January: 02|03|04

•	1/2/03 Hampton Coliseum - Hampton, Virginia Set 1 (1:31): Chalkdust Torture*, Bathtub Gin, It's Ice**, Back on the Train, Round Room***, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Stash, Water in the Sky, Character Zero Set 2 (1:12): 46 Days -> Simple# -> My Friend My Friend, Limb by Limb, Thunderhead##, Run Like an Antelope ###, Cavern Encore (0:05): Mexican Cousin^ Notes: Show began at 7:44pm. Second set began at 9:55pm. Post-show music was "What's Going On." * - with digital delay loop jam about 12 minutes in; ** - prior to "It's Ice," Trey jokingly said: "Ladies and gentlemen, it's Tom Hanks!" (referring to the appearance of Page's brother Steve as "Tom Hanks" on New Year's Eve), and during the song a spotlight hit Fishman, who stood up and did a little dance; *** - first time played, and with many balloons in the audience; # - "Bebop/skyscrapers" verse flubbed; ## - first time played; ### - lyric was "bid you to have any spliff"; ^ - first time played.
•	1/3/03 Hampton Coliseum - Hampton, Virginia Set 1 (1:15): Tweezer -> Theme From the Bottom, Foam, Pebbles and Marbles*, You Enjoy Myself** Set 2 (1:11): Birds of a Feather, Wolfman's Brother, Makisupa Policeman***, Axilla, Twist -> Free, All of These Dreams#, Possum## Encore (0:08): Contact###, Tweezer Reprise Notes: Show began at 8:13pm. Second set began at 10:11pm. Paul Languedoc was not manning the sound board, and Trey made a point to stop at the monitor board to speak with the engineer on his way to the stage before the first set. * - first time played; ** - with a false start (Trey stopped the band and made a comment about practicing, then re-started a moment later), and with a vocal jam based on the name "George Takei" (the actor who played Mr. Sulu on Star Trek); *** - lyric was "woke up this morning ... about 3 o'clock this afternoon... 'fatty'," and "Waffle House" and "Hooters" were mentioned in the singing toward the end of the song; # - concert debut (only previously played on Letterman); ## - toward the end, Trey hands his guitar to Page (who plays it from his normal seat, doing things like playing behind his head, etc.), Mike hands his bass to Trey, Mike picks up the "B" and "AH" cymbals (traditionally used during "Crackin' Rosie"), and the song ends; ### - Trey says: "Ladies and gentlemen, Al Gore!", also with a Page solo/breakdown and a Mike solo/breakdown. (More details will be sought on the "Possum" antics.)
•	1/4/03 Hampton Coliseum - Hampton, Virginia Set 1 (1:13): Llama, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Roggae, Maze, Anything But Me*, Ya Mar, Saw it Again, Bouncing Around the Room, Split Open and Melt Set 2 (1:17): Rock and Roll, Mike's Song -> Mist, Weekapaug Groove -> What's the Use -> Down with Disease -> Fast Enough for You, Also Sprach Zarathustra** Encore (0:10): Friday* Notes: Show began at 7:58pm. Second set began at 10:01pm. Paul Languedoc appears to be back at the sound board. * - first time played; ** - Trey thanks fans and talks about how extremely blessed they are to be able to share all of this with them each night, also Trey, Mike and Page each take an individual "big rock ending" vamp before the band ends the song together.
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Friday, February 14, 2003 Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA Set I: My Sweet One, Cover of the Rolling Stone > Chalk Dust Torture, Fee -> Taste, Bathtub Gin, Heavy Things, Golgi Apparatus Set II: Possum, Walls of the Cave -> Carini, All of These Dreams, Limb by Limb, The Oh Kee Pah Ceremony > AC/DC Bag -> Prince Caspian Encore: Loving Cup Show Notes: Phish debuted Cover of the Rolling Stone, presumably as a nod to their actual appearance on the cover of the March 6, 2003 issue of that very magazine. Taste included What's The Use teases. A fan jumped on-stage and grabbed Trey's microphone during AC/DC Bag; he was able to begin a message to someone named "Nancy" before being dragged off-stage. Saturday, February 15, 2003 Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV Set I: Llama, Wolfman's Brother > Reba, Life on Mars?, 46 Days, It's Ice, Frankie Says > Run Like an Antelope Set II: Waves > Bug > Ghost -> Free > Harry Hood Encore: Sample in a Jar Show Notes: First Life on Mars? since March 2, 1997 (249 shows). Antelope included Stash teases. A group of fans hung a large white banner resembling a ghost costume over a section of the venue balcony. The banner proclaimed that it had been '871 Days Since Last Ghost'; the same banner appeared the next night indicating '1 Days Since Last Ghost.' The Ghost jam included hints of Push On 'Til the Day. Hood included a "silent" jam. Sunday, February 16, 2003 Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV Set I: David Bowie -> Catapult -> David Bowie, Horn, Guyute, Round Room, Golden Lady, Poor Heart, Pebbles and Marbles Set II: Down With Disease -> Seven Below -> Down With Disease > Anything But Me, Piper -> Makisupa Policeman, Character Zero Encore: Friday Show Notes: Phish played Golden Lady for the first time since October 20, 1994 (453 shows). Trey chided Fishman at the start of the second set, claiming that he didn't know how to play Disease. The jam out of Piper included a Rift tease and then moved briefly through the ending segment of Disease (in the key of Piper, no less) before segueing into Makisupa. Tuesday, February 18, 2003 Pepsi Center, Denver, CO Set I: Runaway Jim, Water in the Sky, Twist, The Squirming Coil, Brian and Robert, Stash, The Wedge, Birds of a Feather, Lawn Boy, Walls of the Cave Set II: The Moma Dance > Limb by Limb, Thunderhead, The Divided Sky > Carini, You Enjoy Myself -> The Lion Sleeps Tonight Encore: NICU, Mexican Cousin Show Notes: The YEM vocal jam included a tease of the William Tell Overture. The Lion Sleeps Tonight was performed a capella. Thursday, February 20, 2003 Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL Set I: Rift > Rock and Roll, Guyute, Driver, Waves > Simple, Gotta Jibboo Set II: Tweezer > Punch You in the Eye > Fast Enough for You, Seven Below, Pebbles and Marbles Encore: Golgi Apparatus, Anything But Me, Tweezer Reprise Friday, February 21, 2003 U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH Set I: Wilson > Frankenstein, Down with Disease, Lifeboy, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Run Like An Antelope, I Didn't Know Set II: Mike's Song -> Free > Waste -> Also Sprach Zarathustra, Harry Hood, All of These Dreams, Possum > Cavern Encore: Wading in the Velvet Sea Show Notes: Lifeboy was played for the first time since November 25, 1998 (129 shows). I Didn't Know included some dancing antics from Trey, Page, and Mike, while Fishman took his vacuum solo. 2001 included teases of Stash, as well as Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring." Saturday, February 22, 2003 U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH Set I: The Sloth, Dogs Stole Things, Piper -> Weekapaug Groove, Dirt, Scent of a Mule, Walls of the Cave, Mountains in the Mist, Sample In a Jar Set II: Tube > Bathtub Gin, Friday -> David Bowie, Bug Encore: Suzie Greenberg Show Notes: For the first known time, Weekapaug was played without Mike's Song (possibly to bring closure to the Mike's Song a night earlier). Gin included a down-tempo DEG tease. Monday, February 24, 2003 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ Set I: Down with Disease, Corinne Corrina, Wolfman's Brother > Limb by Limb, Everyday (I Have the Blues), The Thrill is Gone, Rock Me Baby Set II: Halley's Comet > Harry Hood > Heavy Things, Twist, All of These Dreams, Waves > Sample In A Jar > Chalk Dust Torture Encore: Farmhouse Show Notes: The last three songs of the first set were Phish concert debuts that featured a guest appearance by B.B. King. Tuesday, February 25, 2003 First Union Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA Set I: Julius, Talk, 46 Days, Taste, Frankie Says, Slave to the Traffic Light, Water in the Sky, Walls of the Cave Set II: AC/DC Bag, Cities, Theme from the Bottom > Runaway Jim, Thunderhead, Sparkle, Pebbles and Marbles Encore: Squirming Coil, Character Zero Show Notes: Talk was played for the first time since August 6, 1998 (162 shows). Wednesday, February 26, 2003 Worcester Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA Set I: You Enjoy Myself, Clone, Roggae, Drifting, Blue Skies, The Moma Dance, Final Flight, Maze Set II: Stash, Ghost -> Low Rider Jam -> Makisupa Policeman -> Ya Mar, Guyute, Waves > Prince Caspian -> Frankenstein > Golgi Apparatus Encore: Loving Cup Show Notes: For the first time since November 18, 1989, Phish opened with YEM (albeit preceded by a "Charge!" tease from Trey). The YEM vocal jam included Trey singing pieces Clone. Phish subsequently debuted Clone, as well as three other songs previously only played by various band member side projects: Drifting, Blue Skies, and Final Flight. Stash included a Foam tease. The lyrics to Makiupa referenced the fire at the band's hotel in Cincinnati a week earlier. Trey expanded Page's nickname to "Leo Kottke" in Ya Mar. Ya Mar also included a Stash tease. Caspian was unfinished. Golgi included a Frankenstein tease. Friday, February 28, 2003 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY Set I: Birds of a Feather, Destiny Unbound, Horn > Bathtub Gin, Sleep, Back on the Train, Bouncing Around the Room, Walls of the Cave Set II: Tweezer > Soul Shakedown Party -> David Bowie, Round Room > Harry Hood Encore: Contact, Mexican Cousin, Tweezer Reprise Show Notes: Phish broke out two long-shelved tunes: the first Destiny Unbound since November 15, 1991 (788 shows) and the first Soul Shakedown Party since February 20, 1997 (266 shows). Saturday, March 1, 2003 Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC Set I: Chalk Dust Torture, The Moma Dance, Foam, Lawn Boy, Character Zero > The Divided Sky, Mountains in the Mist, Waves, Sample in a Jar Set II: Rock and Roll, Wilson > Piper, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Wolfman's Brother -> Boogie on Reggae Woman, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Run Like an Antelope, Carolina Encore: First Tube > You Enjoy Myself -> Proud Mary Show Notes: Instead of emerging from behind the piano with his own microphone for Lawn Boy, Page came front stage and used Trey's microphone and stand. The move prompted a raucous response from the crowd. A portion of the Piper jam was based around the chords to Oye Como Va. Trey subseqeuently teased Oye Como Va, as well as Another One Bites the Dust, during YEM. The YEM vocal jam included a Daniel tease. Proud Mary was performed a capella (including renderings of the musical breaks) to conclude the vocal jam. Only one other version of Proud Mary is known – a full-band version at the first ever Phish show on December 2, 1983 (1,133 shows). The post-show music to close the first post-hiatus tour was particularly inspiring – "Let's Stay Together." All setlists for on this page FEBRUARY THROUGH MARCH ONLY (C)Copyright 2003 The Mockingbird Foundation. All Rights Reserved. The Mockingbird setlists may not be copied in any form (print, electronic, or otherwise) for any purpose, without the express written permission of the Mockingbird Foundation. (Standard Phish.Net copyright applies to the remainder of content on this page.)