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(Note that this setlist document derives from an old version of our book;
the most up-to-date data can be found in the Second Edition of The Phish Companion.)

Thursday, February 13, 1997
Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, United Kingdom
Set I: Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Stash, Walfredo, Taste, Waste, Poor Heart, Character Zero, Peaches en Regalia, Love Me, David Bowie
Set II: Julius, Cars Trucks Buses, My Soul, Punch You in the Eye, Slave to the Traffic Light, When the Circus Comes, Maze > Rock-a-William, Harry Hood, Frankenstein
Encore: Prince Caspian, Johnny B. Goode
Show Notes: Many premieres filled the setlist of the European tour opener, including Walfredo, Love Me, My Soul, When the Circus Comes, and Rock-a-William.

Friday, February 14, 1997
Le Botanique, Brussels, Belgium
Set I: Runaway Jim, NICU, You Enjoy Myself, Sweet Adeline, Axilla, It's Ice, Billy Breathes, Uncle Pen, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: AC/DC Bag, Ya Mar, Down with Disease, Funky Bitch, Reba, Walfredo, Rock-a-William, Scent of a Mule > A Day in the Life
Encore: Character Zero
Show Notes: Mule was unfinished.

Sunday, February 16, 1997
Wartesaal, Cologne, Germany
Set I: Beauty of My Dreams, Split Open and Melt, Bouncing Around the Room, Crosseyed and Painless, Guelah Papyrus, Ginseng Sullivan, Tweezer, Waste, Cavern, Chalk Dust Torture
Set II: Sample in a Jar, Cars Trucks Buses, Free, Sparkle, Simple -> When the Circus Comes, Swept Away > Steep -> David Bowie, Loving Cup, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Theme From the Bottom, Johnny B. Goode
Show Notes: This show, which was rebroadcast on German television, featured the debut of Beauty of My Dreams. Videos of this show circulate.

Monday, February 17, 1997
Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Set I: Soul Shake Down Party, Divided Sky, Wilson > My Soul, Guyute, Timber (Jerry), Billy Breathes, Llama, Bathtub Gin > Golgi Apparatus
Set II: The Squirming Coil -> Down with Disease -> Carini -> Taste -> Down with Disease > Suzy Greenberg, Prince Caspian
Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Rocky Top
Show Notes: This show marked the debuts of Carini and Soul Shake Down Party. The second set is a fan favorite for the massive Disease jamming and the amazing jam that connected Carini and Taste.

Tuesday, February 18, 1997
Bataclan, Paris, France
Set I: Beauty of My Dreams > Cavern > Punch You in the Eye > Runaway Jim > NICU, Stash, Waste, Walfredo, Character Zero > Slave to the Traffic Light
Set II: Peaches en Regalia, Also Sprach Zarathustra > My Soul, Maze > Wolfman's Brother > Reba, Train Song, Harry Hood > Frankenstein
Encore: Bold As Love
Show Notes: Slave was dedicated to a friend who had been hit by a car earlier in the day.

Thursday, February 20, 1997
Teatro Smeraldo, Milan, Italy
Set I: The Curtain, Tweezer > Soul Shake Down Party > Chalk Dust Torture, Love Me, Taste, Gumbo, When the Circus Comes > David Bowie, Tweezer Reprise
Set II: Sample in a Jar, Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero, Uncle Pen, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Free, Swept Away > Steep > A Day in the Life, Runaway Jim, Sweet Adeline
Encore: Julius

Friday, February 21, 1997
Tenax, Florence, Italy
Set I: My Soul, Foam, Down with Disease > The Lizards, Crosseyed and Painless, You Enjoy Myself
Set II: Ya Mar, Run Like an Antelope -> Wilson -> The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag > Billy Breathes, Reba > Waste > Prince Caspian
Encore: Character Zero
Show Notes: This second set featured mentionable versions of Antelope and Wilson. Antelope was unfinished, and a heavy metal jam rose from the "Rye, Rye, Rocco" segment. Trey started singing the Wilson lyrics over this jam and the band wound up in Oh Kee Pa. Reba was also unfinished, as it disintegrated into Waste.

Saturday, February 22, 1997
Teatro Olimpico, Rome, Italy
Set I: Walfredo, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Funky Bitch, Theme From the Bottom > NICU > When the Circus Comes, Talk, Split Open and Melt, I Didn't Know, Character Zero
Set II: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin > Sparkle > Simple > Jesus Just Left Chicago, Harry Hood > Free, Hello My Baby
Encore: Johnny B. Goode

Sunday, February 23, 1997
Fillmore, Cortemaggiore, Italy
Set I: Carini, Axilla > All Things Reconsidered, The Sloth, Love Me, Rift > Fluffhead, Frankenstein, David Bowie
Set II: Daniel, Suzy Greenberg, Maze, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Peaches en Regalia, Mike's Song, Why Don't We Do It in the Road > HYHU, Good Times Bad Times
Encore: Billy Breathes, Rocky Top
Show Notes: The beginning of this show was especially notable. Carini started off as a pre-recorded tape playing through the P.A. system. Phish took the stage and picked up the song from where it was on the tape and continued to play. This show also featured the first Daniel since August 28, 1993 (287 shows) and the first Why Don't We Do It since June 25, 1995 (144 shows).

Tuesday, February 25, 1997
Incognito, Munich, Germany
Set I: Runaway Jim, My Soul, One Meatball, Li'l Red Rooster, Got My Mojo Workin', Stash, Waste, Taste, Loving Cup
Set II: Beauty of My Dreams, Sample in a Jar > Punch You in the Eye > Free, Fee, My Friend My Friend, Down with Disease, Prince Caspian, La Grange, Sweet Adeline
Encore: Chalk Dust Torture
Show Notes: One Meatball through Mojo Workin' were debuts that featured Sydney Ellis on vocals. My Friend was aborted quickly and scrapped.

Wednesday, February 26, 1997
SWF3 Studios, Badeu-Badeu, Germany
Talk, Waste, Train Song, Walfredo, Goodbye Jam
Show Notes: This "show" was an in-studio set before the Stuttgart show. Between Talk and Waste, Trey noodled around to the tune of Michael Jackson's Don't Stop Till You Get Enough. The DJ played Michael's version in its entirety after Waste. The Billy Breathes album versions of Free and Billy Breathes were also played during the show. This was an extremely funny interview with some great banter inbetween songs.

Wednesday, February 26, 1997
Longhorn, Stuttgart-Wangen, Germany
Set I: Camel Walk, Llama, My Friend My Friend, Harry Hood, My Soul > Tube > Carini, Rock-a-William, Dog Gone Dog, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Set II: Buried Alive > Poor Heart, Ha Ha Ha > You Enjoy Myself -> Kung, Theme From the Bottom, Scent of a Mule -> Jam -> Magilla -> Scent of a Mule, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Highway To Hell
Show Notes: Many breakouts filled this setlist, including Camel Walk (first since July 2, 1995, or 140 shows), Magilla (May 4, 1994, or 260 shows), Dog Gone Dog (December 11, 1995, or 90 shows), and WMGGW (also December 11, 1995). Ha Ha Ha was notable for the heavy metal jam outro. YEM included Good Foot teases. The jazz jam in the Mule Duel included an 'A' Train tease from Mike.

Friday, February 28, 1997
Huxley's Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany
Set I: Carini, Paul and Silas, My Soul, Cars Trucks Buses, Peaches en Regalia, Stash, Swept Away > Steep > Ya Mar, Character Zero
Set II: Taste, Drowned -> Prince Caspian > Frankenstein, David Bowie, Love Me, Axilla > Waste, Julius
Encore: A Day in the Life
Show Notes: This show included the first Paul and Silas since October 24, 1995 (120 shows) and the first Drowned since December 31, 1995 (82 shows).

Saturday, March 1, 1997
Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Check: Attack on the Bass
Set I: Cities, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, Down with Disease, Weigh, Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, Reba, Hello My Baby, Possum
Set II: Carini, Dinner and a Movie, Mike's Song -> Lawn Boy -> Weekapaug Groove, The Mango Song, Billy Breathes, Theme From the Bottom
Encore: Taste, Sweet Adeline
Show Notes: The week-long trend of breaking out songs continued with the show-opening Cities, which was the first since July 5, 1994 (222 shows), and Dinner and a Movie, which was the first since August 6, 1996 (59 shows). The jam out of Mike's featured teases of The End (which were also found in Weekapaug) and Careful with that Axe Eugene, as well as vocal quotes from The End. Possum included an All Fall Down Signal and a heavy metal-style intro. Wolfman's included a Dave's Energy Guide tease. Portions of this show were made available via the Slip, Stitch and Pass release.

Sunday, March 2, 1997
Pumpehuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
Set I: Johnny B. Goode, Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, Guyute, My Soul, Runaway Jim -> Gypsy Queen -> Runaway Jim, Run Like an Antelope -> Catapult -> Life on Mars?, Chalk Dust Torture, Hello My Baby
Set II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, Swept Away > Steep > Punch You in the Eye, Waste, Character Zero, Slave to the Traffic Light, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: You Enjoy Myself
Show Notes: This version of Antelope was unfinished.

Wednesday, March 5, 1997
The Late Show with David Letterman, Ed Sullivan Theater, New York City, NY
Character Zero

Tuesday, March 18, 1997
The Flynn Theater, Burlington, VT
Set I: Cinnamon Girl, NICU > Sample in a Jar > Punch You in the Eye > My Soul, Beauty of My Dreams, Harry Hood > Cars Trucks Buses, Suzy Greenberg, Character Zero
Set II: Taste, Drowned -> Prince Caspian, David Bowie, Love Me, I Told You So, Love Me Like a Man, Waste > Chalk Dust Torture, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Hello My Baby, Funky Bitch
Show Notes: Once again, Phish debuted many new songs at the Flynn. First-timers included I Told You So and Love Me Like a Man, which featured Tammy Fletcher of The Disciples on vocals, and Cinnamon Girl. The last three songs of the second set, as well as Funky Bitch, featured Dave Grippo on alto sax and James Harvey on trombone. Suzy Greenberg included the horns jamming on James Brown's Soul Power. Utilizing the small venue, the band performed Hello My Baby without microphones.

Friday, June 6, 1997
Brad Sands' and Pete Carini's House, Charlotte, VT
Set I: Limb by Limb, Dogs Stole Things, Ghost, Water in the Sky, Vultures, Dirt, Twist, Piper, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Oblivious Fool, I Don't Care, Samson Variation, Bye Bye Foot
Set II: Samson Variation, I Saw it Again, Waking Up, Limb by Limb, Dogs Stole Things, Ghost, Dirt, Vultures, Water in the Sky, Twist -> Piper, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Ain't Love Funny, Stand -> Izabella
Show Notes: This show, referred to as "The Fourth Ball" or "Bradstock," was played for friends before the band embarked on the European summer tour. Many new songs were played here but aren't considered debuts since the show was not for the general public.

Friday, June 13, 1997
The S.F.X. Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Set I: Theme From the Bottom, Dogs Stole Things, Beauty of My Dreams, Billy Breathes, Limb by Limb, Wolfman's Brother -> Wading in the Velvet Sea, Taste
Set II: Stash, Maze, Water in the Sky, Vultures, Slave to the Traffic Light, Chalk Dust Torture > Ghost > Oblivious Fool, Character Zero
Encore: Stand -> Izabella
Show Notes: Phish continued their tradition of breaking out new songs at the beginning of a tour; this show introduced us to Dogs Stole Things, Limb by Limb, Velvet Sea, Water in the Sky, Vultures, Ghost, Oblivious Fool, Stand, and Izabella. Listen before Stash for a Tequila tease during the tune-up.

Saturday, June 14, 1997
The S.F.X. Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Check: Twist
Set I: Down with Disease, NICU, Dirt, Talk, My Soul, Cars Trucks Buses, Limb by Limb, Bye Bye Foot, Free, Prince Caspian
Set II: Twist, Piper, I Saw it Again, Waking Up, Dogs Stole Things, Waste, David Bowie, Cavern
Encore: When the Circus Comes, Rocky Top
Show Notes: Bye Bye Foot debuted at this show. Also, this show marked the first public performances of Dirt, Twist, Piper, I Saw it Again, and Waking Up. Both Waste and Cavern were actually jammed out at this show.

Monday, June 16, 1997
Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Set I: The Squirming Coil > Dogs Stole Things, Taste, Water in the Sky, Sample in a Jar, Beauty of My Dreams, Theme From the Bottom, Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother, Oblivious Fool
Set II: Limb by Limb, Ghost -> I Don't Care > Reba, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Dirt, Harry Hood
Encore: Cities, Poor Heart
Show Notes: I Don't Care made its short-lived debut at this show. Reba included a beautiful Cities jam.

Thursday, June 19, 1997
Arena, Vienna, Austria
Set I: Limb by Limb, Dogs Stole Things, Theme From the Bottom > Punch You in the Eye, Water in the Sky, Maze, Waste, Vultures, Runaway Jim
Set II: Stash -> Ghost -> I Saw it Again > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Piper, Jesus Just Left Chicago > Prince Caspian
Encore: Beauty of My Dreams > Character Zero, Hello My Baby

Friday, June 20, 1997
Archa Theater, Prague, Czech Republic
Set I: Taste > Jam -> Cities > Horn -> Ain't Love Funny -> Limb by Limb -> I Don't Care > Run Like an Antelope
Set II: David Bowie, Ghost, Bye Bye Foot, Ginseng Sullivan > Cavern > Twist, Bouncing Around the Room > Julius
Encore: When the Circus Comes, Rocky Top
Show Notes: Ain't Love Funny made its debut at this show and was played out of an odd, atypical jam that grew out of Horn.

Saturday, June 21, 1997
Hurricane Festival, Scheesal, Germany
Sample in a Jar, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Poor Heart, Taste, Dogs Stole Things, Theme From the Bottom, Swept Away, Steep, Limb by Limb, Dirt, Harry Hood, Chalk Dust Torture, Jam, Twist, Cavern
Encore: My Soul

Sunday, June 22, 1997
Loreley Festival, Loreley, Germany
Taste, Water in the Sky, Stash, Dirt, Uncle Pen, Character Zero, Theme From the Bottom, Hello My Baby, Ghost
Encore: Limb by Limb

Tuesday, June 24, 1997
La Laiterie, Strasbourg, France
Set I: Split Open and Melt, Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things, Vultures, Guelah Papyrus, Runaway Jim -> Gypsy Queen -> Runaway Jim, Talk, Free, Prince Caspian, Rocky Top
Set II: Wolfman's Brother, Reba, NICU, Twist, Piper, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Ghost
Encore: Loving Cup
Show Notes: Guelah was aborted and scrapped.

Wednesday, June 25, 1997
L'Aeronef, Lille, France
Set I: Oblivious Fool, Dogs Stole Things, Taste, Billy Breathes, AC/DC Bag, The Old Home Place, Theme From the Bottom, Wading in the Velvet Sea, I Saw it Again, Limb by Limb, My Soul
Set II: Down with Disease -> Piper -> Down with Disease -> Meatstick -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Makisupa Policeman, Cecilia > HYHU > Rock-a-William, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Guyute
Show Notes: This show marked the debuts of Cecilia, which was performed a cappella by Fishman, and Meatstick. The jam out of Disease included Can't You Hear Me Knockin' teases. This version of McGrupp was very spacy and was filled with Makisupa teases. The subsequent Makisupa was unfinished. Trey altered the lyrics to Antelope to pay tribute to Antelope Greg, a well-known fan who, as of this show, had only missed a handful of shows since 1994.

Friday, June 27, 1997
Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, England
Wilson, Chalk Dust Torture, Stash, Dogs Stole Things, Poor Heart, Taste, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero

Sunday, June 29, 1997
Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
You Enjoy Myself, Taste, Bouncing Around the Room, Beauty of My Dreams, Chalk Dust Torture, Theme From the Bottom, Character Zero
Encore: My Soul

Tuesday, July 1, 1997
Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Set I: Ghost, Horn, Ya Mar, Limb by Limb, Ain't Love Funny, I Saw it Again, Dirt, Reba, Dogs Stole Things
Set II: Jam -> Timber (Jerry), Bathtub Gin -> Cities -> Jam, Loving Cup > Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: When the Circus Comes
Show Notes: The amazingly fluid jam out of Cities featured a When the Saints Go Marching In tease and, along with Ghost, featured the beginning of the infamous Amsterdam "Worm" banter. Reba included the whistling ending. The jam to start the second set was a keyboard jam that primarily featured Fishman.

Wednesday, July 2, 1997
Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Set I: Mike's Song -> Simple -> Maze, Strange Design, Ginseng Sullivan, Vultures, Water in the Sky, Weekapaug Groove
Set II: Stash -> Llama -> Wormtown Jam, Wading in the Velvet Sea
Encore: Free
Encore: David Bowie
Show Notes: Stash was absolutely amazing, clocking in at nearly 30 minutes and featuring a long, spacy intro. The Wormtown Jam continued the stage banter of the night before. Portions of the narration were sung to the tune of Steve Miller's Swingtown, as Trey warned the fans in attendance about the killer worms that inhabit the canals of Amsterdam. This version of Free is a fan favorite for its incredible jam section.

Thursday, July 3, 1997
Serenadenhof, Nuremberg, Germany
Set I: Piper, My Soul, Divided Sky, Beauty of My Dreams, Taste, Train Song, Theme From the Bottom, Rocky Top
Set II: Ghost, Cars Trucks Buses, Billy Breathes, Sparkle, Harry Hood, Cavern
Encore: Character Zero

Saturday, July 5, 1997
Piazza Risorgimento, Como, Italy
Check: Funky Bitch, Ginseng Sullivan
Julius, Bouncing Around the Room > Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, Theme From the Bottom, Prince Caspian -> Twist > Piper, Harry Hood > Love You > HYHU > Poor Heart > Character Zero > Good Times Bad Times
Encore: The Squirming Coil
Show Notes: This was a free show. Twist included a Groove Is In the Heart jam and GTBT included a Walk This Way tease. At the beginning of the Hood jam, Trey asked Chris to turn off the lights so that the band could see the mountains. Love You was played for the first time since December 8, 1995 (111 shows)

Sunday, July 6, 1997
Spiaggia di Rivoltella, Desenzano, Italy
Check: Jam, Oblivious Fool, Beauty of My Dreams, Hell's Bells, You Shook Me All Night Long, Mmm-Bop
Soundcheck Limbo Karaoke Contest: Another One Bites the Dust, And It Stoned Me, Only Shallow, Day-O
Set I: Runaway Jim, The Old Home Place, Dogs Stole Things, Stash, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Cars Trucks Buses, Scent of a Mule, Chalk Dust Torture
Set II: Free, You Enjoy Myself, Waste, Rocky Top, Funky Bitch
Encore: My Soul
Show Notes: Some fans consider this a three-set show, as many in attendance were at this outdoor venue in time for the soundcheck. After a fairly long soundcheck and some fun banter with the crowd, the band held a soundcheck limbo karaoke contest where audience members came on stage and sang with the band. Luckily, a taper in attendance managed to capture the soundcheck on tape for others to experience.

Wednesday, July 9, 1997
Le Transbordeur, Lyon/Villeurbanne, France
Check: Funky Bitch, Jam
Set I: Punch You in the Eye > Prince Caspian, Ginseng Sullivan, Split Open and Melt, Dirt, Taste, Sweet Adeline, Harry Hood
Set II: Down with Disease > My Soul > Cars Trucks Buses, You Enjoy Myself -> Ghost > Poor Heart
Encore: Hello My Baby
Show Notes: YEM through Poor Heart featured Bela Fleck and The Flecktones (Bela Fleck, Jeff Coffin, Roy "Futureman" Wooten, and Victor Wooten), who were announced during the bass and drums segment of YEM and bounced along during the tramps jam. The song then launched into an amazing jam that included Disease teases before segueing nicely into Ghost. Poor Heart included a "Sanford and Son" theme tease from Coffin. Pierre, a local Hagen Dazs employee who the band met the day before, was repeatedly recognized by the band and was brought up on stage and serenaded during the encore. At one point during the show, Vic Wooten stood behind Mike and the two played Mike's bass together.

Thursday, July 10, 1997
Espace Julien, Marseilles, France
Set I: Dogs Stole Things, Limb by Limb, Ginseng Sullivan, Bathtub Gin, Llama > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Jam, Oblivious Fool
Set II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Julius -> Magilla, Ya Mar -> Ghost -> Take Me to the River -> Jam
Encore: Funky Bitch
Show Notes: The encore featured a guest appearance by members of the Son Seals Band. Take Me to the River was unfinished. Several songs including alternate lyrics referencing the "vampire children." Llama was unfinished and featured a long, atypical jam that wove into Velvet Sea. The funky, free-form jam after Velvet Sea concluded with a jam akin to Lizards.

Friday, July 11, 1997
Doctor Music Festival, Pyrenees, Spain
Chalk Dust Torture, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother, Johnny B. Goode, You Enjoy Myself
Encore: Character Zero

Monday, July 21, 1997
Virginia Beach Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, VA
Check: Limb by Limb, Twist (several times), Ginseng Sullivan
Set I: Ghost, Dogs Stole Things, Piper, Dirt, Ginseng Sullivan, Bathtub Gin, Character Zero
Set II: Wolfman's Brother -> Magilla, David Bowie, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Theme From the Bottom -> Jam, Funky Bitch, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Loving Cup
Show Notes: The jam during Bathtub Gin featured Trey jumping up and down in time with a syncopated jam, as well as strong Drowned teases. Near the end of the jam, Trey mentioned how good it was to be back home and named the four newer songs that were played. The beginning of Bowie included a Birdland jam and Wolfman's included a Bathtub Gin tease. The jam out of Theme, as well as Funky Bitch, featured LeRoi Moore on saxophone. The jam with LeRoi included a segment where he played two saxes, Trey played three guitars, Mike played two basses and the Cracklin' Rosie cymbals, Fish had four drumsticks and Page was lying across his keyboards playing as many as possible. It was an insane visual experience that can't be explained either in words or on tape.

Tuesday, July 22, 1997
Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC
Check: Limb by Limb (three times), Vultures, Water in the Sky, I Saw it Again (first verse only)
Set I: Runaway Jim -> My Soul, Water in the Sky, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Vultures, Bye Bye Foot, Taste
Set II: Down with Disease -> Mike's Song -> Simple -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hello My Baby
Encore: When the Circus Comes, Harry Hood
Show Notes: The first set of this show was performed during a furious lightning storm in Raleigh and led to a short but memorable second set. Listen especially during Taste, during which the band jammed to the energy of the lightning. The long, jammed out transition from Disease into Mike's was one of the most fluid segues ever. Weekapaug included a Hydrogen tease and closed with a Can't You Hear Me Knockin' tease. Hydrogen was played for the first time since August 5, 1996 (83 shows).

Wednesday, July 23, 1997
Lakewood Amphitheater, Atlanta, GA
Set I: Julius, Dirt, NICU, Dogs Stole Things, Ginseng Sullivan, Water in the Sky, Limb by Limb, Split Open and Melt, Billy Breathes, Possum
Set II: Punch You in the Eye, Ghost > Sample in a Jar, You Enjoy Myself -> Rocky Mountain Way Jam > Chalk Dust Torture
Encore: Frankenstein
Show Notes: Ghost included an On Your Way Down tease. YEM included a Jeopardy theme tease. Chalk Dust included Rocky Mountain Way teases.

Friday, July 25, 1997
Starplex Amphitheater, Dallas, TX
Set I: Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother > Maze, Water in the Sky, Bathtub Gin -> Makisupa Policeman -> AC/DC Bag
Set II: Chalk Dust Torture -> Taste -> Ya Mar -> Drum Jam -> Ghost -> Character Zero
Encore: Theme From the Bottom
Show Notes: The second set and encore featured Bob Gulotti on a second drum set. Chalk Dust was unfinished and segued nicely into Taste. The Drum Jam also featured Page on keys.

Saturday, July 26, 1997
South Park Meadows, Austin, TX
Set I: Limb by Limb, Dogs Stole Things, Poor Heart, Stash, Billy Breathes, Cars Trucks Buses, Dirt, You Enjoy Myself -> Izabella
Set II: Timber (Jerry) > David Bowie, Harry Hood -> Blister in the Sun Jam -> Harry Hood -> Free, Waste > Johnny B. Goode
Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Cavern
Show Notes: The second set included the first-ever Blister jam, with lyrics, and an unfinished Hood that segued nicely into Free. The entire show featured Bob Gulotti on a second drum set. Listen closely for Willie the Pimp (Frank Zappa) teases in YEM just before the segue into Izabella.

Tuesday, July 29, 1997
Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ
Set I: Theme From the Bottom, Beauty of My Dreams, Gumbo, Dirt, Sparkle, Ghost, Swept Away > Steep, Loving Cup
Set II: Oblivious Fool, Run Like an Antelope, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Twist -> Taste, Sample in a Jar, Rocky Top, The Squirming Coil
Encore: Possum

Wednesday, July 30, 1997
Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, CA
Check: Twist (with Chuck E's in Love lyrics), Blues Jam, Makisupa Policeman
Set I: NICU, Wolfman's Brother > Chalk Dust Torture, Water in the Sky, Stash, Weigh, Piper, Cars Trucks Buses, Character Zero
Set II: Punch You in the Eye > Free, David Bowie -> Cities -> David Bowie, Bouncing Around the Room, Uncle Pen, Prince Caspian, Fire
Encore: My Soul
Show Notes: Wolfman's included a Take Me to the River jam. Bowie included a Simpsons Signal, as Matt Groening, creator of "The Simpsons," was reportedly in attendance.

Thursday, July 31, 1997
Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountainview, CA
Set I: Ghost > Ya Mar > Dogs Stole Things, Limb by Limb, Dirt, Maze, Glide, I Saw it Again, You Enjoy Myself
Set II: Runaway Jim -> When the Circus Comes, Vultures, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Mike's Song -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Cinnamon Girl
Show Notes: Weekapaug included Happy Birthday teases from Trey, who later made reference to Jerry Garcia's birthday, which was the following day. In a classy nod to Garcia, Trey noted that Phish and the rest of the music community were trying to keep Jerry's spirit alive through music. Listen for Sweet Home Alabama teases before the start of the second set and "Mind Left Body" teases during McGrupp, as well as strange Santa Claus is Coming to Town teases in YEM.

Saturday, August 2, 1997
The Gorge, George, WA
Set I: Theme From the Bottom, Ginseng Sullivan, Ghost, Dogs Stole Things, Divided Sky, Wolfman's Brother, Water in the Sky, Split Open and Melt
Set II: Down with Disease -> Tweezer -> Johnny B. Goode > Sparkle, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Loving Cup > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Harry Hood
Show Notes: Ghost featured jamming based on Who Knows. The Disease intro included a tease of Three Blind Mice.

Sunday, August 3, 1997
The Gorge, George, WA
Set I: Bathtub Gin > Foam, Samson Variation, Dirt, Vultures, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Twist > Jesus Just Left Chicago, Limb by Limb, Character Zero
Set II: Julius, Simple, Fluffhead, Lifeboy, Taste, Hello My Baby, Frankenstein
Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Slave to the Traffic Light
Show Notes: The first set included the debut of the instrumental Samson Variation. MMGAMOIO was played for the first time since November 15, 1996 (61 shows).

Wednesday, August 6, 1997
Riverport Amphitheater, Maryland Heights, MO
Set I: NICU, Stash, Beauty of My Dreams, Twist -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > AC/DC Bag, Ya Mar, You Enjoy Myself
Set II: Runaway Jim -> My Soul, Ghost, Prince Caspian, Cars Trucks Buses, Sample in a Jar, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Julius
Show Notes: Nice versions of Ghost and Antelope, which included both a Makisupa-jam with Page on the theremin and Mike on a mini-drum and Star Wars teases, are the highlights of this show.

Friday, August 8, 1997
World Music Theater, Tinley Park, IL
Set I: Cars Trucks Buses, Gumbo > The Lizards, Dirt, It's Ice, Water in the Sky, Character Zero
Set II: Wolfman's Brother -> Free, Limb by Limb, Loving Cup, Prince Caspian > Chalk Dust Torture
Encore: Hoochie Coochie Man, Messin' With The Kid
Show Notes: The encore, which included the debut of Messin' with the Kid, featured Sugar Blue on harmonica and vocals. Hoochie Coochie Man was played for the first time since April 10, 1993 (380 shows).

Saturday, August 9, 1997
Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI
Set I: Theme From the Bottom, Punch You in the Eye, Ghost -> Taste, Dogs Stole Things, Reba, Lawn Boy, Crossroads
Set II: Wilson > Foam, Mike's Song -> Ain't Love Funny -> Simple -> Swept Away > Steep > Scent of a Mule, Slave to the Traffic Light > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: When the Circus Comes, Rocky Top
Show Notes: Scent featured a duel between Trey and Mike after Page's solo. Mike and Trey started their duel facing each other and wound up on the ground doing bicycle kicks while they played. Weekapaug included Can't You Hear Me Knockin' teases. Crossroads was played for the first time since December 9, 1995 (127 shows).

Sunday, August 10, 1997
Deer Creek Amphitheater, Noblesville, IN
Check: Dog Gone Dog, Paul and Silas, Funky Bitch (slow), She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride, Star Trek Jam (Page on Theremin)
Set I: Bathtub Gin -> Sparkle, Down with Disease, Dirt, Cars Trucks Buses, Billy Breathes, Split Open and Melt, Bye Bye Foot > Ginseng Sullivan, Harry Hood
Set II: Cities -> Good Times Bad Times -> Rotation Jam -> Rock-a-William -> David Bowie
Encore: Cavern
Show Notes: The long, involved Rotation Jam to set up Rock-a-William started when Page went to the theremin for a solo. Soon after, Trey took up the keys and Mike went to play guitar. Page eventually picked up Mike's bass. After they jammed a bit longer, Mike went to join Trey on the keys. Trey then joined Fishman on the drums. The two of them played on the same drum set for awhile and Mike took a piano solo. Trey eventually kicked Fishman off the drum stool, and Fishman picked up Trey's guitar. SOAM contained a very exploratory and interesting jam and a Third Stone from the Sun tease, as well as a jam on Lark's Tongues in Aspic (Part II) by King Crimson.

Monday, August 11, 1997
Deer Creek Amphitheater, Noblesville, IN
Set I: Makisupa Policeman -> Maze, Water in the Sky, Guyute, Guelah Papyrus, Limb by Limb, Horn, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: Timber (Jerry), Piper, Vultures > My Soul, You Enjoy Myself, Character Zero
Encore: The Squirming Coil
Show Notes: The "Rye Rye Rocco" section of Antelope included Page on theremin.

Wednesday, August 13, 1997
Star Lake Amphitheater, Burgettstown PA
Check: Funky Bitch, Poor Heart > Jam
Set I: Amoreena, Poor Heart, Stash, Water in the Sky, Gumbo -> The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Beauty of My Dreams, Crosseyed and Painless > Wilson, Sweet Adeline
Set II: Runaway Jim, Ghost -> Izabella, Sleeping Monkey, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Sample in a Jar, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Golgi Apparatus > Frankenstein
Encore: Theme From the Bottom
Show Notes: The end of Wilson included a Little Drummer Boy tease. This show featured the first jammed-out Gumbo and the debut (and only appearance) of Amoreena.

Thursday, August 14, 1997
Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center NY
Check: Buffalo Bill, The Old Home Place, Funky Bitch, Crosseyed and Painless
Set I: Ya Mar, Funky Bitch, Fluffhead, Limb by Limb, Free, Cars Trucks Buses, Tela, Train Song, Billy Breathes, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: Chalk Dust Torture, Love Me, Sparkle, Harry Hood > Colonel Forbin's Ascent -> Merry Pranksters Jam -> Camel Walk, Taste
Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Rocky Top
Show Notes: The second set featured an appearance by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. Listen for several teases during the Pranksters Jam, including Somewhere Over the Rainbow from Page and Maze and Frankenstein from Trey. Tela was played for the first time since November 7, 1996 (74 shows) and Forbin's was played for the first time since Halloween, 1996 (78 shows).

Saturday, August 16, 1997
The Great Went, Limestone, ME
Set I: Makisupa Policeman -> Harpua, Chalk Dust Torture, Theme From the Bottom, Punch You in the Eye, Ghost, Ginseng Sullivan, You Enjoy Myself > Train Song, Character Zero, The Squirming Coil
Set II: Wolfman's Brother -> Simple -> My Soul, Jam -> Slave to the Traffic Light, Rocky Top, Julius
Set III: Halley's Comet -> Cities -> Llama, Lawn Boy, Limb by Limb, Funky Bitch
Encore: Contact, Loving Cup
Show Notes: Harpua (first since December 29, 1996, or 54 shows) picked up where the Clifford Ball Harpua left off. After Chalk Dust, Trey remarked that the first three songs served as the soundcheck, which the band did not do before the show. The jam out of Simple, as well as the beginning of My Soul, included Odd Couple theme teases. Halley's Comet (first since August 16, 1996, or 92 shows) included On Your Way Down teases and Cities included an After Midnight tease. Also, Trey altered the lyrics to Cities to reference Fishman sleeping in the daytime. The Julius intro was partially performed a cappella with fingersnaps. Funky Bitch featured a fireworks display behind the stage that culminated in a great finale as the song ended. Contact was played for the first time since November 30, 1996 (60 shows).

Sunday, August 17, 1997
The Great Went, Limestone, ME
Set I: The Wedge, Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things, Vultures, Water in the Sky, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room > Tweezer -> Taste, Carolina
Set II: Down with Disease -> Bathtub Gin > Uncle Pen, Also Sprach Zarathustra -> Art Jam -> Harry Hood
Set III: Buffalo Bill -> NICU, Weigh, Guyute, Dirt, Scent of a Mule, Prince Caspian
Encore: When the Circus Comes, Tweezer Reprise
Show Notes: Tweezer featured a Cities-like jam and Simple teases, and Mule included London Bridge teases. Throughout the weekend, fans painted pieces of wood that were assembled into an Art Tower. During Disease, Page and Fishman painted their portions

Friday, November 7, 1997
NBC Studios, New York, NY
Farmhouse, Mike's Song Jam
Show Notes: Farmhouse made its unofficial debut on this episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

Thursday, November 13, 1997
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
Set I: Chalk Dust Torture, Black-Eyed Katy, Theme From the Bottom, Train Song, Split Open and Melt, Beauty of My Dreams, My Soul, You Enjoy Myself, Character Zero
Set II: Stash, Punch You in the Eye, Prince Caspian, Bouncing Around the Room, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Loving Cup
Show Notes: This show marked the debut of Black-Eyed Katy. The jam in Mike's Song included Born on the Bayou teases. YEM included a Who Knows tease.

Friday, November 14, 1997
West Valley E Center, West Valley, UT
Set I: Runaway Jim, Gumbo, Maze > Fast Enough For You, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Funky Bitch, Guyute, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: Wolfman's Brother -> Piper > Twist > Slave To The Traffic Light
Encore: Bold as Love
Show Notes: Maze was unfinished. Guyute was dedicated to Paul Languedoc. The "Marco Esquandolas" section of Antelope was whistled, instead of the usual singing. FEFY was played for the first time since November 22, 1996 (68 shows).

Sunday, November 16, 1997
McNichols Arena, Denver, CO
Set I: NICU, My Soul, Black-Eyed Katy, Farmhouse, The Old Home Place, Billy Breathes, Cars Trucks Buses, Scent of a Mule, Poor Heart, Taste, Hello My Baby
Set II: Timber (Jerry) -> Simple -> Wilson > Harry Hood > Izabella
Encore: David Bowie
Show Notes: Mule and Poor Heart featured Pete Wernick on banjo. Mule also included a brief Foggy Mountain Breakdown tease. Harry Hood was unfinished. Farmhouse was played in concert for the first time.

Monday, November 17, 1997
McNichols Arena, Denver, CO
Set I: Tweezer, Reba, Train Song, Ghost, Fire
Set II: Down with Disease -> Oblivious Fool > Johnny B. Goode -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, When the Circus Comes, You Enjoy Myself
Encore: Character Zero

Wednesday, November 19, 1997
Assembly Hall, Champaign, IL
Set I: Julius, Bathtub Gin -> Llama, Dirt, Limb By Limb, Funky Bitch, Theme From the Bottom, Ginseng Sullivan, Fee -> Run Like an Antelope
Set II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Wolfman's Brother -> Makisupa Policeman > Taste
Encore: Possum
Show Notes: This smooth segue from Fee into Antelope included Meatstick quotes.

Friday, November 21, 1997
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
Set I: Emotional Rescue, Split Open and Melt, Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things, Punch You in the Eye -> Lawn Boy, Chalk Dust Torture, Prince Caspian
Set II: Ghost -> AC/DC Bag, Slave to the Traffic Light, Loving Cup
Encore: Guyute
Show Notes: Emotional Rescue debuted at this show. This humorous Lawn Boy featured an "anti-drum solo" - an intentionally boring one. The first set ended with the delay loop ending of Caspian played until after lights were brought back up.

Saturday, November 22, 1997
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
Set I: Mike's Song -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Harry Hood, Train Song, Billy Breathes, Frankenstein, Izabella
Set II: Halley's Comet -> Tweezer -> Black-Eyed Katy > Piper, Run Like An Antelope
Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Tweezer Reprise
Show Notes: Fans of stage banter will want to seek out the second set for Trey's humorous response to the crowd's Destiny Unbound chant before Halley's. The song included a jam based on Zappa's He Used to Cut the Grass. Tweezer included strong BEK teases well before the segue. Unlike older Mike's Grooves, this version of Hydrogen actually segued uninterrupted from the Mike's jam.

Sunday, November 23, 1997
Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, NC
Set I: My Soul, Theme From the Bottom > Black-Eyed Katy, Sparkle, Twist, Stash -> NICU, Fluffhead, Character Zero
Set II: Bathtub Gin -> Down with Disease -> Low Rider Jam -> Down with Disease, Bold as Love
Encore: Julius

Wednesday, November 26, 1997
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT
Set I: Tweezer > Sparkle > Gumbo, My Soul, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Dirt, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent In The Morning, Taste
Set II: Character Zero -> Also Sprach Zarathustra -> Cities -> Ya Mar > Punch You In The Eye > Prince Caspian > Poor Heart > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Cavern
Show Notes: Cavern included some of the original, alternate lyrics and an All Things Considered (not ATR) tease from Page. Poor Heart began as Rocky Top.

Friday, November 28, 1997
Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA
Set I: The Curtain, You Enjoy Myself -> I Didn't Know, Maze, Farmhouse, Black-Eyed Katy, Theme From the Bottom > Rocky Top
Set II: Timber (Jerry), Limb By Limb, Slave to the Traffic Light > Ghost -> Johnny B. Goode
Encore: My Soul
Show Notes: YEM did not include the bass and drums segment and ended with a shortened vocal jam that segued into I Didn't Know (first since February 22, 1997, or 55 shows). BEK featured amazing jamming and YEM included a Crosseyed and Painless tease. The Curtain was played for the first time since February 20, 1997 (57 shows).

Saturday, November 29, 1997
Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA
Set I: The Wedge, Foam, Simple -> The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Reprise, The Sloth, Ginseng Sullivan, I Saw it Again, Horn, Water in the Sky, David Bowie
Set II: Runaway Jim > Strange Design > Harry Hood, Prince Caspian, Suzy Greenberg
Encore: Buffalo Bill > Moby Dick > Fire
Show Notes: This Runaway Jim is one of the longest versions of any song ever played. It ran slightly under an hour and included Harry Hood teases and a strong Weekapaug jam, where the entire melody of Weekapaug was played. Buffalo Bill was announced as Fishman's favorite song. During Moby Dick, Trey imitated Robert Plant's intro from The Song Remains the Same. The Sloth was played for the first time since February 23, 1997 (55 shows) and TMWSIY and Avenu Malkenu were played for the first time since December 28, 1996 (67 shows)

Sunday, November 30, 1997
Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA
Set I: Guyute, Funky Bitch, Wolfman's Brother -> Love Me, The Squirming Coil > Loving Cup
Set II: NICU, Stash -> Free > Jam -> Piper, When the Circus Comes, Run Like An Antelope
Encore: Them Changes
Show Notes: This unusual Funky Bitch was over 18 minutes long and, along with Stash, was unfinished. Wolfman's included a heavy metal style jam, with a Heartbreaker tease from Mike, and Trey quoting the lyrics to Sanity and Esther. Them Changes debuted at this show.

Tuesday, December 2, 1997
The CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
Set I: Buried Alive > Down with Disease -> Makisupa Policeman, Chalk Dust Torture, Ghost > Divided Sky, Dirt > Taste, The Star Spangled Banner
Set II: Mike's Song -> Simple -> Dog Faced Boy -> Ya Mar -> Weekapaug Groove, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
Encore: Ginseng Sullivan > Sample in a Jar
Show Notes: Ya Mar included a fun play on the actual lyrics and a brief One Way Out tease. Simple featured a Trey/Page musical duet. Buried Alive was played for the first time since February 26, 1997 (55 shows), Star Spangled Banner was played for the first time since December 28, 1996 (69 shows), and Dog Faced Boy was played for the first time since August 12, 1996 (109 shows).

Wednesday, December 3, 1997
The CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
Set I: Punch You In The Eye, My Soul, Drowned, The Old Home Place, Gumbo > Also Sprach Zarathustra > You Enjoy Myself
Set II: David Bowie -> Possum > Jam -> Prince Caspian, Frankenstein, Harry Hood
Encore: Crossroads
Show Notes: The jam out of Drowned (first since March 18, 1997, or 52 shows) included a Couldn't Stand the Weather jam. Bowie included a Take Me Out to the Ballgame tease and a Simpsons Signal.

Friday, December 5, 1997
CSU Convention Center, Cleveland, OH
Set I: Ghost > Wilson > Funky Bitch > Black-Eyed Katy, Sparkle > Runaway Jim -> My Friend My Friend, Ginseng Sullivan, Limb by Limb, Character Zero
Set II: Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Julius -> Slave to the Traffic Light > The Lizards, Loving Cup > Chalk Dust Torture
Encore: Bold as Love
Show Notes: This monster Julius was over 17 minutes long and was unfinished. Other highlights included a strong Slave and a fun segue from Jim into My Friend (first since February 26, 1997, or 57 shows).

Saturday, December 6, 1997
The Palace, Auburn Hills, MI
Check: Dog Gone Dog, AC/DC Bag, Ginseng Sullivan, Black-Eyed Katy
Set I: Golgi Apparatus, Run Like An Antelope, Train Song > Bathtub Gin -> Foam, Sample in a Jar, Fee > Maze, Cavern
Set II: Tweezer -> Izabella -> Jam -> Twist -> Piper, Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Rocky Top

Sunday, December 7, 1997
Ervin J. Nutter Center, Dayton, OH
Set I: AC/DC Bag -> Psycho Killer -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, My Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own, It's Ice -> Swept Away > Steep > It's Ice, Theme From the Bottom, Tube, Tube Jam -> Slave to the Traffic Light
Set II: Timber (Jerry), Wolfman's Brother -> Boogie On Reggae Woman > Reba, Guyute > Possum
Encore: A Day in the Life
Show Notes: Psycho Killer was unfinished. JJLC included a Rocky Mountain Way tease. The jam after Tube (first Tube since February 26, 1997, or 59 shows) finished was basically a Tube Reprise, without the lyrics. The second verse of Guyute was whistled and not sung. Boogie On Reggae Woman was played for the first time since September 13, 1988 (865 shows) and ADITL was played for the first time since February 28, 1997 (58 shows). Possum included "Charge" teases.

Tuesday, December 9, 1997
Bryce Jordan Center, State College, PA
Set I: Mike's Song > Chalk Dust Torture, My Soul, Stash > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Dogs Stole Things, Beauty of My Dreams, Horn, Loving Cup
Set II: Julius, Simple -> Timber (Jerry), Contact, Axilla, Harry Hood
Encore: Fire
Show Notes: Hood included a brief return to the Axilla theme. Axilla was played for the first time since February 28, 1997 (59 shows).

Thursday, December 11, 1997
Rochester War Memorial, Rochester, NY
Set I: Punch You in the Eye > Down with Disease -> Maze, Dirt, Limb by Limb, Loving Cup, Rocky Top
Set II: Drowned -> Roses Are Free -> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars > Ghost -> Down with Disease -> Johnny B. Goode
Encore: Waste
Show Notes: This show marked the debut of Roses Are Free, which segued out of an amazing Drowned, as well as a hot Disease. BBFCFM (first since August 6, 1996, or 118 shows) featured teases of Black Sabbath's Electric Funeral. Video footage from this show appeared in Bittersweet Motel.

Friday, December 12, 1997
The Pepsi Arena, Albany, NY
Set I: Funky Bitch -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > Camel Walk, Taste > Bouncing Around the Room, Tweezer > Train Song, Character Zero
Set II: I Saw it Again -> Piper > Swept Away > Steep > Prince Caspian -> Izabella > Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Guyute, Run Like An Antelope
Show Notes: The jam out of Caspian bore a similarity to Llama.

Saturday, December 13, 1997
The Pepsi Arena, Albany, NY
Opening Act: J. Willis Pratt and Weird Bionic
Set I: Ya Mar > Axilla > Theme From the Bottom, Ginseng Sullivan, Strange Design, Sample in a Jar, Vultures, Tube, Good Times Bad Times
Set II: NICU, Punch You in the Eye, Ghost, Mike's Song -> Llama, When the Circus Comes, Weekapaug Groove -> Catapult -> Weekapaug Groove, Harry Hood
Encore: My Soul, The Squirming Coil
Show Notes: Ya Mar was much longer than usual and was unfinished. This unusual Mike's Song featured some memorable vocal interplay from the band that included a chant to "Bring the Dude." It also included Foxy Lady quotes from Fishman and a Funky Town tease. During Hood, Trey asked Chris Kuroda to turn off the lights for a Blackout Jam, and the audience responded with a shower of green glow sticks. Catapult was played for the first time since March 2, 1997 (60 shows).

Sunday, December 28, 1997
USAir Arena, Landover, MD
Check: Sample in a Jar, Drowned, Black-Eyed Katy, Funky Bitch
Set I: Julius, Cities > The Curtain > Sample in a Jar, The Old Home Place > Runaway Jim, Farmhouse, Funky Bitch, Split Open and Melt, Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
Set II: Axilla > Simple, Ghost > Drowned > Scent of A Mule, Halley's Comet > Slave to the Traffic Light, Rocky Top > Cavern
Encore: Bold as Love
Show Notes: The Mule Duel contained Roundabout teases and a slow jam instead of the traditional duel. Between Simple and Ghost, Trey talked about feedback problems and the "ghosts in the machine."

Monday, December 29, 1997
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Set I: NICU, Golgi Apparatus, Crossroads, Cars Trucks Buses, Train Song, Theme From the Bottom, Fluffhead, Dirt, Run Like an Antelope
Set II: Down with Disease -> David Bowie > Possum, Tube, You Enjoy Myself
Encore: Good Times Bad Times
Show Notes: Possum contained a Can't Turn You Loose jam, which was briefly reprised after the song. Bowie included Antelope-esque jamming, and Tube featured an I Feel the Earth Move tease.

Tuesday, December 30, 1997
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Set I: Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley -> Taste, Water in the Sky, Punch You in the Eye, Stash, Chalk Dust Torture, A Day in the Life
Set II: AC/DC Bag -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Harpua > I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) > Harpua, Izabella > Harry Hood -> My Soul, Sleeping Monkey, Guyute
Encore: Carini -> Black-Eyed Katy -> Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley, Frankenstein
Show Notes: AC/DC Bag included Psycho Killer and Third Stone From the Sun teases. 500 Miles was sung by Tom Marshall as part of the "Pentagram Harpua," which also included a narrative about Lost in Space. Pete Carini made an appearance on-stage during the encore. Frankenstein included a segment with Fishman coming center stage with his vacuum. The encore was especially long; once the band realized they were going to be fined for playing past midnight, they decided to play well past midnight. Carini was played for the first time since March 1, 1997 (64 shows) and Sneakin' Sally was played for the first time since May 28, 1989 (833 shows).

Wednesday, December 31, 1997
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Set I: Emotional Rescue, Ya Mar, My Sweet One, Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother, Limb by Limb, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, The Sloth, Fire
Set II: Timber (Jerry), Mike's Song -> Piper > When the Circus Comes > Roses Are Free > Weekapaug Groove
Set III: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Auld Lang Syne > Tweezer > Maze > Prince Caspian, Loving Cup
Encore: New York New York > Tweezer Reprise
Show Notes: Ya Mar included Auld Lang Syne teases and Maze included a Birdland tease. Page debuted New York New York during the encore. My Sweet One was played for the first time since December 14, 1995 (155 shows).

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