After 40 nights of U2 at the Sphere, Phish's Trey Anastasio talks about taking over (2024)

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How was Phish at the Sphere? ›

“These four shows are unlike anything else that the band's done,” he says. “Phish brought four different shows — four unique pieces of art, one for each night. They took all the incredible technological advancements the Sphere offers and used it to the fullest potential. It transported the audience to another place.”

No two Phish shows are the same, and while the band had played Vegas 26 times before, the Sphere offered a game-changing canvas for its signature light shows. The fans came in sequined, glittery dresses and tie-dye alike, in button-down shirts and overalls printed with the band's red doughnut logo.

While Phish has just to announce new Vegas dates, fans of the band can stream their Sphere shows now on LivePhish.com. Watch back all four nights from Phish's Las Vegas residency on-demand in 4K or HD. Individual streams start at $29.99.

The band has a number of celebrity fans, including: Sean Avery, Rocco Baldelli, Drew Carey, Tucker Carlson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Abbi Jacobson, Katy Tur, Aron Ralston, and Bill Walton. Bernie Sanders, who was the mayor of Burlington when Phish formed, described them as "One of the great bands in this country" in 2016.

The band was formed in 1983 in Vermont, while the members of the band were attending college. They created the name Phish as a play on drummer Fishman's last name.

Phish sold out a four-show run at the Las Vegas Sphere.

In a 2000 cover story for Entertainment Weekly, three of the four Phish members declared Big Cypress to be the greatest Phish concert ever. It was also voted as the most popular Phish show ever by fans in the final volume of The Pharmer's Almanac.

It was also the longest Phish concert ever, culminating in a seven-and-a-half hour second set from midnight on New Year's Eve to sunrise New Year's Day. Phish was the only band at the event, performing five sets of music (nearly sixteen hours) over two nights. It was the sixth festival hosted by the rock band Phish.

My number one rule is to be comfortable so I typically opt for shorts a tank and comfortable shoes. I also rock my “show shoes” sweet tennis shoes I made on NikeID. If you're going to be dancing (and you will) wear your most comfortable shoes preferably something with a back strap.

How many people does the sphere hold? ›

Sphere is 366 feet (112 m) high and 516 feet (157 m) wide at its broadest point. It is the largest spherical building in the world at 875,000 sq ft (81,300 m²). It includes seating for 18,600 people, and all seats have high-speed Internet access. The venue can accommodate 20,000 people in standing capacity.

Across four nights and eight sets of music – featuring 68 different songs, with nary a repeat – Phish cycled through a staggering range of immersive visuals that spanned trippy abstractions to real-life footage to playful illustrations.

But one of the most important reasons for the breakup, as Trey revealed in later interviews (commenting to the effect that he assumed people knew the "real reason"), was his need to get clean. As he told Charlie Rose 1/2/03, "... I wanted to tell people, 'Hey, it's OK.

The Clifford Ball was an absolutely phenomenal, unequivocably religious, amazing event at the former Air Force Base in Plattsburgh, New York, in August 1996. Phish performed three sets and an encore on each of the two show days, of a Friday-to-Sunday event, where some 70-80,000 fans camped on site for three days.