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Phish returned to the Dick’s Sporting Goods Park stage in Commerce City, CO, on Sunday night to close out both their annual three-night Labor Day weekend run at the venue and their summer tour overall. Packing in 23 songs over two sets and an encore, the band delivered an expansive performance that featured plenty of favorites and a couple rarities.

The 12-song first set kicked off with “Soul Planet,” and the newer, upbeat tune flowed into rocker “Possum.” Next up was “Mellow Mood,” marking the final tour debut of the summer, and also the first time the song had been played since August 9, 2011, a span of 257 shows (the only over-100-show bustout of this year, per stats wiz Scott Marks at phish.net).

The first set got into a groove with “Tube,” “Funky Bitch” and an extended “Ocelot,” followed up with Mike Gordon taking lead on his new song “Keepin It Real.” Fan-favorite “My Friend, My Friend” came next, preceding a quick foray into “Horn” and an energetic “Maze” that teased a set closer before moving into the heartfelt “Miss You” and, finally, a set-ending run of “Run Like an Antelope.”

Regular set closer “46 Days” served as the second set opener, before the band seamlessly segued into “Tweezer” the upped the energy and led into a run of TV On the Radio’s “Golden Age” that stretched over 15 minutes. After heavy cuts of “Steam” and “A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing,” “Gotta Jibboo” fit in one of the final extended improvisations of the summer, followed by the show-closing run of “Suzy Greenberg,” “Character Zero” and an encore of “The Horse,” “Silent in the Morning” and a return to “Tweezer Reprise” to round it out.

See the full setlist below as it appears in our Box Scores section. Phish are off the road until they kick off their fall tour on October 16 in Albany, NY.

Phish
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Commerce City, CO

Set I: Soul Planet, Possum, Mellow Mood*, Tube, Funky Bitch, Ocelot, Keepin’ It Real, My Friend My Friend, Horn, Maze, Miss You, Run Like an Antelope

Set II: 46 Days, Tweezer, Golden Age, Steam, A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, Gotta Jibboo, Suzy Greenberg, Character Zero

Encore: The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Tweezer Reprise

Notes: *Last time played 8/9/11

Source: Phish.net