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Phish played Raleigh on a Saturday night so Teri and I headed down to stay with Beth and Matt for the weekend. I got four pavilion tickets. I didn’t think too much about asking Beth if she wanted to go. I always have a great time so who wouldn’t want to go? The day of though I was a bit worried she may not get in to the tunes.
The other question was how open the lot would be to unofficial vendors and harassment from the cops. It turns out things were quite open. Being that we had four people in the car we were directed to the car pool lot. This was right between the exit from the lot and the entrance to the venue. It was perfect placement. There were a ton of vendors set up in the main lot. There was french bread pizza, grilled cheese, glass pipes, lots of different clothes, and the guy who sold me the upside down belt buckle at Merriweather. I talked to the guy and after they tried to play it off I did believe that he wasn’t aware and he offered to fix it. I didn’t want to give it up for a few weeks so he gave me his number and I told him I’m just looking for a deal in the future.
We met up with some acquaintances of Beth’s and had a few beers. It appeared it might storm but the weather just avoided the venue. We were lucky as well because we ended up having seats that were right outside the roof in the pavilion. Looking at the tickets it does say “No Roof”. It was pretty decent though and we could sorta see. The TVs above us gave a nice view. One guy was a bit of an ass and wouldn’t leave our seats at one point. We were about 10 rows from the back so it was relatively loose compared what was going on in front of us. Finally he felt that he would enjoy the show more without me standing directly in front of him and he moved. Beth and Matt seemed to enjoy the show. They played Been Caught Stealing and Good Times Bad Times which was cool. Another good show and weekend in the books.
Set list...
Link to official Phish video
The other question was how open the lot would be to unofficial vendors and harassment from the cops. It turns out things were quite open. Being that we had four people in the car we were directed to the car pool lot. This was right between the exit from the lot and the entrance to the venue. It was perfect placement. There were a ton of vendors set up in the main lot. There was french bread pizza, grilled cheese, glass pipes, lots of different clothes, and the guy who sold me the upside down belt buckle at Merriweather. I talked to the guy and after they tried to play it off I did believe that he wasn’t aware and he offered to fix it. I didn’t want to give it up for a few weeks so he gave me his number and I told him I’m just looking for a deal in the future.
We met up with some acquaintances of Beth’s and had a few beers. It appeared it might storm but the weather just avoided the venue. We were lucky as well because we ended up having seats that were right outside the roof in the pavilion. Looking at the tickets it does say “No Roof”. It was pretty decent though and we could sorta see. The TVs above us gave a nice view. One guy was a bit of an ass and wouldn’t leave our seats at one point. We were about 10 rows from the back so it was relatively loose compared what was going on in front of us. Finally he felt that he would enjoy the show more without me standing directly in front of him and he moved. Beth and Matt seemed to enjoy the show. They played Been Caught Stealing and Good Times Bad Times which was cool. Another good show and weekend in the books.
Set list...
Set 1: Cars Trucks Buses, Peaches en Regalia, AC/DC Bag, Guyute, Possum, Halley's Comet > 46 Days, The Divided Sky, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Twist > Rift > Prince Caspian[1] > Esther, Been Caught Stealing, Piper > My Friend, My Friend[2] > Kill Devil Falls, Split Open and Melt, Golgi Apparatus, First Tube
Encore: Good Times Bad Times
[1] Unfinished.
[2] No "Myfe" ending.
Notes: This was the first show since November 22, 1992 (846 shows) to open with two instrumental songs. Been Caught Stealing was played for the first time since December 28, 1998 (298 shows). Caspian was unfinished. My Friend did not contain the "Myfe" ending.
Link to official Phish video
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