Hands On A Hardbody, the new musical by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright with music by Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green, will debut April 27, 2012 at La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, CA and run through June 17, 2012. The production, based on S.R. Bindler’s 1997 documentary of the same name, tells the story of a pickup-truck competition in Longview, TX.
On Saturday, April 14th, Ben & Jerry’s and the WaterWheel Foundation will host a gathering on Church Street in downtown Burlington, Vermont in an effort to form the World’s Largest Cowbell Ensemble. Jon Fishman, drummer for the band Phish, will lead the effort. The two organizations are celebrating their 15 year partnership, and the anniversary of Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food.
Phish returns to the road this Summer beginning June 7th with back to back shows at DCU Center in Worcester, MA and ends with three consecutive nights (July 6th, 7th, and 8th) at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY. As mentioned previously, Phish will play a full two-set performance at the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee on June 10th. To view the official announcement video click here.
Phish returns to Tennessee to play at the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The eleventh annual four-day camping and music festival will be held on June 7-10 in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville. Additional artists at the festival include Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Beach Boys, Bon Iver, The Shins, Black Star, Ludacris, Bad Brains, Tune-Yards, Feist, Flogging Molly, Fruit Bats and The Roots, to name a few. Tickets go on sale exclusively at http://www.bonnaroo.com/tickets/ this Saturday, February 18th at 12:00 PM EST.
On Record Store Day 2012, Phish will release Junta, the band’s first full-length studio album, as a Limited Edition Deluxe 3-LP vinyl set, available exclusively at participating independently owned record stores across the country. Junta marks the band’s second release in conjunction with Record Store Day, and the first time Junta has ever been released on vinyl.
Mike and his band are performing at the sixth edition of Jam In The Dam held at the legendary Melkweg in Amsterdam, The Netherlands March 14, 15, 16, 2012. Before heading back to the states, the band will perform Sunday, March 18 at The Borderline in London. Tickets for this newly added show are on sale now by clicking here.
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2012 marks the 30th anniversary of Brian Eno’s landmark tribute to the NASA moon landings, Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks. Mike will participate in the The New York Guitar Festival’s live re-imagining of this masterpiece this Friday, January 4th at the World Financial Center Winter Garden in New York, NY. Mike will perform with the Brooklyn ambient ensemble Itsnotyouitsme, legendary NY guitar master Larry Campbell and special guests David Torn, Noveller, and Tortoise’s Jeff Parker. The event is free.
Last night during Phish’s Madison Square Garden performance, we unleashed the latest release in the ongoing LivePhish.com Phish Archives collection. We’re excited to present
12/31/91 from The Worcester Memorial Auditorium, in Worcester, MA.
The 3-set download (also available as an on demand 3-CD set at LivePhish.com) is the
In order to celebrate New Year’s with everyone, the band will offer live webcasts at LivePhish.com of each of their four sold-out shows (including Phish’s New Year’s Eve three-set performance) at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. LivePhish.com will broadcast a 10-camera, high definition shoot with high quality audio mixed live. Fans can tune in on their large screen TVs via HDMI-equipped PCs or Macs, as well as on Android devices, Boxee, Xbox, Wii, and Playstation game consoles.
Hampton/Winston-Salem ’97, a brand new 7-CD box set, showcasing three complete shows recorded Live November 21 & 22, 1997 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA and November 23, 1997 Lawrence Joel Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, NC, in the midst of Phish’s legendary 1997 Fall Tour, is in stores today!
Trey will launch his first-ever orchestral tour on February 9, 2012, performing with the Atlanta Symphony at the Atlanta Symphony Hall. The Trey Anastasio Winter Symphony Tour will also include performances with the Pittsburgh Symphony (2/14), the Colorado Symphony (2/28) and the Los Angeles Philharmonic (3/10). The programs, conducted by Scott Dunn in all four cities, will feature orchestrations of classic Phish songs and solo Anastasio compositions.
Phish will release The White Tape and Party Time on vinyl as part of Record Store Day’s “Black Friday” on Friday, November 25th, after Thanksgiving. Both albums will be available exclusively at participating independently owned record stores across the country.
As mentioned previously, anyone who pre-orders Hampton/Winston-Salem ’97 from Phish Dry Goods will also receive previously unreleased Hampton/Winston-Salem tracks from the Phish Archives that won’t be available anywhere else (in addition to the complete box set in MP3 format).
SiriusXM Satellite radio’s Jam_ON channel will broadcast Phish’s upcoming Hampton/Winston-Salem ’97 release, with audio commentary from Phish Archivist, Kevin Shapiro, beginning Wednesday, November 23rd at 2AM and 9PM daily, through November 28th.
