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2016-12-30

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN · New York, NY · New Years Run 2016 Era 3.0

Set 1: Carolina [1:39], Blaze On [8:17], The Moma Dance [8:02] > Gumbo [6:00] > Cities [8:38], The Old Home Place [3:23], Bathtub Gin [14:09] notes ↗, Things People Do [2:54], My Friend, My Friend [5:59] > Wilson [5:42], Sugar Shack [6:59], You Enjoy Myself [18:33]
Set 1 total: 1:30:15

Set 2: Tweezer [16:40] notes ↗ > Sparks [2:04] > Ghost [16:53] notes ↗ > Light [15:40] notes ↗ > Wading in the Velvet Sea [9:00] notes ↗ > Rocky Top [2:47]
Set 2 total: 1:03:04

Encore: Rock and Roll [6:00] > Tweezer Reprise [6:32]
Encore total: 12:32

Show total: 2:45:51 across 20 songs.

Notes

Carolina was last played on March 1, 2003 (378 shows). Free Bird was teased at the end of Bathtub Gin. My Friend did not contain the "Myfe" ending. Trey teased Midnight Rider in Tweezer. Sparks was last played on September 2, 2011 (201 shows). Ghost contained a There is a Mountain tease from Page and a Seven Below tease from Mike. Light contained Party Time quotes and a Stash tease. Tweezer Reprise contained Martian Monster and Kung quotes.

Teases

There is a Mountain — Page

Midnight Rider — Trey (in Tweezer)

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
Carolina	85	2025-07-12	2003-03-01	388
Blaze On	103	2026-10-12	2016-10-28	5
The Moma Dance	218	2026-10-04	2016-10-25	6
Gumbo	130	2026-10-07	2016-10-29	4
Cities	112	2026-07-08	2016-10-25	6
The Old Home Place	51	2026-07-14	2016-07-15	27
Bathtub Gin	322	2026-10-03	2016-10-22	8
Things People Do	9	2019-07-09	2016-10-21	9
My Friend, My Friend	191	2026-10-12	2016-10-18	11
Wilson	307	2026-10-04	2016-10-29	4
Sugar Shack	33	2024-08-29	2016-10-21	9
You Enjoy Myself	630	2026-10-04	2016-08-26	20
Tweezer	422	2026-10-09	2016-10-29	4
Sparks	15	2026-07-24	2011-09-02	202
Ghost	240	2026-10-09	2016-10-30	3
Light	140	2026-10-06	2016-10-28	5
Wading in the Velvet Sea	115	2026-10-12	2016-10-16	12
Rocky Top	208	2026-07-10	2016-10-14	14
Rock and Roll	99	2026-10-11	2016-10-24	7
Tweezer Reprise	335	2026-10-09	2016-12-28	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 →