01
A stranger gave me his ticket at the gate and would not take my money
New Year's Eve, 1995, no ticket, twenty-two years old, forty dollars in my pocket and an entirely unearned confidence that it would work out.
Otis Kingsley
December 31, 1995
Madison Square Garden
One story the community has pinned to this night, ranked by their own upvotes. Everything else on this page is what phish.net knows about it.
- 12/31/95
- 1995 NYE Run
- 1
Reba did not have the whistling ending. The narration in Mockingbird discussed how Phish makes time in the Gamehendge Time Laboratory, which set up the New Year’s Eve stunt. The Phish debut of Shine featured Tom Marshall on vocals. Trey later teased Shine in Runaway Jim. Mike's Song contained a Dave's Energy Guide tease from Page. The second set ended with a Digital Delay Loop Jam out of Mike’s, and the third set opened with the Phish Time Factory machine. All four band members dressed as scientists playing with synths while lights flashed and Van de Graaff generators zapped. Fish was lifted up in a bed as Father Time and was reborn as the Baby New Year. Weekapaug featured Auld Lang Syne, Dreaming (Blondie), and Spooky teases and was unfinished. Mike and Trey teased Can't You Hear Me Knocking in Runaway Jim. This was the first performance of Sanity since June 24, 1994 (148 shows). This show was officially released as New Year's Eve 1995 - Live at Madison Square Garden.