171Wolfman's BrotherThe jam starts out laid-back and chill, like many "Wolfman's" jams do. A few minutes later, things change as effects are employed by the three non-percussionists. Fish keeps things in check with some mastery behind the kit. Trey's piercing guitar brings the jam out of the muck and into an upbeat, fiery ending before winding back around to the song proper. · 103 BPM
16:33
144Maze136 BPM
9:28
163Leaves152 BPM
10:21
175Life Saving GunblissRetains the song's promise as a set centerpiece. Bending, but not quite breaking new ground, percussive, celebratory play evokes, elementally, "Crosseyed" and "Paug," respectively, hewing that feel-good sound from a score seemingly built to spill into euphoria. · 70 BPM
17:23
158Dirt129 BPM
4:40
129Carini101 BPM
8:37
SET 2MAIN8 TRACKS·1:454 CHARTED
280SandambientSpends little time in the typical "Sand" zone with an early modulation to major and is soon transformed into a dreamy soundscape awash with synths. Over the next several minutes, the jam is gradually shaped by subtly shifting riffs while maintaining its ethereal heading, until a more grounded peaking section emerges in the final minutes. · 123 BPM
19:21
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284Tweezer> from "Sand." As if the band wasn't going to drop a huge version of "Tweezer" at the Sphere. A fun and bouncy jam becomes triumphant around 17:00 with an incendiary Trey peak. Immediately afterward, things slow down and the "Tweezer" riff emerges. What follows is must-hear as the band has an extended outro, staying within the bounds of "Tweezer" until it has been fully deconstructed. The deconstruction eventually -> into "My Friend, My Friend." · 108 BPM
25:22
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267My Friend, My Frienddark-> from an old-school "Tweezer" outro (the true highlight, here), Trey once again >'s from "MFMF" to lead the band through a winding, droning passage of pleasant, somewhat discordant doom rock. · 96 BPM
9:44
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245Mike's Song108 BPM
8:16
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290LifeboyThe closing instrumental is uniquely expanded and varied in this wonderfully heartening version. · 118 BPM
10:05
234Weekapaug Groove72 BPM
6:23
237Blaze On108 BPM
9:39
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243Fluffhead99 BPM
16:13
SET eMAIN2 TRACKS·0:161 CHARTED
e82FarmhouseAn otherwise standard and delicately-played version is distinguished by Trey's usage of acoustic guitar in the intro and outro, taking full advantage of the Sphere's dynamic bevy of sonic accoutrements. · 144 BPM
<p>The band took the stage while the pre-show electronic music continued. During Back on the Train, psychedelic images of passing countryside were displayed behind and above the band, rotating in opposite directions in different sections of the dome. Trey teased Mercy, Mercy, Mercy in Wolfman's Brother. During Maze, psychedelic live images of each band member appeared, stacked on top of each other. These images then fragmented and spread out, dancing and turning throughout the jam. During Leaves, several giant paper lanterns appeared, flanking the stage, while the dome showed a multitude of paper lanterns floating over water, with the moon shining above. During Life Saving Gun, the dome displayed stacks of old-style televisions with rabbit ears, with each television showing a live shot of one of the band members. These TVs moved and rotated as the jam progressed. After the song, Trey said that he "loves any song with a Jon Fishman percussion rinse," and told the crowd they should see the Sphere from the stage. During Dirt, the dome showed a forest view, looking upwards through trees at a purple-hued sky. During Tweezer, a field of multi-colored cars appeared behind the band, changing in size and shape and with their headlights blinking on and off in patterns, while other cars drove past overhead. My Friend, My Friend included live spotlight silhouettes of the band members projected across the entire dome and Egg in a Hole quotes from Mike and did not contain the "Myfe" ending. The projections during Mike's Song made it seem as if the venue was outdoors, with the band playing in front of a body of water with a rotating sculpture on the far shore. During Lifeboy, the sun went down and a number of other rotating sculptures lit up in the sky, creating a golden star-scape. The sun then rose again during Weekapaug. Blaze On's lyrics were changed to "dancing in the Sphere." Farmhouse began and ended with Trey on acoustic guitar, as well as images of a farmhouse in a field under a night sky filled with stars and aurorae. This show was connected to the other three with each night's setlist tied into a state of matter. This performance's matter type was solid.</p>
By the numbers8 STATS
RUNTIME3h 30mwith break
LONGEST25:22TWEEZER
SHORTEST4:40DIRT
AVG SONG11:43across 18
JAM CHRT7charted
SEGUES50.28 per song
DEBUTS0no firsts
JAM TIME11%of 211 min
SONG DURATIONS · 18 IN ORDER0–26 MIN
TWEEZER 25:22
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