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2009-10-29

EMPIRE POLO CLUB · Indio, CA · Festival 8 Era 3.0

Set 1: Water in the Sky, Sleep Again, Let Me Lie, Invisible, Back on the Train, Driver

Set 2: Jam, Undermind -> Devil With a Blue Dress On Jam, Starship Trooper Jam, Gone, Liquid Time

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. 12 of 12 songs here are untimed for that reason (or because the show isn't on phish.in at all).

Notes

There were two soundchecks for Festival 8: an acoustic afternoon session, followed several hours later by a separate electric soundcheck that evening. The electric soundcheck was broadcast on Phish's on-site festival radio, JACK-FM 95.9 "The Bunny" as well as Sirus/XM Radio. The acoustic soundcheck was not broadcast and the song order may be incorrect. The short Devil With a Blue Dress On Jam included the chorus and part of a verse sung by Trey, as well as a Good Golly Miss Molly quote. The Starship Trooper Jam consisted of part of the Würm segment of the song. Before Liquid Time, Trey quoted Fuck Your Face and briefly teased Kids (MGMT); the jam out of Liquid Time dissolved into a vocal jam featuring the band members snoring and featured a Lengthwise quote from Trey.

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
Water in the Sky	89	2026-01-30	2009-08-14	2
Sleep Again	7	2016-07-16	debut	—
Let Me Lie	11	2016-10-15	2009-08-15	1
Invisible	2	2009-11-01	debut	—
Back on the Train	175	2026-09-05	2009-08-02	8
Driver	41	2024-12-28	2009-08-08	5
Jam	78	2014-07-27	2003-12-28	54
Undermind	64	2026-07-19	2009-08-02	8
Devil With a Blue Dress On Jam	1	2009-10-29	debut	—
Starship Trooper Jam	1	2009-10-29	debut	—
Gone	3	2010-12-31	debut	—
Liquid Time	1	2009-10-29	debut	—

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 →