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2023-08-02

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN · New York, NY · Summer Tour 2023 Era 4.0

Set 1: Possum [9:15], Guyute [11:22], Axilla (Part II) [7:00] > Energy [12:58] notes ↗ -> Meatstick [8:20] notes ↗ -> It's Ice [9:14] notes ↗ > Blaze On [12:53]
Set 1 total: 1:11:02

Set 2: Cavern [7:57] notes ↗ > Carini [17:35] notes ↗ > Piper [8:22] > The Well [9:34] > The Howling [6:41] > Taste [8:25] > About to Run [6:16], Chalk Dust Torture [8:44]
Set 2 total: 1:13:34

Encore: Frankenstein [5:44], Slave to the Traffic Light [8:21]
Encore total: 14:05

Show total: 2:38:41 across 17 songs.

Notes

Page and Trey teased Frankenstein in It's Ice. Cavern was played in a slower, funkier manner than usual. Trey quoted The Well in The Howling. Frankenstein was played for the first time since December 7, 2019 (120 shows) and featured Page on keytar. Slave's lyrics were changed to "see the greatest city."

Teases

Frankenstein — Trey (in It's Ice)

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
Possum	588	2026-10-11	2023-07-23	6
Guyute	137	2026-07-29	2022-12-29	30
Axilla (Part II)	68	2026-10-06	2023-07-25	5
Energy	11	2025-09-19	2022-08-14	36
Meatstick	81	2026-10-07	2023-07-11	15
It's Ice	256	2026-10-02	2023-07-19	9
Blaze On	103	2026-10-12	2023-07-25	5
Cavern	485	2026-07-25	2023-07-18	10
Carini	163	2026-10-09	2023-07-26	4
Piper	213	2026-10-11	2023-07-25	5
The Well	11	2026-04-25	2023-07-25	5
The Howling	22	2025-09-16	2023-07-18	10
Taste	157	2026-10-12	2023-07-22	7
About to Run	31	2026-10-11	2023-07-26	4
Chalk Dust Torture	532	2026-10-09	2023-07-25	5
Frankenstein	94	2026-05-02	2019-12-07	119
Slave to the Traffic Light	301	2026-10-11	2023-07-21	8

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 →