Phish
12/31/02
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY

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Disc 1
Set 1
1. Piper (16:32)
2. Guyute> (10:29)
3. NICU (5:22)
4. Horn (4:15)
5. Wilson* (7:18)
6. Mound (6:05)
7. The Squirming Coil (7:29)
8. David Bowie (12:36)
Total time:70:05


Disc 2
Set 2
1. Waves> (10:55)
2. The Divided Sky (17:35)
3. Lawn Boy (2:51)
4. Carini (9:31)
5. Rift (5:56)
6. Harry Hood (12:07)
7. Character Zero (7:56)
Total time:66:49


Disc 3
Set 3
1. Sample in a Jar (5:10)
2. Seven Below**> (7:43)
3. Auld Lang Syne***> (0:48)
4. Runaway Jim> (11:44)
5. Time Loves a Hero (6:29)
6. Taste (10:20)
7. Strange Design (3:04)
8. Walls Of The Cave (19:04)
Encore
9. Wading in the Velvet Sea (7:55)
Total time:72:17


* - preceeded by footage from the movie "Castaway" on the jumbotron screens on the scoreboard (scenes in which Tom Hanks's character is yelling and kicks away, then goes to search for his befriended volleyball named "Wilson"); with "Tom Hanks" (actually Page's brother Steve McConnell; see Salon.com if you want explicit confirmation) on guest vocals for the "Blat Boom..." part;
** - "Seven Below" began approximately seven minutes before midnight; during the song a disco ball was lowered from within the scoreboard and it began snowing on stage; several dancers in white with blinking light "stick figure skeletons", dressed as snow creatures (with a vaguely "winter/forest kingdom" fantasy motif, including white costumes with fur and some horned helmets) came out and began circling the band on stage before moving off into the crowd - while in the crowd several grew into large snow angels by adding stilts to their costumes; midway during the song snow began falling on the fans on the floor from a pair of snowmaking rigs on the right and left sides of the scoreboard above the floor; shortly before midnight, the snow angels began shining small spotlights around the crowd, appearing similar to search lights;
*** - at midnight, pyrotechnics spiraled around and behind the stage (some coming from the snowmaking rigs) and enormous white balloons with snow designs were dropped onto the floor.




LivePhish Notes:
- first Phish show since 10/7/00
- new stage setup (Trey in middle, Mike on right, Page facing front)
- debut of Waves, Seven Below, and Walls Of The Cave
- at midnight during Seven Below mystic snow elves danced across the stage and around The Garden as snow fell upon the crowd
- last Mound 11/19/96

____From Phish.net_______
12/31/02 Madison Square Garden - New York, New York

Soundcheck 1 (~3:00pm): Frankie Says
Soundcheck 2 (~5:00pm): Get Back on the Train, It's Ice, Wilson, Squirming Coil, Round Room, ?
Set 1 (1:10): Piper, Guyute > NICU, Horn, Wilson*, Mound, Squirming Coil, David Bowie
Set 2 (1:06): Waves -> Divided Sky, Lawn Boy, Carini, Rift, Harry Hood, Character Zero
Set 3 (1:03) Sample in a Jar, Seven Below** -> Auld Lang Syne*** > Runaway Jim -> Time Loves a Hero, Taste, Strange Design, Walls of the Cave
Encore (0:08): Wading in the Velvet Sea

Notes: The sound check information is unconfirmed. Pre-show music on the PA included the "Welcome Back Kotter" theme, "Feels Like the First Time," "Back in the Saddle Again," "Reunited," "The Boys are Back in Town," and "Foreplay/Long Time" which was interrupted by the band coming on stage. Post-show music was "Let's Stay Together" * - preceeded by footage from the movie "Castaway" on the jumbotron screens on the scoreboard (scenes in which Tom Hanks's character is yelling and kicks away, then goes to search for his befriended volleyball named "Wilson"); with "Tom Hanks" (actually Page's brother Steve McConnell; see Salon.com if you want explicit confirmation) on guest vocals for the "Blat Boom..." part; ** - "Seven Below" began approximately seven minutes before midnight; during the song a disco ball was lowered from within the scoreboard and it began snowing on stage; several dancers in white with blinking light "stick figure skeletons", dressed as snow creatures (with a vaguely "winter/forest kingdom" fantasy motif, including white costumes with fur and some horned helmets) came out and began circling the band on stage before moving off into the crowd - while in the crowd several grew into large snow angels by adding stilts to their costumes; midway during the song snow began falling on the fans on the floor from a pair of snowmaking rigs on the right and left sides of the scoreboard above the floor; shortly before midnight, the snow angels began shining small spotlights around the crowd, appearing similar to search lights; *** - at midnight, pyrotechnics spiraled around and behind the stage (some coming from the snowmaking rigs) and enormous white balloons with snow designs were dropped onto the floor.

