Phish New Year’s Run 2011 at Madison Square Garden: 12/28 – 12/31

HT faves Phish will return to Madison Square Garden for a four-night New Year’s Run in New York City on December 28-31. This marks the jamband’s sixth New Year’s Eve show at the newly renovated venue and 20th – 23rd Phish shows ever at the storied arena.

The presale for tickets is currently underway at the Phish Ticketing site. The request period goes until October 24 at 11:59AM ET. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Saturday, October 29, at Noon ET.

In one of HT featured columnist Brian Bavosa’s first articles for Postcards For The Page Side, he detailed the long history between the band and “The World’s Greatest Arena.” Here’s the intro, but be sure to read the whole thing…

The Mecca. As long as the epicenter of the universe, New York City, has been bustling, there has seemingly been “The Garden.”  Originally established in 1879 at 26th and Madison (MSG I), the original venue hosted events much like its predecessors, including boxing and track cycling – very popular during that period. The second incarnation of The Garden (MSG II) was built and held such events as the Democratic National Convention.  However, MSG II did not become profitable until around 1920, when the esteemed promoter, Tex Rickard took the reigns and focused on prizefights, bike races as well as the circus – which still take place in the current MSG today.

We’ve also put together a Venue Segues column showing the road to MSG Phish took from their first New York City performance at Kenny’s Castaways in 1988 until their Garden debut on December 30, 1994.