Shows, setlists, jams and stories from Phish in 2018. Here are 30 of our 35 2018 questions. Tap an answer to play right here, or jump into a 10-question set. Every answer links to the source it was checked against.
Why was the Curveball festival at Watkins Glen called off one day before it was to start in 2018?
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Flooding affected the local water supply. New York health officials stepped in over water quality, and the band offered ticketholders refunds plus livestreams.
Which Phish bandmate played in Trey's side project Ghosts of the Forest, whose self-titled album came out in 2019?
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Jon Fishman. Ghosts of the Forest formed in 2018. Along with Fishman, the lineup included Jennifer Hartswick, Celisse Henderson, Tony Markellis and Ray Paczkowski.
During 'Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.' at New Year's Eve 2018, what happened to Trey and Mike?
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They were lifted into the air on harnesses. After floating above the stage, the two landed and roamed around it with their wireless rigs, playing to the fans seated behind the stage.
When Phish debuted "Turtle in the Clouds" as Kasvot Växt on Halloween 2018, what did the band perform along with it?
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A choreographed dance routine. Jon Rua choreographed the moves. Trey sang with a microphone in hand, no guitar, which phish.net calls a first for a Phish original's debut.
The Trey Anastasio Band began a trio tour on April 17, 2018. What did that date mark?
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20 years since Trey's first show with Russ Lawton and Tony Markellis. The 1998 Higher Ground show that started it all was supposed to be a one-time thing.
In 2018, Jon Fishman went on tour with which Maine band?
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The Mallett Brothers Band. Fishman settled in Lincolnville, Maine, in 2006 and has kept busy in the local scene, including a 2018 run with the Mallett Brothers Band.
For Halloween 2018, Phish handed out a Playbill for a "lost" 1981 album by an obscure Scandinavian band, then played it in full. What was the album called?
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í rokk. No such band or album existed. LivePhish's credits for the show revealed all ten songs as new originals by the four members.
For Phish's Halloween 2018 fictional-band set, Trey set aside his usual Languedoc guitar for a Sustainer Stratocaster named for which Radiohead guitarist?
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Ed O'Brien. The switch helped the set sound like another band. The ten songs were released to streaming services nine days later.
A line from the chorus of 'Set Your Soul Free' gave its title to which 2020 Trey Anastasio live album?
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Burn It Down. 'Set Your Soul Free' started with the Trey Anastasio Band in 2017 and became a frequent Phish opener after its July 2018 debut at The Gorge.
In Kasvot Växt's fictional backstory, the band's four members met while working on a research project where?
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Greenland. The Halloween 2018 Phishbill gave the made-up band a whole history, down to the private-press label that supposedly dumped the leftover records in a fjord.
Besides full refunds, what did Curveball ticket holders get after the 2018 festival was canceled?
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Free webcasts of Phish's Labor Day run at Dick's. The Dick's shows came about two weeks after the canceled festival, so fans who missed Watkins Glen could still watch at home.