, attached to 2023-12-31

Review by powerfulpills_77

powerfulpills_77 Absolutely amazing, I’ve been on this train since 97 and had given up hope years ago that Phish would ever bust out a Gamehedge again, let alone that I would be there. The energy at MSG during sets 2 and 3 of this show was like nothing I’ve experienced (lots of moments come close but nothing this sustained for 2 sets) especially during each chorus of Lizards, during Wilson and Bag; it was like we were all releasing everything we had stored up for almost 30 years waiting for this, I was literally bouncing off the walls, watching everyone else doing the same thing. not that every Phish show isn’t great but this was truly something special. I was in one of the last rows up in the 400s for first set with wife and friends (2 of whom hadn’t seen a phish NYE yet so I kept telling them we should try to just suck it up and buy better seats - whatever they do it’ll be worth it); ended up buying seats in 216 that were row 1 for $50 each at set break and headed down. Disease set 2 opener rocked and then opening of Harpua blows my mind and I’m off the wall - only caught this twice since 97, at my first show (Went) and during Bakers - nothing better than the “coming to your town, we’ll help you party down” line. But then the real craziness happens - honestly just hard to put into words. I hadn’t entertained the idea they would ever do it again - my brother asked me at about Christmas time whether I thought they might do it this year, and I told him, no way (unfortunately) but no way. So the thought wasn’t anywhere in my mind - I had stayed off .net so hadn’t seen the rumors from the guy on the ski lift or any others there might have been. Anyway by the time they got to YEM during set 3 my mind was beyond blown. It was more than I could have ever asked for and knew we still had more to go. Thank you Phish for giving all of us who missed this during the early years a chance to witness - and in typical Phish fashion putting a new spin on it. Love you guys.


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