Phish MSG Night Three: Live Blog, Setlist & The Skinny

We’re nearing the home stretch of Phish’s New Year’s Run at Madison Square Garden. This evening, the quartet took the stage for the third of four NYE Run performances.

[Photo by Michael Stein]

A Pay-Per-View webcast of tonight’s show is available through LivePhish.com.

We’re trying something different this run. In addition to our at-a-glance recap of the show we call The Skinny and the setlist, we’re also presenting a Live Blog with the help of our friends at Next Jam. We’ll compile tweets from @YEMblog and @Bizarchive along with screenshots and other interesting notes. You can find our Live Blog after the jump.

Setlist:

Set 1: Punch You In the Eye > Prince Caspian^[1] > Backwards Down the Number Line, Nellie Kane,Divided Sky, Sand, Vultures, Rift, Joy, Quinn the Eskimo

Set 2: Wilson > Axilla > Piper > Twist > Julius > Golgi Apparatus > Also Sprach Zarathustra, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, David Bowie^[2], The Squirming Coil

Encore: Boogie On Reggae Woman, Good Times Bad Times

[1] Unfinished.
[2] Silent In the Morning teases.

[via Phish.net]

Check out our Live Blog and The Skinny from MSG…

Venue Capacity / Attendance: 20,000 / 20,000
Previous Shows at Venue: 12/30/94, 12/30/95, 12/31/95, 10/21/96, 10/22/96, 12/29/97, 12/30/97, 12/31/97, 12/28/98, 12/29/98, 12/30/98, 12/31/98, 12/31/02, 12/02/09, 12/03/09, 12/04/09, 12/30/10, 12/31/10, 01/01/11, 12/28/2011, 12/29/2011
Number Of Songs / Length – First Set: 10 / 8:08 – 9:25 (77 Minutes)
Number Of Songs / Length – Second Set & Encore: 13 / 9:59 – 11:33 (94 Minutes)
Total Number of Songs / Covers / Originals: 23 / 5 / 18
Biggest Bustout: Vultures [Last Time Played 6/11/2011 – 25 Shows]
Debuts: N/A
Average Song Gap: 8.65
Longest LivePhish Track / Shortest LivePhish Track: Divided Sky (16:03) / The Horse (1:06)
Audio: Live Phish