photo: Dave Vann<\/p>\n
Phish returned to the stage last night at Savannah, GA\u2019s Enmarket Arena after an off-day and the band picked up where it left off, by delivering some deep, extended improv. On July 12, the band opened its second set with a 38 minute \u201cSimple.\u201d On the 11th it was \u201cTweezer\u201d which crested above the 30-minute mark. Last evening, \u201cSplit Open and Melt\u201d took the honors.<\/p>\n
The show opened with \u201cDavid Bowie,\u201d marking the first time that the song had appeared in the opening slot since 6\/24\/10 at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ. This standalone version was followed by a paired \u201cGumbo\u201d and \u201cBirds of a Feather\u201d which cascaded across 23 minutes. \u201cThe Old Home Place\u201d came next, marking the first time the band had performed the Dillards\u2019 tune since 9\/13\/25. Then, following \u201cSteam\u201d and \u201cThe Curtain With,\u201d Phish wrapped up the frame with a 14-minute \u201cHorn,\u201d marking in the group\u2019s history that the song has appeared as a set-closer.<\/p>\n
When the group returned, it embarked on a three-song journey, starting with an expansive 32-minute take on \u201cSOAM,\u201d then continuing with \u201cSand\u201d which found its way to \u201cIt\u2019s Ice\u201d following a jam. The Ghosts of the Forest tune \u201cAbout to Run\u201d then followed, before the band opened things up again during \u201cPiper,\u201d which led into \u201cWalls of the Cave.\u201d The encores were \u201cThe Squirming Coil\u201d and Jimi Hendrix\u2019s \u201cFire,\u201d which the group had last played on 7\/25\/23 at The Mann in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
Phish will be back at the Enmarket Arena tonight for the second of two shows at the venue.<\/p>\n
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Phish, 7\/14\/26 Enmarket Arena Savannah, GA<\/p>\n
SET 1: David Bowie, Gumbo > Birds of a Feather, The Old Home Place, Steam, The Curtain With, Horn<\/p>\n
SET 2: Split Open and Melt[1] > Sand -> It\u2019s Ice, About to Run, Piper > Walls of the Cave<\/p>\n
ENCORE: The Squirming Coil, Fire[2]
[1] Unfinished.
[2] Lyrics changed to \u201cmove over Rover, and let Johnny take over.\u201d<\/p>\n
Split Open and Melt was unfinished and included Birds of a Feather teases from Trey. Fire was performed for the first time since July 25, 2023 (132 shows) and had lyrics changed to \u201cmove over Rover, and let Johnny take over.\u201d<\/p>\n
Setlist via Phish.net<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"photo: Dave Vann Phish returned to the stage last night at Savannah, GA\u2019s Enmarket Arena after an off-day…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-802277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}