This remnant will be replaced soon. The FAQ is back, with a new design! What do they do for Halloween? I heard they cover entire albums? Halloween (October 31) has always been a special night for Phish. Their first show was 10/30/83, just missing it (though making this October 30 their fifteenth anniversary). But they've been playing Halloweensince 1988 (Hamilton College, Clinton, NY). The following year, 10/31/89, had really strong setlists! 1990 and 1991 were both at Colorado College; 1992 and 1993 were taken off. 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1998 since the last 'ween show (10/31/98). Album Costumes: Halloweenshows became epic in 1994. For four years (1994, 1995, 1996, and 1998), Phish performed three-set shows on Halloween, with the second set being a live performance of an entire album by another band, "musical costumes" which were initially selected by vote. Vote: In the summer of 1994, via a radio interview, Phish announced that they would take votes from phans about what album to play for the second set of Halloween of that year. The Beatles' White Album won by a long shot, though with only circa 50 votes (and there were reportedly very few votes overall). The voting was repeated but fudged for 1995: Frank Zappa's Joe's Garage got the most votes, but with insanely complex overdubs, potentially offensive lyrics, and several tunes (esp. Watermelon in Easter Hay) that Zappa had requested never be performed live again, the band (after learning a considerable amount of it) decided they just couldn't make it sound like it should and chose to instead play Quadrophenia (which reportedly came in second in the voting). (Thanks to Gordon <gfromm19@theramp.net> 9/27/98 and others.) 'Ween Treasure: Chocolate coins with date, venue, and logo were distributed 10-31-94 and -95. Phishbills: Mocking the Broadway staple Playbill, several Halloweenshows have featured a Phishbill to identify the album and the band's relationship to it. (See also: other hardcopy.) eMTyV Copycats: MTV is now developing a show called "Master Works" in which musicians will perform entire albums of those musicians who have influenced them most, much like Phish does on Halloweenaccording to Brian <phinegrey@aol.com" 5/5/99. Everybody in the Act: According to Addicted to Noise 11/17/99, "Hip-hop group the Roots, with guitarist Vernon Reid and guest singers, will perform Prince's 1982 album 1999 in its entirety during two shows Dec. 11 and 12 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, according to show producer Danny Kapilian. Singers Joan Osborne, Angelique Kidjo and N'Dea Davenport are among the guests scheduled to appear. The show is the third in a series of New York concerts designed to celebrate classic albums with an updated live sound, Kapilian said. Miles Davis' Kind of Blue was revisited by jazz musicians in June, and Chaka Khan, Joe Jackson and others performed songs from five Joni Mitchell albums at a Central Park show in July. Reid, formerly of the funk-rock band Living Colour, will join the Roots on guitar for the whole concert. His former Living Colour bandmate singer Corey Glover also will appear." Thanks also to Matthew Menott, Dan Taylor, and Kristen Godard. "There's kind of a competitive edge in the band where we hear somebody and we think 'I want to be able to do that'"" -- Trey to Keith Sperar, Times-Picayune 4/26/96" This page last updated February 03, 2007. All contents © 1992-2007 Ellis Godard. All rights reserved.