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Phish’s live downloads site is expanding its offerings and planning to make available all 10 shows from singer/guitarist Trey Anastasio’s upcoming tour in support of his recently released live album “Plasma” (Elektra). The site is offering pre-orders of each show for $9.95 as MP3 files or $12.95 as Shorten files, with the option to purchase the entire tour for discounted prices of $79.95 and $109.95, respectively.
Phish is also offering a similar package-discount for downloadable shows from its 12-date winter tour. The entire run is available for the price of 10 individual shows.
As previously reported, the group’s next batch of retail releases in its Live Phish series is due May 20. The four shows — 7/15/98 Portland, Ore.; 5/7/94 Dallas; 7/12/91 Keene, N.H.; and 12/29/94 Providence, R.I. — were chosen by bassist Mike Gordon, who employed an exhaustive process of reviewing his notes from more than a thousand possible candidates.
Source billboard.com.
