Review: On April 2nd 1998, jam and psych band Phish performed one of their best and most storied shows at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. For the first time, they would perform such later Phish favourites as 'Birds Of A Feather' and 'Frankie Says', and this is a rare case of a show from a
"micro-tour"; this was a band whose popularity bespoke an uncanny ability to tour whenever they felt like it, and for whichever length of time they chose, "because the band were getting bored and wanted to play some shows", according to Trey Anastasio. As ever, with irreverent quaternary glee, the group span neo-barbershop and smooth-tongued improv, crafting yet more fodder for a diehard fanbase's obsessive quibbling over the nuances of each performance.
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