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Dec 30, 2022All ShowsFeb 23, 2023

Saturday, December 31, 2022

Madison Square Garden

New York, NY, USA(visit #76 of 100)

2022 NYE Run
67#3 of 4
34Songs
4h 2mLength
81Rarity
#76/100Venue Visit
0Debuts
0Bustouts
10Avg Score

Show Notes

Page teased The Little Drummer Boy in the first Tweezer. Trey teased Super Bad in Weekapaug. The second setbreak music was comprised of songs referencing past Phish New Year's Eve gags. Before the third set began, a barbershop quartet appeared with a singing telegram for Phish. The telegram said that at the stroke of midnight it would be 40 years for Phish and to make a wish. Trey wished he had a time machine so they could do it all again. A cube descended from overhead and a time machine was revealed near Mike. The quartet activated the time machine and the cube played audio and video from past years of Phish. Dancers from various past new year's gags appeared on stage as well as a wombat (from October 31, 2013). The wombat broke the time machine and Ghost began with dancers and characters (like Father Time from December 31, 1999 and the Famous Mockingbird from December 31, 1992) continuing to appear from the band's past performances. Ghost featured Meatstick lyrics sung from the band as well as by dancers in different languages in a nod to December 31, 2010. The first Bohemian Rhapsody since December 31, 1996 (852 shows) featured the Late Show Gospel Choir singing on risers behind the band and Ghost quotes from Page and the choir with subsequent lyrics changed to reference Ghost. The first Jungle Boogie since December 31, 2003 (544 shows) featured the BD Entertainment Marching Band marching band along with the choir. The marching band and choir were also featured in Wilson where a platform above Trey that had appeared for the entire New Year's run descended and the clone that had been lying on the platform rose and was revealed to be a Tom Hanks actor from Cast Away. Inflated Wilson volleyballs were then tossed into the crowd. Only the final verse was sung in Wilson which contained Jungle Boogie quotes and was unfinished. During Auld Lang Syne, Phish briefly stopped playing and ate cake in front of the stage while the marching band and choir continued to perform. Carini featured several dancers in "naked dude" costumes emerging from a birthday cake in front of the stage and dancing and running around with security trying to catch them. The Theme from New York, New York was performed for the first time since December 31, 1997 (774 shows) and featured the naked dude dancers performing a kickline in front of the stage while adding vocals and Trey changing the lyrics to "if I could be naked there." Page teased Tweezer in Caspian. Piper contained Crosseyed quotes. During Tweezer Reprise, the wombat ran and danced across the stage. The post show music was Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, which was a nod to Phish playing their 72nd show at Madison Square Garden, tying Elton John.

Song Era Distribution

23
10

Originals vs Covers

23
11

Set Durations

Set 1
1h 18m
Set 2
1h 10m
Set 3
1h 24m
e
8m

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)
I Am Hydrogen
12 shows (avg 6)
Halley's Comet
4 shows (avg 14)
Wilson
14 shows (avg 7)
Weekapaug Groove
6 shows (avg 4)
Auld Lang Syne
48 shows (avg 83)
Rift
8 shows (avg 7)
Tweezer
6 shows (avg 5)
Tweezer
6 shows (avg 5)
Tweezer
6 shows (avg 5)
Cavern
16 shows (avg 4)
Tweezer Reprise
6 shows (avg 7)
Also Sprach Zarathustra
5 shows (avg 8)
Prince Caspian
18 shows (avg 13)
Waste
8 shows (avg 21)
Crosseyed and Painless
4 shows (avg 37)
Bohemian Rhapsody
930 shows (avg 2067)
Carini
6 shows (avg 16)
Ghost
6 shows (avg 10)
Ghost
6 shows (avg 10)
Piper
7 shows (avg 11)
Theme from New York, New York
846 shows (avg 2067)
First Tube
4 shows (avg 17)
Jungle Boogie
597 shows (avg 2067)
Backwards Down the Number Line
9 shows (avg 17)
Light
11 shows (avg 19)
Kill Devil Falls
5 shows (avg 21)
Show of Life
17 shows (avg 67)
Shade
8 shows (avg 90)
Mercury
12 shows (avg 63)
Set Your Soul Free
4 shows (avg 63)
Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.
5 shows (avg 77)
Drift While You're Sleeping
4 shows (avg 98)
A Life Beyond The Dream
4 shows (avg 109)
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.

Cavern
16
I Am Hydrogen
12
Wilson
14
Weekapaug Groove
6
Prince Caspian
18
Mike's Song
5
Tweezer
6
Tweezer
6
Tweezer
6
Rift
8
Tweezer Reprise
6
Piper
7
Also Sprach Zarathustra
5
Ghost
6
Ghost
6
Light
11
Auld Lang Syne
48
Backwards Down the Number Line
9
Bohemian Rhapsody
930
Theme from New York, New York
846
Waste
8
Carini
6
Jungle Boogie
597
Halley's Comet
4
Show of Life
17
Kill Devil Falls
5
First Tube
4
Mercury
12
Crosseyed and Painless
4
Shade
8
Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.
5
Set Your Soul Free
4
Drift While You're Sleeping
4
A Life Beyond The Dream
4
Recently playedAverage gap →Very overdue

Overdue but SkippedPopular songs that were due

We Are Come to Outlive Our Brains80 shows (avg 23)
Cool Amber and Mercury70 shows (avg 29)
Poor Heart79 shows (avg 34)
The Wedge19 shows (avg 9)
Nellie Kane80 shows (avg 41)
Funky Bitch19 shows (avg 10)
Axilla43 shows (avg 23)
Turtle in the Clouds23 shows (avg 13)

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Phish performed 34 songs at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on December 31, 2022. The show lasted approximately 4 hours and 2 minutes. This was part of the 2022 NYE Run.

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