charge! tease
· Sleeping Monkey quote in You Enjoy Myself

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. Sleeping Monkey was teased and quoted before the show and also quoted in the YEM vocal jam. Mike teased “Charge!” before the show as well. Nothing was played for the first time since June 7, 2012 (139 shows). DWD’s lyrics were changed to reference “Mike’s head.” DWD was also unfinished.

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Phish 8/14/15 Walnut Creek Amphitheatre

Friday, 08/14/2015
Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC

Soundcheck: Beauty of a Broken Heart, Scabbard, Wombat

Set 1: Llama^[1] Chalk Dust Torture The Moma Dance Yarmouth Road Tube Bouncing Around the Room Maze Waiting All Night Lawn Boy Devotion To a Dream Wolfman’s Brother Suzy Greenberg

Set 2: The Wedge Golden Age Reba Mike’s Song Ghost No Quarter Weekapaug Groove First Tube

Encore: Farmhouse Fire

[1] Performed in a slow funk style.

Teases:
· No Quarter tease in Weekapaug Groove

Notes: Llama was performed in a slow funk style. Weekapaug included No Quarter teases from Trey.

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Phish 8/11-8/12 Mann Run

Tuesday, 08/11/2015
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Soundcheck: Skin It Back, Scents and Subtle Sounds, Vultures, Sing Monica

Set 1: Crowd Control, Martian Monster > Axilla, Skin It Back -> Martian Monster,Vultures, Dog Faced Boy > David Bowie, Farmhouse > Scent of a Mule^[1], Ghost,Grind

Set 2: Fuego > Rock and Roll^[2] > 46 Days -> Taste, Also Sprach Zarathustra >Sand > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Cavern > Backwards Down the Number Line

Encore: Julius

[1] Fish on Marimba Lumina.
[2] Lyrics changed to “Philadelphia station.”

Teases:
· Skin It Back tease in Martian Monster
· Martian Monster quote in Scent of a Mule
· Martian Monster and Mercury quotes in David Bowie
· Martian Monster quote in Ghost

Notes: Skin It Back was played for the first time since August 22, 2012 (111 shows). The second Martian Monster of the set included part of the ending of Skin It Back. Bowie, Mule and Ghost contained Martian Monster quotes. Mike teased Mercury in Bowie. Mule also contained a Marimba Lumina solo from Fish. Rock and Roll’s lyrics were changed to reference Philadelphia.

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Wednesday, 08/12/2015
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Soundcheck: Your Pet Cat

Set 1: AC/DC Bag > Free, Ya Mar, Sample in a Jar, Cities, Stash, Birds of a Feather,The Line, It’s Ice > Character Zero

Set 2: Bathtub Gin, No Men In No Man’s Land > Twist, Scents and Subtle Sounds,Harry Hood

Encore: Loving Cup

Teases:
· The Birds tease in Birds of a Feather
· Martian Monster tease & quote in Free
· Martian Monster quote in Harry Hood
· Tequila tease in Bathtub Gin
· I Want You Back tease in Ya Mar

Notes: Free contained Martian Monster teases and quotes, Mike teased I Want You Back in Ya Mar, BOAF included quotes of The Birds, Page teased Tequila in Bathtub Gin and Trey quoted Martian Monster at the end of Hood. The soundcheck’s Your Pet Cat contained Tomorrow’s Song lyrics.

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Phish 8/8-8/9/15 Alpine Valley Run

Saturday, 08/08/2015
Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI

Set 1: No Men In No Man’s Land, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Poor Heart,Julius, Frankie Says > Maze, Mercury, Reba, Possum

Set 2: Down with Disease^[1] > Halley’s Comet -> Twist > Light > What’s the Use? >Fuego > Backwards Down the Number Line > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Meatstick > Character Zero

[1] Unfinished.

Teases:
· Theme from Mission: Impossible tease in Maze

Notes: Page teased the Mission: Impossible theme in Maze. DWD was unfinished.

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Sunday, 08/09/2015
Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI

Set 1: The Very Long Fuse, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Brian and Robert, Saw It Again, Esther, Weigh, The Sloth, Sanity > Split Open and Melt

Set 2: Run Like an Antelope > Carini > Waves -> Tweezer > Dirt > Mike’s Song >Blaze On > Weekapaug Groove > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Contact, Frankenstein

Teases:
· The Very Long Fuse quote in Sanity

Notes: Mockingbird featured narration about Trey walking around Alpine Valley and having a bird shit on him, inspiring him to play the song that night. He also acknowledged that this was the band’s 17th show at Alpine and that the following day would be the 19th anniversary of their first appearance (August 10, 1996). The Very Long Fuse was quoted in Sanity.

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Phish 8/7/15 Cuyahoga Falls

Friday, 08/07/2015
Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Soundcheck: It’s Ice, Mound, The Lizards, Jam

Set 1: A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, My Sweet One > Wilson > Timber (Jerry),Roses Are Free, Rift, The Moma Dance, Ginseng Sullivan, Wingsuit, It’s Ice > Bathtub Gin

Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture^[1] -> Tweezer > The Lizards, Makisupa Policeman > Ghost> Harry Hood > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Good Times Bad Times

[1] Unfinished.

Teases:
· Call to the Post tease in Bathtub Gin
· Dave’s Energy Guide tease in Harry Hood
· For the Love of Money tease in It’s Ice

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. After Roses Are Free, Trey gave a call-out to Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo (aka Gene and Dean Ween), encouraging them to get Ween back together. Trey teased For the Love of Money in It’s Ice, Call to the Post at the end of Bathtub Gin, and DEG in Hood. Chalk Dust was unfinished.

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Phish 8/5/15 Kansas City, MO

Wednesday, 08/05/2015
Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, MO

Set 1: Gumbo > Kill Devil Falls, Back on the Train, Bouncing Around the Room,Divided Sky, The Last Step^[1], Blaze On, Waiting All Night, 46 Days

Set 2: Gotta Jibboo > Twist > The Wedge, Down with Disease^[2] > Sand > Joy, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Bug

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Unfinished.

Teases:
· Stash tease in The Wedge
· Pop Goes the Weasel tease in Down with Disease
· The Birds quote

Notes: The Birds was quoted before Gumbo. This show featured the Phish debut of The Last Step. The Wedge contained a Stash tease. DWD was unfinished and contained a Pop Goes the Weasel at the beginning from Mike.

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Phish 8/4/15 Nashville, TN

Tuesday, 08/04/2015
Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville, TN

Soundcheck: Jam, Mercury

Set 1: Free, No Men In No Man’s Land, Wolfman’s Brother, 555, Birds of a Feather,Funky Bitch, When the Circus Comes, Stash, Lawn Boy, Walls of the Cave

Set 2: Golden Age > Light > Shade, Mike’s Song > Piper > Crosseyed and Painless -> Weekapaug Groove

Encore: Slave to the Traffic Light

Teases:
· The Birds quote in Birds of a Feather
· Crosseyed and Painless quote in Weekapaug Groove

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. BOAF contained quotes from The Birds. During Lawn Boy, Page walked all the way over and said hello to “Mike Side.” Light’s lyrics were changed to mention Tom Marshall, who was in attendance at the show. Weekapaug included Crosseyed quotes. During the Weekapaug jam, Trey and Mike stood face to face before turning to the front of the stage and stepping in unison with the music.

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