INDIANAPOLIS - Phish will launch its first summer tour in five years with a two-night stand at the Nikon Theatre at Jones Beach in Wantagh, N.Y., June 4-5.
Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, Ind., welcomes Phish back June 19.On March 3rd, Phish will release "The Clifford Ball" on JEMP Records/Rhino. This release features the band's entire performance at the 1996 festival, which was the largest concert in North America that year and the first of many two-day festivals staged by the group. More than 70,000 fans turned out for the event, which was held at a decommissioned Air Force base in Plattsburgh, N.Y.
The seven-DVD box set will contain more than nine hours of music, including a bonus disc with Phish's extended soundcheck, its late-night flatbed truck jam and a 30-minute featurette with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage. The original multi-track recordings have been remixed for stereo and 5.1 audio. Fans can pre-order "The Clifford Ball" at http://drygoods.phish.com
Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983, Phish quickly became renowned for its live performances.
"Phish offers something rare in pop: a long, complex, and completely different show every night," said the Village Voice.
The Grammy-nominated band became one of the top touring groups in the U.S. and, by 1998, Rolling Stone had proclaimed Phish the most important band of the decade.
Phish - comprising guitarist/vocalist Trey Anastasio, drummer Jon Fishman, bassist Mike Gordon and keyboardist Page McConnell - has released 11 studio albums, five concert videos and a series of 44 complete live concert CDs, including 13 on its own JEMP Records.
In addition, the band offers a selection of 88 full concert downloads at livephish.com LivePhish.com is Phish's digital download store and has been widely hailed as one of the first band sites to offer high-quality, unedited soundboard recordings of full concerts.
All tickets for Phish are $49.50. Tickets are exclusively available at the Taco Bell Box Office at Verizon Wireless Music Center, www.livenation.com, charge at 877-598-8703 or at participating Blockbuster stores.
Applicable service fees are in addition to advertised ticket prices. All dates, acts and ticket prices subject to change without notice. Ticket prices subject to applicable fees.
