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1997-12-30

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

Set 1: Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley notes ↗ -> Taste [11:06] notes ↗, Water in the Sky [3:18] > Punch You in the Eye [9:40] > Stash [13:07] notes ↗, Chalk Dust Torture [7:59], A Day in the Life [5:05]
Set 1 total: 50:15 6 of 7 timed

Set 2: AC/DC Bag [25:25] notes ↗ > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters [9:50] notes ↗, Harpua > I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) [2:50] > Harpua > Izabella [7:18] > Harry Hood [19:57] notes ↗ -> My Soul [5:55] > Sleeping Monkey [6:19] > Guyute [10:31]
Set 2 total: 1:28:05 8 of 10 timed

Encore: Carini [6:40] -> Black-Eyed Katy [5:24] -> Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley notes ↗ > Frankenstein [10:49] notes ↗
Encore total: 22:53 3 of 4 timed

Timed portion: 2:41:13 across 17 of 21 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 21 songs here are untimed for that reason (or because the show isn't on phish.in at all).

Notes

Trey teased  A Night in Tunisia in Stash. AC/DC Bag included Third Stone From the Sun and Psycho Killer teases. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) made its Phish debut, was sung by Tom Marshall, contained an A Day in the Life quote from Tom referencing Big Phil (a fan who was in attendance that night), and was part of the “Pentagram Harpua,” which also included a narrative about Lost in Space. Hood was unfinished. Pete Carini made an appearance on-stage during the encore. Frankenstein included a segment with Fish coming center stage with his vacuum. The encore was unusually long; once the band realized they were going to be fined for playing past midnight, they decided to play well past midnight. Sneakin’ Sally was played for the first time since May 28, 1989 (925 shows). Neither of the Sallys contained vocal jams. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.

Teases

A Night — Trey (in Tunisia in Stash)

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
Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley 86 2026-04-30 1989-05-28 893
Taste 156 2026-09-06 1997-12-12 3
Water in the Sky 89 2026-01-30 1997-11-29 13
Punch You in the Eye 172 2026-07-25 1997-12-13 2
Stash 464 2026-08-01 1997-12-09 5
Chalk Dust Torture 530 2026-09-05 1997-12-09 5
A Day in the Life 76 2026-07-29 1997-12-07 6
AC/DC Bag 344 2026-07-22 1997-12-07 6
McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters 125 2026-07-29 1997-11-26 15
Harpua 67 2026-07-29 1997-08-16 26
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) 1 1997-12-30 debut —
Izabella 23 2026-07-17 1997-12-12 3
Harry Hood 445 2026-09-04 1997-12-13 2
My Soul 96 2026-04-25 1997-12-13 2
Sleeping Monkey 97 2025-04-19 1997-12-06 7
Guyute 137 2026-07-29 1997-12-12 3
Carini 161 2026-09-05 1997-03-01 68
Black-Eyed Katy 7 1997-12-30 1997-12-05 8
Frankenstein 94 2026-05-02 1997-12-03 9

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 →