Photo by Rene Huemer via Phish’s Facebook page

Phish’s three-night run at Chicago’s United Center continued last night. The night kicked off with an early show segue from “Life Saving Gun” into “Steam.” From there, the Vermont Quartet performed the Gamehendge selection “McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters” for the first time this year and only the second time since the group played the entire suite of music on New Year’ Eve 2023-2024.

One thread from this summer tour has been the return of some long-shelved material early on in most first sets. Yesterday, Phish turned their attention to “The Line,” a single from 2014’s Fuego, busting out the tune for the first time since October 21, 2018. The surprises continued after that as Phish launched into an instrumental version of their Round Room cut “Seven Below.” More refined versions of “Ocelot,” “Ya Mar,” “Mountains in the Mist”–which has been played more in recent years than anytime since 1999–“Golgi Apparatus” and the Vida Blue jam “Most Events Aren’t Planned” rounded out the set.

The group’s second set kicked off with a standalone “Tube,” and then opened up to include a series of extended, playful segues. The first moved from “A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing” into” “Down with Disease” and a reprise of the first part of “Seven Below,” this time with lyrics, before wrapping up “Down with Disease.” The four musicians paused briefly and then closed things out with a career-spanning run from “Pillow Jets” into their cover of “Also Sprach Zarathustra” and “Chalk Dust Torture.”

The night then came to a close with Phish’s first cover of The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” since August 4, 2023, and an energetic “First Tube.” Phish will close their Chicago stand this evening.

Here’s a look at last night’s setlist via Phish.net

Saturday, July 19, 2025, United Center, Chicago, IL

Set I: Life Saving Gun > Steam, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, The Line, Seven Below[1], Ocelot, Ya Mar, Mountains in the Mist, Golgi Apparatus, Most Events Aren’t Planned
Set II Tube, A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing[2] > Down with Disease -> Seven Below[3] > Down with Disease, Pillow Jets > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Chalk Dust Torture
E: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, First Tube

[1] No lyrics.
[2] Unfinished.
[3] One verse.