from Barcelona, Spain – video from the final concert of the ten-show Europe ’98 tour. A memorable evening in Barcelona as the band had to contend with a malfunctioning sound system in the club affecting many songs, with “The Divided Sky”, “Mike’s Song” and “Sparkle” having to stop after just a few minutes. Interesting stage banter too as the band took an early quick setbreak after “Mike’s Song” to let the audio system be worked on, and after “Sparkle” as Trey considered turning the stage monitors around to play thru. “It’s going to have to be a quiet concert — better quiet than nothing. . . ” – enjoy the concert, Phish’s last concert in Europe to date. . . Info about the setting for this show: “Zeleste is a club in a huge building, with big dance rooms, and located in the old industrial area in Barcelona. It is a classic nightspot in town and there are usually no problems getting in, although due to the great number of people, there might be queues. It is packed with indie lovers and young students looking forward to having fun and listening to music. The club is divided in different rooms with different types of music. In the ‘Sala A Saco’ they play indie, rock, pop and commercial music; in ‘Sala Underworld’ there is dance music and in the ‘Pop Bar’ there is obviously pop music. The regular DJs are Amable, Fran, Fnix and Delfn. Recently they have extended their offer with two more rooms dedicated to the new music styles. Zeleste is also famous for its concerts, with …

from Barcelona, Spain – video from the final concert of the ten-show Europe ’98 tour. A memorable evening in Barcelona as the band had to contend with a malfunctioning sound system in the club affecting many songs, with “The Divided Sky”, “Mike’s Song” and “Sparkle” having to stop after just a few minutes. Interesting stage banter too as the band took an early quick setbreak after “Mike’s Song” to let the audio system be worked on, and after “Sparkle” as Trey considered turning the stage monitors around to play thru. “It’s going to have to be a quiet concert — better quiet than nothing. . . ” – enjoy the concert, Phish’s last concert in Europe to date. . . Info about the setting for this show: “Zeleste is a club in a huge building, with big dance rooms, and located in the old industrial area in Barcelona. It is a classic nightspot in town and there are usually no problems getting in, although due to the great number of people, there might be queues. It is packed with indie lovers and young students looking forward to having fun and listening to music. The club is divided in different rooms with different types of music. In the ‘Sala A Saco’ they play indie, rock, pop and commercial music; in ‘Sala Underworld’ there is dance music and in the ‘Pop Bar’ there is obviously pop music. The regular DJs are Amable, Fran, Fnix and Delfn. Recently they have extended their offer with two more rooms dedicated to the new music styles. Zeleste is also famous for its concerts, with …

from CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, OH

from CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, OH – the jam in “Runaway Jim” on this evening, as always unique & unlike any other, is quite a contrast from the 56-minute version a week earlier in Worcester — though both featured a mix of both uptempo & darker psychedelic jamming. . .

from CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, OH

from CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, OH – This song would soon evolve into “The Moma Dance”. With minimal musical structure, the song provided an awesome launching point for many memorable jams. Another great performance of “Black-Eyed Katy” from this tour was on 11-23-97 at Winston-Salem, NC, the third song of the first set. The song always jammed so intensely – or nearly always; the final performance on Dec. 30th during the encore was a nice & relaxed five minute “phunky” version. . .

from CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, OH note: the video is shaky thruout “Ghost”, especially during the first few minutes. A rare first set opener, the song has led-off a Phish show five times, four in ’97. The last time “Ghost” began a show was on October 15th, 1998 – a surprise concert at the Fillmore in San Francisco. www.phantasytour.com – Although the video is LQ, it gives a nice picture of the scene & a window into the ’97 fall tour during the first week of December. . .

from CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, OH note: the video is shaky thruout “Ghost”, especially during the first few minutes. A rare first set opener, the song has led-off a Phish show five times, four in ’97. The last time “Ghost” began a show was on October 15th, 1998 – a surprise concert at the Fillmore in San Francisco. www.phantasytour.com – Although the video is LQ, it gives a nice picture of the scene & a window into the ’97 fall tour during the first week of December. . .