Phish wrapped up their three-night run at The Gorge on Sunday, Aug. 29, giving fans plenty of teases and 2021 tour debuts to sink their teeth into.
Five different songs made their 2021 debut at The Gorge on Sunday, including “How Many People Are You,” “Saw It Again,” “The Mango Song,” “I Always Wanted It This Way” and the part-one encore “Shine a Light,” which many saw as yet another tribute to The Rolling Stones’ late drummer Charlie Watts. (Just two days earlier, Phish opened the run with The Rolling Stones’ “Torn and Frayed.”)
As for the teases, elements of The Doors’ “L.A. Woman” and Ohio Players’ “Fire” appeared in the band’s set-one closer “Character Zero.” (Guitarist Trey Anastasio revived the long-dormant Ohio Players tease earlier this summer in Alpharetta.)
Set two’s “Mr. Completely” opener was also used as a motif through the night – glimmers of it appeared later within “Crosseyed and Painless” and “I Always Wanted It This Way.”
Check out the full setlist via Phish.net and watch each set-opener below:
Phish
Aug. 29, 2021
The Gorge, George, Wash.
Set I: Cool Amber and Mercury > The Moma Dance, Free, Lonely Trip, How Many People Are You > Bathtub Gin > Back on the Train, My Friend, My Friend[1] > Rift, Character Zero
Set II: Mr. Completely > Meat, Crosseyed and Painless > Saw It Again > The Mango Song > Everything’s Right > Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 1 > I Always Wanted It This Way
Enc: Shine a Light > First Tube
7 Comments comments associated with this post
suckulus
August 31, 2021 at 6:15 pmSecond Frame was a major let down. Started off so well.
Sunday funday
August 31, 2021 at 7:58 pmYall are a bunch of dickwads. Next time you got shit to say post a link of you at work, we’ll see how fire you are at what you do… the Phish is still going strong, glad to have them out there.
KB
August 31, 2021 at 9:05 pm+1 Sunday, Im with ya.
suckulus
September 3, 2021 at 12:01 pmIt puzzles me that you chompers continue to lap this swill up. Yes, it is great that they are still out there. They also allow complete sets to fizzle out. This is a fact, and to say otherwise is ridiculous. My guess is that your first show was in 2016. The Shoreline shows made the Gorge look like a study in mopishness. Stand up and take notice, and tell it like it is- your woke-ass sentiments are misguided.
Jordan
August 30, 2021 at 6:27 pmNot going to mention the Donovan tease?
David Rubin
August 30, 2021 at 3:51 pmNo…. phans are getting older and can’t rage three days in a row….
Never miss a Sunday show?
August 30, 2021 at 1:40 pmThis appears to be false. DC3, AC3 and this are all the weakest shows of their respective runs. The phish is slowing down.