New Year's Run 2011-2012 Phish December 30, 2011

Venue Information:
Madison Square Garden
4 Pennsylvania Plaza (Seventh Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets)
New York, NY, United States
212.465.6741

Show Time: 7:30 pm
Doors Open: 6:30 pm

Tickets:
$60 Reserved

Ages Allowed:
All Ages

At the end of December, Phish returns to Madison Square Garden in New York, New York for a four-show Holiday/NYE Run to close out 2011. The band has played 19 shows to date at MSG, beginning with its December 30, 1994 concert and including last year’s three-night stand, which concluded on New Year’s Day.

A limited number of tickets for all four shows are available directly through Phish Tickets’ online ticketing system at http://phish.portals.musictoday.com/. The ticket request period is currently underway and will end on Monday, October 24, at Noon ET. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Saturday, October 29, at Noon ET.

As with Phish’s Summer Tour, included in the ticket price for each date is a free MP3 download of the entire show (a fully mixed soundboard recording), redeemable at LivePhish.com.

PHISH NEW YEAR’S RUN 2011-2012

12/28 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
12/29 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
12/30 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
12/31 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Phish

Phish is a popular American rock band most noted for its extended improvisations, elongated song compositions and the varied genres represented in their song repertoire. The band was formed in 1983 in Burlington, Vermont, United States where they all attended college. The band’s lineup consists of Trey Anastasio (guitar, vocals), Page McConnell (keyboards, vocals), Mike “Cactus” Gordon (bass, vocals) and Jon Fishman (drums, vocals, vacuum cleaner). The band went on hiatus in 2000, but returned in 2002 only to split for what seemed for good in 2004. However, on September 30, 2008, the band announced, via their website, that they would reunite for three shows on March 6th, 7th and 8th, 2009 at the Hampton Colosseum. Later the band announced a summer tour for June of 2009 beginning with a night at Fenway Park and later added more dates in late July and August, featuring 4 nights at Red Rocks to begin the tour. The band has continued to be active since with continued touring and a new album.

Although the group received little radio play or MTV exposure, Phish developed a large following by word of mouth. Phish’s music has elements of many genres including jazz, bluegrass, country, heavy metal, reggae, folk, rock, ska, pop, blues, progressive rock, show tunes, classical, acoustic, barber shop quartet and calypso.

The band performed 226 originals (of the 234 they penned) and 383 covers for a total of 609 songs.

Official Website: http://www.kicktickets.com/30971/2011/12/30/years-run-2011-2012-phish-madison-square-garden-york-ny