Gallery: Phish @ Super Ball IX

Watkins Glen, NY

Phish: Fri, Jul 01, 2011
Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY

Set 1: Possum, Peaches en Regalia, The Moma Dance, Torn and Frayed > NICU > Bathtub Gin, Life on Mars?, My Friend, My Friend, Wolfman’s Brother, Roses Are Free > Funky Bitch, Quinn the Eskimo

Set 2: Jam > Crosseyed and Painless -> Chalk Dust Torture, Sand > The Wedge, Mike’s Song >Simple^[1] > Bug, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Weekapaug Groove > Joy > Character Zero

Encore: Show of Life

[1] Third Stone from the Sun teases

Notes: This was the first of the three-show SuperBall IX festival. Life on Mars? was played for the first time since 2/15/03 (175 shows).

Phish: Sat, Jul 02, 2011
Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY

Set 1: Tube, Kill Devil Falls > Ocelot, Lawn Boy, The Divided Sky, Boogie On Reggae Woman >Camel Walk, Cities > Poor Heart > 46 Days > Suskind Hotel^[1], When the Circus Comes, Timber (Jerry) > Back on the Train > Suzy Greenberg, Monkey Man^[1]

Set 2: Runaway Jim^[2] > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Axilla > Birds of a Feather, Stash,Sample in a Jar, Heavy Things > Horn > It’s Ice > The Mango Song > Rift > Scents and Subtle Sounds > Run Like an Antelope

Set 3: Golden Age > Prince Caspian > Piper > Tweezer^[3] > Julius > Backwards Down the Number Line > Twist > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Harry Hood > Cavern > Golgi Apparatus > A Day in the Life

Encore: Loving Cup, Tweezer Reprise

Encore 2: Storage Jam, Sleeping Monkey

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Introductions of Runaway Jim 5K winners.
[3] Scents and Subtle Sounds teases from Mike.

Notes: This was the second of the three-show SuperBall IX festival. This gig featured the Phish debuts of Suskind Hotel and Monkey Man. Runaway Jim included introductions and trophy awards for the winners of the Runaway Jim 5K road race held earlier in the day. The first Secret Language of 3.0 was a Simpsons Signal after BOAF. Tweezer contained Scents and Subtle Sounds teases from Mike.

Phish: Sun, Jul 03, 2011
Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY

Set 1: Soul Shakedown Party, AC/DC Bag > The Curtain > Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Destiny Unbound > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars^[1] > Wilson > Mound, A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, Time Loves a Hero, Reba^[2] -> David Bowie

Set 2: Big Balls^[3] > Down with Disease^[4] -> No Quarter > Party Time, Ghost > Gotta Jibboo > Light,Waves > What’s the Use?, Meatstick^[5] > Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, The Star Spangled Banner

Encore: First Tube

[1] Theme from Leave it to Beaver tease from Mike.
[2] Dave’s Energy Guide tease.
[3] Phish debut
[4] Unfinished.
[5] Japanese lyrics.

Notes: This show was the third of the three-show Super Ball IX festival. The Curtain was played for the first time since September 9, 2000 (202 shows). The narration preceding Mockingbird, (the first since September 30, 2000 (188 shows)), referenced the previous night’s fourth set Storage Jam and explained that all of SBIX was merely a mental projection of a reality that the band created in 1988 on their way to Colorado. Mike teased the theme from Leave it to Beaver during BBFCFM. Reba contained Dave’s Energy Guide teases. The setbreak featured All-American themed music. This show featured the Phish debut of Big Balls. Disease was unfinished. Meatstick included Japanese lyrics. Before the encore, Trey thanked each of the crew, management and artists who helped make Super Ball IX happen. First Tube was followed by fireworks.