PHISH

Madison Square Garden

New York, NY — December 31, 1998

Set 1

  • 1999
    9:25
  • Mike's Song
    16:07
  • I Am Hydrogen
    3:44
  • Weekapaug Groove
    9:12
  • Ghost
    15:46
  • Ha Ha Ha
    1:42
  • Cavern
    4:43

Set 2

  • NICU
    5:28
  • Character Zero
    7:45
  • Tweezer
    14:35
  • Cities
    8:31
  • Wading in the Velvet Sea
    6:36
  • Run Like an Antelope
    15:24
  • Frankenstein
    5:09

Set 3

  • Runaway Jim
    11:14
  • Auld Lang Syne
    1:44
  • Simple
    18:31
  • Harry Hood
    17:57
  • Tweezer Reprise
    4:18
  • Llama
    4:59
  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps(Encore)
    6:39

Show Notes

Prince’s 1999 made its Phish debut (appropriately) at this show and included dancers on stage and synchronized steps from Trey and Mike, who wound up lying on the stage with the dancers surrounding them. Weekapaug and Runaway Jim subsequently featured 1999 teases; Jim also included Auld Lang Syne teases. Hydrogen contained Albert teases from Trey. For this show, the Holiday Run dancers’ costumes included a devil, a prostitute, and a pimp. The band jammed Runaway Jim until just before the New Year. The dancers reappeared throughout the crowd and handed out thousands of glowrings to the fans just before a grand balloon drop and pyrotechnics display at midnight. The band counted the crowd into the New Year before busting into Auld Lang Syne. While some fans used the glowrings to start a Glowstick War during Hood, others used them to create long chain links of rings spanning the venue from end to end.