Phish Summer Tour 2023
July 11 Orion Amphitheater, Huntsville, AL
July 12 Orion Amphitheater, Huntsville, AL
July 14 Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, GA
July 15 Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, GA
July 16 Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, GA
July 18 Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park, Wilmington, NC
July 19 Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park, Wilmington, NC
July 21 The Pavilion at Star Lake, Burgettstown, PA
July 22 The Pavilion at Star Lake, Burgettstown, PA
July 23 St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, Syracuse, NY
July 25 TD Pavilion at the Mann, Philadelphia, PA
July 26 TD Pavilion at the Mann, Philadelphia, PA
July 28 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
July 29 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
July 30 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
August 1 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
August 2 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
August 4 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
August 5 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
August 31 Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO
September 1 Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO
September 2 Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO
September 3 Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO
https://phish.com/news/summer-tour-2023-announced/
Thought there might be a surprise in there, but nope, pretty much exactly the rumored dates minus a night at MSG.
::Looks for Deer Creek dates, sees none, kicks rock::
Have fun this summer E'ryone! I'll be watching you all on couch tour.
Why no Sunday show on 8/6??!?!?!
Hmm I'll be on the east coast last week of July so possibly Philly or burgettstown.
7/30-8/2 MSG works out better if anyone else wants to throw in on a spot.
Looks like I'm sitting this summer out as planned.
Have the fun.
Quote from: rowjimmy on February 14, 2023, 04:25:02 PMLooks like I'm sitting this summer out as planned.
Have the fun.
This
Burgettstown for sure! Maybe add Syracuse. And super excited to get back to the garden :pbjtime:
Quote from: PIE-GUY on February 14, 2023, 03:17:24 PMWhy no Sunday show on 8/6??!?!?!
That's the first night of Billy Joel's Bakers Dozen
See you at MSG :samurai:
I'm only going to do a couple probably
Plan is to blow my load all over Fall tour's face
Quote from: GBL on February 15, 2023, 01:51:44 PMI'm only going to do a couple probably
Plan is to blow my load all over Fall Spring tour's face
FTFY
:sbw:
When you ballin' and you know it...
(https://i.imgur.com/btArLDE.png)
cheaper then mexico on a $/show ratio, by a lot
:tte:
Quote from: GBL on February 17, 2023, 01:29:45 PMcheaper then mexico on a $/show ratio, by a lot
:tte:
True - but who can take a 9-day vacation in NYC? Ballers!
what is everyone thinking for this MSG run? i'm in for a week, so it's either the first 5 or the last 4. i'm thinking the first 5 will be a bit more mellow in terms of crowd size/getting tickets. but am i nuts for skipping the last 2 nights of a 7 night run?!
Quote from: PIE-GUY on February 17, 2023, 01:36:13 PMQuote from: GBL on February 17, 2023, 01:29:45 PMcheaper then mexico on a $/show ratio, by a lot
:tte:
True - but who can take a 9-day vacation in NYC? Ballers!
I work all remote so I'd be down but first 2 nights don't work out with current beach family reunion trip.
I am trying to do 7/30-8/2 but can probably be convinced to stay the rest of the week if found somewhere to throw down.
I'm fittin to do the last two days at MSG and the last two days at Dicks
Not sure what I'll be able to hit this summer yet but...
... This Huntsville venue looks surprisingly awesome, 8k capacity
.. And this Wilmington venue looks like... it's going to be hard to see from the lawn. Only 7,200 capacity though so that'll be fun.
Pretty sure TAB played that Wilmington venue recently.
Huntsville has a dope view of Top Golf.
So it's an Alabama Greek?
i didn't even consider alabama because it's july and it's alabama. but your picture got me thinking. it's the 2nd closest run to my house. tuesday and wednesday means it'll be easy. and there are walking distance hotels all over the place. i think we're gonna go! :beers:
Quote from: mistercharlie on February 20, 2023, 01:02:45 PMSo it's an Alabama Greek?
Yep. And Camden is the Gorge of the east!
Quote from: anthrax on February 20, 2023, 03:12:50 PMi didn't even consider alabama because it's july and it's alabama. but your picture got me thinking. it's the 2nd closest run to my house. tuesday and wednesday means it'll be easy. and there are walking distance hotels all over the place. i think we're gonna go! :beers:
I had the exact same response. I did the AR/AL shows last summer and pretty much wrote off returning to those areas for Phish. But this Huntsville venue is looking pretty sweet... and is much closer to Alpharetta than Wilmington if you're trying to make a run of shows happen.
Don't forget to set your clocks back 50 years when you arrive in Alabama.
Phish lottery emails have begun to appear. I haven't ordered under this new all electronic ticket system. I got the alabama email right away, but havent heard about MSG yet. Do they roll through the tour in order of the dates?
Quote from: anthrax on February 28, 2023, 03:43:32 PMPhish lottery emails have begun to appear. I haven't ordered under this new all electronic ticket system. I got the alabama email right away, but havent heard about MSG yet. Do they roll through the tour in order of the dates?
yep - you'll get a separate email per show then one final email laying out what you did and did not get when the day is done.
Going to try for
Philly1 pavs
Msg 7/30 & 8/1-2
Dicks
Phish need to just call this the AARP tour.
playing 7 nights at MSG in the middle of summer.
shows probably end at 9:30 so they can get to bed by 10
ps- whos got my Dicks miracle :D
Slim, I'll miracle you a Dicks.
What show(s) you going to/want?
Quote from: GBL on May 11, 2023, 06:02:09 PMSlim, I'll miracle you a Dicks.
What show(s) you going to/want?
damn, you called my bluff :-\
FR tho, one of these years if my health is good enough im gonna catch a train out for just one show.
maybe this year??
ugh, not in my current state, but if somehow things improve in a month or so i'll let ya know lol.
thanks for the offer for real tho <3
I was gonna say you should def come I got you one for sure and thursdays were really easy last year so it's a little chiller. Be a good show back.
Gotta add that the place rules.
I generally am not a fan of outdoor Phish now that I'm crotchety and old and whatever, but I had a great time there.
thanks ya'll.
really picked up my spirits just seeing the offer to help.
i love this place.
re-agravated my back injury last month trying to help my folks around the house, and day to day has been brutal since..
but im trying real hard to get back to some stability health wise and just thinking one day i could get to the point of being able to take a train out to denver for a show keeps me going 8)
Blaze On tour opener.
These MF'ers...
Damn, they jammed out MFMF last night!?! I down't know that was a thing.
Quote from: mistercharlie on July 15, 2023, 05:15:53 AMDamn, they jammed out MFMF last night!?! I down't know that was a thing.
It is now
These Trey vids on Instagram have been pretty great. The discussion with their monitor engineer today was super informative... to the point that I'd imagine, a person w/ no stage experience would be confused by some of the things he's discussing. It gets quite detailed. But that's great!
Sorta excited to see what comes out of this MSG run.
I've been keeping up with this tour more than usual and i personally like how they are sounding.
These shows have been quite phishy, and I like phishy phish shows!
I think if I had a friend who was into phish back in 99-00, then moved to Panama to work in the peace corp and hasn't listened to phish since, I could pick any of these 3 MSG shows to encapsulate where phish is now and feel good about my choice.
I'm also introducing my 66year old boss to phish at his request. I was trying to get a nice mix of the different styles of their musical journey. Today he asked me if those songs are still how phish sounds. I couldn't really answer him, so I set him up with my LP account and recommended last nights first set.
I cannot recall the last time a first set hit me as hard as last night's. That shit was unreal.
just watched the Ghost set 1 opener.
i approve.
:pbjtime:
Quote from: anthrax on July 31, 2023, 09:58:17 PMI cannot recall the last time a first set hit me as hard as last night's. That shit was unreal.
this, but for 8/1
:samurai:
Quote from: GBL on August 02, 2023, 10:06:51 AMQuote from: anthrax on July 31, 2023, 09:58:17 PMI cannot recall the last time a first set hit me as hard as last night's. That shit was unreal.
this, but for 8/1
:samurai:
This is easier.
7/30 was the last time a first set hit as hard as last night's.
Just stopping by to say this tour has been absolutely unreal :samurai:
Quote from: Gundo on August 02, 2023, 11:40:02 AMJust stopping by to say this tour has been absolutely unreal :samurai:
Quote from: Gundo on August 02, 2023, 11:40:02 AMJust stopping by to say this tour has been absolutely unreal :samurai:
:beerbang:
Quote from: Gundo on August 02, 2023, 11:40:02 AMJust stopping by to say this tour has been absolutely unreal :samurai:
:beerbang:
Pretty much blew the roof off last night, shit was awesome.
I'm totally existing in between concerned about what'll be left on the table when I get there Saturday and certain that it won't matter what they play because they'll probably play it well.
At this point I feel like you can't lose.
Agree with Boba. You can't lose. They're playing so well right now. Safe travels and have fun!!!!!!
Quote from: antelope19 on August 02, 2023, 07:52:48 PMAgree with Boba. You can't lose. They're playing so well right now. Safe travels and have fun!!!!!!
Anyone wanna tell this guy what to do?
:P
I've watched/listened to some of the tour, especially the MSG stuff, and I can't believe I'm seeing this band in 2 days. :willynilly:
Funky Cavern tonight ala Island tour?! They had to have just listened to that together or something... Trey even gave Fishman the drum breaks! Pretty fun!
Such a heavy show :beerbang: :beerbang: :beerbang:
Cavern tonight totally giving me flashbacks to Island Tour.
Loved it!
My run has ended. 9 shows this summer and 0 tweezers, but they really were all excellent! Have fun this weekend everyone and don't forget about half priced food at msg until 7pm!
Look at this crowd JUMPIN!! :pbjtime:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4mCuQ-2w70
these extra spac ticket posts on twitter are absolutely hilarious. seen a few messages like FS SPAC pavs. just asking face and fees...$800 for the pair...lol.
The SPAC webcasts will be free!! :pbjtime:
Are they gonna 'cast the Trey/Page sets?
Quote from: PIE-GUY on August 22, 2023, 06:25:25 PMAre they gonna 'cast the Trey/Page sets?
They may, but not announce it. They webcast a soundcheck like this during MSG that I have yet to find.
just rewatched this.
might be best thing ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tmce1aLbdk
Quote from: VA $l!m on September 03, 2023, 06:40:57 PMjust rewatched this.
might be best thing ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tmce1aLbdk
Yeah it's really good. As RJ mentioned on HFPod, just after the bundle of joy section the camera stayed on fishman and he is absolutely demolishing the kit. The drone shots are a cool addition as well.
I think this might have been my favorite big tour of the last 20 years. :o
It's been a solid f'n year.
Remember when Phish played 30+ songs per show and barely jammed at all for a few years of 3.0?
This has not been that. They be jammin'.
We did our Tour recap episode yesterday for HFPod.
This tour is loaded with great stuff. Arguably the best tour since the return.
Quote from: rowjimmy on September 09, 2023, 02:35:47 PMWe did our Tour recap episode yesterday for HFPod.
This tour is loaded with great stuff. Arguably the best tour since the return.
i feel like i caught every HFP this summer O0
Quote from: VA $l!m on September 09, 2023, 10:44:59 PMQuote from: rowjimmy on September 09, 2023, 02:35:47 PMWe did our Tour recap episode yesterday for HFPod.
This tour is loaded with great stuff. Arguably the best tour since the return.
i feel like i caught every HFP this summer O0
That's commitment. I didn't even do that
Quote from: rowjimmy on September 09, 2023, 02:35:47 PMWe did our Tour recap episode yesterday for HFPod.
This tour is loaded with great stuff. Arguably the best tour since the return.
Really? Interesting. Good stuff this tour, but '21 smokes it, to my ears.
Quote from: cactusfan on September 11, 2023, 10:25:18 AMQuote from: rowjimmy on September 09, 2023, 02:35:47 PMWe did our Tour recap episode yesterday for HFPod.
This tour is loaded with great stuff. Arguably the best tour since the return.
Really? Interesting. Good stuff this tour, but '21 smokes it, to my ears.
21 doesn't have the consistency or the frequency of high highs. Fishman is playing stronger than he has in a while and he's never actually slouched. Page and Trey are locking in creatively more and more too.
Lately during work I've been alternating between Summer '21 and Summer '23 (Play a '21 show, then a '23...). '21 is great, but '23 blows it outta the water!!!
To my ears, the jamming in '21 goes much deeper than this summer. A lot of the jams in '23 are nice, to be sure, but feel like they're skimming the surface. Seems like this year was more about first sets. Which resulted in a lot of shows where the tight first sets were better than the second sets with their sometimes long yet often not inspiring jams. The spring tour felt dirtier and more exploratory. I did like a lot of the new songs this summer, though, which often featured the darker, more textural jams I'm liking a lot these days.
I'm not the guy to rattle off dates to demonstrate a point but off the top of my head I'd say, 8/25 and 7/28 are just two of many examples of shows that go pretty hard in the second set.
That said, I don't think it matters which set goes deep and I think the band feels that way too. the traditional structures really don't matter to the band any more beyond the basic set, break, another set, encore.
That said, if they're paying any attention to structure it's showing in how they've put more into encores on this tour. I'm obligated and happy to say that this is great because they had become so rote that I was actively calling for them to be abolished.
I would say there are "higher highs" in 23, but 21 had a much higher volume of excellent jams.
Quote from: rowjimmy on September 12, 2023, 10:34:45 AMThat said, if they're paying any attention to structure it's showing in how they've put more into encores on this tour. I'm obligated and happy to say that this is great because they had become so rote that I was actively calling for them to be abolished.
I miss the old encores though, as I liked to use them to beat the crowds out of the lot after the show. I'm in my car heading home while the wooks are still 'enjoying' Show of Life!
Quote from: mistercharlie on September 12, 2023, 11:40:05 AMQuote from: rowjimmy on September 12, 2023, 10:34:45 AMThat said, if they're paying any attention to structure it's showing in how they've put more into encores on this tour. I'm obligated and happy to say that this is great because they had become so rote that I was actively calling for them to be abolished.
I miss the old encores though, as I liked to use them to beat the crowds out of the lot after the show. I'm in my car heading home while the wooks are still 'enjoying' Show of Life!
Never leave til the lights come up.
Quote from: jedifunk on September 12, 2023, 11:28:15 AMI would say there are "higher highs" in 23, but 21 had a much higher volume of excellent jams.
23 ain't over yet.
:)
Quote from: rowjimmy on September 12, 2023, 01:43:51 PMQuote from: mistercharlie on September 12, 2023, 11:40:05 AMQuote from: rowjimmy on September 12, 2023, 10:34:45 AMThat said, if they're paying any attention to structure it's showing in how they've put more into encores on this tour. I'm obligated and happy to say that this is great because they had become so rote that I was actively calling for them to be abolished.
I miss the old encores though, as I liked to use them to beat the crowds out of the lot after the show. I'm in my car heading home while the wooks are still 'enjoying' Show of Life!
Never leave til the lights come up.
The only time I've ever left before a :phish: encore was the second 2010 SPAC show when they played Tweeprise for the 4th time in 2 shows.
Quote from: VA $l!m on September 12, 2023, 02:19:35 PMQuote from: jedifunk on September 12, 2023, 11:28:15 AMI would say there are "higher highs" in 23, but 21 had a much higher volume of excellent jams.
23 ain't over yet.
:)
I tend to disagree with that "higher volume" count Jedi, but I've long known that you and I look for different things in jams.
But I also think the quality of the band is measure in more than excellent jams. remember, this band was great 30 years ago when they barely jammed! My "2023 Summer Slammers" LP playlist which showcases not just 20+min jams or even key micro-jams but also excellent set listing is nearly 25hours long. That's almost eight full shows of must-hear stuff and I didn't even include all of the Derek Trucks sit-in (which I'm gonna go back and remedy).
What a refreshing discussion happening up in here.
I did not attend any of the summer shows this year, but I feel like the spring (only saw Hollywood bowl) had some stuff that would contend with '21. I still feel like n1 deer creek 21 was the best show I've seen since deer creek 2000. But summer tour had some real fire this year. I'm gonna say '23 > '21.
Quote from: rowjimmy on September 12, 2023, 04:15:19 PMQuote from: VA $l!m on September 12, 2023, 02:19:35 PMQuote from: jedifunk on September 12, 2023, 11:28:15 AMI would say there are "higher highs" in 23, but 21 had a much higher volume of excellent jams.
23 ain't over yet.
:)
I tend to disagree with that "higher volume" count Jedi, but I've long known that you and I look for different things in jams.
But I also think the quality of the band is measure in more than excellent jams. remember, this band was great 30 years ago when they barely jammed! My "2023 Summer Slammers" LP playlist which showcases not just 20+min jams or even key micro-jams but also excellent set listing is nearly 25hours long. That's almost eight full shows of must-hear stuff and I didn't even include all of the Derek Trucks sit-in (which I'm gonna go back and remedy).
This might be what it comes down to for me, too, in that case. My collection of songs from '21 that I can listen to over and over again is vast. I've not found nearly as much in '23. I've still got some shows to check out, but still. I see your point that '23 has consistency and a lot of great, fluid sets, and maybe in that regard it is the better year. But in terms of single tracks, however long, that have floored me, '21 is the clear winner.
I'm in the 2021 camp. Best year of phish I've personally witnessed.
2023 has been great though. I'd say '15, '21 and '23 all have stood out in the "anything could happen at anytime" category.
I think I posted this elsewhere but it is quite amazing how there was four to six years or so of 3.0/4.0 that had VERY little jamming. There would be a couple that broke through, but I didn't have hopes of 15+ min jams for awhile there... and first set jams were practically non-existent.
Not anymore. Tons of first set jams, long jams and jams in unexpected songs. I've seen 3/4 of the only jammed out fluffheads ever in the past few years. The last two versions of MFMF had abnormal type-II jams. The list goes on....
Quote from: WhatstheUse? on September 12, 2023, 07:45:35 PM2023 has been great though. I'd say '15, '21 and '23 all have stood out in the "anything could happen at anytime" category.
Those are definitely the years that stand out in my mind too. It felt like after Fare Thee Well Trey was amped to start jamming again and I was hoping that upward momentum would continue, and it did to a degree, but '15 was the turning point.
^ agreed. I almost forgot the Baker's Dozen happened in 2017. That was a pretty special couple of weeks in Phishtory as well. The rest of that year, however, escapes me.
Quote from: cactusfan on September 12, 2023, 05:11:47 PMQuote from: rowjimmy on September 12, 2023, 04:15:19 PMQuote from: VA $l!m on September 12, 2023, 02:19:35 PMQuote from: jedifunk on September 12, 2023, 11:28:15 AMI would say there are "higher highs" in 23, but 21 had a much higher volume of excellent jams.
23 ain't over yet.
:)
I tend to disagree with that "higher volume" count Jedi, but I've long known that you and I look for different things in jams.
But I also think the quality of the band is measure in more than excellent jams. remember, this band was great 30 years ago when they barely jammed! My "2023 Summer Slammers" LP playlist which showcases not just 20+min jams or even key micro-jams but also excellent set listing is nearly 25hours long. That's almost eight full shows of must-hear stuff and I didn't even include all of the Derek Trucks sit-in (which I'm gonna go back and remedy).
This might be what it comes down to for me, too, in that case. My collection of songs from '21 that I can listen to over and over again is vast. I've not found nearly as much in '23. I've still got some shows to check out, but still. I see your point that '23 has consistency and a lot of great, fluid sets, and maybe in that regard it is the better year. But in terms of single tracks, however long, that have floored me, '21 is the clear winner.
RJ, I know we diverge on jam preferences :)
I think I'm with Cactus on this one. I've found more tracks in my 2021 locker than 2023, and the show count is basically equal right now. I'd honestly say that 2021 has the highest count of relistenable jamming from anything in 3.0/4.0
nothing in 2021 gets my coveted 🤌🏼 designation, while there are 3 from 2023, but the volume of extreme high quality is basically double in 2021.
for reference, here's the current designations I hand out:
🤌🏼 denotes epicness
🫶🏼 denotes bliss jam
🦅 denotes soaring jam
🕺🏼 denotes grooviness
😈 denotes dark jam
👩🏼�🚀 denotes ambience/space jam
🤘🏼 denotes rage jam
🎶 denotes melodious jam
🪬 denotes psychedelic jam
Quote from: WhatstheUse? on September 12, 2023, 07:45:35 PMI'm in the 2021 camp. Best year of phish I've personally witnessed.
2023 has been great though. I'd say '15, '21 and '23 all have stood out in the "anything could happen at anytime" category.
I think I posted this elsewhere but it is quite amazing how there was four to six years or so of 3.0/4.0 that had VERY little jamming. There would be a couple that broke through, but I didn't have hopes of 15+ min jams for awhile there... and first set jams were practically non-existent.
Not anymore. Tons of first set jams, long jams and jams in unexpected songs. I've seen 3/4 of the only jammed out fluffheads ever in the past few years. The last two versions of MFMF had abnormal type-II jams. The list goes on....
That's another thing that was huge about '21, the realization that anything could happen at any time, and how exciting that felt. One of my favorite attended shows was the first night in SF at the start of the fall tour, where they played a great Slave--in the middle of the first set--then, after a devastating second set that included a jammed out Frankie Says, and that closed with Moma, they encored with a 20 minute Carini.
Then in Vegas, the moment they opened a second set with Ass Handed, instantly not only thinking, but
knowing, "They're gonna jam out Ass Handed!" That's the kind of year it was.
I think '22 was absolutely a slump as compared to '21 and '23 but I don't think I realized how much so until things picked back up this year.
Other than the surprising reliability that sets were ~75 minutes long (with a very few exceptions) this Summer, I wouldn't say they've been especially predictable. Carini 20+ min show opener. New songs going long. MFMF stretching out. Yet another Fluffed with a jam... If you go revisit the plethora of 15-20min songs on this tour you'll find really high quality jamming that, for the most part, resolves quite well and reasonably. This as compared to the hard turns Trey was so often making throughout 3.0 is pretty fun to listen to.
Plus, if you like to go long, there's 17 20+ minute jams across 25 shows this Summer.
Bonus Stat: Twice this Summer, we got back-to-back 20+ minute jams which, for the record, has only happened 5 times before.