Phish 07.07.2013 - Saratoga Springs, NY (SPAC) setlist

Phish, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY 07.07.13

Soundcheck: Beauty of a Broken Heart 

Set 1: AC/DC Bag, Back on the Train, Divided Sky, Free, ICE, Mound, Maze, Limb by Limb, Walls of the Cave

Set 2: DWD > Ghost > Piper^ > Velvet Sea* , Antelope# > Meatstick > YEM

Encore: Loving Cup

Notes: 
^ DEG teases
# With "Meatstick" keyword and lyrics replacing Antelope with "meatstick"

Phish 07.06.2013 - Saratoga Springs, NY (SPAC) setlist

Phish, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY 07.06.13

Soundcheck: It's Ice, Architect, 20 Years Later

Set 1: Crowd Control > Chalk Dust Torture, The Wedge, Funky Bitch, Heavy Things, Bug, Bouncing Around the Room, Tube > Julius, Split Open and Melt

Set 2: Backwards Down the Number Line > Tweezer > Sand > Carini -> Architect*, Wilson > Boogie On Reggae Woman > Possum

Encore: Show of Life > Tweezer Reprise

* First time played

Notes: Online response to the second night (in particular the second night) at SPAC has been tepid.  Although these critiques were coming from individuals streaming the show on 'couch tour'. 

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Phish 07.05.2013 - Saratoga Springs, NY (SPAC) setlist

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Phish, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY 07.05.13

Set 1: Kill Devil Falls, The Moma Dance > Sample in a Jar, Roses Are Free, Birds of a Feather, Yarmouth Road[1], Bathtub Gin, Nellie Kane, Army of One > My Friend, My Friend[2] > Cities -> David Bowie

Set 2: Energy[3] > Light -> The Mango Song[4] > 46 Days -> Steam > Drowned[5] > Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Character Zero[6]

[1] Debut.
[2] No “Myfe” ending.
[3] Apples In Stereo cover.  First time played.
[4] Light teases from Trey.
[5] Divided Sky tease from Trey.
[6] Jean Pierre tease from Trey.
 
Notes: After Birds of a Feather, Page pointed out Ian in the crowd from “Ian’s Farm” fame and waxed nostalgic about playing there while also noting that SPAC was one of the band’s favorite venues.

One of the more knowledgeable and long term reviewers of Phish - Mr. Miner (of the blog PhishThoughts) - in a long review titled simply Umm has heralded the first night at SPAC as nothing less then one of the finest shows of the modern era and anticipates this summer tour going down as one of legend.

"Phish has raised the bar again. On only the second night of Summer Tour, the band threw down a mind-boggling second labyrinth that blew anything they’ve played in this era straight out of the water. In fact, with a more macroscopic lens, the second set of SPAC was one of the finest musical statements that Phish has ever performed. Period. Playing with as much bravado and confidence as their mid-90s selves, while pulling sonic elements from all of their staple eras, the band wove the an incredibly fresh and unconventional musical odyssey that belongs in the loftiest of conversations."