Phish is about to take the stage for their New Year’s Eve show at Madison Square Garden. Follow along with the setlist below or head over to LivePhish.com to purchase a webcast of tonight’s show to stream along live.
Phish @ Madison Square Garden, NYC 12.31.15
Set I: The Moma Dance, Possum, Wolfman’s Brother, Birds of a Feather, I Didn’t Know*, Happy Birthday^, Martian Monster, Reba, Walls of the Cave
Set II: The Wedge, Wilson > A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, Yarmouth Road, Kill Devil Falls > Piper > Twist
Set III: No Men in No Man’s Land > Auld Lang Syne > Blaze On > Carini > David Bowie > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Backwards Down the Number Line
Encore: Tube > Cavern
Notes:
* – The last verse was sung by the crowd with the band leading from the stage
^ – after the singalong, Fishman joked about how the crowd did such a good job singing that song, that he’d love help singing another. He then mentioned how his daughter Ella has been to about 14 New Year’s Eve shows and he’s always forgotten to sing her Happy Birthday from the stage. He lead the crowd in a singalong.
Set III was performed from a stage behind the soundboard, much like the Halloween in Vegas square stage formation. There is a large cone above them, which started to fold down and cover the band in a translucent material. They jammed under the hourglass shape until Auld Lang Syne which featured the band back up on the normal stage setup.
Tweets:
Wonder what the cone like structure is all about? #phish pic.twitter.com/8Y80sKcrWk
— Scott Bernstein (@heyscottyb) January 1, 2016
Phish NYE fashion: tea length sleeveless tye-dye dress topped w/pink sparkle cape and oversize cat-eye glasses on a dude w/ purple mohawk.
— change100 (@change100) January 1, 2016
Trey introduces fish as the man mulcahey
— Scott Marks (@bizarchive) January 1, 2016
Fish: you guys did such a great job singing that song, will you sing one more song to her?
— Scott Marks (@bizarchive) January 1, 2016
Your trip is short. #youareabouttoblastoff #phish #PhishNYE #yemsg pic.twitter.com/tJpyED5cz9
— Runaway Jim (@RunawayJimPVD) January 1, 2016
Twitter and Couch Ter. Second only to Acid and Coke as the winningest combo of the 21st century. #YEMSG #Phish #GoIrish
— Mikey Herman (@mikeyherman) January 1, 2016
That -> Piper was smooth as hell. Confidence is high for this Piper, I repeat, confidence is high #YEMSG #Phish
— Jake (@smoothatonalsnd) January 1, 2016
Overheard next to me: "Hey. Now you can woo." #this
— Scott Marks (@bizarchive) January 1, 2016
Acceptable moments of woo
— neddyo (@neddyo) January 1, 2016
@neddyo Can I get a taper's exception to this rule.
— NYCTaper (@nyctaper) January 1, 2016
Twist has turned dark and nasty, lead by the Mike meatballs. #phish
— Jeremy Welsh (@Jwelsh8) January 1, 2016
Suddenly a lot of security around the roped off, tarp covered section 2 #YEMSG
— Jon Landis (@LonJandis) January 1, 2016
New stage setup. #phish #yemsg pic.twitter.com/WqP7hft7lf
— Neo Kewl (@neokewl) January 1, 2016
Guess that's what the cone is for…#YEMSG pic.twitter.com/Yjd0f5QL6o
— Jake (@smoothatonalsnd) January 1, 2016
No Men In No Man's Land pic.twitter.com/CiahdOo1r3
— Scott Marks (@bizarchive) January 1, 2016