Song
Various
Date
Mon, June 01, 2009
Venue
Fenway Park
Location
Boston, MA
Summer Tour is On!
Tonight Phish played their first ever gig at Fenway Park, a suitably nostalgic location to kick off their 2009 Summer Tour — the band's first tour since calling it quits in 2004.
While I wasn't there in person, I followed along in real-time on PhishTwit along with thousands of other fans.
See above for Fenway videos or read on for the setlist, audio links, reviews, and a recap of the Phish Fenway show.
Phish kicked off their Summer tour tonight in true Phish fashion — emerging from the dugouts at Fenway in Red Sox jerseys and singing tthe Star-Spangled Banner from the pitcher's mound.
The Fenway setlist started with no big surprises including Sample, Moma Dance and Chalkdust, before the first new tune of the night, Ocelot. Thanks to the kind souls who stealth taped Phish's rehearsals earlier in the weekend I had a chance to hear them work this one out, and I'm definitely hearing a little bit of Jerry's influence in there.
Following Ocelot the setlist went back to familiar territory with Stash, Bouncing, Poor Heart, Limb by Limb, Velvet Sea, and Disease.
The next tune might have been a bigger surprise were it not for the previously mentioned stealth practice tapes… Destiny Unbound! This one hasn't been played since Nassau Coliseum on February 28, 2003 when it was busted out after a 790 show hiatus. (via ZZYZX)
After Destiny came Character Zero, always a crowd-pleaser (assuming you like to rock out) to close the 1st set.
Second set started off with a Tweezer which was followed by another new song, Light. This is a song I'm really looking forward to based on the way TAB ripped it in Brooklyn.
Two big classics up next in the Fenway setlist: Gin and Bowie and then another new one — Time Turns Elastic. The pundits are expecting big things from this one live. Here's hoping the band can deliver.
Notably Trey played a new guitar for TTE… presumably the same Languedoc G4 that was seen in stealth pics from the studio sessions a few months back.
After TTE was Free, and then a huge bustout — Ballad of Curtis Lowe, last played 8/2/93 at The Ritz Theatre, in Ybor City, FL (not including a soundcheck at Big Cypress).
Curtis Lowe was followed up by classic set closer YEM.
A short break and the band came back for a three-song encore: Cavern, Good Times, Bad Times, and of course Tweezer Reprise.
All in all it seems like a nice selection of standards with a handful of new tunes and a couple of choice bustouts to round the set list. Can't wait for the rest of the tour!
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i went to all 3 hamptons too, and they were def. average “shows” but going to 183 shows, i’m sure you’ve seen plenty of bad ones. i’ve only seen 40, and i’ve seen at least 5 truly poor performances….....
what hooks us is that very show that you get your mind blown. that’s what keeps you coming back. like how i’m fucking horrible at golf, but when i hit that one amazing shot per round i start thinking i can do it every time, but i can’t…....
fenway sound was terrible, no doubt about that, but it’s to be expected at a venue like that. it’s about the venue, and experience, rather than sound when we’re talking fenway. i admit tho, it was quite a bit frustrating.
band is def. past their prime, no doubt, but still a fun time.