During rowjimmy.com’s little “break” since Festival 8, there was a little thing that we like to call Phish Fall Tour 2009. Your lovable and reliable bloggers (sophist and rowjimmy) managed to take in a couple shows apiece and listen to the rest diligently. Someone’s got to do it, right? So now, we present to you a run down of the entire tour, night by night, for your entertainment and reference.
For those of you playing along at home, Festival 8 has begun…
The campgrounds are open, The Bunny is on the air and they even played a soundcheck last night.
I’m not there but I’ll be following closely from home (and wherever else I go this weekend) and I thought I’d offer up a few links and whatnot so that you too, the random reader of this oft-neglected blog, can stay informed.
So… Campgrounds. As you probably know, the campgrounds are named for albums that remain on the Phish Festival Eight site. If you are avoiding knowing the albums at all, don’t click on this link HERE. that’s a pdg of the festival map. It’s pretty sweet.
As for The Bunny(!) they’re live from the site now and will be doing so all weekend. Their website features a spot for requests and a twitter stream so you can follow the action.
Now, if you want to hear the Phish sets, your best bet is to fire up your Sirius/XM radio and… What? You don’t have a satellite radio subscription? Me neither. Head over to their website and hook up a free, online, streaming 7-day demo. then tune in at the following times:
Update: Sirius/XM streaming is during the sets ONLY. They do not stream The Bunny at all and they do not start at the times shown on their schedule. Tune in at the set times posted below. This is the best capacity stream for the sets.
Actual set times are as follows (these are Pacific Time):
7:30PM Set 1
10:00PM Set 2
3:00PM Set 1
7:30PM The Halloween Set
10:00PM Set 3
12:00PM Acoustic Set
5:30PM Set 2
8:30PM Set 3
Otherwise, The Bunny is streaming in a more limited capacity. Phish.net has the scoop on that here. (By the way, have you checked out the new Phish.net? It’s great. )
Update! Now you can stream it via LivePhish Radio!
Follow setlists via Phish’s website here.
This being the 21st Century, Twitter has got more info that you need. Check the #Phish and #Fest8 tags. You can follow rowjimmy.com on twitter as well and I’ll try to keep folks abreast of any points of interest that I hit upon during the weekend. Look for updates after the jump.
Oh, and Happy Halloween!
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Phish begins the second leg of their Summer Tour tonight and they’re kicking things off with four nights at Red Rocks.
We’ll try to keep this post updated with anything worth reporting so, check back on the regular!
I’d promise to have live, updated, setlists on here but, frankly, those West coast shows run past my bedtime. Keep an eye on Phish’s “From The Road” page or hit up their Twitter.
Also, Yemblog will be twittering from the shows.
The Butter Room plans to stream audio from the shows.
Video streams will also be here.
Meanwhile, check out the Red Rocks Webcam. I can’t imagine that it’ll be on during the shows but I imagine you’ll be able to see the stage being setup during the day.
More after the jump!
-rowjimmy
2009-07-30
Red Rocks Amphitheater – Morrison, CO
Sound Check: Foam, Party Time, Sugar Shack, Beauty of a Broken Heart, (Mike tune), Billy Breathes, Time Turns Elastic
Set 1: Divided Sky, Ocelot,The Wedge, Poor Heart, The Moma Dance, Horn, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Possum
Set 2: Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Ghost, Wolfman’s Brother, Limb By Limb, Billy Breathes, Squirming Coil, David Bowie
Encore: Loving Cup
2009-07-31
Red Rocks Amphitheater – Morrison, CO
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Time Turns Elastic, Lawn Boy, Water in the Sky, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Split Open and Melt
Set 2: Drowned> Crosseyed and Painless> Joy, Tweezer> Backwards Down the Numberline> Fluffhead*> Piper> A Day in the Life
Encore: Suzy Greenberg**> Tweezer Reprise
*Unfinished
**Crosseyed and Painless Tease
2009-08-01
Red Rocks Amphitheater – Morrison, CO
Set 1: AC/DC Bag, The Curtain With, Mound, Gotta Jibboo, Guyute, Punch You In The Eye, Tube, Alaska, Run Like An Antelope
Set 2: Rock and Roll > Down with Disease -> Free, Esther, Dirt, Harry Hood
Encore: Sleeping Monkey > First Tube
2009-08-02
Red Rocks Ampitheater – Morrison, CO
Set 1: Roses are Free, Wilson, NICU, Prince Caspian, Back on the Train, Reba, Grind, Beauty of a Broken Heart, Sample in a Jar, Sugar Shack, Waste, Kill Devil Falls
Set 2: Boogie On, You Enjoy Myself > Undermind* > Drums* > Seven Below* > 2001*> Waves*, Character Zero*
Encore: Bittersweet Motel, Bouncing Around The Room, Slave To The Traffic Light
* with Bill Kreutzmann
Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Phish has released the details regarding their 8th festival, which is “creatively” entitled “Festival 8.” See the homepage for details regarding the three day event. Also be sure to check out the FAQ, as it has an abundance of valuable information.
Stay tuned for more details.
-Sophist
Last night Phish finished off the first leg of their Summer tour in in Alpine Valley (East Troy, WI) so we thought we’d leave you with a few thoughts.
Phish traveled a long way on this tour. It started a little rough and hit a few bumps along the way but they wrapped it up in style with a wild, soaking wet show at Deer Creek and the two nights at Alpine Valley. In listening to those three shows, I’m hearing redemption for some of the earlier ‘bumps’ and promise for the future. Come July 31 at Red Rocks, I expect they’ll have even more songs rehearsed and the second leg will be a smoker.
Let’s hope.
Now, how about some pictures from last Thursday’s show at Star Lake (or whatever it’s called now.) Huge thanks go out to our friend, John Neely for these photos.
