http://www.phish.com News from Phish dot com. en-us Phish 2009-11-20T17:27:04-05:00 http://www.phish.com/news/index.php?year=2009#story460 At the end of December, Phish returns to Florida for a four-night run at American Airlines Arena in Miami, including a three-set New Year's Eve... Everything Phish Phish 2009-11-10T00:00:00-08:00
At the end of December, Phish returns to Florida for a four-night run at American Airlines Arena in Miami, including a three-set New Year's Eve show. The shows are the band's first performances in Florida since 2003.

The dates are as follows:

12/28 American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL
12/29 American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL
12/30 American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL
12/31 American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL

A limited number of tickets for all four shows are available directly through Phish Tickets’ online ticketing system at http://phish.portals.musictoday.com/ . The ticket request period is currently underway and will end Sunday, November 15th at 11:59pm EST. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Saturday, November 21st at 10:00am EST.

A very limited number of tickets are still available for Phish’s fall tour, which kicks off next week at Detroit’s Cobo Arena on November 18th. See below for details.

PHISH FALL TOUR 2009

11.18.09 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI - Limited Tickets Available
11.20.09 U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH - Limited Tickets Available
11.21.09 U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH - Limited Tickets Available
11.22.09 War Memorial at Oncenter , Syracuse, NY - SOLD OUT
11.24.09 Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA - Limited Tickets Available
11.25.09 Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA - SOLD OUT
11.27.09 Times Union Center, Albany, NY - SOLD OUT
11.28.09 Times Union Center, Albany, NY - SOLD OUT
11.29.09 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME - SOLD OUT
12.02.09 Madison Square Garden , New York, NY - SOLD OUT
12.03.09 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - SOLD OUT
12.04.09 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - SOLD OUT
12.05.09 John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA - SOLD OUT]]> http://www.phish.com/news/index.php?year=2009#story457 We're excited to announce Phish's 2009 Fall Tour, beginning November 18th in Detroit, MI and ending December 5th in Charlottesville, VA. Stops along the way... Everything Phish Phish 2009-10-09T00:00:00-08:00
We're excited to announce Phish's 2009 Fall Tour, beginning November 18th in Detroit, MI and ending December 5th in Charlottesville, VA. Stops along the way include a few double-headers in Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Albany, and 3-night return to Madison Square Garden in New York, NY.

A limited number of tickets are available directly through Phish Tickets' online ticketing system at http://phish.portals.musictoday.com . The ticket request period is currently underway and will end Friday, October 16th at 5:00pm EST.

Tickets go on sale to the public beginning Friday, October 23rd, with additional dates going on sale Saturday, October 24th. For full show and ticketing information, please visit the Tourdates page at Phish.com.

PHISH FALL TOUR 2009

11.18.09 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI
11.20.09 U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH
11.21.09 U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH
11.22.09 War Memorial at Oncenter , Syracuse, NY
11.24.09 Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
11.25.09 Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
11.27.09 Times Union Center, Albany, NY
11.28.09 Times Union Center, Albany, NY
11.29.09 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME
12.02.09 Madison Square Garden , New York, NY
12.03.09 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
12.04.09 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
12.05.09 John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA
]]> http://www.phish.com/news/index.php?year=2009#story458 Public on sale dates for Phish's 3-night Madison Square Garden run, and 2-night Cincinnati run have been changed, so be sure to take note. Tickets... Everything Phish Phish 2009-10-15T00:00:00-08:00
A limited number of tickets for ALL 2009 Fall Tour date are available directly through Phish Tickets' online ticketing system at http://phish.portals.musictoday.com . The ticket request period is currently underway and will end tomorrow, Friday, October 16th at 5:00pm EST.

For full show and ticketing information, click here.
]]> http://www.phish.com/news/index.php?year=2009#story459 Team Phish has spent much time in the Coachella Valley as of late, so much that folks in Indio have been referring to the Empire... Everything Phish Phish 2009-10-16T00:00:00-08:00
Team Phish has spent much time in the Coachella Valley as of late, so much that folks in Indio have been referring to the Empire Polo Club as "Little Vermont." They also call raisins "sun grapes," which is just weird.

Seriously though, within the next week, the planning and mapmaking and drawing of the past several months gives way to building and transforming the site, at last, into Festival 8. Back on the East Coast, the band is deep in rehearsals; working on the Halloween Set, as well as the Acoustic set planned for Sunday morning at the festival.

While there are far too many great elements in the works for the festival to share in this space, we'll highlight a few of them here:

THE OVERLOOK + THE COIL - Right at the entrance to the concert field is an elevated area partially covered by spectacular Olympic Peak Tents that looks out onto the lush concert field. Here at the Overlook you'll get the chance to enjoy a particularly bloody mary at the Bloody Mary Bar, a movie area showing vintage Halloween classics, archival Phish video, (not to mention The World Series and NFL games), a massive 100 foot Ferris Wheel and an internet cafe (though wi-fi will be provided throughout the site). The Overlook will be opened from 8 am to 2 am each day of the festival, and will also be open Thursday, October 29, beginning after Soundcheck. Between The Overlook and the stage you'll find The Coil, a large swirled structure where Festival 8 turns and returns, host to multiple art installations and interactive works galore. When the sun goes down, look on the outskirts of The Coil for an explosive group of fire artists bringing the HEAT (that has TWO meanings!).

THE HOUSE OF LIVE PHISH - It's back for Festival 8 with a nice twist. Get out of the heat, the House Of Live Phish will be air conditioned! Think you can do a better job mixing Phish? The House will feature mix-your-own-track stations complete with skilled instructors from ProMedia, and you'll be able to re-mix tracks from this Summer's Tour while drinking a Shasta (Wait, scratch that last part -- Shasta's just pulled out). Final racks will be uploaded to a blog at livephish.com for everyone's listening pleasure.

Also, everyone who visits the House of Live Phish will receive a free card redeemable for a Live Phish Summer 09 Sampler. Download and burn your own sampler onto CD using a Mac from our buddies at Small Dog Electronics in Vermont, or just enjoy listening to any of the songs at LivePhish.com on a Sonos listening station.

We're also making each show from the weekend available on slotMusic micro SD cards, so that you can grab them on your way out of the concert field and listen back right away. Each card comes with a USB sleeve ensuring interoperability with all computers as well a microSD-enabled mobile phones and MP3 players. Listen to the concert on your way back to your campsite (you will never not be listening to Phish. Get used to it). Stop by the Phish Dry Goods tent for more details.

BEER! CERVEZA! BIER! BIERE! PIVO! BIR! - It seems a little silly to tout that there will be beer for sale at Festival 8. Worthy of mention is there will be over 50 different kinds of beer for sale - microbrews, 'beers of the world', Pabst Blue Ribbon, and our friends at Sierra Nevada have brewed a special pilsner exclusively available at Festival 8 called FOAM.

KURODA KNOWS HOW TO LIGHT A PALM OR TWO OR THREE - In addition to his usual duties behind the console, lighting designer Chris Kuroda is overseeing lighting throughout the site - at the entrances, in The Overlook, on the field. You'll never see a more stunning collection of 140 lit palm trees. That's the Kuroda Promise.

THE RETURN OF THE BUNNY 95.9 FM - Like a zombie in need of nourishing brains, The Bunny is back! Once again, we'll be hopping around all weekend in a little trailer behind the stage, dishing out large quantities of killer music, up-to-the-minute traffic reports, festival updates, insightful interviews from the field, a dangerous triple session of Phish archivist Kevin Shapiro's "From the Archives" shows, frightening late-night freak outs, subliminal messages, Dr. Demento outtakes, sound effects of doors closing, classic Jerky Boys tracks, white noise, Civil War dirges, Jewish fight songs, and of course, live broadcasts of all 8 Phish sets! If you get lost in The Coil or tied up at the Overlook Hotel, have no fear: The Bunny will be there for you, airing 24 hours a day beginning Thursday, October 29 at 10 AM right on through until Monday, November 2 at 10 AM. Now, if you happen to tune in before or after these times and hear a rock-block of Billy Joel, don't be afraid: that's just JACK-FM, the rock station we'll be hijacking for the weekend. So be prepared: bring a boombox! Let The Bunny feed (on) your brain.

EIGHTH ANNUAL SCENT OF A MULE HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT - Got your costume picked out, tent packed, sunscreen, candy small beach towel and anti-grizzly spray ready to go? Well, how's your pitching arm?

We're tickled to announce the Eighth Annual "Scent Of A Mule Horseshoe Pitching Tournament" at Festival 8. Located in the concert field, the horseshoe pitching courts will be open for practice swings on Friday with the tournament taking place on Saturday and Sunday. East Coast vs. West Coast. It's an easy sport to pick up so come and try your luck and get pointers from the good folks from the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association of America.

COFFEE & DONUTS ACOUSTIC. I ATE - A team of physicists have been working on fusing two different spheres of doughy goodness into one coherent form that retains its integrity after an aqueuous sugar coating has been applied. That's right - those Sunday morning donuts will be commemoratively shaped in a figure eight, and glazed. We did it, America!

FESTIVAL CERTIFIED FARMER'S MARKET - On Friday, Saturday and Sunday we'll dish out a Certified Farmer's Market (meaning that all the farmers participating have certification that their produce is in fact grown in California) that will feature organic and transitional produce, honey, cheese, eggs, bread, pumpkins, wheatgrass, fresh cut flowers, nuts, and California-grown olive oil. You haven't lived until you've tried certified, California-grown wheatgrass - let me tell you! Organic coffee, breakfast, and lunch will be available at the cafe located adjacent to the Farmer's Market at the El Dorado Clubhouse.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW - Tickets for Festival 8 are on sale now at http://places.musictoday.com/festival8/. ]]> http://www.phish.com/news/index.php?year=2009#story451 A limited number of tickets at the $80 level have been released to the public for Trey Anastasio's upcoming performance with the New York Philharmonic.... Everything Phish Phish 2009-09-02T00:00:00-08:00
The program will feature classic Phish songs and solo Trey compositions, as well as the New York premiere of Time Turns Elastic, co-composed by Anastasio and long-time collaborator Don Hart. Tickets can be purchased at http://carnegiehall.org or by calling Carnegie Charge at 212-247-7800. Tickets may also be purchased at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, 57th Street at Seventh Avenue. ]]> http://www.phish.com/news/index.php?year=2009#story452 We're less than a week away from the release of Joy, Phish's eleventh studio album, and first in five years, which will be in stores... Everything Phish Phish 2009-09-03T00:00:00-08:00
We're less than a week away from the release of Joy, Phish's eleventh studio album, and first in five years, which will be in stores THIS TUESDAY, September 8th!

Joy is available on CD, and also as part of the Joy Box, a Limited Edition deluxe version and on 180 gram vinyl. The super deluxe Joy Box, which is available only at Phish Dry Goods, includes a complete second album entitled Party Time, a hard-bound book, posters, and live DVD.

The DVD features live performances from the first half of Phish's summer 2009 tour - including footage from the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival and the Summer Tour's opening show at Fenway Park in Boston with fully remixed (from the band's multitrack recordings) and mastered audio.

Joy: THE DVD (from Joy Box)

1. Time Turns Elastic (16:34) - 5/31/09 Boston, MA
2. Sugar Shack (4:52) - 6/7/09 Camden, NJ
3. Joy (5:08) - 6/7/09 Camden, NJ
4. Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan (5:03) - 6/12/09 Manchester, TN
5. Alaska (7:37) - 6/12/09 Manchester, TN
6. Light (12:30) - 6/14/09 Manchester, TN
7. Ocelot (9:32) - 6/19/09 Noblesville, IN
8. Backwards Down The Number Line (7:44) - 6/19/09 Noblesville, IN
9. Kill Devil Falls (8:09) - 6/20/09 East Troy, WI

The Joy Box will ship in early October, but you can pre-order today. Since this box will not ship until after the album's release date, everyone who pre-orders the Joy Box by this Monday, September 7th at 4PM ET will receive a free MP3 download of the entire album (10 tracks) on the September 8th release date.]]> http://www.phish.com/news/index.php?year=2009#story453 Tune into NPR's Morning Edition tomorrow, Friday, September 4th for a feature on Phish, which will include new interviews with Trey and Page. To find... Everything Phish Phish 2009-09-03T00:00:00-08:00
Tune into NPR's Morning Edition tomorrow, Friday, September 4th for a feature on Phish, which will include new interviews with Trey and Page. To find your local NPR member station, please visit http://www.npr.org

Last week, Phish's "Backwards Down The Number Line" from Joy was featured as NPR's Song Of The Day. If you missed it, you can re-listen here. ]]> http://www.phish.com/news/index.php?year=2009#story454 You can stream Joy in its entirety now at http://www.myspace.com/phish[Phish's MySpace] page. Joy, Phish's eleventh studio album, and first in five years is available... Everything Phish Phish 2009-09-03T00:00:00-08:00 Phish's MySpace page. Joy, Phish's eleventh studio album, and first in five years is available for pre-order now at Phish Dry Goods and will be in stores this Tuesday, September 8th.]]> http://www.phish.com/news/index.php?year=2009#story455 We are pleased to announce the performance schedule for Festival 8, which will include Phish's first full-length acoustic set. The set will take place at... Everything Phish Phish 2009-09-24T00:00:00-08:00
We are pleased to announce the performance schedule for Festival 8, which will include Phish's first full-length acoustic set. The set will take place at the crack of noon on Sunday morning. Coffee and donuts will be served.

OFFICIAL FESTIVAL 8 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

FRIDAY (10/30)

4:00PM Concert field opens
7:30PM Set 1
10:00PM Set 2

SATURDAY (10/31)

12:00PM Concert field opens
3:00PM Set 1
7:30PM The Halloween Set
10:00PM Set 3

SUNDAY (11/01)

10:00AM Concert field opens
12:00PM Acoustic Set
5:30PM Set 2
8:30PM Set 3

With lush green fields and palm trees, and surrounded by vistas of California's majestic Santa Rosa mountains, the festival site is simply breathtaking. The band will play eight sets over the course of three days, and as with all past Phish festivals, fans will enjoy on-site camping, numerous attractions and art installations throughout the weekend.

Tickets are ON SALE NOW at http://places.musictoday.com/festival8/]]> http://www.phish.com/news/index.php?year=2009#story456 Join The WaterWheel Foundation in attaining at total of 8,000 hours of volunteer service and be entered to win some great prizes at Festival 8. It's... Everything Phish Phish 2009-09-25T00:00:00-08:00
Join The WaterWheel Foundation in attaining at total of 8,000 hours of volunteer service and be entered to win some great prizes at Festival 8.

It's easy, just choose to volunteer for a total of 8 hours at a non-profit in your community before the start of the festival. That can mean joining a beach or park clean up for a day, spending a few hours on the weekend lending a hand at your local school, youth club or library, or spending a few afternoons at your local food bank. It's your choice. Then all you have to do is download the official form and fill it out.

Present the form at The WaterWheel tent at Festival 8 and receive a scoop of Ben & Jerry's Phish Food, a download code for a LivePhish.com summer sampler and more. You will also be entered to win any of a number of daily drawings for the Joy Box, event merchandise, a years subscription to Relix, a year's supply of Ben & Jerry's Phish Food, a Magic Hat Cruiser Bike and other Grand Prizes including autographed event posters and tickets to future Phish concerts.]]> http://www.phish.com/news/index.php?year=2009#story446 Phish A very limited number of tickets to Phish's Gorge Amphitheatre shows on August 7th and 8th have been released and are available now via... Everything Phish Phish 2009-08-05T00:00:00-08:00 Ticketmaster.com.]]> http://www.phish.com/news/index.php?year=2009#story447 http://drygoods.phish.com/Dept.aspx?cp=773_21803[Joy], Phish's eleventh studio album, and first in five years is http://drygoods.phish.com/Dept.aspx?cp=773_21803[available for pre-order now at Phish Dry Goods] and will hit stores September 8th.... Everything Phish Phish 2009-08-10T00:00:00-08:00
Joy, Phish's eleventh studio album, and first in five years is available for pre-order now at Phish Dry Goods and will hit stores September 8th. Joy is available on CD, and also as part of the Joy Box, a Limited Edition deluxe version. We've also pressed the album on 180-gram vinyl, for people who understand what that means.

Joy was recorded in April and May of 2009 at Chung King Studio in New York City and was Produced by Steve Lillywhite. The CD features ten new tracks including "Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan", "Kill Devil Falls", "Ocelot" and "Joy".

In addition to the Joy CD, Phish is offering an exclusive Joy Box, which is available only at Phish Dry Goods. The super deluxe "Joy Box" includes:

- Joy, the album
- A complete second album entitled Party Time
- An extensive hard-bound booklet
- Ten individual Limited Edition posters (designed by a different artist for each of the album's ten songs)
- A DVD capturing live performances from the first half of Phish's summer 2009 tour - including footage from the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival and the Summer Tour's opening show at Fenway Park in Boston.

The Joy Box will be available in early October, but you can pre-order today. Since this box will not ship until after the album's release date, everyone who pre-orders the Joy Box will receive a free MP3 download of the entire album (10 tracks) on the September 8th release date. This box will ship on a first order, first ship basis, meaning the boxes will ship in the same order in which orders are received.

In addition, Joy will be pressed on vinyl (two 180 gram discs, packaged in a beautiful gatefold sleeve to keep your discs warm). The vinyl release date is set for September 29th and you can reserve your copy today. Each pressing will include a coupon with a free MP3 download of the album for your iPod or a friend or an acquaintance.

Phish Dry Goods has Joy T-shirts available, including the new PhishJoy (on an organic blank) and Stealing Time T's, as well as additional Joy bundles..

PRE-ORDER AND WIN A TRIP TO FESTIVAL 8

Everyone who pre-orders Joy from Phish Dry Goods will be automatically entered to win a travel package to Festival 8, Phish's upcoming Halloween festival in Indio, California, including air-fare, a 3-night hotel stay, Two (2) 3-day Passes and 24 Hour Shuttle Transportation all weekend between the hotel and festival site.

LISTEN TO JOY

And finally, you can check out two tracks from Joy now. "Time Turns Elastic,"is available now for download exclusively at iTunes and is streaming in its entirety at Phish's MySpace and Facebook pages. In addition, "Backwards Down The Number Line" is also streaming in its entirety at both locations.

To pre-order JOY, click here.]]> http://www.phish.com/news/index.php?year=2009#story448 Mike spent two months working alone, all day, every weekday, playing all the parts, when he wrote and recorded http://mike-gordon.com/andelmans/[Andelmans' Yard] from his album The... Everything Phish Phish 2009-08-26T00:00:00-08:00
Mike spent two months working alone, all day, every weekday, playing all the parts, when he wrote and recorded Andelmans' Yard from his album The Green Sparrow. Here is a secret porthole into the process. To find the ten examples, you will navigate through an online scavenger hunt. You'll have access to the original demo, practice runs, guitar lick mastering, keyboard choices and more. The deeper you get, the more you'll hear. Welcome to, if you will, the Andelmans' Yardsale.

Mike Gordon and his band hit the road in just two weeks for another month-long club tour. Please visit http://mike-gordon.com/tour for complete details and ticketing info. Tickets for all shows are ON SALE NOW. ]]> http://www.phish.com/news/index.php?year=2009#story449 Joy, Phish's eleventh studio album, and first in five years is http://drygoods.phish.com/Dept.aspx?cp=773_21803[available for pre-order now at Phish Dry Goods] and will be in stores September... Everything Phish Phish 2009-08-27T00:00:00-08:00
Joy, Phish's eleventh studio album, and first in five years is available for pre-order now at Phish Dry Goods and will be in stores September 8th. Joy is available on CD, and also as part of the Joy Box, a Limited Edition deluxe version. We're also pressing the album on 180g Vinyl, for people who understand what that means.

Everyone who pre-orders Joy from Phish Dry Goods will be automatically entered to win a travel package to Festival 8, Phish's upcoming Halloween festival in Indio, California, including air-fare, a 3-night hotel stay, Two (2) 3-day Passes and 24 Hour Shuttle Transportation all weekend between the hotel and festival site. Click here for full contest rules.

The super deluxe Joy Box, which is available only at Phish Dry Goods, includes a complete second album entitled Party Time, as well as a DVD, hard-bound book, posters, and more.

The tracklisting for "Party Time" is as follows:

Party Time (2:43)
Alaska (7:16)
Windy City (5:20)
In A Misty Glade (2:51)
Gone (4:10)
Only A Dream (4:10)
The Birdwatcher (2:16)
Let Me Lie (3:57)
If I Told You (3:53)
Splinters Of Hail (3:33)
Can't Come Back (4:38)
Shrine (1:54)
Liquid Time (4:23)

The Joy Box will ship in early October, but you can pre-order today. Since this box will not ship until after the album's release date, everyone who pre-orders the Joy Box will receive a free MP3 download of the entire album (10 tracks) on the September 8th release date.]]> http://www.phish.com/news/index.php?year=2009#story450 Attention all wanna-be designers and graphic artists: design a T-shirt for "Festival 8", the band's upcoming three-day Halloween festival in southern California and you could... Everything Phish Phish 2009-08-27T00:00:00-08:00
Attention all wanna-be designers and graphic artists: design a T-shirt for "Festival 8", the band's upcoming three-day Halloween festival in southern California and you could be the lucky winner of two tickets to the event. You'll also receive five of the winning shirts and the pleasure of your design commemorating Phish's spectacular Halloween weekend.

Submissions must be sent digitally (JPEGs only, under 2 megabytes please, but the art can be compressed for submission purposes) to festival8contest@phish.com . All submissions must be received by Friday, September 11 at NOON EST. Be sure to include your full name and a way to reach you by phone day and evening. While it's not necessary, we suggest that you put the words "Phish" and "Festival 8" somewhere on your design. However, you may not use any pre-existing Phish or "Festival 8" logos in your design. Both front and back designs are welcome, but not necessary -- just a front will suffice as an entry. The use of Comic Sans or Curlz will automatically disqualify you. By entering the contest, you acknowledge full and unconditional acceptance and agreement of the Contest Rules: click here for Contest Rules.

Festival 8, a three-day Phish festival will take place on October 30th, 31st and November 1st at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. With lush green fields and palm trees, and surrounded by vistas of California's majestic Santa Rosa mountains, the festival site is simply breathtaking. And for the first time ever, Phish will combine two of its most cherished traditions - a multi-day camping festival and performing on Halloween - in a glorious three-day celebration.

Tickets for Festival 8 are on sale now at http://places.musictoday.com/festival8/. Complete information, including a listing of different travel packages, is available at now at http://www.phish.com/festival8. ]]>