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Monday, December 31, 2012

Madison Square Garden

New York, NY, USA(visit #27 of 100)

2012 NYE Run
62#3 of 4
30Songs
3h 30mLength
67Rarity
#27/100Venue Visit
2Debuts
0Bustouts
8Avg Score

Show Notes

This show featured the floor and stage covered with artificial turf (numerous plants also dotted the stage). Prior to the show, actors played garden sports including croquet, badminton, and mini-golf, while a few more "sunbathed" on a riser behind the stage. During the first setbreak, golfers came on stage and hit soft golf balls into the crowd.  Light contained an Auld Lang Syne tease.  You Enjoy Myself contained a Birds of a Feather tease.  Trey, Page and Mike came out for the third set in golf carts and began hitting golf balls into the crowd. Fish then arrived on a golf cart wearing donut pants and shirt, an argyle vest, and a golf hat.  Golf carts were brought back on stage during Kung, then began racing past the stage periodically during Chalk Dust. During the Chalk Dust jam, golfers began getting out of the carts, hitting balls into the crowd and dancing on stage.  One of the golfers did the New Year's countdown from on top of a cart.  Auld Lang Syne was accompanied by balloons dropping from the ceiling and ping pong balls fired from cannons.  Tweezer Reprise featured Carrie Manolakos on vocals and a number of backup singers. The remainder of the third set and encore featured song titles focusing on a golf theme. Wilson was preceded by an animated Wilson golf ball on the venue's jumbotrons. Iron Man was preceded by Page coming to the front of the stage to wish the crowd Happy New Year and reference the start of the 30th year of Phish. In an apparent reference to Bob Hope, Page wore a blazer, USS Nimitz ball cap and carried a golf club. Driver was stopped and restarted.This show featured the Phish debuts of Garden Party and Fly Like an Eagle, the first full Phish performance of Iron Man (which was last played December 31, 2003, or 192 shows), and the first ever a cappella Lawn Boy.

Song Era Distribution

24
5

Originals vs Covers

21
9

Set Durations

Set 1
1h 10m
Set 2
1h 8m
Set 3
58m
e
12m

Setlist Fingerprint

Each block is a song. Color = how overdue it was. Brighter = bigger gap relative to average.

Mike's Song
5 shows (avg 4)
You Enjoy Myself
6 shows (avg 3)
Possum
4 shows (avg 3)
Wilson
7 shows (avg 7)
Weekapaug Groove
5 shows (avg 4)
Walk Away
8 shows (avg 21)
Kung
17 shows (avg 51)
Lawn Boy
11 shows (avg 9)
Auld Lang Syne
37 shows (avg 104)
Rift
4 shows (avg 7)
Tweezer Reprise
5 shows (avg 7)
Chalk Dust Torture
6 shows (avg 4)
The Horse
5 shows (avg 11)
Silent in the Morning
5 shows (avg 11)
The Wedge
5 shows (avg 28)
Sample in a Jar
4 shows (avg 6)
Also Sprach Zarathustra
8 shows (avg 9)
Character Zero
4 shows (avg 11)
Ghost
4 shows (avg 15)
Piper
4 shows (avg 13)
Roses Are Free
5 shows (avg 48)
Birds of a Feather
7 shows (avg 22)
Driver
17 shows (avg 54)
Sand
4 shows (avg 31)
Iron Man
202 shows (avg 1672)
Light
5 shows (avg 40)
Alaska
6 shows (avg 58)
Party Time
13 shows (avg 119)
Garden Party
Debut
Fly Like an Eagle
Debut
Fresh
On time
Slightly overdue
Overdue
Very overdue
Debut

Gap Analysis

Each bar shows how many shows since the song was last played, relative to its average gap. Bar extends past the center line = overdue.

Garden Party
DEBUT
Fly Like an Eagle
DEBUT
You Enjoy Myself
6
Chalk Dust Torture
6
Possum
4
Mike's Song
5
Weekapaug Groove
5
Lawn Boy
11
Wilson
7
Also Sprach Zarathustra
8
Tweezer Reprise
5
Sample in a Jar
4
Rift
4
The Horse
5
Silent in the Morning
5
Walk Away
8
Character Zero
4
Auld Lang Syne
37
Kung
17
Birds of a Feather
7
Driver
17
Piper
4
Ghost
4
The Wedge
5
Sand
4
Light
5
Iron Man
202
Party Time
13
Roses Are Free
5
Alaska
6
Recently playedAverage gap →Very overdue

Overdue but SkippedPopular songs that were due

Time Turns Elastic86 shows (avg 11)
Let Me Lie103 shows (avg 20)
Train Song101 shows (avg 23)
Water in the Sky30 shows (avg 11)
Brian and Robert66 shows (avg 26)
It's Ice33 shows (avg 14)
Makisupa Policeman35 shows (avg 15)
I Am Hydrogen21 shows (avg 9)

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Phish performed 30 songs at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on December 31, 2012. The show lasted approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes. This show featured 2 song debuts. This was part of the 2012 NYE Run.

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