Phish Launch Massive East Coast Tour

Phish kicked off the northeastern leg of their summer tour in Hartford, Connecticut Rosetta Stone, last night with a show that was short on surprises but still delivered the nearly sold-out shed some serious rock bang for its recessionary buck.Since launching their trek last week at Bridgeview, Illinoiss Toyota Park, Phish have debuted two originals (Show of Life and Idea) and three new covers (The Bands Look Out Cleveland, John Lennons Instant Karma and Tom Waits Cold Water). Last night, however, the band seemed happy to revel in its newfound and extremely well-oiled maturity. Phish recaptured their collective footing in 2009 after a four-year breakup. The quartet is now building on that recovered spirit with music that taps into every aspect of their quarter-century career together.Get the lowdown on nearly 50 more of the summers hottest tours.At 95 minutes, Phishs first set was nearly a concert in Cheap Rosetta Stone V3 itself. From one angle, it concentrated on guitarist Trey Anastasios goofy yet complicated early compositions and near-instrumentals, such as the Latin-tinged Punch You in the Eye, the rarely heard Dinner and a Movie (complete lyrics: Lets go out to dinner and see a movie) and the always-majestic The Divided Sky (complete lyrics: Divided sky, the wind blows high). From another, it offered a quick dip into the groups two most recent albums last years Joy and its outtakes sibling, Party Time with Anastasios slinky, Beatles-evoking Ocelot, bassist Mike Gordons own Latin-Caribbean ode to Vermont love, Sugar Shack, and Alaska, a throw-away rocker Anastasio redeemed with a long, swaggering solo.The band displayed its newly focused jamming style in Stash, which began as a slow simmer and built calmly yet Rosetta Stone Spanish V3 inevitably to a supernova. The lyrical density of another early rarity, Esther, was dispelled with a raging version of the James Gangs Walk Away. And the presence of Cirque du Soleil a short way down the freeway may have inspired another of their favorite covers, Los Lobos When the Circus Comes to Town.Theres a place in the middle of The Divided Sky when the music simply stops. Last night, that pause was filled by much of the audience, which seemed to consist mostly of baseball-capped sports fans, chanting Beat L.A.! in honor of the Lakers-Celtics Game Seven that was underway. A Phish crewmember provided occasional updates during setbreak. And the crowds obvious favoritism may also have inspired Anastasio to plunk Guyute, a Celtic-inspired prog-rock suite, into the middle of set two.Phish Cheap Rosetta Stone V3 opened the second set, however, with Party Times title track (complete lyrics: Party time!), which the band followed up with two long, funky jams. During Down With Disease and Sand, Anastasio stepped back as though to demonstrate just how elegantly egalitarian this band could be when all four members, including keyboardist Page McConnell and drummer Jon Fishman, sync up and get down.

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