Phish rolls into Chicago for the first of three nights at Northerly Island’s FirstMerit Bank Pavilion. As we previewed earlier today, weather played a factor in last year’s run so let’s hope the only thing pouring down on the audience this year is a whole lotta’ jam. Phish is webcasting this one so follow along on Couch Tour for all the setlist shenanigans!
Phish @ FirstMerit Bank Pavilion, Chicago, IL – 7.18.14
Official LivePhish Webcast | Download from LivePhish.com
Set I: 555, Kill Devil Falls, Bouncing Around The Room, Reba, Waiting All Night, Birds of a Feather, Halfway to the MoonS, Sparkle, Sample in a Jar, A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, Stash, The Squirming Coil*
Set II: Golden Age# > The Mango Song, Sand > Piper -> Halley’s Comet -> Wombat% > Chalk Dust Torture > Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Julius
Notes:
* – Coil had a high-pitched squeal from Mike during the “it got away!” line. Trey was LOL-ing. Page wished a special dedication to Jim Pollock who is celebrating his 50th birthday today.
# – First time this year a cover opened the second set. 17 minutes long.
% – Featured a Type II jam, song was 10 minutes long or so.
Photos © Sam Nicholls
Tweets
Floor. A lot of room… for now. Security much tighter this year with in and out of lawn/floor. #phish! pic.twitter.com/YcS944bccQ
— Zach M. (@zachm) July 18, 2014
Hey look who's on lot… pic.twitter.com/W8R0RXaiN5
— PhishatTheMann (@PhishatTheMann) July 18, 2014
Pollock coins on Pollock's birthday in Pollock's (and my) hometown. Life is good. #phish! pic.twitter.com/pqarEaP9Z4
— Zach M. (@zachm) July 18, 2014
This is the first time 555 has opened a #phish show #welcometotheclub
— Scott Marks (@bizarchive) July 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/pzerbo/status/490302035854893056
I love watching Phish in my underwear while eating pudding
— Meatstecks (@Stecks7) July 19, 2014
Actually, this might be the first-settiest first set.
— Rob Mitchum (@phishcrit) July 19, 2014
Chicago http://t.co/3ZbiSA3jl4 pic.twitter.com/wrKgvbHeHr
— Phish: From The Road (@Phish_FTR) July 19, 2014
Still hilarious that there's a TV on the Radio song in the regular Phish rotation. #PhishFork2
— Rob Mitchum (@robmitchum) July 19, 2014
@thephunion it's not a terrible idea!
— Tom Marshall (@TomMarshall111) July 19, 2014
Sand: A > C, forced into G for piper
— Michael Hamad (@MikeHamad) July 19, 2014
WHOA! Segues into Halleys cleanly. A+
— PhanArt Pete (@PhanArt) July 19, 2014
This Halleys has already earned a Yellow Row on @phishnet and we don't even know if they're gonna jam it out. Very loose interesting version
— PeteLikesThePhish (@PeteLikesPhish) July 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/Tweeprise/status/490336401355837440
Warning: type-II "Wombat" on lose in greater Chicagoland area. Do not be alarmed, cuddly but muscular.
— pzerbo (@pzerbo) July 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/MikeHamad/status/490337862882050049
billy joel just played a 36m48sec tweezer across town
— LazyLightning55 (@LazyLightning55) July 19, 2014
So as the keeper of the "Wombat" song history, it looks like I have some work to do. pic.twitter.com/EzNvCPw7LJ
— Dan Mielcarz (@mielcarz) July 19, 2014