Phish tickets go on sale this morning

Tickets for reunited jamband Phish go on sale this morning. Visit www.phish.com and www.livenation.com for ticket information.

The band originally from Vermont will open their tour with two shows — June 4-5 — at the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater on Long Island, before launching a trek that will wind up weeks later at Alpine Valley Music Theater in East Troy, Wisc.

Phish has a long history in the Hudson Valley. The band performed at The Chance in Poughkeepsie and years later, during their first hiatus, bass player Mike Gordon and guitarist Trey Anastasio performed an impromptu jam during a party at Allaire Studios in Shokan during the 2002 Woodstock Film Festival.

During an interview with the Journal in 2002, Gordon said, "My favorite moment at The Chance -- no one was in the room during a soundcheck. Fishman and I were sleeping in a van right by the stage door and someone came to get us. We got on stage and both of us were still in alpha stages, still in a dream state, and we played really steady bass and drums, unvarying but very hypnotic. Sometimes sound checks were more hypnotic and mesmerizing than the gigs. Trey and Page did a very ambient ... they did these very light, very fluttery patterns over steady bass and drums. It was one of the best musical experiences ever.''

Here is the full Phish tour schedule:

6.04.09 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY
6.05.09 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY
6.06.09 Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA
6.07.09 Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
6.09.09 Asheville Civic Center, Asheville, NC
6.10.09 Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, TN
6.16.09 Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO
6.18.09 Post Gazette Pavilion, Burgettstown, PA
6.19.09 Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN
6.20.09 Alpine Valley Music Theater, East Troy, WI
6.21.09 Alpine Valley Music Theater, East Troy, WI


Source: poughkeepsiejournal.com