Coventry To Hampton: Phish Edition

At 3AM on the morning of October 1, Phish.com was updated with a video of an artist painting an image of the Hampton Coliseum that served notice the band was back. To announce their “Summer Tour,” Phish.com featured a video of a number of planes skywriting the words “Phish Summer Tour 2009” in the skies above Southern California. Both clips were embeddable, leading to the videos becoming viral hits and being posted on a number of websites.

Shortly after announcing their return, Phish tapped Coran Capshaw’s Red Light Management to manage their affairs. Red Light was already managing Trey and Mike’s solo careers, so it didn’t take anyone by surprise when the band announced that Red Light would be representing them.

OK, Phish did play ONE time (The wedding of Brad Sands)

Official Audio:

Official Video:

Online Audio:
Headphones Jam
1993-08-13 Murat, Indianapolis, IN
1994-11-14 University of Central Florida Arena
1994-11-30 Evergreen College, Olympia, WA
1995-10-21 Pershing Auditorium, Lincoln, NE
1994-12-01 Salem Armory, Salem, OR
1995-12-01 Hersheypark Arena, Hershey, PA
1996-04-26 “New Orleans Relief” (Filler 11/7/91)
1997-12-29 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
1997-12-30 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
1998-04-02 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
1998-04-03 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
1998-04-04 Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
1998-04-05 Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
1998-07-06 Lucerna Theatre, Prague, CZE

Online Video:
1995-10-21 Pershing Auditorium, Lincoln, NE
1995-11-14 University of Central Florida Arena, Orlando, FL
1995-12-01 Hersheypark Arena, Hershey, PA
1995-12-31 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
1996-12-06 Alladain Theatre, Las Vegas, NV
1997-12-29 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
1997-12-30 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

A big thanks to HT taper SGordo for his assistance in compiling all of the recordings you’ve heard this week. While I’m at it, I’d like to thank ScottyB, billarockstar, papaphunk, Lacy, halpua, hedgehog & Byrnesy for their contributions, corrections, etc.

I’ll leave you with this cover that Mike & Trey played twice, it’s a tune called Old Habits Like You Are Hard To Break by Hank Williams Jr.