On Monday night in NYC, Phish orchestrated yet another memorable New Year’s Eve performance to cap off 2018 and mark their 60th show at the
When images of shiny silver balloons surfaced on social media earlier in the weekend, fans naturally began drawing conclusions about the annual New Year’s gag. The fast-moving element of mercury has crept its way into not one, but two different Phish songs with “Cool Amber and Mercury” as well as “Mercury”, which made fans accurately guess one of these two songs would be featured in the third set. With Anastasio and Gordon clad in silver jumpsuits, it was clear that The Garden was about to blast off, as Phish opened up their third set with “Mercury”.
As Fishman hopped from behind his kit to the Marimba Lumina, ten performers were lifted into the air wrapped in elongated silver
For the 12th time at Madison Square Garden, Phish flipped to a new calendar year with the traditional “Auld Lang Syne”, as a deluge of silver balloons and enormous shiny streamers—like the ones attached to the acrobats—fell from the ceiling. The four-piece then charged forward with Kasvot Växt
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Phish – “Mercury” > “Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S”
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We also wanted to share an incredible fan-shot time lapse of New Year’s spectacle that captures the magic of this year’s Mercury/S.A.N.T.O.S. gag. Check it out below:
Setlist: Phish | Madison Square Garden | New York, NY | 12/31/2018
Set One: The Moma Dance, Stray Dog, 555, Sand, Lawn Boy, Steam > Chalk Dust Torture > What’s the Use? > Play by Play, Waste, Ass Handed, Run Like an Antelope
Set Two: Down with Disease > Farmhouse > Seven Below > Twist > Harry Hood > Passing Through, Harry Hood
Set Three: Mercury > Auld Lang Syne, Say it to Me S.A.N.T.O.S., Simple, Saw It Again > Limb By Limb > Rock and Roll > Suzy Greenberg
Encore: The Lizards, Character Zero