No holiday season is complete without visits from Jolly Old Saint Nick, Trey, Jon, Mike and Page.
Like clockwork, Phish announced they’ll headline four back-to-back-to-back-to-back New Year’s Eve shows at NYC’s Madison Square Garden from Sunday, Dec. 28 through Wednesday, Dec. 31.
This quartet of gigs will be the jam band’s 88th, 89th, 90th and 91st (!) MSG concerts putting them in second behind Billy Joel (and ahead of Elton John) for most shows by any act at the legendary venue.
According to Set List FM, the sonically-adventurous group delivered a three-act, 29-song set complete with an encore last Dec. 31. They closed the evening with “Grind,” “Icculus” and “Tweezer Reprise.”
However, that barely scratches the surface of what went down that night to ring in 2025.
“…it was the third set where Phish truly demonstrated why their New Year’s Eve shows have become the stuff of legend,” The Guardian wrote in an ebullient review of the one-of-a-kind performance. “Emerging in matching blue jumpsuits – with the drummer in his customary doughnut-patterned muumuu – the band signaled that the midnight gag, a tradition fans eagerly anticipate each year, was about to unfold.”
They continued “a fractured face sculpture slowly lowered from the ceiling, while dancers in flowing yellow robes, dubbed “conjurors of thunder”, performed an otherworldly choreography. As the countdown to midnight reached its climax, the face came together, the dancers shed their robes to reveal glowing, rave-ready accessories, and the band launched into a euphoric rendition of Auld Lang Syne as the confetti fell.”
More recently, the group returned to New York and headlined at Queens’ Forest Hills Stadium and Saratoga Springs’ Performing Arts Center this past July. And, they’re still going at the time of publication. As of now, they have four more concerts in Alpharetta, GA and Hampton, VA on their 2025 summer run.
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Phish MSG 2025 tickets
A complete calendar, including all single and multi-day passes to see Phish at MSG, can be found below.
Phish 2025 tour schedule
In addition to the MSG NYE shows, here’s where you can find Phish perform live this year.
Phish set list
Although Phish famously mixes things up at their live shows, here’s a closer look at what their Dec. 31, 2024 MSG night looked like, courtesy of Set List FM:
Set I
01.) “Mike’s Song”
02.) “Bouncing Around the Room”
03.) “Weekapaug Groove”
04.) “Stash”
05.) “Evolve” (Trey Anastasio song)
06.) “Llama”
07.) “Split Open and Melt”
08.) “Backwards Down the Number Line”
09.) “Carini”
10.) “The Squirming Coil”
Set II
11.) “Sigma Oasis”
12.) “My Friend, My Friend”
13.) “Sand”
14.) “Golden Age” (TV on the Radio cover)
15.) “What’s the Use?”
16.) “Taste”
17.) “Golgi Apparatus”
18.) “First Tube”
Set III
19.) “Character Zero”
20.) “Pillow Jets”
21.) “Auld Lang Syne” (Robert Burns cover)
22.) “What’s Going Through Your Mind” (Trey Anastasio Band cover)
23.) “Chalk Dust Torture”
24.) “Slave to the Traffic Light”
25.) “Life Saving Gun” (Page McConnell & Trey Anastasio cover)
26.) “Say It to Me S.A.N.T.O.S.”
Encore
27.) “Grind”
28.) “Icculus”
29.) “Tweezer Reprise”
Phish new music
On July 12, 2024, Phish dropped their 16th studio album “Evolve.”
Over a dozen tracks, as expected, the band completely surprises. No two songs are alike here; their only connection is the cosmically in-sync ensemble.
Personally, we were most taken with the slinky, bass-y, mysterious “Hey Stranger,” upbeat toe-tapper “A Wave Of Hope” and slow burn of “Monsters.”
Be sure to try the restrained Beatles-esque “Valdese,” too. It’s impossible not to crack a smile while listening.
Want to check out the new record right now? You can find “Evolve” here.
What’s it like to see Phish live
In December 2023, the New York Post spoke with comedian and Phan Max Fine about what it’s like to attend a Phish concert.
“It’s not like anything you’ve ever seen because it’s never happened before,” he explained.
“Every show is special and unique because they don’t plan for it. You get to be whoever you want at a Phish show.”
For more about the live experience, check out our conversation with Fine here.
Huge artists on tour in 2025
Although no group flows quite like Phish, here are five freewheeling acts you may enjoy seeing live in the near future.
• Goose
• moe.
Who else is out and about next year? Check out our list of all the biggest classic rockers on tour in 2025 to find the show for you.
This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change
