Phish – NYE 2017 at Madison Square Garden – Photo Recap

At last we bring you photos from Phish’s extravagant New Year’s Eve show at the storied Madison Square Garden. While you may have already seen them, take a peek at Jeremy Scott’s colorful, buoyant photos from the highly theatrical night of tunes.

Check out more of his photos at his website.

Set list courtesy of Phish.net

SET 1: Don’t Bogart That Joint, Your Pet Cat > Kill Devil Falls > Back on the Train > My Soul, Lawn Boy, Divided Sky, Ya Mar,Character Zero, Walls of the Cave

SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Carini -> Twist > Piper -> Ass Handed > Piper^[1] > Sand, Slave to the Traffic Light, More

SET 3: Petrichor^[2] > Auld Lang Syne^[3] > Suzy Greenberg^[4], No Men In No Man’s Land^[5], Breath and Burning^[4], Tide Turns^[4],555^[4], Ocelot^[4], First Tube^[4]

ENCORE: Loving Cup^[4]

[1] Trey on Marimba Lumina. Mike on keyboards.
[2] James Casey on saxophone, Natalie Cressman on trombone and vocals, Jennifer Hartswick on trumpet and vocals, Jeff Tanski on keyboards, and Andres Forero on percussion.
[3] James Casey on saxophone, Natalie Cressman on trombone, Jennifer Hartswick on trumpet, and Andres Forero on percussion. With recorded cat and dog noises as cat and dog balloons fell from the ceiling.
[4] James Casey on saxophone, Natalie Cressman on trombone, Jennifer Hartswick on trumpet, and Andres Forero on percussion.
[5] James Casey on saxophone, Natalie Cressman on trombone and vocals, Jennifer Hartswick on trumpet and vocals, and Andres Forero on percussion.

This show was webcast via LivePhish. Don’t Bogart That Joint was last played on October 31, 2010 (238 shows). Twist contained Low Rider tease. Piper fetaured Trey on Marimba Lumina and Mike on keyboards. The third set and encore featured James Casey on saxophone, Natalie Cressman on trombone, Jennifer Hartswick on trumpet, and Andres Forero on percussion with Jeff Tanski also on keyboards for Petrichor and Natalie and Jennifer adding vocals to Petrichor and No Men In No Man’s Land. Petrichor through Suzy featured dancers on stage. During Petrichor the dancers had umbrellas and water marbles fell from above. Auld Lang Syne was accompanied by recorded cat and dog noises as cat and dog balloons and raindrop-shaped stress ball fell from the ceiling.