Stereotypical tour opener with a lot of mediocre and a few wow moments. In this case, the wow came in the form of an unexpected encore of rarities.
Not a great night for improv, but we’ll slot it in tier 3 on the back of the old school 2001 > DWD and wild encore.
Tier 1: <vacant>
Tier 2: <vacant>
Tier 3: MAGA Greek1
MAGA Greek 2
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MAGA Greek 1
No tentpole jam, but so much great improv and fun playing throughout the night. Puts the lack of good improv on night 1 in perspective. Plus, another encore worth staying for (hope that trend keeps up). Even the Antelope seemed like it had one of the better peaks in recent memory.
GA1
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MAGA Greek 2
<big gap>
MAGA Greek 1
Great setlist. And while you can quibble that Ghost never quite got there and the first half of Ruby Waves wasn’t great, you’d have to contend with the second half of Ruby Waves, probably the 🐐 Myfe, top 3ish Tube since 2004, great NMINML, and a surprisingly exciting Caspian.
Ps - Another mid-second set debut. Could tonight be the night Perseid (aka Forward People) makes an appearance?
Tier 1: GA1
Tier 2a: AL2, GA2
Tier 2b: GA3
Tier 3: AL1
Switching to tiers bc there isn’t much differentiation. Phish has gotten very good in 4.0 at consistently delivering solid shows via a little of this & a little of that. The difference between the hits, the average, and the clunkers is not nearly as stark as it used to be.
Flubby and at times low energy night with a fairly forgettable 1st set, but then a largely dream setlist 2nd w/ great jams in Carini & Sand.
Chop
Zach on the Train