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4-2-98 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale (Long Island), NY

1: Tube, My Mind Got a Mind of Its Own, The Sloth, NICU, Stash* > Horn, Waste, Chalk Dust Torture

2: Punch You in the Eye, Simple, Birds of a Feather**, Wolfman's Brother > Sneaking Sally Through the Alley > Roget*** > Twist Around+, Sleeping Monkey, Rocky Top

E: Gyute

The audience bumrushed the floor prior to first set - boooooooooooooo! *Unfinished – middle jam extended, into Horn. **First time played (original); chorus = "birds of a feather are flocking outside"; Trey on vocals. ***First time played (original); starts off with a 2-3 min jam (Blow Wind Blow? also played during the Italy soundcheck?), light and ballady; then into a new (7 or 8 minute) part with (spooky, haunting) lyrics; Page on vocals, Page and Trey in chorus; chorus something about "relax the world will spin beside, and suck you in with threats and hopes beyond". +With a crazy aliens-are-coming jam

4-3-98 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale (Long Island), NY

1: Mike's Song > The Old Home Place, Weekapaug Groove*, Train Song, Billy Breathes, Beauty of My Dreams, Dog Stole Things, Reba**, My Soul

2: Roses are Free , Piper*** , Loving Cup^ , Run Like an Antelope^^

E: Carini Had a Lumpy Head , Halley's Comet, Tweezer Reprise

*With jam over band "ooo"ing - basically a "Crosseyed and Painless" jam without the actual vocals. **With whistling. ***Jammed out a bit, all drop out except Page who solos for about a minute and then takes it into "Loving Cup". ^During which someone with a backpack jumps onstage, runs across stage, and is chased by Pete Carini. ^^Which starts out with Fishman yelling "don't let Carini get ya" and includes a chant throughout of "Carini's gonna get ya", during which the lights go out and a glowstick war ensues.

4-4-98 Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI

1: Tweezer > Taste, Bouncing Around the Room, Funky Bitch, Ginseng Sullivan, Limb by Limb, Lawn Boy, Character Zero

2: Birds of a Feather > Also Sprach Zarathustra* > Brother^, Ghost^^ ,> Lizards, David Bowie

E: Harry Hood

*Unfinished (only one "verse"). ^After the song, Trey said, "we're going to play that again", and they played a one-minute instrumental version of "Brother". Then Trey said,  roughly, "That was the single-edit radio-friendly version. This next song is radio-unfriendly; it's long and slow." ^^With tease/jam of "I Can't Turn You Loose" (originally by Otis Redding, but associated with The Blues Brothers; see also 12-30-97)

4-5-98 Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI

1: Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > You Enjoy Myself, Theme from the Bottom, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Bathtub Gin > Cities, Sparkle, Split Open and Melt

2: Down with Disease , Ya Mar , Prince Caspian, Maze , Oblivious Fool(?)* , Possum^ , Cavern^^

E: Bold as Love

Aftershow PA music: Theme from The Godfather. Basically none of the songs in the second set were finished, all jammed out into some other song. *May be some other song, but had the lyrics to "Oblivious Fool"...or at least included the phrase "oblivious fool" in the lyrics. ^With funked-out jam during which Trey said "This is for all those that came down wanting to dance" and "we're gonna funk it out". ^^Funky version, almost "Wolfman's Brother"-y.

6-30-98 The Grey Hall - Freetown Christiana, Copenhagen, Denmark

Sound Check: The Moma Dance, Frankie Says, Ha Ha Ha, Birds of a Feather, Water in the Sky*

1: Limb by Limb**, Ghost*, Water in the Sky*, Bouncing Around the Room, Tube, Stash , Cities, Roggae**, Guyute, Beauty of my Dreams, Funky Bitch, Train Song, David Bowie

2: The Moma Dance^, Birds of a Feather, Wolfman's Brother , Frankie Says, Run Like an Antelope^^, Lawn Boy, Ya Mar, Ha Ha Ha, Mike's Song > Swept Away > Steep, Weekapaug Groove

E: Brian and Robert+

*New arrangements (as on the album "The Story of the Ghost"). **Opened Monday night's rehearsal. **First time played (original). ^First time played (original); music is similar to "Black-Eyed Katy", but with lyrics; Trey taught people the "Moma Dance" which involved tapping the right foot at a certain spot). ^^With "Dark Star" (Grateful Dead) tease by Page during intro. +First time played (original); opened Monday night's rehearsal.

7-1-98 The Grey Hall - Freetown Christiana, Copenhagen, Denmark

1: NICU, Sample in a Jar, My Mind's Got a Mind of It's Own, The Moma Dance, Down with Disease* , Dog-Faced Boy , Piper, Waste, Chalkdust Torture (1:43)

2: Tweezer** , Also Sprach Zarathustra , Loving Cup, My Soul, Sweet Adeline** (1:25)

E: Harry Hood

*Includes space jam. **With "Long Train Coming" (Robert Lucas) tease. **A capella, without mics.

7-2-98 The Grey Hall - Freetown Christiana, Copenhagen, Denmark

1: Birds of a Feather, Cars Trucks Buses, Theme From the Bottom, Brian and Robert, Meat*, Fikus*, Shafty, Fluffhead, Ginseng Sullivan, Punch You in the Eye, Character Zero

2: Ghost , Runaway Jim , Prince Caspian, You Enjoy Myself^

E: Simple

*First time played (original). ^With weird vocal jam; band speaking instead of singing, included a DEA chant.

7-3-98 Midtfyns Festival - Dyrskuepladsen, Ringe, Fyn, Denmark

Stash, Beauty of My Dreams > Sample in a Jar, Guyute, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease, Limb by Limb, Water in the Sky^ > My Soul, You Enjoy Myself, A Day in the Life (1:38)

^Original version

7-5-98 Lucerna Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic

1: Birds of a Feather, Taste, Cavern, Reba, Fee* > Water in the Sky, Lawn Boy, Chalkdust Torture (1:00)

2: Bathtub Gin > The Moma Dance, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters , Axilla , Harry Hood, Rocky Top

E: Funky Bitch (2/E 1:7)

*With "Funkalicious Jam" between songs.

7-6-98 Lucerna Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic

1: Buried Alive > AC/DC Bag , Ghost** , Cities, Limb by Limb, Train Song, Roggae, Maze****, Golgi Apparatus+

2: Julius > Meat, Piper > Makisupa Policeman*, David Bowie > Loving Cup

E: Possum

**Pause/silent jam before segue into "Cities" (jam resumed right where it left off). ****Stop (mid-jam) to thank crowd, and then jam resumed right where it left off. +Trey plays the main riff in the wrong key for the first half of the song. *With very mundane drum solo; with lyric "stink kind on my bed"; with solos by both Page and Fish.

7-8-98 Zeleste, Barcelona, Spain

1: The Moma Dance, Bathtub Gin, Punch You in the Eye, *Beauty of My Dreams, **Frankenstein, Guyute, Run Like an Antelope (1:14)

2: Wilson^, Birds of a Feather, Dirt, Piper, Sleeping Monkey^^, Ghost > Johnny B. Goode (0:50)

E: Julius

*Trey teased "Freeride" before "Beauty." **False start of "Fee" before "Frankenstein." ^With heavy metal jam. ^^At the start, Trey started yelling "Ole" and then told how the band met a woman (Beatriz, aka Betty) from Chile the night before at a Brazillian bar (where folks were yelling "Ole" in celebration of Brazil's place in the World Cup soccer finals). She had come all the way from Chile to hear this, her favorite song. Trey brought her on stage and crooned to her, and she danced while they played.

7-9-98 Zeleste, Barcelona, Spain

1: Carini , Boogie on Reggae Woman , NICU, Split Open and Melt, Meat, Poor Heart, Tweezer, Hello My Baby

2: Drowned , Theme from the Bottom, When the Circus Comes, Scent of a Mule , Blister In The Sun* , ^Scent of a Mule, Harry Hood** , Izabella***

E: Chalkdust Torture

*Relatively complete; they skipped one verse, but far longer and better than the spontaneous version from 7-26-97. ^Preceded by the "mule duel." **Unfinished. ***Different, more Hendrix-style than the versions from 1997.

7-10-98 Zeleste, Barcelona, Spain

1: Down with Disease, Dogs Stole Things**, The Divided Sky***, Mike's Song**** (0:27)

2: Halley's Comet > Jam > Roggae, Sparkle*****, Mike's Song > Simple > Jam > Weekapaug Groove, Sample in a Jar, Good Times Bad Times

E: Brian and Robert, Taste

**Loud PA problems in each of these songs. *Trey forgets some of the guitar parts; aborted after a particularly bad PA glitch. **Aborted due to PA problems. Set 1 ends early so the crew can work
on the PA. Trey promises a long second set, right up to the curfew. ***Aborted due to PA problems. Trey asks the road crew to turn the monitors around to face the audience and just use them as a PA. While they work, Trey, Mike, and Fish each tell a joke. Trey asks Fish to tell the Prison Joke (see 4-11-91 and 3-24-93), but the sound system is finally ready to go. Trey says, "Let's try this one again," and they begin "Mike's Song." During "Mike's Song", the road crew fixes the monitors [parts of the PA were still working].

7-15-98 Portland Meadows, Portland, OR

1: Wolfman's Brother, Water in the Sky, The Moma Dance, Guyute*, Horn** > Chalkdust Torture, Brian and Robert, Beauty of My Dreams, Cars Trucks Buses, Roggae, Birds of a Feather, Loving Cup (1:34)

2: Limb by Limb, Simple, Tweezer^ , Free, Meat, Harry Hood (1:8)

E: Wilson, Tweezer Reprise (0:11)

*End of Guyute repeated so Trey could "break out his solo." **Followed by a jam. ^With "California Love" (Tupac Shakur featuring Dr. Dre; originally "Computer Love" by 70's synth duo Zapp and Roger) in the middle; also, with "Woman to Woman" (Joe Cocker) tease.

7-16-98 Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA

1: The Squirming Coil, NICU, Stash, Reba, Fast Enough for You, When the Circus Comes, Run Like An Antelope (1:12)

2: Julius, The Moma Dance, Piper, Axilla, David Bowie, Tube*, Slave to the Traffic Light

E: Sample in a Jar (2/E 1:26)

*Trey's mic goes out at the end, giving the appearance that he messed up.

7-17-98 Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA

1: Makisupa Policeman, Ya Mar, Gumbo, The Divided Sky, Waste, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, My Soul (1:8)

2: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Mike's Song , Weekapaug Groove, Character Zero (1:4)

E: Punch You In The Eye, Rocky Top (0:11)

7-19-98 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA

1: The Moma Dance, Beauty of My Dreams, Sample in a Jar, Guyute, Ghost, Limb by Limb, Roggae, You Enjoy Myself

2: Llama, Wolfman's Brother , Piper, Tweezer , Jesus Just Left Chicago, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters , Down with Disease (1:14)

E: Possum, Tweezer Reprise

7-20-98 Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, CA

1: Bathtub Gin*, Dirt, Poor Heart**, Lawn Boy, My Sweet One, Birds of a Feather, Theme from the Bottom, Water in the Sky, The Moma Dance, Split Open and Melt (1:20)

2: Drowned , Makisupa Policeman^ , Maze, Sea and Sand, Prince Caspian^^, Harry Hood

E: Sexual Healing**, Halley's Comet**** (2/E 1:30)

Trey was chatty for the entire show. *With Crosseyed and Painless tease. **With "Freebird" ending (instrumental, not a capella). ^Keyword was "skunk"; included a Trey solo at the end. ^^Trey soloed 32nd notes for minutes on end. **First time played; original by Marvin Gaye; Fish swaying side to side and singing karaoke-style from lyrics drawn on the back of a poster for the show; Trey on drums. ****Funked out, into a disco jam, into a delay loop jam (during which Trey had five or more loops going at once), at the end of which they left the stage one by one (Trey, Fish, Mike, then Page).

7-21-98 Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ

Sound Check: The Moma Dance > Beauty of My Dreams

1: AC/DC Bag, Fluffhead, Roggae, Tube, Tube Jam > Sparkle, Cavern, Frankie Says , Run Like An Antelope (1:12)

2: Mike's Song , Simple , Bittersweet Motel^ , Weekapaug Groove, Brian and Robert, Ghost , She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride, Funky Bitch (1:17)

E: Sleeping Monkey, Rocky Top

Soundcheck list incomplete. ^First time played; new original reportedly written by Trey and Page, but not appearing on "The Story Of the Ghost" album.

7-24-98 Cynthia Mitchell Woods Pavilion (Woodlands Center for the Performing Arts), Houston, TX

1: The Moma Dance, Runaway Jim, Bouncing Around The Room, Stash, My Soul, Taste, Golgi Apparatus, Loving Cup

2: Wolfman's Brother , Also Sprach Zarathustra , Scent of a Mule* , Ha Ha Ha** , Scent of a Mule, Slave to the Traffic Light, Chalkdust Torture.

E: Character Zero

*After Page finishes a lengthy and beautiful piano solo, Trey begins his part of the "muel duel" by playing a nice classical riff (20 seconds or so). He then pauses and plays a few heavy metal licks that then go into "Ha Ha Ha" (the band follows). **After "Ha Ha Ha," Trey does a bit more of his guitar solo, which is followed by the "Russian" dance segment.

7-25-98 South Park Meadows, Austin, TX

1: Roses are Free > Down with Disease > Roggae, Beauty of my Dreams, Ya Mar*, Guyute, Julius

2: Piper, Wilson^ > Frankenstein, Tweezer , When the Circus Comes , Limb By Limb, Fee , Run Like an Antelope

E: Harry Hood^^ , Tweezer Reprise

*With extended funk jam. ^With heavy metal jamming. ^^With glowstick war.

7-26-98 Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, TX

1: Birds of A Feather, Too Much of Everything*, David Bowie, Frankie Says, Reba**, Funky Bitch, Good Times Bad Times

2: La Grange, You Enjoy Myself^, Albuquerque^^ , Simple, Bold As Love, Sample in a Jar

E: Punch You in the Eye, Bittersweet Motel

*First time played (Joe Cooley cover). **With whistling. ^With trampolines and glowstick war between Trey (sustaining a note with one hand, attempting to catch glowsticks with the other) and the audience. ^^First time played (Neil Young cover, from the album "Tonight's the Night").

7-28-98 Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS

Sound Check: Fikus, Fikus**, Shafty, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Sunshine On My Shoulders > Wading in the Velvet Sea Jam

1: Emotional Rescue , Down with Disease, The Moma Dance, Tela, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley, It's Ice , Lengthwise* , It's Ice, Sparkle, Funky Bitch** 

2: The Wedge, Poor Heart, The Mango Song, Brother, Contact^, Maze, Prince Caspian^^ > You Enjoy Myself 

E: Camel Walk, The Squirming Coil

**Different verse than the first time. ****With lyrics about meat, cheese, "if you want to stay a vegetarian...eat the placenta"; Fish mentions "pussy," and everyone else stops the sound check immediately. *With Fish on vacuum. **Ending similar to "Black-Eyed Katy" (about 1 minute). ^"Mexican Love Style"; Trey met two people yesterday who had fallen in love, and dedicated it to them. ^^Cut short before the song was reprised, and went into "You Enjoy Myself."

7-29-98 Riverport Amphitheatre, Maryland Heights, MO

Sound Check: If You Need A Fool, If You Need A Fool, If You Need A Fool, Better Believe It Baby

1: Bathtub Gin, Dog Log*, Foam, Fikus, Farmhouse, Vultures**, Glide, Birds of a Feather 

2: Buried Alive , If You Need a Fool^, AC/DC Bag, Lizards, Tube, Kung, Run Like an Antelope***

E: Waste, Golgi Apparatus, Bittersweet Motel 

*Dedicated to Paul (Languedoc). **New arrangement. ^First time played (Steve Earle song from his album "Early Tracks"; also performed with an additional verse by The Del McCoury Band from their album "Blue Side of Time"). Trey on vocals. ***Fish on vacuum for intro.

7-31-98 Polaris Amphitheatre, Columbus, OH

1: My Friend My Friend, Ya Mar, Roggae, Rift, Cities*, Water in the Sky, Stash

2: The Curtain > Free^, If I Could, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday , Avenu Malkenu > Twist , Izabella, Julius, Cavern

E: Punch You in the Eye, Slave to the Traffic Light

*"Oye Como Va" (Santana) jam at the end; theme recurred in "Julius." ^With an "Eminence Front" (The Who) jam.

8-1-98 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI

I: Ramble On*, Mike's Song , Esther** > Weekapaug Groove, Guyute, Fikus, Birds of a Feather, Lawn Boy, Funky Bitch

2: Piper, Wilson, Also Sprach Zarathustra^ , Magilla , Also Sprach Zarathustra^ , Tweezer , Fluffhead^^, Brian and Robert, Albuquerque > Chalkdust Torture, Frankenstein

E: Been Caught Stealing+ > Tweezer Reprise

*Led Zeppelin cover; first time played; Page on lead vocals. **With random note language by both Page and Trey. ^With "Crosseyed and Painless" teases. ^^With tramps. +First time played (Jane's Addiction cover); Trey on lead vocals; Mike and Trey on trampolines.

8-2-98 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN

Sound Check: I Can't Turn You Loose, Better Believe It Baby, If You Need A Fool**

1: Roggae, The Divided Sky, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Too Much of Everything, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Reba*, Weigh, Birds of a Feather 

2: Possum, Ghost , Lifeboy > David Bowie^, I Get Kick Out of You^^, Loving Cup 

E: Harry Hood+, Bittersweet Motel

**Played several times. *With whistling. ^With "Possum" and "Divided Sky" teases. ^^First time played (Cole Porter cover from "Anything Goes"; made famous by Mel Torme; also performed by Frank Sinatra, Ethel Merman, et. al.); Mike on vocals (introduced by Trey as "Captain Gactain"). +With glow-stick war.

8-3-98 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN

1: Rhinoceros*, Halley's Comet, I Didn't Know**, Ride Captain Ride***, Cars Trucks Buses, The Moma Dance, Strange Design, Character Zero

2: Gumbo, Axilla, Limb by Limb, Meat, Hold Your Head Up > Bike^ > Hold Your Head Up^^, Tube, The Wedge

E: When the Circus Comes > Run Like an Antelope+ 

*First time played (Smashing Pumpkins cover); allegedly has been part of soundchecks for years. **With vacuum solo. ***Blues Image cover ^With a second vacuum solo. ^^After which Trey calls Fish "Bob Weaver." +With lyric "Bid you to have any spliff."

8-6-98 Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA

1: Oh Kee Pah Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Roses are Free, Roggae, Beauty of My Dreams, Vultures, Train Song, Billy Breathes, Fluffhead, The Moma Dance, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie* > Hold Your Head Up, My Soul

2: Birds of a Feather, Wolfman's Brother > Talk, NICU, Caspian, The Mango Song, Down with Disease

E: Running with the Devil**, You Enjoy Myself

*Trey called Fish "Bob Weaver" again. **Van Halen cover; first time played.

8-7-98 Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh, NC

1: Water in the Sky > Drowned, Frankie Says, Stash, Brian and Robert, Foam, Bittersweet Motel, Ghost, Colonel Forbin's Ascent** > Famous Mockingbird

2: Chalkdust Torture > Mike's Song > Simple > Albuquerque, Limb By Limb > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Weekapaug Groove

E: Funky Bitch

*Gamehendge-ish narration was (in part) about Col. Forbin's lucid dream of eating until his stomach swelled to enormous proportions and eclipsed the moon (which was full this night).

8-8-98 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD

1: The Wedge, NICU, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley* > Guyute, Fikus, Farmhouse, Possum, Sweet Jane**

2: Cavern, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Tela > Piper, Sexual Healing^, Harry Hood^^

E: Sabotage+

*Allen Toussaint cover, commonly performed by Robert Palmer; inflatable Spiderman thrown onstage, confused by some fans as being a person. **Velvet Underground cover; first time played. ^"Bob Weaver" (Fish) singing. Upon finishing, he took no less than 5 running bows. ^^With glow-stick war. +First time played (Beastie Boys cover).

8-9-98 Virginia Beach Amphitheatre, Virginia Beach, VA

1: Punch You in the Eye*, Bathtub Gin, Lizards, The Moma Dance, Birds of a Feather, Esther, Roggae, Bouncing Around the Room, David Bowie (1:23)

2: **AC/DC Bag > Sparkle, Run Like an Antelope, Brian and Robert, Waste, Somewhere Over The Rainbow^, You Enjoy Myself, Frankenstein, Chalkdust Torture, Hello My Baby (1:22)

E: Terrapin Station+ (0:11)

*With "Faht" teases. **Preceded by "Electric Funeral" (Black Sabbath) tease. ^Instrumental only, no lyrics, possibly remembering the rainbow which appeared during the 1997 VA Beach show. +First time played (Grateful Dead cover; for the third anniversary of Jerry Garcia's death; Trey sang.

8-11-98 Star Lake Amphitheatre, Burgettstown, PA

1: Trenchtown Rock* > Julius > Wolfman's Brother, Time Loves A Hero**, Bittersweet Motel, Reba, The Sloth, Ginseng Sullivan, Fee, Maze, Sample In A Jar

2: Runaway Jim** > Meat, Limb By Limb, When The Circus Comes, Down With Disease

E: Wilson, Golgi Apparatus

*First time played (Bob Marley cover). **Little Feat cover. **With "Maria" (from "West Side Story") quote.

8-12-98 Vernon Downs, Vernon, NY

1: La Grange, Makisupa Policeman*, Funky Bitch, Possum, Roggae, Character Zero, Ramble On, Slave to the Traffic Light (1:10)

2: Mike's Song > Simple > Rift, Loving Cup, Sleeping Monkey, Weekapaug Groove, The Squirming Coil

E: Burning Down the House+, You Enjoy Myself++

Apparently this show was close to Fishman's hometown (Syracuse), and they were urging him to sing a song. *Keyword was "Burning Down" (see encore); may have been "Vernon Downs." +First time played (Talking Heads cover, from the album "Speaking in Tongues"); with alternate lyric "Vernon Down the house." ++With "Hold Your Head Up" and "Mission Impossible Theme" teases; alternate lyric "drive me to Vernon."

8-15-98 Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, ME

1: Mike's Song > Simple, Beauty of My Dreams, Roggae, Split Open and Melt*, Poor Heart, The Moma Dance, The Divided Sky, Water in the Sky, Funky Bitch > Cities** > Weekapaug Groove (1:51)

2: The Wedge > Reba, Gumbo^ > Sanity, Tweezer > The Horse > Silent In The Morning, Chalkdust Torture, Slave to the Traffic Light^^ (1:25)

3: NICU > David Bowie, Strange Design, Limb by Limb > Brian and Robert, Loving Cup

E: Halley's Comet > Cavern, Tweezer Reprise (3/E 1:20)

4: Ambient Jam+ (0:55)

Lemonwheel Day One. *"By request, for a little boy named Sam." **Third verse was about "The Garden of Infinite Pleasantries," instead of the normal verse about Memphis; with "Sneakin' Sally" teases. ^Jam out of which sounded very much like "Tweezer Reprise." ^^With glowstick war. +After Tweezer Reprise, Trey explained that the band wanted to do something to combine ideas from The Clifford Ball and The Great Went, going into detail about the band/fan artwork from last year, and announced that the band would do a free-form ambient jam (lyric-less; nearly an hour long; "in the Brian Eno style of ambient music"), surrounded by candles that were made by the audience throughout the day. There were no other lights used during the jam (the band used only the light from the candles), which Trey explained is similar to the idea of what happens during a glow-stick war, with the light for the band coming from the fans. Because candles were placed througout the stage, Trey explained that they were in fact playing in a "temple of fire" (as advertisements for summer tour shows had announced). After finishing the jam, the band picked up tiki torches, lit them using the candles, and lit a small stone (?) temple (which was left burning overnight and throughout the band's performance on Sunday).

8-16-98 Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, ME

1: Ginseng Sullivan, Bathtub Gin > Rift, Punch You in the Eye, Lawn Boy, Ya Mar > AC/DC Bag, Frankie Says, Birds of a Feather, Guyute, Possum (1:38)

2: Down With Disease , Piper , Ghost* > Fluffhead, When the Circus Comes, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Hold Your Head Up+ > Sexual Healing++ > Hold Your Head Up, Run Like an Antelope** (1:41)

3: Sabotage > Also Sprach Zarathustra, Wilson, The Mango Song, Character Zero, Bittersweet Motel, While My Guitar Gently Weeps (0:55)

E: Harry Hood*, The Baby Elephant Walk^ (0:25)

Lemonwheel Day Two. *With glowstick war. +Long and drawn out; Fish introduces "his band": Trey Anastasio on drums, Mike "Cactus" Gordon on bass, "Chairman of the Boards" Page McConnell, and himself as "Bob Weaver." Fish introduces the next song as "a love song about a turtle" (which would have been "Terrapin"), but instead he performed Sexual Healing ("a much better song anyway") after "his band" finally ended "Hold Your Head Up." ++Includes "Sounds of Love" vacuum solo. **With "Sexual Healing" teases in the intro. ^Henry Mancini cover; see 12-1-92. Trey lit a tiki-torch (that looked like a "giant fake doobie") and used it to light a fuse which ran up Page's side of the stage, across the backdrop, down Fish's side of the stage, along the fence to a giant elephant-shaped structure near the stage, which came to life as fireworks went off both above it and from behind the stage. Fish made elephant noises with a trombone. Then, as they played the song, the elephant blew water out of its trunk (while smoke came from underneath it) and led the crowd towards the campground.

10-3-98 New World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL

Birds of Feather%, Farmhouse, Moma Dance, Runaway Jim* , Arc** , Down By the River***, Moonlight in Vermont**, Will the Circle Be Unbroken****, Amazing Grace^, Uncloudy Day

%Between "Birds" and "Farmhouse," Trey encouraged donations and mentioned a recent success in Vermont against the expansion of a factory farm. *Neil Young came out, plugged in, and started playing just prior to the final chorus. **Members of the Neil Young newsgroup are labeling this jam as "Arc" ("Arc" is the name of a sound collage culled from performances on Neil's 1991 tour and released as a companion to the "Weld" live album). ***Led by Neil Young; entire song/jam (which included a "space jam" and a "dissonant jam") lasted about 26 minutes. Willie Nelson and Paul Schaffer enter the stage; Nelson on lead vocals. ****Joined by four Native Americans. ^With guitar solo by Trey.

This set was a part of the Farm Aid benefit concert. Also playing (all prior to Phish) were: Hootie and the Blowfish (with Paul Schaffer and Woody Harrelson), The Del McCoury Band with Steve Earle, Brian Wilson, Wilco, Martina McBride, Willie Nelson with Danny Lanois, John Mellencamp, and Neil Young. The entire show was broadcast on Country Music Television.

10-15-98 The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA

1: Ghost, Water in the Sky, Wolfman's Brother*, Gumbo**, David Bowie**, Brian and Robert****, Reba^, Character Zero (1:25)

2:My Soul^^, Chalkdust Torture, Roggae, The Moma Dance, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Prince Caspian, Frankie Says, Birds of a Feather, Lawn Boy, Harry Hood% (1:30)

E: Dirt, Limb by Limb (0:10)

*With funky ambient jam. **With long, thick funk jam. **Preceded by "Maze" tease. ****Introduction by Trey talking about things Fish hates (e.g., "HYHU"), including the yellow lights (which Chris then aimed at Fish for the whole song). ^No whistling. ^^Trey looks down, sees Betty in the crowd, smiles, and says "Beatriz" (see 7-8-98). %With a tease of Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" in the intro.

10-17-98 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA

Carolina*, Sleep**, Never****, Possum, I'm Blue I'm Lonesome***, Freebird****, Driver**, Wading in a Velvet Sea, Harry Hood^ , Helpless^^

This set was part of the Bridge School Benefit Concerts (put on by Neil Young). All songs were played acoustic, and Page and Fish were switched from their traditional stage positions. *A cappella, with backs to the audience, facing the children of the Bridge School who were seated on risers behind the stage. **First time played (original). **Title uncertain. ***Mike on banjo; Page on bass. ****A cappella; last played 6-19-94, 337 shows earlier. ^Unfinished; Neil Young joined Phish on stage (on guitar). ^^First time played (Neil Young cover); with Neil Young. Other performers included Neil Young, REM, Sarah McLachlan, Barenaked Ladies, Jonathan Richman, and The Eels. These shows (see also 10-18-98) benefit The Bridge School, which is a program for the communicative and educational development of children with severe speech and physical impairments.

10-18-98 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA

Hello My Baby*, Billy Breathes, Piper, Roggae, Loving Cup, Albuquerque, The Old Home Place**, Guyute, Brian and Robert, Sad Lisa**, Four Strong Winds****, I Shall be Released^

This set was part of the Bridge School Benefit Concerts (put on by Neil Young). *A capella, backs to the audience, facing the children of the Bridge School who were seated on risers behind the stage. **Page on bass; Mike on banjo. **First time played (Cat Stevens cover, from the album "Tea for the Tillerman"; Trey and Sarah McLachlan on vocals. ****First time played (Ian Tyson song which appears on the Neil Young album "Comes a Time"); Sarah McLachlan and Neil Young on vocals. ^First time played (Bob Dylan cover); Page, Neil, and Trey each took a verse; Sarah McLachlan on guitar.

10-20-98 Sony Music Studios, New York, NY

Sleep**, Frankie Says, Ghost, Roggae, Guyute, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Driver**, Albuquerque*, Birds of a Feather, Piper, Taste**

Played for "Sessions at West 54th," a PBS series hosted by David Byrne (of Talking Heads). "Birds," "Ghost," and "Taste" were broadcast January 9, 1999 on the program, in addition to interviews with the band about fan taping and the Halloween musical costumes. **Acoustic. *Played (acoustic) while tapes were being changed; was not taped. **Quasi-encore: Phish had finished their written setlist (though skipping "The Moma Dance," which was on the list given to the cameramen) and had some time left ("Ghost" was only 10 minutes long). After a flood of audience requests (including many for Byrne to sit in), Trey said, "Okay, let's just play Taste," at Page's suggestion.

10-27-98 Ed Sullivan Theatre, New York, NY

Birds of a Feather*

The Late Show with David Letterman. *With the CBS Orchestra singing backup vocals during the chorus.

10-29-98 Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

Soundcheck: Drum Check, Slow Jazzy Jam , Funky Bitch^, Dirt, Dirt Intro, Dirt Ending, Water in the Sky, Bluesy Jam , Dog Log , Jam , Roggae Intro, Roggae Section

1: Julius, Roggae, Llama, Limb by Limb*, Driver**, Sleep**, Frankie Says, Birds of a Feather, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Character Zero (1:13)

2: Possum , Moma Dance, Reba , Walk Away , Simple, Albuquerque , David Bowie (1:20)

E: Something** (0:4)

^Half speed. *After "Limb by Limb," Trey talked about how Fish played the old ending much better than the new one, so he told Fish to play the old one. Fish then started the old ending, but stopped after to figure out where to start. He tried again, but stopped once more. Then he figured it out and started with the cymbal work and vocal refrains until the end of the song. Trey then thanked Fish, and Fish took a bow. **Trey on acoustic guitar. **First time played (Beatles cover; written by George Harrison).

10-30-98 Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV

1: Wilson, Meat , Scent of a Mule , Back at the Chicken Shack* , Scent of a Mule, Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress**, Run Like an Antelope, Guelah Papyrus, Lizards, Cavern (1:8)

2: Stash , Manteca^ , Tweezer^^ , NICU , Prince Caspian, Golgi Apparatus (0:52)

E: Driver, Freebird** (0:9)

*First time played (Jimmy Smith (jazz organist) cover); had been played at soundcheck(s) in the past. **Preceded by Trey talking about how this was the first song they played together as a band. Contained a lot of "woo"-ing from Trey. At Trey's suggestion, they began to play it again, but shortly aborted the reprise and went into "Antelope." ^Produced a jam that segued into "Tweezer." ^^With "Manteca" teases; also included a Delay Loop Jam. **A capella.

10-31-98 Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV

1: Axilla (I), Punch You in the Eye, Roggae, Birds of a Feather, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley , Chalk Dust Torture , Lawn Boy, Mike's Song* , Frankie Says , Weekapaug Groove (1:15)

2: Who Loves the Sun, Sweet Jane, Rock and Roll, Cool It Down, New Age, Head Held High, Lonesome Cowboy Bill, I Found a Reason, Train Round the Bend, Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (1:20)

3: Wolfman's Brother** , Piper , Ghost (0:55)

E:Sleeping Monkey, Tweezer Reprise (0:9)

Set 2 was the "musical costume", the album "Loaded" by The Velvet Underground. The vocal breakdown for that set is: "Who Loves the Sun" (Trey); "Sweet Jane" (Page); "Rock and Roll" (Page); "Cool It Down" (Trey/Page); "New Age" (Trey); "Head Held High" (Trey); "Lonesome Cowboy Bill" (Fish); "I Found A Reason" (Trey/Mike); "Train Round the Bend" (Mike/Fish); "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" (Page).

*With "Simple" teases. **With a 15-minute Ambient Jam (remniscent of Lemonwheel Ambient set; possibly including "Lifeboy," "Esther," "Makisupa" teases; with a glowstick war, lots of fog, and Fish on vacuum; ending with a "Ghost" tease). Then followed a 5-minute funk jam (similar to Traffic's "Low Sparks of High-Heeled Boys"; ended with a "Sleeping Monkey" tease) and then a quiet jam before segueing into "Piper." Altogether, more than 22 minutes between "Wolfman's" and "Piper."

11-2-98 E Centre, West Valley City, UT

1: Tube, Tube Jam , Drowned , Jesus Just Left Chicago, Driver*, Bittersweet Motel**, Limb by Limb, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Sample in a Jar

2: Down with Disease, The Mango Song, The Moma Dance^, You Enjoy Myself, Harpua^^ > (Speak to Me, Breathe, On the Run, Time, The Great Gig in the Sky, Money, Us and Them, Any Colour You Like, Brain Damage, Eclipse) > Harpua

E: Smells Like Teen Spirit**

Only about 4000 in attendance. *Acoustic; dedicated to Wendy and Lisa, two women whom Trey and Mike met the night before. **Acoustic; with a "Freebird ending", similar to the 7-20-98 "Poor Heart." Trey dedicated it to the people at the Dead Goat Saloon, and talked about getting free drinks and karoake. He also discussed the band picturing what it would be like if the entire audience were on stage with them, with no one in the audience. So they played it with this image in mind. ^With a tease of the "Monkey Man" (Rolling Stones, from their "Let It Bleed" album). ^Narration was about Jimmy going to Las Vegas and finding it too crowded and crazy (may be related to Trey's walking off the stage during "Ghost" on Halloween, given his comment on how overwhelmed he had felt, followed by a comment that "everyone has an off night"). So Jimmy decides to hitchhike to Salt Lake City, and he rides with a driver listening to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon." Thus, the section of "Speak to Me" through "Eclipse" is the entirety of that album. **First time played (Nirvana cover).

11-3-98 KBCO (97.3 FM) Studios, Boulder, CO

Driver, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Possum, Roggae

Acoustic. Played between 4:30 pm and 5:00 pm for KBCO's "Studio C" series, where musicians coming to the Denver area are interviewed and perform live on the radio.

11-4-98 McNichols Arena, Denver, CO

1: Buried Alive, Character Zero, Guyute, Bathtub Gin , Ya Mar*, Birds of a Feather, Brian and Robert, Frankie Says , David Bowie**

2: Runaway Jim**, The Moma Dance, Piper , Also Sprach Zarathustra , Chalk Dust Torture, Loving Cup

E: The Squirming Coil

*Trey flubbed the lyrics. **Began as "Maze," with Trey making the eerie guitar noises. Then the band stopped, looked around at each other, and went into "Bowie". **With "Stash" teases.

11-6-98 Kohl Center, Madison, WI

1: Possum, Wilson , Roggae, Maze, Meat, Sparkle, Split Open and Melt

2: Makisupa Policeman* , Funky Bitch, Simple** , Prince Caspian**, Fluffhead, Hold Your Head Up , Bike**** , Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood^ 

E: Birds of a Feather, Hello My Baby

*Keyword was "university police rent-a-cop." **With an Ambient Jam. **A naked man jumped on stage and ran around before being taken away by Pete Carini (drum tech and "stage security"). ****With vaccuum solo. ^With glow-stick war (which started slowly).

11-7-98 UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL

1: My Soul, Mike's Song, Driver*, Brian and Robert*, The Wedge, Limb by Limb, Fikus, Billy Breathes, Beauty of My Dreams, Weekapaug Groove 

2: AC/DC Bag , Ghost, Reba, Farmhouse 

E: Guyute, While My Guitar Gently Weeps 

*Trey on acoustic guitar.

11-8-98 UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL

1: Taste, Carini*, Love Me, Ride Captain Ride, Fee, Paul and Silas, Roggae, Water in the Sky, Stash**, Cavern**

2: Chalk Dust Torture, Meat, Rock and Roll****, Down With Disease^ , Piper, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Run Like an Antelope

E: Been Caught Stealing^^

*Trey added verse about the streaker from the 11-6-98 Prince Caspian. **With "Fikus" bass tease by Mike during the jam. **Trey messed up the lyrics while tapping guitar pedals, and laughed at his mistake through the rest of the verse. ****Velvet Underground cover (from Loaded). ^Ended with a 3/4 minute Ambient Jam (with a Baba O'Reily-type sequencing loop and spacey synths from the "Cold As Ice" intro). ^^With trampolines.

11-9-98 UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL

1: Llama, Horn, I Get a Kick Out of You*, The Divided Sky, Frankie Says, Dogs Stole Things, Poor Heart, Free, NICU, Bold as Love

2: Bathtub Gin, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday , Avenu Malkenu , The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, Moma Dance, Slave to the Traffic Light, You Enjoy Myself

E: Frankenstein, Freebird**

*Cole Porter cover; second time played. **A cappella.

11-11-98 Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI

Soundcheck: Fish Drum Jam, (some Velvet Underground song), Brian and Robert

1: Punch You in the Eye, Gumbo*, If You Need a Fool, Sleep**, Tela, Birds of a Feather, Theme from the Bottom, Julius

2: Halley's Comet, Simple* , Walk Away, Limb by Limb, When the Circus Comes, Ghost 

E: Contact, Rocky Top, Funky Bitch 

*Very slow. **Electric; two minutes long.

11-13-98 Cleveland State University Convocation Center, Cleveland, OH

Soundcheck: 11-11-98 Set I Recording** , If You Need a Fool, Dog Log, Buffalo Bill, Bittersweet Motel, Runaway Jim

1: Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother*, Roggae, Ginseng Sullivan, It's Ice, Cars Trucks Buses, Farmhouse, Water in the Sky, Sloth, Run Like an Antelope** 

2: Down with Disease, Sample in a Jar, Dirt, Birds of a Feather, Meat (with delay loop > Space jam), Harry Hood

E: Good Times Bad Times

**The tape is playing over the PA when Trey, Mike, and Fish arrive on the floor and listen through "Gumbo." During "Fool," they take the stage and begin to play along with themselves (on the recording), at which point Paul Languedoc fades out the tape, and the soundcheck begins in earnest. *With Mind Left Body jam for at least two minutes. **With alternate lyric (something to the effect of "set the gearshift for this side of the hole" or possibly "hall," as a reference to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland).

11-14-98 The Crown, Cincinnati, OH

1: Funky Bitch, My Soul, Reba*, Bouncing Around the Room, Tweezer , The Moma Dance, Sparkle, Character Zero 

2: David Bowie, Something, Piper, Golgi Apparatus, Guyute, Hold Your Head Up , Sexual Healing** , Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself, Julius, Hello My Baby 

E: So Lonely^ , Tweezer Reprise

*With whistling. **With Fish (introduced by Trey as "Sammy Hagar the Horrible" and "The Horn Section" because of the horned viking helmet worn for the entire show) on vacuum. ^First time played (Police cover, from their album "Outlandos D'amour").

11-15-98 MTSU Murphy Center, Murfreesboro, TN

1: My Friend My Friend, Ghost, Driver, Scent of a Mule, Cavern, Limb by Limb, Roggae, La Grange

2: Runaway Jim, Stash, Mike's Song , Simple, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Loving Cup, Weekapaug Groove

E: Rocky Top

11-18-98 Bi-Lo Cente, Greenville, SC

1: Back in the Chicken Shack*, Birds of a Feather, Farmhouse, My Soul, Guyute, Lawn Boy, Love Me, David Bowie, Carolina**

2: Wolfman's Brother , Lizards, Moma Dance, Albuquerque, Slave to the Traffic Light, Fluffhead, Character Zero

E: Brian and Robert, Sleep***, Dog-Faced Boy, Squirming Coil

*Played full-on, unlike the first version during the 10-30-98 Scent of a Mule. **With a choreographed dance (including snapping and kicking). Page messed up the beginning, and the band laughed so much during the second take they almost didn't finish it. ***Trey announced the title.

11-19-98 Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, NC

1: Cities, The Curtain , Sample in a Jar, Ginseng Sullivan, Bouncing Around the Room, Maze, Something, Ghost, Golgi Apparatus

2: Also Sprach Zarathustra , Rock and Roll , Taste, Frankie Says, Gumbo , Chalk Dust Torture, Frankenstein, Been Caught Stealin'

E: You Enjoy Myself*

*With Heloise Williams (plays in the Burlington, VT-based soul band ViperHouse, joined Trey at the 8 Foot Flourescent Tubes show, and sang backup on the studio version of "Birds of a Feather") on vocal jam. Trey joined ViperHouse at Ziggy's in Winston-Salem later that night.

11-20-98 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA

1: Rock 'n' Roll Part Two*, Tube , Quinn the Eskimo , Funky Bitch, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Meat , Stash, Train Song, Possum, Roggae, Driver**, Split Open and Melt

2: Bathtub Gin^ , Piper^^, Axilla , Roses are Free, Farmhouse, Hold Your Head Up > Gettin' Jiggy Wit It^^ > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood > Character Zero

E: Cavern+

*First time played (Gary Glitter cover); two minutes long **Acoustic. ^With "Rock and Roll" tease (chorus played, not obvious) ^^First time played (Will Smith cover from his album "Big Willie Style"; vocals by Fish, reading from cue cards and leading the crowd in arm waving; with vacuum solo. +With Carl "Gears" Gerhard on trumpet.

11-21-98 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA

1: Wilson , Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Lawn Boy, The Divided Sky*, Cry Baby Cry, Boogie on Reggae Woman , NICU, Dogs Stole Things, Nellie Cane, Foam, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Guyute, Bold as Love

2: Sabotage , Mike's Song , Simple , The Wedge, The Mango Song , Free , Ha Ha Ha , Free, Weekapaug Groove

E: Tubthumping**

*With glowstick war during the pause. **First time played (Chumbawamba cover from their album "Tubthumper"); with Tom Marshall on vocals and Carl "Gears" Gerhard on trumpet.

11-24-98 New Haven Coliseum, New Haven, CT

Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Ginseng Sullivan, The Old Home Place

1: *Down with Disease, Moma Dance, Ginseng Sullivan, Stash, Brian and Robert, Limb by Limb, Sample in a Jar, Tela, Chalk Dust Torture

2: Ghost** , Halley's Comet, Tweezer , Possum+, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Character Zero

E: Suzie Greenberg++**, Tweezer Reprise++

*With "Stash" tease by Trey during the intro. +With "Psycho Killer" (Talking Heads) teases. +Spacey intro ++With the Dude of Life. **With different (original?) lyrics for the second verse.

11-25-98 Pepsi Arena, Albany, NY

1: Punch You in the Eye, My Soul, Roggae, AC/DC Bag, Lifeboy, David Bowie, Sleep*, Driver*, Good Times Bad Times

2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Golgi Apparatus, Drowned , Prince Caspian, Piper^, You Enjoy Myself, Been Caught Stealin' , Llama

E: Something, Guyute, Freebird+

*Acoustic. ^With glowstick war, in which Trey, Page and Mike were all hit with glowsticks. +A cappella.

11-27-98 The Centrum, Worcester, MA

1: Funky Bitch, Ya Mar, Carini, Runaway Jim, Meat, Reba*, The Old Home Place, Dogs Stole Things, Vultures, When the Circus Comes, Birds of a Feather

2: Buried Alive, Wipe Out+, Chalk Dust Torture** , Mirror in the Bathroom** , Chalk Dust Torture , Dog Log**** , Chalk Dust Torture > Sanity, Buffalo Bill, Mike's Song^ , I Am Hydrogen , Weekapaug Groove^^, Run Like an Antelope 

E: Wading in the Velvet Sea, Golgi Apparatus , Wipe Out+

*With whistling. +Trey introduced Fish. **With "Wipe Out" teases. **First time played ****Possibly inspired by a dog show taking place next door to the Centrum; very bluesy. ^With ambient jamming. ^^With recurring "Wipe Out" jamming and ambient jamming (especially in the latter portion). +After a drum solo by Fish, Trey introduced him again and then they finished "Wipe Out."

11-28-98 The Centrum, Worcester, MA

1: Gumbo, Tube , Down With Disease, Guyute, Albuquerque, Foam, The Moma Dance*, Split Open and Melt

2: Julius, Wolfman's Brother , Timber (Jerry), Loving Cup , Scent of a Mule**, Prince Caspian, Crossroads, Tweezer > Cavern

E: Sample in a Jar, Tweezer Reprise

Glowstick war during break before encore. *With different (?) lyrics. **With bass solo by Mike; with a Muel Duel bass/drums jam between Mike and Fish

11-29-98 The Centrum, Worcester, MA

1: Paul and Silas*, Axilla (I), Theme from the Bottom, Sparkle, Horn, Limb by Limb , Catapult , Kung , Maze, **All The Pain Through The Years** , Layla****

2: Roses are Free > Simple, Makisupa Policeman, Possum , Wipe Out , Possum, Bathtub Gin, You Enjoy Myself

E: Roggae, Hello My Baby

*With alternate lyrics ("Cuffs were tight, shoulder sore, all night long") dealing with an incident between Paul Languedoc and the Worcester police that took place after the previous night's show. **Trey briefly introduces the crew, mentioning that there are too many people to name each one. **First time played (Burlington-based Seth Yacovone Blues Band cover) ****First time played (Derek and the Dominoes/Eric Clapton cover)

12-28-98 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

1: Axilla (I)*, Stash, Farmhouse, Taste, Sleep**, Albuquerque**, Driver**, Tube, Golgi Apparatus, Good Times Bad Times

2: Carini , Wolfman's Brother**, Birds of a Feather, When the Circus Comes, Quinn the Eskimo**** , David Bowie+

E: Been Caught Stealin'++

*With "Axilla (Part II)" ending. **Acoustic (played on a "mini-stage" setup to the side of the main stage **With long ambient jam ****Played possibly because of a sign held by a woman in the fifth row. +With "The Godfather Theme" tease in the intro; some delay loops at the start, but not a "DEG" tease or jam. ++with trampolines.

12-29-98 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

1: Rock and Roll > Funky Bitch, Punch You in the Eye > Horn, Ginseng Sullivan, Split Open and Melt, Brian and Robert, Guyute, My Soul, Freebird*

2: Free, Limb by Limb > Also Sprach Zarathustra, Boogie On Reggae Woman, You Enjoy Myself

E: The Divided Sky

*A capella.

12-30-98 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

1: Chalk Dust Torture, Big Black Furry Creature From Mars, Wilson, Roggae, Sparkle, The Moma Dance, The Old Home Place, Sample in a Jar, Frankie Says, Maze*, Loving Cup, Reba** (1:40)

2: Down With Disease, Piper, Prince Caspian^^, The Squirming Coil** > Slave to the Traffic Light
E: Grind****, Possum+

*Preceded by vacuum-led jam. **With whistling;^^Different, jammed-out ending (during which faeries moved back to the center-of-floor aisle, gathered in a circle around some glowsticks, and emerged with glowsticks stuck into their white wigs). **"Piper" teases by Trey; without traditional Page-solo ending (they instead segued in to an ambient-style jam which got fiery and metal-ish before being abandoned)****First time played . +With "Wipeout" quote; stop/start soloing by Fish, Mike, Trey/Page, and then the audience

12-31-98 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

1: 1999* > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove**, Ghost > Ha Ha Ha, Cavern

2: NICU > Character Zero > Tweezer > Cities > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Run Like an Antelope^, Frankenstein

3: Runaway Jim^^ , Auld Lang Syne > Simple** > Harry Hood**** > Tweezer Reprise, Llama

E: While My Guitar Gently Weeps

*First time played (Prince cover, from the album "1999") **With "Rock and Roll" (Velvet Underground") and "Lion Sleeps Tonight" teases. ^With glowsticks. ^^Started started about 11:45; with "1999" and "Auld Lang Syne" teases about 5 minutes in; eruption of audience with 4:20 left on clock; five-second countdown to the New Year accompanied by on-stage pyrotechnics, a balloon drop, and about eight dancers (unicorn, bee, faerie, guy in a suit, prostitute, angel, devil, et al.) tossing thousands of glow-rings (not glowsticks) into the crowd. **With "Magilla" tease. ****With a large glow-ring/stick war (though not all of the dispensed glow-rings were tossed because large amounts of them were linked together end-to-end, forming long chains across the floor).