Author Topic: Phish in 2009 (Read 263316 times)

ulee · « **Reply #1035 on:** March 03, 2009, 10:09:51 pm »

Great article Wolf!

Wolfman · « **Reply #1036 on:** March 03, 2009, 10:24:08 pm »

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Check out my pre-show article, The Super Bowl of Concerts. I\'ll have a new article up on deadline after each show! Enjoy!

http://www.melophobe.com/articles/the-super-bowl-of-concerts/

Nice jab at The Boss Wolf... But he did draw 90-100K in Dublin on 1/6/85 and 200-250K in Berlin on 7/19/88. Both shows, he was the only band and they were both one show, not a weekend festival... And for the US leg of the Born In The USA tour, he played 28 shows to a total of over 2 million people, that\'s more than 70K a show for what equates to the month of February... Do the research before you bash The Boss...

Easy there Debloc. You\'ve taken my comment out of context and are getting way too defensive. I am actually complimenting The Boss by citing him as an example of one of the greatest draws in America. On that note, I called Phish "The greatest live performance powerhouse in America" so comparing Bruce\'s draw in Europe isn\'t valid. I\'m sure you would concede that Phish could easily draw 70,000 a night right now, and that\'s with about 1/20th as many fans as Bruce. The article later states that Phish doesn\'t have nearly as many fans as a band like Bruce Springsteen. There\'s really nothing to get hung about.

And stating that Phish announced hiatus before Big Cypress??? :huh: Do the research before you bash The Wolf!

Yoda · « **Reply #1037 on:** March 04, 2009, 09:09:56 am »

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Quote from: Yoda;221683
Quote from: Wolfman;221487
Check out my pre-show article, The Super Bowl of Concerts. I\'ll have a new article up on deadline after each show! Enjoy!

http://www.melophobe.com/articles/the-super-bowl-of-concerts/

Nice jab at The Boss Wolf... But he did draw 90-100K in Dublin on 1/6/85 and 200-250K in Berlin on 7/19/88. Both shows, he was the only band and they were both one show, not a weekend festival... And for the US leg of the Born In The USA tour, he played 28 shows to a total of over 2 million people, that\'s more than 70K a show for what equates to the month of February... Do the research before you bash The Boss...

Easy there Debloc. You\'ve taken my comment out of context and are getting way too defensive. I am actually complimenting The Boss by citing him as an example of one of the greatest draws in America. On that note, I called Phish "The greatest live performance powerhouse in America" so comparing Bruce\'s draw in Europe isn\'t valid. I\'m sure you would concede that Phish could easily draw 70,000 a night right now, and that\'s with about 1/20th as many fans as Bruce. The article later states that Phish doesn\'t have nearly as many fans as a band like Bruce Springsteen. There\'s really nothing to get hung about.

And stating that Phish announced hiatus before Big Cypress??? :huh: Do the research before you bash The Wolf!

The Cypress comment wasn\'t a rebuttal to your article, it was in response to a post after my inital post. Do I think that Phish could drawn 70K a night, in one word, no. I\'m a phish fan, but I think that they draw that many to festivals because they are that - festivals. If it was just a 3-hour (2 set + encore show), I don\'t think you going to drawn even 50K. As far as the european draw, throw that example out and look at the 70K draw after every bruce show in America during the BITUSA tour... When Phish does a stadium tour rather than ampitheaters and arenas and sells those shows out, then I will bow down to the almighty Icculus and praise Phish as the best band ever...

weekapaug19 · « **Reply #1038 on:** March 04, 2009, 10:11:50 am »

they could sell out 50k+ per night, and they could sell out a stadium tour easily, look at the demand for summer tour tix. They just don\'t want to play stadiums, which I am very happy about

Yoda · « **Reply #1039 on:** March 04, 2009, 10:23:05 am »

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they could sell out 50k+ per night, and they could sell out a stadium tour easily, look at the demand for summer tour tix. They just don\'t want to play stadiums, which I am very happy about

I guess that we\'ll never know...

davepeck · « **Reply #1040 on:** March 04, 2009, 04:59:37 pm »

wildcoyote · « **Reply #1041 on:** March 04, 2009, 05:14:35 pm »

Where\'s that?

ds673488 · « **Reply #1042 on:** March 04, 2009, 07:05:52 pm »

did you take those pics Dave?

you down there already?

Gordo · « **Reply #1043 on:** March 05, 2009, 12:35:59 am »

I\'m incredibly excited to see a live setlist update in TWO f-ing nights! Whoever is going, have a goddamn blast. Seems like the weather is going to set up an unbelievable atmosphere in the lot before what should be one hell of a night indoors.

peaches626 · « **Reply #1044 on:** March 05, 2009, 03:13:54 am »

Sweet ny times article right here:

Phish article

just took my excitement to the next level!

highlights:

"?We?re trying to create a format to keep playing for a long time,? Mr. Anastasio said backstage. "

"One of them, ?Stash,? breezed from a Latin-jazz-tinged melody to busy cacophony, and the band members grinned wider and wider as it ascended. Afterward the keyboardist Page McConnell exulted, ?That?s the best jam in five years.?"

regarding coventry:
?If there was ever a concert that represented a band smacking into a wall, that was it,? Phish?s drummer, Jon Fishman, said. ?I think that was one of the great train wrecks in live concert history.?

"And they resolved to be the version of Phish they prized most: the intently practiced, well-prepared Phish from the mid-90s. They started their Vermont rehearsals not with their countryish three-chord songs but with their intricate, suitelike songs that verge on progressive rock, like ?Split Open and Melt? and ?Foam.? Although Phish has recorded demo versions of 20 songs for its next album, only one is likely to be heard this weekend: ?Backwards Down the Number Line,? a fond birthday song that asks, ?Do you know why we?re still friends?? "

"Figuring out what to play for its first three reunion concerts became ?one of those exercises in overthought that Phish is known for,? Mr. Anastasio said. Band members went in a circle naming the songs they wanted to play, deducted some, consulted a list of every song Phish ever played, did some trading and eventually arrived at about 80 songs."

boombox · « **Reply #1045 on:** March 05, 2009, 05:12:29 am »

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they could sell out 50k+ per night, and they could sell out a stadium tour easily, look at the demand for summer tour tix. They just don\'t want to play stadiums, which I am very happy about

I guess that we\'ll never know...

Well, if they do come to Europe in 2010 as has been postulated by some, then the biggest venue they will play will be a 2000 to 3000 capacity place if they do more than 1 one show in the UK, which would be fantastic. One thing\'s certain: a headline appearance at jaminthedam would be a sure fire way of making sure that goes ahead next year, though I doubt Umph and the biscuits would like their pet festival being hijacked!!

I , for one, am hoping this will all work out and they\'ll stick together - I got into Phish in \'96 after catching a late night WDR show when I came back from the pub one Saturday night. Of course, they didn\'t play Europe after that.

Spacey · « **Reply #1046 on:** March 05, 2009, 07:05:03 am »

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Sweet ny times article right here:

Phish article

just took my excitement to the next level!

highlights:

"?We?re trying to create a format to keep playing for a long time,? Mr. Anastasio said backstage. "

"One of them, ?Stash,? breezed from a Latin-jazz-tinged melody to busy cacophony, and the band members grinned wider and wider as it ascended. Afterward the keyboardist Page McConnell exulted, ?That?s the best jam in five years.?"

regarding coventry:
?If there was ever a concert that represented a band smacking into a wall, that was it,? Phish?s drummer, Jon Fishman, said. ?I think that was one of the great train wrecks in live concert history.?

"And they resolved to be the version of Phish they prized most: the intently practiced, well-prepared Phish from the mid-90s. They started their Vermont rehearsals not with their countryish three-chord songs but with their intricate, suitelike songs that verge on progressive rock, like ?Split Open and Melt? and ?Foam.? Although Phish has recorded demo versions of 20 songs for its next album, only one is likely to be heard this weekend: ?Backwards Down the Number Line,? a fond birthday song that asks, ?Do you know why we?re still friends?? "

"Figuring out what to play for its first three reunion concerts became ?one of those exercises in overthought that Phish is known for,? Mr. Anastasio said. Band members went in a circle naming the songs they wanted to play, deducted some, consulted a list of every song Phish ever played, did some trading and eventually arrived at about 80 songs."

Absolutely!

Everything I wanted to hear from Phish.

davepeck · « **Reply #1047 on:** March 05, 2009, 08:43:23 am »

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Tour-bound Phish asks judge to reel in bootleggers

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Phish is kicking off its reunion tour with a lawsuit against bootleggers in Virginia and across the country.

The Vermont-based rock band, which developed a cult following over two decades before splitting up, will perform for the first time since 2004 on Friday night at the Hampton Coliseum in southeastern Virginia. But first, the foursome will ask a judge to block the sale of bootleg T-shirts, posters and other merchandise at its upcoming concerts.

U.S. District Judge Raymond Jackson will consider the band\'s request for an injunction Thursday afternoon.

Phish says in court papers that it has had trouble with bootleggers in the past. The band wants police to seize any unlicensed Phish merchandise being sold at or near its concerts, beginning with its three performances this weekend in Hampton.

Phish also is seeking unspecified damages against the defendants, identified only as "John Does 1-100 and ABC Corporations 1-5" because the band can\'t determine who might try to peddle unlicensed goods.

"Because they are generally nomadic individuals without a business premises or other connection to the area, Bootleggers often flee the area permanently once they have sold Bootleg Merchandise," the band says in its complaint.

Phish says the company authorized to sell its merchandise first obtained orders authorizing the seizure of bootleg goods sold during a tour in 1994. Thousands of illegal items were seized then and during subsequent tours until Phish broke up in 2004, the band says, but the scofflaws routinely skipped out on court hearings.

The band or its individual members own federal trademarks for the names Phish, Phish Food, Oysterhead, Gamehendge, Waterwheel and Vida Blue, according to the complaint. Ben & Jerry\'s manufactures Phish Food ice cream under license, the band says, and more than 1 million T-shirts bearing Phish trademarks have been sold under other licensing agreements.

Phish has sold about 8 million albums since the 1980s but is more famous for live performances, which feature the band\'s freeform style and attract a Grateful Dead-like following. All the concerts on Phish\'s national reunion tour are sold out.

Spacey · « **Reply #1048 on:** March 05, 2009, 10:29:08 am »

Aruny might want to take a look at this.

jking · « **Reply #1049 on:** March 05, 2009, 10:40:19 am »

that ny times article was a wonderful thing to wake up and readt today!! thanks for posting it!!!