If you haven't heard by now, get yourself out from underneath that rock. Phish, often hailed as America's best band, will be performing three shows together for the first time since their breakup in August of 2004. Tickets officially go on sale tomorrow, October 18, at 10AM EST through Ticketmaster.All three shows will be performed at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia (near Newport News & Norfolk). The shows are scheduled for the evenings of March 6,7 and 8, 2009. I'm sure an unprecedented hippie brigade will be rolling into town days before the shows.
A limited amount of tickets went on sale on Phish's website on October 8. Open sale begins tomorrow morning with a strict two ticket limit. You can be certain that all three shows will sell out in record time, but make sure to check Ticketstumbler for a thorough price comparison from several different ticket broker sites. Unfortunately, you'll have to stock up on your necessary "party favors" somewhere else.
In addition to these three reunion shows, Phish is expected to announced additional tour dates in early 2009 so keep an eye peeled for updates.
This is heaven sent to the millions of die hard Phish Heads out there who have been long awaiting this kind of news. Phish is known for putting on several of their own music festivals lasting three to four days with day long sets. It's no surprise that as many as 90,000 festival goers would trek across the country to take part in these jam fests, making the scene comparable to any other well-known summer music festival. Front man, Trey Anastasio, has been putting on sold out gigs of his own, but nothing can compare to having the whole band back together again on one stage.
A friend of mine saw them perform on New Years Eve 2000 at the Florida Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation and regales it as the pinnacle of his life. While everyone was freaking out about the onset of Y2K, he sat in a field with 80,000 other fans and partied his ass off. Nine years later, it's still an experience he talks about often.
I've never been a huge Phish fan myself (although I do LOVE their song, Waste), but I can understand why ticket holders will be in a complete state of ecstasy for the anticipating winter months. If money were no object for me, I would go just to be part of the experience. It will be nothing short of orgasmic, I'm sure.
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I spent Y2K at my G-ma's house clinging to a bottle of water and begging her for some of her Martini & Rossi Blush Wine to ease my fears to no avail. As foreshadowing would see it, my 2000 was a pretty pathetic year.
hey man phish is awesome and i have listened to all of their songs 7000 times each and they never get old
because i have no taste in music
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