PHISH
SUNDAY 10/31/2021
MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA
Las Vegas, NV

SET 1: Buried Alive, Roses Are Free > Ghost, Wolfman's Brother, Kill Devil Falls > Free, David Bowie

SET 2: Knuckle Bone Broth Avenue[1], Get More Down[1], Egg in a Hole[1], Thanksgiving[1], Clear Your Mind[1] > The 9th Cube[1], The Inner Reaches of Outer[1], Don't Doubt Me[1], The Unwinding[1], Something Living Here[1], The Howling[1], I Am in Miami[1]

SET 3: Carini > Lonely Trip, Soul Planet -> Death Don't Hurt Very Long > Twist, Drift While You're Sleeping

ENCORE: Harry Hood

[1] Debut

For the second set, the band's "musical costume" was all debuted originals, performed as the invented band Sci-Fi Soldier (a 14-page comic book distributed upon entry detailed the group's adventure to save the planet). For that set, the band performed in elaborate costumes (helmets and all), with alternate instruments (Trey on a BCR Mockingbird), each playing within a flashing/glowing shape (two circles and two squares), after descending (in the form of holograms) from the ceiling in cylinders of colored light. Knuckle Bone Broth Avenue included extended choreography by Trey and Mike. During Get More Down, matching upright geometric shapes danced around behind the band, reducing to the two circles overlapped by Egg in a Hole, which featured pyrotechnics. Before Clear Your Mind, Trey introduced the band as from the year 4680 (the total of the October 28, 2021 songs as noted during that night's encore-ending Grind). During The 9th Cube, there were projections of donuts and turtles on a cube above the band. Fireworks rained down on the stage during The Inner Reaches of Outer. For I Am in Miami, Trey switched to an acoustic guitar and the band stood together at stage front with the four-mic a cappella setup. After the set, the band departed as holograms back up the colored tubes. The start of Harry Hood included alternate lyrics (Holy Blankenstein). Soul Planet contained Knuckle Bone Broth Avenue and Don't Doubt Me quotes.

Setlist info courtesy of phish.net [https://phish.net/setlists/phish-october-31-2021-mgm-grand-garden-arena-las-vegas-nv-usa.html]

Recording by Duncan Oldham
Position: Left of SBD
Stand Heigh: 8ft
Signal Chain: mk41v --> SoundDevices 788 (48k/24) --> Logic Pro --> xAct

Post by Chris Pavicich

