Photo Credit: Holly O'Connor
December 28-31 – Madison Square Garden – New York City, NY
46 Pennsylvania Plaza, (8th Avenue and 33rd Street)
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SHOW INFORMATION
Doors: 7:00 p.m.
Show: 8:00 p.m.
Venue Capacity: 20,000
Venue Website: www.madisonsquaregarden.com
Ticketing Links: Sold out in minutes so Craigslist is your best bet if you have a lot of cash. Otherwise, your chances outside the venue could be difficult.
After-parties: 7 Walkers, The New Deal, Marco Benevento, Twiddle and more have shows planned. Check out our News Nug for more information
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AREA INFORMATION
Closest Hotel To Venue:
Don't get a hotel in New York City. Your best bet is to look in New Jersey and take a train over to Manhattan.
Local Food Choice:
If you head down to the village before, there are a lot of great places to grab a bite. My recommendation would be to get something to go, walk around and experience the chaos of New Year's in the Big Apple. Here are some of my favorite grab-and-go places:
Taim Falafel and Smoothie Bar – 222 Waverly Place
Bleecker Street Pizza – 69 7th Avenue South
Tribeca Taco Truck – Spring St. and Broadway
Local Bar Choice:
Fat Cat
75 Christopher Street - 1.3 miles from venue (5 minutes by cab)
(919) 896-6016
$3.00 cover for live jazz, $2.00 PBRs, reasonably priced shuffle puck, ping pong and pool – could you ask for more?
Local Transportation:
Cardinal Cab
(919) 828-3228
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NEW YEAR'S EVE 2010
Madison Square Garden
Set I: Punch You In the Eye > AC/DC Bag > The Moma Dance > Scent of a Mule, Burn That Bridge, Weigh > Ocelot, Beauty of My Dreams, Gone, Rock and Roll
Set II: Wilson > 46 Days, Sand, NICU > Down with Disease > Ghost, You Enjoy Myself > Manteca > You Enjoy Myself
Set III: Meatstick, Auld Lang Syne, After Midnight, Backwards Down The Number Line > Piper > Free, Waste > Slave to the Traffic Light, Grind
Encore: First Tube
Song That Rang In 2011: Meatstick > Auld Lang Syne
Special Moment From Last Year: The gang flying in on a large hot dog and the mulit-cultural, multi-lingual rendition of "Meatstick."
Headstash's Coverage: http://headstash.com/news-nugs/phish/652-review-phishs-three-night-new-years-eve-run-in-nyc
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ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION:
I think everyone is hoping that Phish comes into the New Year’s run just as hot as they left off the summer tour. However, given the vast amount of time that has transpired since the summer shows, I think they might be a little rusty the first few days. Hopefully, they hit their stride early and are in full throttle by the time they hit the New Years Eve show.
I didn’t feel their performances last year at Madison Square Garden measured up to their Halloween run in Atlantic City. On the plus side, a four-night run means that fans are almost guaranteed to get their favorite songs one of the nights.
Whatever they bring to the table this run, there’s still no place I’d rather ring in the New Year than with Phish at MSG.
Song Predicted To Ring In 2012: 2001 > Auld Lang Syne
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THE DISCO BISCUITS
UMPHREY'S MCGEE
MOE.
LOTUS
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