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Phish to Perform First All-Acoustic Set at Festival 8

9/24/09, 4:28 pm EST

Phish’s massive Festival 8 in Indio, California, October 30th through November 1st won’t just find the Vermont foursome resurrecting their Halloween tradition of covering another artist’s full album: For the first time in Phistory, the jam quartet will perform an all-acoustic set on the morning of the festival’s third day. According to Phish’s official Website, “the set will take place at the crack of noon on Sunday morning.” Saturday night, or Halloween, promises to be an all-night party, so to help the Phans out of their sleeping bags and shake off their hangovers, Phish will provide coffee and donuts to those who make it up in time for the acoustic set. We’d recommend guzzling down the coffee, as Phish will also play two more sets on Sunday. Phish also revealed the schedule for Festival 8, and as promised, eight sets will be spread over the course of the fest’s three days.

As for “The Halloween Set,” the middle of three sets on Saturday night that finds Phish assuming a “musical costume” and performing a classic album, Rolling Stone is still betting on Purple Rain, while our readers are hoping for Radiohead’s OK Computer. The dark horse pick: Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Past albums that Phish has covered on Halloween include the Beatles’ White Album, Talking Heads’ Remain in Light, the Who’s Quadrophenia and the Velvet Underground’s Loaded. We’ll find out what Phish has in store in just over a month from now. Until then, check out the Festival 8 schedule below:

OFFICIAL FESTIVAL 8 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

FRIDAY (10/30)

4:00PM Concert field opens
7:30PM Set 1
10:00PM Set 2

SATURDAY (10/31)

12:00PM Concert field opens
3:00PM Set 1
7:30PM The Halloween Set
10:00PM Set 3

SUNDAY (11/01)

10:00AM Concert field opens
12:00PM Acoustic Set
5:30PM Set 2
8:30PM Set 3


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Anonymous | 9/24/2009, 5:03 pm EST

Somebody needs to break into the PA system, and start blasting Slayer’s Raining Blood. Pronto.

Parker | 9/24/2009, 5:14 pm EST

OK Computer woult be the shit, but I doubt it.

IV | 9/24/2009, 5:32 pm EST

Would be shocked if it was a pre-1983 album. Think one of their criteria for picking is that it was influential to them. Best guess would be Frank Zappa’s Hot Rats. Also, RS failed to mention the prank after the VU Loaded Halloween, when they played Dark Side of the Moon at the next show in Salt Lake City…

Jefe | 9/24/2009, 5:35 pm EST

braintrust thinks Ziggy Stardust

IV | 9/24/2009, 5:45 pm EST

Ziggy Stardust is not a bad call at all… Personally, would love to hear Wheels Of Fire, Are You Experienced, or Led Zeppelin IV, but I’m not holding my breathe…

bbacks | 9/24/2009, 5:51 pm EST

ill put all my money on britney spear’s Circus abum

vermontunh20 | 9/24/2009, 6:32 pm EST

how about exile on main street by the stones

danzbassman | 9/24/2009, 7:03 pm EST

Ziggy Stardust would be so freaking cool. Exodus by Bob Marley would be good too. But I’m guessing it’ll be something a little more recent.

Ryan | 9/24/2009, 7:19 pm EST

Paul Simon Graceland?

Anonymous | 9/24/2009, 8:15 pm EST

It will be Vanilla Ice – To The Extreme. I guarantee it.

Cactus | 9/24/2009, 8:40 pm EST

Im saying its gonna be Blood Sex Sugar Magik by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Ryan | 9/24/2009, 9:16 pm EST

I like Phish, don’t get me wrong, but they would butcher OK Computer.

Connor | 9/25/2009, 12:15 am EST

Are you kidding? Imagine Bob Marley’s Kaya! Easy skankin’! Kaya! Is this love! Satisfy my soul! Misty Morning! Just to name a few

MJ | 9/25/2009, 12:34 am EST

THRILLER

NO RADIOHEAD | 9/25/2009, 5:59 am EST

Seriously doubt they will play ok Computer, im going with Thriller, which would be cool, but hot ratz or ziggy would be the bomb.

Hey noww | 9/25/2009, 10:20 am EST

I second RHCP – Blood Sugar Sex Magik

BK | 9/25/2009, 10:21 am EST

Panda Bear – Person Pitch

Fusion Staffing Partners | 9/25/2009, 10:32 am EST

The Basement Tapes

Nick Cannon | 9/25/2009, 11:31 am EST

I promise you it will be Mariah Carey’s first album, without a doubt!

Sugar Shack Steve | 9/25/2009, 12:05 pm EST

I love Radiohead, and I LOVE Phish, but I don’t see the 2 meshing too well. Radiohead has 3 guitars, and one of the best falsetto voices ever. I just can’t see Phish being able to hit all the vocals (although I’d love to see it if done right). My guesses:

1.) Joshua Tree
2.) Ziggy Stardust
3.) RHCP – Blood Sugar Sex Magik

I just have a feelin’ we’re gonna get an album with a California vibe… see you there!

johnny Royal | 9/25/2009, 1:02 pm EST

Paul’s Boutique

Mr. Right | 9/25/2009, 3:14 pm EST

I know a lot of you are going to hate me for spilling the beans, but they’re going to play MGMT’s Oracular Spectacular.

It’s going to get a lot of hate from all the jaded wooks, but personally I think it’s going to be brilliant. Lyrically and musically it’s a perfect phit.

Anonymous | 9/25/2009, 3:29 pm EST

Springsteen: Born to Run

d | 9/25/2009, 3:31 pm EST

ween: chocolate and cheese or springsteen:born to run

Neal | 9/25/2009, 3:39 pm EST

Police “Ghost In the Machine”?

Beatles “Revolver”?

Dead’s “Live from Mars Hotel”?

Led Zep “Physical Grafitti”

jordan | 9/25/2009, 4:07 pm EST

who cares it is going to be phantastic, see you all there

Alice Cooper “billion dollar babies”
Black Sabbath “parnoid”
David bowie “diamond dogs”

JamPilot | 9/25/2009, 4:23 pm EST

I heard from an inside source they’re playing Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

Patrick Bateman | 9/25/2009, 4:50 pm EST

Weezer Blue Album, anyone?

Watch Dog | 9/25/2009, 5:03 pm EST

I heard they were gonna play “The Birds, The Bees, & The Monkees” from beginning to end, and in mono.

oneshowatatime | 9/25/2009, 5:10 pm EST

if they play OK Computer I’ll shit my costume

the thin man | 9/25/2009, 6:00 pm EST

At their first paid gig, they were told to stop playing and someone put in a Thriller cassete. So they would be coming full circle with the MJ cover. Although, like Dwight Gooden,the 1983 National Leauge Rookie of the Year, Phish can throw a nice curve ball.

psychedelacized | 9/26/2009, 5:25 pm EST

I heard they were going to do a Raffi album for the kids.

psychedelacized | 9/26/2009, 5:26 pm EST

Oh wait that’s their acoustic set

Neal | 9/26/2009, 8:55 pm EST

Queen- A Night at the Opera

Nap | 9/26/2009, 11:06 pm EST

Chocolate and Cheese
Appetite for Destruction
Thriller

Andrew | 9/27/2009, 8:20 pm EST

“catholic boy” by jim carroll

briansandroberts | 9/28/2009, 11:16 am EST

i heard from trey’s sister’s husbands’ brother-in-law’s best friend that it’s metallica’s “ride the lightning”

Andrew | 9/28/2009, 11:49 am EST

This isn’t Phish’s first ever all acoustic set. They played the Bridge School Benefit in 1998.

WESTY | 9/28/2009, 12:47 pm EST

Saturday night fever soundtrack…

RJ | 9/28/2009, 1:13 pm EST

I would bet not anything from Zappa… they won’t play Peaches en Regalia anymore due to possible legal action from the wifey (I hear). I do know that there quite a lot of people full of shit on this post, though. MGMT? Linkin Park? Are u serious?

kill radiohead | 9/28/2009, 10:42 pm EST

why radiohead? why? they suck, always have, always will. if u think they are amazing, kill yourself. i hope for thriller, but i doubt it would happen.
i vote for

RUSH – Moving Pictures.

imagine YYZ…

nughuffer | 9/29/2009, 6:31 am EST

i’m gunna say frank zappa’s hot rats album. .. just a guess?

harry | 10/2/2009, 11:41 am EST

i would really want them to do zeppelin. they have done some reallllly good zeppelin cover before. or the rhcp

Anonymous | 10/2/2009, 1:29 pm EST

LSD is the truth

Phatphuk | 10/6/2009, 6:55 pm EST

They are rehearsing with horns right now, The Police “ghost in the machine”

satta'snaps | 10/8/2009, 8:35 am EST

mgmt would be ill, but zepplin would be sick too…. i i bet they go with sumthin more indie almost eclectic like shows before, what about somthing from The Kinks

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