Phish returns to the road tonight with the first of three nights at Hampton Coliseum in Virginia. We’ll be following along with the setlist as it rolls in and collecting some of our favorite tweets as they hit the internets.
Phish @ Hampton Coliseum, Night One (10/18/13)
Set I: Wolfman’s Brother, Runaway Jim, Mound, Chalk Dust Torture, Army of One, Nellie Kane, Stash, Ocelot, Rift, Bouncing Around the Room, Walls of the Cave
Set II: Twist > Free > Roggae, Sparkle > Cavern > Carini > Backwards Down the Number Line, Twenty Years Later, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Run Like an Antelope[1]
Encore: When the Circus Comes > Suzy Greenburg
[1] Drill solo by Mike; “Mike-O Esquandolas” lyric.
[Setlist via Phish.net]
Official LivePhish.com Video: “Carini”
Notes from the sideline:
– Trey was back on the Ocedoc guitar last night; we had a guitarist with us on couch tour that wanted the Summer Tour tone back.
– There was more than a few teases for “The Mango Song” in the first set in between songs; Mike seemed intent on playing it and it never made an appearance.
– “Stash” featured a funny and odd ending that sorta fell short, and right away the band acknowledged it. Trey said something to the effect of “Page thought that was great up until the last note…” — “I think that was Fish’s fault” — so then re-did the ending and had a laugh.
– “Walls of the Cave” did not feature the WOOSH noise that Cactus used to deliver when they did the song in 2.0. I’m fairly confident it has not made a 3.0 appearance yet. #TheWrongWay
– Besides “Twist” — there were no WOO’s last night. Cactus began “Twist” by drumming on his fight bell.
– “Carini” was the first moment where things really stretched out and got into some Type II, but the “Twist > Free > Roggae” segment was “beautiful Phish” at its finest.
– “Run Like an Antelope” seemed a little rushed at times; I’m fairly certain they entered the second part of the song prematurely (even throwing Kuroda off) — but then Trey took a moment to mention Mike’s amazing shoes. They were glowing like they were under blacklights. Hilarious Phish-y moment, considering then that Mike got a solo with a drill — he took an electric drill, played 8 bars or so of buzzy noises, then set it down and they finished off “Antelope” with the “Mike-O Esquandolas” lyrics.
Tweets from the show
Some inventive signs tonight. #phish pic.twitter.com/NPjZbgN5Wh
— Mike Hanley (@tourphish) October 18, 2013
Show time pic.twitter.com/uvznlvZEkB
— Mike Gordon (@mike_gordon) October 18, 2013
Phish any minute now. First fall tour in years. Jitters on #couchtour?
— Bryant Weathers (@BryantWeathers) October 19, 2013
I’ll be live tweeting an alternate set list that isn’t actually happening. #phish #couchtour
— ericwyman (@ericwyman) October 19, 2013
We have liftoff at the mothership. It's the Wolfman's Brother #PhishFall2013 #phish
— Dusty Howe (@itsmysole) October 19, 2013
Just saw Kuroda tweet Dan Kanter of The Bieber Experience asking him where he's at for the #Phish show. Someone kill me.
— Sean Faulkner® (@Phaulkner) October 19, 2013
Trey back on the Ocedoc as well. #phish #couchtour
— Brandon (@Wiscobrando) October 19, 2013
Hey if they're gonna butcher it, banter works
— Scott Marks (@bizarchive) October 19, 2013
Fish must be pissed about the ribbing. He's going off!
— TWoL (@ThisWeekonLot) October 19, 2013
"Someday you'll fold laundry at home while watching a live PH show from 100's of miles away" – time traveler me to awestruck 18-year-old me
— neddyo (@neddyo) October 19, 2013
"@Phishpics: Rift ending. @yemblog #phish pic.twitter.com/PXb0gPKIl0" this is why you go to a phish show
— Jake P (@granitejokes) October 19, 2013
Woo!
— TWoL (@ThisWeekonLot) October 19, 2013
Not quite clear on why @mikesshoes has not tweeted yet.
— Guy Forget (@GuyForgetOPT) October 19, 2013
Really great, minimalist jam space out of Twist to open the set. #phish #hampton1
— Ben Bunting (@locke456) October 19, 2013
Roggae is like my second, non-human girlfriend. #phish #hampton1
— Ben Bunting (@locke456) October 19, 2013
@jadedvet is this a mid second set Cavern? Sparkle through my timing off.
— Charlie D (@cdirksen) October 19, 2013
Last night in Hampton pic.twitter.com/M5RWxgjT3b
— Phish: From The Road (@Phish_FTR) October 19, 2013