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
https://twitter.com/thegratefulone/status/490280065049952257
Hey look who's on lot… pic.twitter.com/W8R0RXaiN5
— PhishatMSG (@PhishatMSG) July 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/thegratefulone/status/490278940032761856
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
— Kendrick Ya Mar (@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
https://twitter.com/robmitchum/status/490327758010986496
@thephunion it's not a terrible idea!
— Tom Marshall (@TomMarshall111) July 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/MikeHamad/status/490331318127845378
WHOA! Segues into Halleys cleanly. A+
— Hot Takes Today Only (@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
— PeteLikesPhish (@PeteLikesPhish) July 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/Tweeprise/status/490336401355837440
https://twitter.com/pzerbo/status/490336943746867200
https://twitter.com/MikeHamad/status/490337862882050049
billy joel just played a 36m48sec tweezer across town
— LazyLightning55 (@LazyLightning55) July 19, 2014
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