yawn.

WOOHOO! one of the greatest live musical experiences in history is back.

spontaneous vomit.

BON JOVI

Both Jones Beach shows will sell out in minutes!

whose got my miracle? or molly? ok just molly?

izawack

Maybe they'll perform someone else's album in its entirety.

Both Jones Beach shows will sell out in less than a minute!

Hipster ALERT!!! - Buy tix, scalp them and then you'll be able afford your scalped AC tix...Holla at me!

who gives a toss?

As long as they stay out of Manhattan its all good.

I never listened to them but it seems like people like them....what songs should I listen to first? or albums?

neat band; annoying fanbase

THE FAKEHIPPIES THE

What? No more Oysterhead then?

Warrior Perry, front and center!

Forget about Phish...i just got the scoop on Coachella this year and boy is it going to be insane!

Not sure who plays what night...but they actually have one night with Blur and Oasis (co-headlining), Morrissey solo set with Johnny Marr to join for a Smiths set, and U2 headlining a night (first show of their new tour!).

This will be the sickest festival ever.

Didn't one of the band members get caught being alone with a underage kid the last time they played Jones Beach, and got beat up for it?

I saw Oysterhead at Bonnaroo and they were actually really fun. I don't love the album, but live it was a lot more interesting.

Exactly how much jet fuel was spent flying the planes to do the skywriting?

With the re-emergence of the Dead/Phish, I feel like it's one of those movie scenes where a normal looking office worker digs to the bottom of their drawer and reluctantly pulls out the old tie-dyed shirt and bellbottom pants.

Then, they proceed to the back of the closet where they find the glass bowl and their used copy of On The Road.

Finally, you have the shot in front of the full-length mirror where they suit up.

There's the inner turmoil as they try to remember if tickets to a Phish show used to cost $80 plus $35 in Ticketmaster fees.

All of a sudden there's ten thousand hippies in the city.

I would rather see Phish for $100 than Coachella with Blur and Oasis for free.

Phish is as gay as the DelBianco brothers

Always interesting to see Phish posts on BV. The indie community has always distanced itself from Phish and their "hippie" "trustafarian" fanbase, but in actuality they started as a completely independent DIY band. They even helped revolutionize file sharing, and the way we trade music online today. I'm not expecting anyone on here to care about them, in fact I lost interest a long time ago myself, but they remain an important musical act nonetheless

they also created the modern day festival

opinions! opinions! opinions! Voice your opinions!
The bands I listen to are better than the bands you listen to.
Get back to work!

Wu Tang!

2:22 - you could not be more wrong. all the things you are attributing to phish should be attributed to the dead.

"they also created the modern day festival"

Your lobotomy was apparently successful!

Bummer. Animal Collective only held the crown for one day. Hope yyou liked the taste, boys.

LOL. i love how gossip girl is a banner on bv.

two words:

PHUCK PHISH

Lefsetz is right on, as usual.

Page is a geek

anon 2:21

congrats, you are gigantic fucking retard.

2:25 is more wrong than 2:22, actually

the Dead are better than Phish. Phish just dont have the tunes. And I second that Oysterhead were great at Bonnaroo.

Yeah BV commentators! The best on the web! Always! Insightful and never predictable! Hahaha you are so cool!

so is the dude with a dress...he's a real jerk!

Holy British-Coachella Batman.

Bonnaroo rumors include Springsteen, Phish, and the Chili Peppers.

"I'm not expecting anyone on here to care about them, in fact I lost interest a long time ago myself, but they remain an important musical act nonetheless"

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I think you'd be surprised-- a lot of folks have a soft spot for Phish, even if they wouldn't admit it within 100mi of Brooklyn.

Phish was the first band that made me LISTEN to music, rather than just hear it-- not much of a fan now, but I'll check out one of the Jones Beach shows for old times sake.

Mike Gordon likes tweens.

""they also created the modern day festival"

It's ok to be young, but it's not ok to be stupid... I really hope you are 16...

Better lock up your small children, Phish are going on tour!

Mike Gordon - closet = R.Kelly

2:22 & 2:25 - Phish also invented the cotton gin, the polio vaccine and mp3s.

Thanks for linking to HT!

OPINIONS ON INTERNET FORUM.

ANIMALCOLLECTIVEANIMALCOLLECTIVEANIMALCOLLECTIVE!!!

As someone who straddles the fence (used to be a huge Phish fan, saw a ton of shows, spent an embarrassing amount of time in college searching soulseek for shows, etc., but has since moved on) ...

I might pick up tickets for the Camden or Jones Beach shows. When I heard that they were about to announce this tour, I pulled out a few of my favorite shows to listen to last night (after having not listened to them for maybe a year or two) and was struck by how cluttered their big songs sounded now. Stuff like Reba, YEM, Fluffhead, etc.-- it all sounds kind of blah. But some of those jams are still just as exciting as anything I listen to now. I can't imagine that they'd be anywhere near the top of their game after not playing together for five years, but eh, Phish shows are always fun. And honestly, I'd be curious to see what Lot looks like now.

To Anon 2:22...DelBianco Boy's Rule!!!

Trying for JB and Camden.

This is gonna be PHUN!

They perfectly timed this with the exit of Bush. Coincidence?

Where's Obama at, yo?

we need some jihad at jones beach those days

hipsters please go stand around a stage all miserable and talk about that last band you saw being sooo much better than what your seeing while i have a fucking blast at phish this spring/summer. The Hipster crowd is misssssssssssserable people pretending to be something they arent, enjoy the music, life is far to short.

"pretending to be something they aren't"

as opposed to the fauxhippies who are going to turn up to these shows before going back home to their corporate jobs? facades aren't limited to indie rock fans.

"I think you'd be surprised-- a lot of folks have a soft spot for Phish, even if they wouldn't admit it within 100mi of Brooklyn.

Phish was the first band that made me LISTEN to music, rather than just hear it-- not much of a fan now, but I'll check out one of the Jones Beach shows for old times sake."

yep

hahahhah, start with "a live one" or "slip, stitch and pass"

"Lefsetz is right on, as usual."

Lefsetz is wrong and anyone who knows why phish broke up in the first place knows the quickest way for them to hang it up again is to throw their own festival

Hippies vs. Hipsters

Hipsters vs. Hippies

LOL

Anon 2:20: "Didn't one of the band members get caught being alone with a underage kid the last time they played Jones Beach, and got beat up for it?"

Wiki says:
"On August 11, 2003, Gordon was arrested for endangering the welfare of a minor after an alleged photo shoot involving a nine-year-old girl inside a deserted boathouse behind Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York, following a performance by The Dead. The girl's father was a leader of a Hells Angels chapter. While being held before police arrived to arrest him, the Angels "were not gentle with the sensitive areas of the rock star's body." After his arrest, he told officers, "I may have shown bad judgment, but I am not a pedophile." A month later, Gordon was officially cleared of any wrongdoing."

Q: What did the Phish fan say when he ran out of weed?

A: "Wow, man ... this music really sucks!"

i don]t care too much for them. i will listen to them, but not pay 50 bucks for them on long island. enjoy the meadowbrook parkway while tripping, because nassau county cops aren't overpaid and assholes.

What did the hipster say about every record he bought more than 2 months ago?

"Wow man...this music really sucks"

Smelly-ass hippies looking for a dream and veggie burrito while listening to wankery crap.

Ok now everyone, lets not get all worked up here. I'm happy to have Phish and Dead coverage on BV! Lets just hope Phish has it together for this tour. I think they will.

so funny how rabid people get over phish, hahaha, I think a lot of hipsters have patchwork pants hanging in the back of their closets

I'm glad that all of the posters who hate phish will not be at the shows. Of course people who hate phish will not be excited that phish are touring. But who cares what you think?

I would ask you why you spending so much time spewing negative shit, focusing on being angry about things you don't like. Spend that time spewing positive shit about about things you do like!

phish makes great music, and they brought together a TON of warm, friendly people in the 90s and 00s. We are used to being made fun of, but we don't really take it to heart. We just keep doing our thing, and we don't bitch about you doing your thing.

The world is big enough for everyone, and there's ALOT of people who could use a reminder on that score these days.

forget about Phish. Give me Mike and the Italians instead.

why is there a picture of woodstock for the phish summer tour announcement?

phish invented the internet.

Considering their tour takes a breif halt midway the week of bonnaroo, I'll assume the rumors of them headlining (more than one night) are true.
PS Blur may be playing coachella but no way is johhny marr reuniting with morrissey, even if he does play the festival again because he's going back on tour about that time.

i agree with the phish fan. I think phish opening for the dead would be pretty good, and if both play bonnaroo, even better.

don't trip and drive folks, it's real dumb.

psyched for acid.

Hippies still exist?

"I may have shown bad judgment, but I am not a pedophile." A month later, Gordon was officially cleared of any wrongdoing."

And a year later the band broke up. Coincidence?

These comments are kinda funny. So many people feel the need to prove to strangers they dont like Phish. I think they have some great songs, but I love music, not just a scene.

"I think you'd be surprised-- a lot of folks have a soft spot for Phish, even if they wouldn't admit it within 100mi of Brooklyn.

Phish was the first band that made me LISTEN to music, rather than just hear it-- not much of a fan now, but I'll check out one of the Jones Beach shows for old times sake."

my sentiments exactly

Whether you dig Phish or not...to each his own. We obviously don't need to discuss whether or not they "suck"...please!

I think this tour is going to be the best of all time. It's no secret that Trey was a hardcore heroin addict by the end of their run, and it showed in the incredibly sloppy shitshow (the music, not the mud!) of a festival that was Coventry. I think the new sober Trey will be reminiscent of a clean Stevie Ray Vaughan exploding back on the scene in late 1986. I can't fucking wait to hear him tear it up out there.

LSD!

Kudos to BV for covering this, and not doing so with a domineering sense of indie rock self-righteousness. The sarcastic Woodstock pic was the perfect amount of flourish. And as to the scoffers of the "inventing the modern festival" comment, hate all you want, but there is more truth to that than most people here know, or care to admit. Maybe "invented" is too strong a word, but they certainly have revolutionized festivals even if their method does not cater to an exact replication (one band, multi-night, multi-set, camping, relative lawlessness, etc.) These guys have been doing it big, and doing it right, since '96.

I got yer tasty nugs right here, brah...

"And as to the scoffers of the "inventing the modern festival" comment, hate all you want, but there is more truth to that than most people here know, or care to admit."

I've got nothing against Phish, but I have to disagree. By "modern festival" I'm assuming you guys mean Bonneroo and the other multiday shows like it, but Europe and Latin America have been doing these sort of festivals for years. Phish's success at multiday shows probably helped prove these could make money in the states, but they didn't "invent" anything.

"but Europe and Latin America have been doing these sort of festivals for years. Phish's success at multiday shows probably helped prove these could make money in the states, but they didn't "invent" anything."

All I'm saying is that Phish has heavily influenced the way these festivals are ran here in the states. No one is saying they "invented" the gathering of tens of thousands of people to see live music over a weekend. Let's not be absurd. Phish has had great success at putting on their own festivals and the rest of the festival organizers have taken notice and tried to emulate some of their methods.
Phish has "invented" their own style of festival and to argue to the contrary seems foolish but please feel free to do so.

What is the jam playing on the phish website after you click on enter site? It rocks and I don't recognize the jam.

The first song on the website is definitely a jam of the song "Free." All of the videos that appear at the top of the website appear to be culled from the festival IT but I could be wrong about that part. There's also jams from "Possum" and "Divided Sky."

Knoxville Date Added To Summer Tour

We're pleased to announce an additional date to Phish's 2009 Summer Tour. The band will play Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, TN on Wednesday, June 10, 2009.

A limited number of tickets are available directly through Phish Tickets' online ticketing system for this show only at http://phish.portals.musictoday.com. The ticketing request period is currently underway and will end on Sunday, January 25th at 11:59AM EST.

Tickets for the Knoxville, TN show will go on sale to the public with the rest of the Summer Tour beginning Friday, January 30th at 10AM EST. For full show and ticketing information, please visit the Tourdates page at Phish.com.

PHISH SUMMER TOUR 2009

06/04 - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater - Wantagh, NY
06/05 - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater - Wantagh, NY
06/06 - Comcast Center - Mansfield, MA
06/07 - Susquehanna Bank Center - Camden, NJ
06/09 - Asheville Civic Center - Asheville, NC
06/10 - Thompson-Boling Arena - Knoxville, TN
06/16 - Fox Theatre - St. Louis, MO
06/18 - Post Gazette Pavilion - Burgettstown, PA
06/19 - Verizon Wireless Music Center - Noblesville, IN
06/20 - Alpine Valley - East Troy, WI
06/21 - Alpine Valley - East Troy, WI