Friday, 12/29/1989
23 East Caberet, Ardmore, PA
Set 1: Rhombus Narration > Divided Sky, Ya Mar, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag > The Lizards, Lawn Boy, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Notes: This setlist is incomplete. The opening act was The Modern Beatniks.
1989.12.29 - 23 East Cabaret - YouTube
Saturday, 12/29/1990
Campus Club, Providence, RI
Set 1: I Didn't Know > Llama, You Enjoy Myself, Esther > David Bowie, Lawn Boy, Rocky Top, Horn > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg
Set 2: Buried Alive > Runaway Jim, The Lizards, Cavern, Stash, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Dinner and a Movie > Bouncing Around the Room, Destiny Unbound, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Donna Lee, AC/DC Bag
Notes: The YEM vocal jam featured Fishman reciting the lyrics to Setting Sail.
1990.12.29 - Campus Club - YouTube
Tuesday, 12/29/1992
Palace Theatre, New Haven, CT
Soundcheck: Diamond Girl, Punch You in the Eye
Set 1: Funky Bitch, Runaway Jim > Guelah Papyrus, Llama, My Friend, My Friend, Divided Sky, Wilson > Uncle Pen, Stash, Tela > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg
Set 2: The Curtain > Tweezer > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > My Sweet One > Big Ball Jam, Fast Enough for You > All Things Reconsidered, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Big Ball Jam, Carolina, Rocky Top
Notes: Wilson included Simpsons, Random Note, and Aw ****! signals played over a jazzy interlude. Tweezer included Rhapsody in Blue and Donna Lee teases as well as a brief PYITE tease. Mike’s Song included On Broadway and Blue Bayou (with All Fall Down signal) teases. Mike again teased Blue Bayou during the Weekapaug opening. Terrapin was the slowest version ever, according to Trey’s commentary at the show. It included Fishman introducing the band with various slow-related nicknames. The second Big Ball Jam and Carolina were performed without microphones. The second Big Ball Jam was also an a cappella version. The soundcheck's Diamond Girl was performed with the Dude of Life.
1992.12.29 - Palace Theatre - YouTube
Wednesday, 12/29/1993
New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT
Soundcheck: Reggae Jam, Nellie Kane
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Peaches en Regalia, Foam, Glide > Divided Sky, Wilson > Sparkle > Stash, The Squirming Coil
Set 2: Maze, Bouncing Around the Room > Fluffhead > Run Like an Antelope > Contact > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars -> Walk Away > Big Ball Jam, Hold Your Head Up > If I Only Had a Brain > Hold Your Head Up, Sweet Adeline, Chalk Dust Torture
Encore: Nellie Kane > Cavern
Notes: Glide included a Simpsons signal and BBFCFM was unfinished. Wilson contained a Purple Haze tease from Trey. Stash included a jam akin to the sound of a television newscast, complete with vocal quotes from Trey referencing news personality Connie Chung. Fishman introduced Brain by talking about his new haircut.
1993.12.29 - New Haven Coliseum - YouTube
Thursday, 12/29/1994
Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch
Set 1: Runaway Jim -> Foam, If I Could, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Uncle Pen, I Didn't Know, Possum
Set 2: Guyute, Digital Delay Loop Jam -> David Bowie, Halley's Comet > The Lizards, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Good Times Bad Times
Encore: My Long Journey Home, Sleeping Monkey
Notes: Unlike many Runaway Jim and Foam combos, the opening to this show contained an actual segue between the two songs. Runaway Jim and Possum included Dueling Banjos teases. Possum also included an L.A. Woman tease. Before Guyute, Trey teased Spill the Wine. This epic Bowie, which times out at nearly 34 minutes, included whistling and a “Lassie” chant, a brief 2001 tease from Mike, and a whistled tease of Fishin' Hole. GTBT included Heartbreaker and Stairway to Heaven teases. My Long Journey Home was performed acoustic. This show was officially released as Live Phish 20.
1994.12.29 - Providence Civic Center - YouTube
Friday, 12/29/1995
Worcester Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA
Set 1: My Friend, My Friend > Poor Heart > Down with Disease > Taste That Surrounds > NICU > Stash, Fluffhead, Llama, Sweet Adeline
Set 2: Makisupa Policeman > Cars Trucks Buses, Bathtub Gin -> The Real Me -> Bathtub Gin -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars > Jam -> La Grange, Bouncing Around the Room, Fire
Encore: Golgi Apparatus
Notes: The Jam was a bass duet featuring Mike and his bass instructor, Jim Stinnett, as well as teases of Keep it Greasy and Bach’s 6th Brandenburg Concerto (better known as the theme to Masterpiece Theatre). La Grange made its first appearance since August 14, 1993 (215 shows).
1995.12.29 - Worcester Centrum Centre - YouTube
Sunday, 12/29/1996
CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
Set 1: Poor Heart > Caravan > Cavern > Taste, Guelah Papyrus, Train Song, Rift > Free, The Squirming Coil, La Grange
Set 2: David Bowie, A Day in the Life, Bathtub Gin -> The Lizards, You Enjoy Myself -> Rotation Jam > Sixteen Candles > You Enjoy Myself, Harpua -> Champagne Supernova -> Harpua
Encore: Rocky Top
Notes: Squirming Coil contained a Sesame Street theme tease from Page. Mike performed the Phish debut of Sixteen Candles solo on piano. Tom Marshall contributed the vocals to the Phish debut of Champagne Supernova as Harpua, Poster, and Jimmy were confronted by the “Über Demon” and the “evil sound of hell.” This show featured the breakout of Caravan, which had been shelved since December 2, 1994 (160 shows).
1996.12.29 - Corestates Spectrum - YouTube
Monday, 12/29/1997
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Set 1: NICU > Golgi Apparatus > Crossroads, Cars Trucks Buses, Train Song, Theme From the Bottom > Fluffhead, Dirt, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Down with Disease -> David Bowie > Possum, Tube, You Enjoy Myself
Encore: Good Times Bad Times
Notes: Disease was unfinished. Bowie included Antelope-esque jamming and a tease from Mike of the Theme from James Bond. Possum contained a Can’t Turn You Loose jam, which was briefly reprised after the song and teased by Page in YEM. Tube featured an I Feel the Earth Move tease. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch featured Trey on vocals.
1997.12.29 - Madison Square Garden - YouTube
Tuesday, 12/29/1998
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Set 1: Rock and Roll > Funky Bitch > Punch You In the Eye > Horn, Ginseng Sullivan, Split Open and Melt, Brian and Robert, Guyute, My Soul, Free Bird
Set 2: Free > Limb By Limb > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Boogie On Reggae Woman, You Enjoy Myself
Encore: Divided Sky
Notes: 2001 included Crosseyed and Painless teases. For this show, the dancers on-stage were dressed as flowers, with one dressed as a turkey.
1998.12.29 - Madison Square Garden - YouTube
Wednesday, 12/29/1999
Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, Big Cypress, FL
Set 1: Jam, What's the Use?, Ginseng Sullivan, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Quinn the Eskimo, Timber (Jerry), Jam
Notes: This was the soundcheck for the Big Cypress celebration.
1999.12.29 - Big Cypress - Soundcheck - YouTube
Monday, 12/29/2003
American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL
Set 1: Piper, Foam, Anything But Me, Limb By Limb, Wolfman's Brother, Poor Heart, Cavern
Set 2: Rock and Roll -> Twist -> Boogie On Reggae Woman -> Ghost -> Free, Divided Sky, Good Times Bad Times
Encore: Waste
Encore 2: The Squirming Coil
Notes: Piper was preceded by Jibboo and On Broadway teases. Free included a guitar and bass duet jam. A lengthy audience ovation followed Free.
2003.12.29 - American Airlines Arena - YouTube
Tuesday, 12/29/2009
American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL
Set 1: Golgi Apparatus, Maze, Driver, The Connection, Wolfman's Brother, Ocelot, Reba, Access Me, Divided Sky, Cavern
Set 2: Kill Devil Falls > Tweezer > Prince Caspian > Gotta Jibboo > Wilson -> Gotta Jibboo -> Heavy Things > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise
Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending.
2009.12.29 - American Airlines Arena - YouTube
Thursday, 12/29/2011
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Set 1: The Sloth, You Enjoy Myself, Back on the Train, The Moma Dance, Funky Bitch, Maze, Roses Are Free, Halley's Comet > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Crosseyed and Painless > Simple -> Lifeboy > Guyute, Mike's Song > Chalk Dust Torture -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Show of Life > Character Zero
Encore: Loving Cup
Notes: Halley's Comet contained a Streets of Cairo tease from Trey. Character Zero contained a Jean Pierre (Miles Davis) tease from Trey and a Rhapsody in Blue tease from Page. The soundcheck's jam contained Smoke on the Water teases.
2011.12.29 - Madison Square Garden - YouTube
