Phish, photo by Stevo Rood

On Sunday, July 13, Phish returned ot North Charleston, S.C. for their third and final performance at the North Charleston Coliseum. With their first two nights at the venue they’ve frequented since 1995, the legendary jam quartet locked into a mid-tour flow state and served up shows packed with the same sort of expansive jams and eclectic, eye-catching setlists that have made their Summer Tour so consistently engaging. Sunday’s show continued to build on this momentum with more surprising selections and lengthy explorations of old classics from a band that’s clearly enjoying the ride.

Phish stepped onstage last night with a romp through “Runaway Jim,” establishing a lighthearted and loose air that brought some buoyancy to the melodic intricacy of “Foam.” “Wolfman’s Brother” rolled in like a great exhale, stretching out past the 15-minute mark as the group rode the first set staple’s loping funk groove off into their eighth all-time performance of the undersung Sigma Oasis standout. Over a subtle jazzy flutter from John Fishman and a convincing Jaco Pastorious impersonation from Mike  Gordon, the band unfurled 12 minutes of subversive rhythmic change-ups, clearly relishing every moment of the rarity.

As they crossed to the set’s second half, Phish followed their jazz impulse to the pointillistic changes of “Stash,” which centered a nimble melodic duet from Page McConnell and Trey Anastasio. That theme crashed into the slowly rolling groove of Gordon’s original “555,” which in turn gave way to their first treatment of the James Gang’s “Walk Away” since July 2023, complete with lead vocals from McConnell. To wrap up the first frame, the band turned up a 13-minute exploration of the Ghosts of the Forest standout “Drift While You’re Sleeping,” which sent the crowd off into the intermission with a dreamy, contemplative energy that recalled Friday’s unexpected “Sightless Escape.”

Phish found their footing in the second set with a 17-minute take on Anastasio’s Burn It Down original “Set Your Soul Free,” led by some dynamic effects deployments by the guitarist. In keeping with the one-two punch structure that’s kicked off some of their most thrilling second sets of this Summer Tour, the group swiftly moved into the intense and unmistakable opening of “Tweezer,” which started funkier than recent iterations (like Manchester, N.H.’s “Tweezerfest”) as it leaned back on some heavy slaps from Gordon. After settling into a lurching rhythm, Anastasio built heat with chunky riffs and released pressure with softer melodic lines, dancing in an atmospheric mood on the cusp of powerful peaks for a whopping 29 minutes. When they pivoted into “Ghost,” the quartet finally reached those promised heights with the evening’s searing, shreddy apex.

Phish capped off Sunday’s performance with a steady descent through TV on the Radio’s “Golden Age,” “A Life Beyond the Dream” and a blissed-out “Slave to the Traffic Light,” followed by an encore of the oddball fun-forward selections “Meatstick” and “Turtle in the Clouds” and a cathartic finale of “Tweezer Reprise.” They’ll return to the stage tomorrow, July 15, for the first of two nights at Philadeliphia’s TD Pavilion at The Mann, then continue on the road through the end of the month with standout stagings like two nights at Queens, N.Y.’s beloved Forest Hills Stadium on July 22 and 23 and tour-closing three-night return to Saratoga Springs’ Broadview Stage at SPAC from July 25-27. Following their Summer Tour, the band will embark on a seven-stop fall series from Sept. 13-21. Find tickets and more information here.

Read on for Sunday’s full setlist.

Phish
North Charleston Coliseum – North Charleston, S.C.
7/11/25
Set I: Runaway Jim, Foam, Wolfman’s Brother, Thread, Stash, 555 > Walk Away, Drift While You’re Sleeping
Set II: Set Your Soul Free, Tweezer -> Ghost, Golden Age, A Life Beyond The Dream, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Meatstick, Turtle in the Clouds, Tweezer Reprise
Setlist via phish.net