4 years after disbanding, Phish to reunite
AP, Oct 1, 2008 12:00 pm PDTPhish will swim again.
The Vermont-bred jam band, which disbanded in 2004, announced Wednesday it's reuniting for three dates next March in Hampton, Va., and more after that.
Phish has booked dates for March 6, March 7 and March 8, 2009, at the Hampton Coliseum. Other 2009 dates will be announced later, according to a notice posted on the band's Web site Wednesday.
A spokesman for the Coliseum, who wouldn't give his name, confirmed the booking. Ambrosia Healy, a spokeswoman for the band, didn't immediately return telephone calls seeking comment, but confirmed the dates in a news release.
It'll be the band's first concerts since August 2004, when Phish said goodbye to its legions of fans with a two-day festival at Newport State Airport in Coventry, Vt.
Phish, which got its start at the University of Vermont in 1983, earned a Grateful Dead-style following in the 1980s and 1990s with its amorphous blend of rock, jazz and other styles. It was among the nation's top touring acts when band members called it quits in 2004.
Rumors of a reunion have swirled since last May, when all four — Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Mike Gordon and Jon Fishman — appeared together to accept a lifetime achievement award at the Jammy Awards in New York. They didn't play that night.
Hampton Coliseum holds special meaning for Phish.
It has played there a dozen times, and recorded "Hampton Comes Alive," a six-CD set, there in 1998.
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