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1997-12-29

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN · New York, NY · New Years Run 1997 Era 1.0

Set 1: NICU [6:08] > Golgi Apparatus [4:41] > Crossroads [5:07], Cars Trucks Buses [5:32], Train Song [3:01], Theme from the Bottom [12:28] notes ↗ > Fluffhead [16:32], Dirt [4:06], Run Like an Antelope [15:58] notes ↗
Set 1 total: 1:13:33

Set 2: Down with Disease [23:19] notes ↗ -> David Bowie [19:48] notes ↗ > Possum notes ↗ -> I Can't Turn You Loose notes ↗ > Possum notes ↗ > I Can't Turn You Loose notes ↗, Tube [10:55] notes ↗, You Enjoy Myself [18:26]
Set 2 total: 1:12:28 4 of 8 timed

Encore: Good Times Bad Times [7:06]
Encore total: 7:06

Timed portion: 2:33:07 across 14 of 18 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. 4 of 18 songs here are untimed for that reason (or because the show isn't on phish.in at all).

Soundcheck

I Can't Turn You Loose, Funky Bitch, Jam

A soundcheck isn't part of the show and counts toward no song's play total or gap.

Notes

Disease was unfinished. Bowie included a tease from Mike of the Theme from James Bond. The return to Possum included a Long Tall Glasses tease from Page. Tube featured an I Feel the Earth Move tease. Page teased I Can't Turn You Loose in YEM. The soundcheck's Funky Bitch featured Trey on vocals. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.

Teases

tease from Mike of the Theme from James Bond. The return to Possum included a Long Tall Glasses — Page

I Can't Turn You Loose — Page (in YEM)

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.

Song	Times played	Last played (overall)	Last played before this show	Gap
NICU	163	2026-07-27	1997-12-13	1
Golgi Apparatus	486	2026-07-24	1997-12-06	6
Crossroads	9	1998-11-28	1997-12-03	8
Cars Trucks Buses	89	2025-07-20	1997-11-16	20
Train Song	59	2024-08-06	1997-12-12	2
Theme from the Bottom	202	2026-07-27	1997-12-13	1
Fluffhead	293	2026-07-24	1997-11-23	15
Dirt	81	2026-07-11	1997-12-11	3
Run Like an Antelope	497	2026-09-04	1997-12-12	2
Down with Disease	327	2026-09-04	1997-12-11	3
David Bowie	481	2026-07-22	1997-12-03	8
Possum	586	2026-09-05	1997-12-07	5
I Can't Turn You Loose	2	1999-09-29	debut	—
Tube	206	2026-09-04	1997-12-13	1
You Enjoy Myself	629	2026-07-29	1997-12-03	8
Good Times Bad Times	232	2026-07-24	1997-12-13	1

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 →