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Phish is back at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park for what’s become a Labor Day weekend tradition. On August 29, the first date in a four-day run, loyal jam-band fans set up shop in the parking lot in the early afternoon and then lined the rail as soon as the doors opened.
Phish treated them to a set of classics, opening with a Talking Heads cover of “Cities” and ending the second set with fan favorite “Harry Hood.”
Dick’s is Phish’s second-most-played venue behind Madison Square Garden. Photographer Ross Jones was there for night one. See his photos below:
Phish formed in Vermont in 1983.
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The band’s first-ever performance was under the name The Blackwood Convention.
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Trey Anastasio plays a custom guitar made by Paul Languedoc.
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Mike Gordon was also the band’s de facto manager, doing its PR and booking before the band became too big.
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Page McConnell’s father helped invent Tylenol and the MRI!
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Phish created the Waterwheel Foundation in 1997 to raise money in communities along the tour.
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Phish believes in the Malcolm Gladwell rule of 10,000 hours — so the musicians practiced relentlessly when starting out.
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Phish is known for its stage antics, including jumping on trampolines, choreographed dances and elaborate Halloween and New Year’s pranks.
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Phish has three different songs that reference the slicing of a nipple.
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Lighting designer Chris Kuroda is known as the fifth member of Phish for his ability to improvise with the band.
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Trey Anastasio opened an addiction recovery center called Divided Sky in 2023.
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Trey Anastasio is regarded as one of the world’s top guitar players in and out of the jam-band scene.
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Phish fans set up a Shakedown Street before shows, furthering the comparison with Deadheads.
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Phish fans are known for their own antics, elaborate costumes and wild dancing.
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Phish’s dedicated fans travel thousands of miles to keep up with the band, and often draw comparisons to Deadheads.
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Phish fans often throw handfuls of glow sticks into the crowd.
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Surrender to the Flow is a fan-run magazine for Phish fans that gets distributed in the parking lot.
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