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NEW YEARS RUN 98 SETLIST MSG

12-31-98 MSG

SET 1

1999 > Mikes > Hydrogen > Wekapaugh , Ghost > Ha Ha Ha , Cavern

SET 2

Nicu > Zero > Tweezer *> Cites > VelvetSea Antelope Frankentein

SET 3

11:45 Jim > Auld lang syne . Simple > Harry ,Tweez rep , Llama

`E: While my guitar gently weeps

12-30-98 MSG

SET 1

chalkdust , bbfcfm , wilson , roggae , sparkle , moma , old home place , sample , frankie , maze , lovin cup , reba

SET 2

dwd , piper , caspian > jam > coil > slave

E : Grind * Possum^

no solo page ending on coil also had dancing girls

* Tom Marshall sang " a song left off Billy Breathes"
"dedicated to a guy confined to wheelchair beacause lacrosse accident "
" body confined to wheelchair but not mind "

^ Wipeout teases

12-29-98

set 1

Rock n Roll > Funky Bitch , Pyite > Horn , Ginseng , Melt , Brian & Robert , Guyute , My Soul , Freebird

set 2

Free { sunday was miracled a new Years Ticket during free } , Limb by Limb , Jam { 10 min ambient style }
>2001 >> Boogie on Reggae Woman , YEM

E; DIVIDED SKY
Last divided encore 11-24-90

12-28-98 MSG

set 1

.axila pt 1 w/2 ending , stash , farmhouse , taste , sleep* ,alberqurque* , driver* , tube , golgi , Good times bad times ..

set 2

Carini , Wolfmans Bro , Birds , Circus comes to town, Quinn the Eskimo , Bowie

E: Been Caught Stealin

* Acoustic stage rolled out

thanks to Sunday & winnie-Woo for call

1 1/29/98 The Centrum - Worcester, Massachusetts

SET I (1:14): Paul and Silas*, Axilla, Theme from the Bottom, Sparkle, Horn, Limb by Limb -> Catapult -> Kung -> Maze, Blues Jam**-> Layla**

SET II (1:25): Roses are Free > Simple, Makisupa Policeman^^, Possum -> Wipe Out -> Possum, Bathtub Gin, You Enjoy Myself

E (0:09): Roggae, Hello My Baby

* w/ added lyrics about Paul being arrested!

**w/Seth Yacovone on guitar

1 1-28-98 Centrum

SET 1

(1:16) Gumbo, Tube, Down with Disease -> Guyute, Albuquerque, Foam, Moma Dance, Split Open and Melt

SET 2

(1:19): Julius, Wolfman's Brother -> Timber Ho!, Loving Cup -> Scent of a Mule -> Prince Caspian, Crossroads, Tweezer > Cavern

E (0:08): Sample in a Jar, Tweezer Reprise

11-27-98 Centrum , Worchester MA

SET 1

Funky Bitch , Yamar >> Carini , Runaway Jim , Meat , Reba , Old Home Place , Dog Stole Things , Vultures , When Circus Comes to Town , Birds

SET 2

Buried Alive , Wipe Out , Chalkdust >> Mirrors in Bathroom >> Chalkdust >> Dog Log >> Chalkdust , Sanity , Buffalo Bill >> Mikes >> Hydrogen >> Weekapaug > Jam > Antelope

E:Velvet Sea , Golgi > Wipe Out

Thanks to phishnet & heater & ck5 for song by song updates

11-25-98 Albany NY Pepsi Arena

Capacity 17000 *SOLD OUT * "biggest venue of tour ?"

SET 1

PYITE , My Soul , Roggae , Ac/Dc Bag , Lifeboy , David Bowie , Sleep , Driver , Good Times Bad Times

SET 2

2001 >> Golgi Apparatus , Drowned >> Prince Caspian , Piper , You Enjoy Myself > Been Caught Stealin , Llama

E: Something , Guyute , Freebird { acapela }

set 2 curtseyof phish.net

last Lifeboy

11-24-98 New Haven Coliseum , New Haven CT ,

Capcity 11000 * SOLD OUT *

SET 1

Down with Disease (11min) , Moma Dance (15 min) , Ginseng Sullivan (3 min) , Stash ( 16 min) , Brian & Robert (3min) , Limb by Limb (15 min) , Sample in a Jar (5 min) , Tela (8 min) , Chalkdust Torture

SET 2

Ghost (25min) >> Halleys (10min) >> Tweezer (15min) >> Possum >> Velvet Sea >> Char Zero

E:Susie Greenberg > Twezer rep With THE DUDE OF LIFE

Susie had originial Explicit lyrics

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11-21-98 Hampton VA

Set 1

Wilson >> BBFCFM Lawn boy , Divided Sky , Cry baby Cry , Boogie on Reggae Woman >> Nicu , Dog stole Things , Nellie Cane , Foam , Velvet Sea , Guyute , Bold as Love

Set 2

Sabotage > Mikes>>Simple>>Wedge > Mango song >Free>>>HA Ha Ha >>> Free ,Weekapaugh Groove

E:Tubthumping*

* ChumbaWumba cover , Tom Marshall Lead vocals " I get knocked down but get Up again . youre never gonna keep me down .... Pissin the night away .." Carl " Gears " Gerhardt Trumpet

11-20-98 Hampton VA

SET 1

Rock and Roll part 2 * , Tube , Quinn the Eskimo # , Funky Bitch , Guelah Papyrus , Rift , Meat > Stash , Trainsong , Possum , Roggae , Driver , Split Open & Melt

SET 2

Bathtub Gin >> Piper , Axilla pt 1 > Roses are Free , Farmhouse , Hyhu > Get Jiggy Wit It ^ >> Hyhu , Harry Hood > Character Zero

E: Cavern **

Gary Glitter cover aka Jock rock last played 12-31-94

# Bob Dylan cover last played 8-10-87 948 shows

^ Will Smith cover concert debut with Vac Jam

** With Carl Gears Gerhardt

Glostick war in Piper & Hood " Enough Already "

1 1-19-98 Ziggys, Winston Salem , NC Viperhouse

Trey apparently returned favor to Helouise by playing lead for The Viperhouse gig .. no one from tour journal was there to confirm but ive heard it from several reliable people

11-19-98 LJVM Winston Salem, NC

I. Cities, the Curtian > Sample In a Jar, Ginseng Sullivan, Bouncin, Maze, Something, Ghost#, Golgi

II.2001> Rock-n-Roll > Taste, Frankie Says, Gumbo @ >> Chalkdust Torture, Frankenstein, Been Caught Stealin'

E-You Enjoy Myself*

* with Helouise Williams (of Viperhouse & 8 Foot Tubes shows)on vocal jam

@ Page teased Where its At - Beck on Clavinet

11 min jam non funk , heavy spacey rock jam similar to 11-17 wolfmans jam THIS IS THE NEW SOUND for 99 THE WAY FUNK WAS 97 >> 98 SOUNDS SO GOOD

11-18-98 BiLo Center Greenville, SC capacity 16,000-rearstage covered by a curtain.

I. Back at the Chicken Shack* , Birds Of A Feather, Farmhouse, My Soul, Guyute, Lawnboy^, Love Me, David Bowie, Carolina`

II.Wolfman's Brother >Jam ^(13min)>> Lizards, MOMA Dance, Albequerque, Slave to the Traffic Light, Fluffhead > Character Zero

E- Brian & Robert, Sleep, Dog Faced Boy, Squirming Coil

Sleep (title announced by Trey) and Dog Faced Boy acoustic

* 1 1/2 min solo from Page

^ Page says "Thanks you're too kind, compliments Mike's solo, and tells Mike to sing one

^ Sick jam tis jam is the new sound for 99 hopefully very high tempo non funk sounds like some 95 jams but tighter and less psycedelic

` botched first attempt, forgot the words

11-15-98 Murfreesboro Tennesse

SET 1

My Friend My Friend , Ghost , Driver , Scent of a Mule , Cavern , Limb by Limb , Roggae , La Grange

SET 2

Runaway Jim , Stash , Mikes>simple , velvet sea , Loving cup , Wekapaugh

E:rocky top

*** NOTES ***

see shonotes page for complete review

Vibe is very chill at venue preshow

SET 1 "fairly standard set , sound was bad where I was , not much band/crowd connection , La Grange was nice to hear ,but youve heard better "-Sunday

"worst show of tour" "i was bored "

" in comparsion to previous 13 fall 98 shows this ranks last " " never that spark "- sunday

11-14-98 The Crown , Cinncinati Ohio

SET 1

Funky Bitch , My Soul , Reba , Bouncin , Tweezer >> Moma Dance , Sparkle , Character Zer0

SET 2

Bowie , Something , Piper , Golgi , Guyute , Hyhu > Sexual Healing > Hyhu , You Enjoy > Julius , Hello my Baby

E:So Lonely * Tweezer rep

NOTES

* The Police cover , sung by Page

11-13-98 Clevland , Ohio #SOLD OUT#

SET 1

Chalkdust Torture , Wolfman's Bro , Roggae , Ginseng Sullivan , It's Ice , Cars Trucks & Busses , Farmhouse , Water in The Sky , The Sloth , Antelope *

SET 2

Down With Disease (20 min) >> Sample in a Jar , Dirt , Birds of a Feather , Meat >> Harry Hood

E:Good Times Bad Times

**** NOTES ****

* Alternate lryic

.. DWD was 20 min and was solid sorta dissapointing to see it melt into Sample

11-11-98 Grand Rapids MI , Capacity 9500 It wasnt sold out

SET 1

Punch you in the eye (14min) , Gumbo (13 min 8 min jam ) , Call me if you ever need a fool , Glisten * , Tela , Birds of a Feather , Theme from the Bottom , Julius

SET 2

Halleys Comet (25min) / Simple >> Walk Away / Limb By Limb , When the Circus Comes to Town , Ghost (16min)

E:Contact , Rocky Top/ Funky Bitch

/ this means into but not nescarilly a smooth segue ,continous music no applause

* Trey on electric not acoustic

11-10-98 The Martyr [ bar], Chicago

Jon Fishman sat in with a dead cover band called "dark star orchestra " Jon sat in midway thru 2 nd set , this is what Jon played on

....Eyes of the World Drums St . Stephen Throwing Stones Not Fade Away . [ then 3 sets of encores they were ] E1: Revolution , E2: Blow Away , Terrapin E3 : Playin in the Band

" Were all in this Together "

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