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From Friday to Sunday, Phish delivered an exhilarating three-show kickoff series for their Summer Tour at Manchester, N.H.’s SNHU Arena, which culminated in a full-set “Tweezer” medley, weaving in and out of the A Picture of Nectar classic for more than 40 minutes in total. Last night, the legendary jam innovators followed that momentum into a follow-up at Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center, which went above and beyond expectations with a slew of bust-outs and a rendition of “What’s Going Through Your Mind” that stretched out with historic and mind-bending depths of improvisation.

Phish took the stage on Tuesday night with a 10-minute treatment of “AC/DC Bag,” then veered from that setlist staple to the unexpected inclusion of “Dogs Stole Things,” delivered for the first time since July 31, 2022 and only the ninth time since their second hiatus. That loping groove led into another rarity as the group cued up the Flatt and Scruggs inherited traditional tune “Paul and Silas,” which they last played on July 22, 2016 and have staged only six times since the millennium. The first frame continued with “I Always Wanted It This Way” before “Water in the Sky” arrived as the third and final bust-out of the performance, closing a 133-show gap since The Story of the Ghost’s last rendition on July 15, 2022.

After wrapping set one with the trusty closer “Walls of the Cave,” Phish sped into their next round of songs with a whopping 20-minute “You Enjoy Myself” that let the band build speed and intensity with a perfect segue into “What’s Going Through Your Mind,” which entered the jamband’s repertoire after a 2024 Classic TAB debut with Billy Strings in a definite highlight from last year’s summer tour. Tuesday’s version was the group’s ninth and far and away their longest to date, passing 42 minutes of locked-in, dynamic interplay that careened from a blissed-out apex to the sort of evilly-grinning dark, cluttered, jagged and still hypnotic atmosphere that only Phish can conjure. As it slowly wound to a more moderate close, the song earned a spot as the group’s sixth longest jam in their four-decade history.

Set two came to a close with 26-minute sequence of “Prince Caspian,” “Julius,” and “Blaze On,” then Phish capped the performance with a tank-emptying encore of “The Howling” and “Ghost.” 

Phish will return to the stage wit  two nights at Austin, Texas’ Moody Center on June 27 and 28. The Summer Tour will continue through late July with standout stagings like two nights at Queens, N.Y.’s beloved Forest Hills Stadium on July 22 and 23, a series-closing three-night return to Saratoga Springs’ Broadview Stage at SPAC from July 25-27 and a three-show Independence Day series at Boulder, Colo.’s Folsom Field from July 3-5, which will replace their traditional Labor Day weekend run at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. Following their Summer Tour, the band will embark on a seven-stop fall series from Sept. 13-21.

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Phish
Petersen Events Center – Pittsburgh
6/24/25
Set I: AC/DC Bag > Dogs Stole Things, Paul and Silas, I Always Wanted It This Way, Water in the Sky, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Ya Mar, Gumbo, Walls of the Cave
Set II: You Enjoy Myself -> What’s Going Through Your Mind, Prince Caspian > Julius > Blaze On
Encore: The Howling > Ghost
Notes:
This show featured multiple bustouts: Dogs Stole Things (last played July 31, 2022, or 123 shows), Paul and Silas (last played July 22, 2016, or 323 shows), and Water in the Sky (last played July 15, 2022, or 134 shows). Trey teased Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin) in Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan. Trey teased Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan in Ya Mar.

Setlist via phish.net.