2021-10-28 MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV - Post-Show Discussion and Review

[GBL]

MGM GRAND
Las Vegas, NV

I: Also Sprach Zarathustra, 1999 > 555 > 46 Days, Strawberry Letter 23 > Twenty Years Later

II: Seven Below > If 6 Was 9[1] > Five Years > Two Versions of Me -> NO2, Army of One, My Sweet One, First Tube > Character Zero

E: Backwards Down the Number Line, Grind[2]

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Lyrics changed to reference the show.

This show featured a setlist with all songs featuring a number in their name in descending order including the Phish debut of If 6 Was 9 and several bustouts: 1999 (last played July 26, 2017, or 130 shows), Five Years (last played October 31, 2016, or 147 shows), Two Versions of Me (last played November 27, 2009, or 435 shows), and NO2 (last played September 6, 2015, or 192 shows). Trey teased L.A. Woman in Also Sprach Zarathustra and Seven Below in First Tube. In place of the usual number of days lived, Grind featured the band singing the setlist ended by noting that the songs added up to "4,680 digits."

[GBL]

we all had a BLAST

totally unexpected start to the run, pretty ballsy to come out like this imo

[natronzero]

My only complaint is no "Thanks we're gonna be back in about fifteen minutes!"

[susep]

If 6 Was 9!  Killer jam. 

[emay]

If 6 Was 9!  Killer jam. 

qft

[susep]

Two Versions of ME > NO2 is great.  The jamming in NO2 is definitely a show highlight, great sequence out of TVOM.  Didn't realize how rare TVOM is until I saw the song history on .net.  Only the 8th ever version, first since 11/27/09.   

[emay]

This 2001>1999 might b best way to this run off