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1995-12-31

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN · New York, NY · New Years Run 1995 · New Year's Eve Era 1.0

Set 1: Punch You in the Eye [8:03], The Sloth [3:45] > Reba [14:30] notes ↗, The Squirming Coil [10:22] > Maze [10:18], Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Shine [1:10] > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Sparkle [3:46] > Chalk Dust Torture [7:53]
Set 1 total: 59:47 8 of 11 timed

Set 2: Drowned [12:26] notes ↗ -> The Lizards [10:39], Axilla (Part II) [4:14] > Runaway Jim [16:07] notes ↗, Strange Design [3:48], Hello My Baby [1:23], Mike's Song notes ↗ -> Digital Delay Loop Jam notes ↗
Set 2 total: 48:37 6 of 8 timed

Set 3: Auld Lang Syne [1:43] > Weekapaug Groove [18:15] notes ↗ > Sea and Sand [3:14], You Enjoy Myself [25:38] notes ↗, Sanity [6:12], Frankenstein [4:56]
Set 3 total: 59:58

Encore: Johnny B. Goode [4:56]
Encore total: 4:56

Timed portion: 2:53:18 across 21 of 26 songs — a floor, not the show's length.

Times come from phish.in and are shown only where one track maps to exactly one song. Segued songs are often released as a single bundled track carrying one duration for several songs, and a song played twice in a set can't be told apart — those get no time rather than a made-up one. 5 of 26 songs here are untimed for that reason (or because the show isn't on phish.in at all).

Notes

Reba did not have the whistling ending. The narration in Mockingbird discussed how Phish makes time in the Gamehendge Time Laboratory, which set up the New Year’s Eve stunt. The Phish debut of Shine featured Tom Marshall on vocals. Trey later teased Shine in Runaway Jim. Mike's Song contained a Dave's Energy Guide tease from Page. The second set ended with a Digital Delay Loop Jam out of Mike’s, and the third set opened with the Phish Time Factory machine. All four band members dressed as scientists playing with synths while lights flashed and Van de Graaff generators zapped. Fish was lifted up in a bed as Father Time and was reborn as the Baby New Year. Weekapaug featured Auld Lang Syne, Dreaming (Blondie), and Spooky teases and was unfinished. Mike and Trey teased Can't You Hear Me Knocking in Runaway Jim. This was the first performance of Sanity since June 24, 1994 (148 shows). This show was officially released as New Year's Eve 1995 - Live at Madison Square Garden.

Teases

Dave's Energy Guide — Page
Can't You Hear Me Knocking — Trey (in Runaway Jim)

Gap chart

How long each of tonight's songs had been on the shelf, across all Phish shows. The gap is always as of this date.

SongTimes playedLast played (overall) Last played before this showGap
Punch You in the Eye 172 2026-07-25 1995-12-12 7
The Sloth 177 2026-04-30 1995-12-16 4
Reba 420 2026-07-22 1995-12-16 4
The Squirming Coil 378 2026-07-25 1995-12-16 4
Maze 350 2026-07-24 1995-12-17 3
Colonel Forbin's Ascent 130 2026-07-29 1995-12-01 15
Fly Famous Mockingbird 131 2026-07-29 1995-12-01 15
Shine 1 1995-12-31 debut
Sparkle 336 2026-07-22 1995-12-17 3
Chalk Dust Torture 530 2026-09-05 1995-12-17 3
Drowned 49 2026-07-27 1995-10-31 32
The Lizards 337 2026-07-22 1995-12-17 3
Axilla (Part II) 67 2026-09-06 1995-12-04 13
Runaway Jim 413 2026-07-22 1995-12-17 3
Strange Design 70 2026-07-27 1995-12-07 11
Hello My Baby 56 2019-12-03 1995-12-17 3
Mike's Song 550 2026-08-01 1995-12-16 4
Digital Delay Loop Jam 10 1997-08-17 1995-12-07 11
Auld Lang Syne 29 2025-12-31 1994-12-31 82
Weekapaug Groove 523 2026-08-01 1995-12-16 4
Sea and Sand 4 2020-02-21 1995-10-31 32
You Enjoy Myself 629 2026-07-29 1995-12-09 9
Sanity 46 2024-02-24 1994-06-24 148
Frankenstein 94 2026-05-02 1995-12-14 6
Johnny B. Goode 24 2026-07-27 1995-07-03 58

gold = bustout (long gap) · red = jam chart · [m:ss] = phish.in duration (click it to listen) · hover a song for its gap.

Jam-chart marks are curated by hand and lag the shows — the most recent months are sparsely marked because nobody has written them up yet, not because the jams were weak. See coverage →