{"id":1026,"date":"2015-12-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2015\/2015\/12\/30\/bavosas-mimosas-phish-3-0-new-years-eves\/"},"modified":"2015-12-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T00:00:00","slug":"bavosas-mimosas-phish-3-0-new-years-eves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2015\/2015\/12\/30\/bavosas-mimosas-phish-3-0-new-years-eves\/","title":{"rendered":"Bavosa\u2019s Mimosas: Phish 3.0 New Year\u2019s Eves"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s hard to fathom that Phish<\/a> has now been back playing together for longer than their \u201chiatus\u201d (2000-2002) and \u201cbreak up\u201d (2004-2009) \u2013 combined.\u00a0 Phish 3.0, as this era is commonly called, is also days away from seeing its seventh consecutive New Year\u2019s Eve of the band\u2019s modern day. One of the most sought after tickets amongst fans and most lauded nights of the Phish year on the calendar<\/a> is certainly one of celebration. As the band caps off a monumental, peak year, leading into the New Year, I break down the New Year\u2019s Eve gags of 3.0, and what the band might have in store for 2016.<\/p>\n

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The Gag:<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Phish.net<\/a>: During DWD, as the clock turned midnight, hundreds of balloons were released upon the crowd, fireworks went off on each side of the stage, and a disco ball was lowered onto the pedestal. After DWD, Trey opened the ball and Fish\u00a0climbed inside. Trey and Mike, with some help from stagehands, proceeded to put the ball in a giant cannon aimed towards a giant net hanging from the rafters with an illuminated \u201cX\u201d on it. Page hit the trigger and purportedly “blasted” the ball through, not only the net, but also the roof of the arena. A searchlight appeared to come through the roof and was accompanied by helicopter sounds. With Fish\u00a0apparently shot out of the venue, Trey asked if anybody knew how to play the drums and ended up finding Sarah, a girl from Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

Trey asked how long she had played the drums and what her favorite song was and she responded with six months and Fluffhead respectively. Sarah was surreptitiously replaced by Fish, now wearing a dress identical to Sarah’s and a black wig, who played the entire third set and encore, but Sarah came out at the end of the third set and bowed with the band instead of him. Blue Moon was a Phish debut and was performed as an instrumental while Trey thanked the entire crew. After the show, the disco ball was revealed to have “crashed” into a white car that had been parked in front of the American Airlines Arena with a sign on the windshield stating “This car was driven down from Vermont” and “fueled by maple syrup.” \u00a0After being \u201cstruck\u201d by the \u201chuman cannonball,\u201d the car was emitting smoke and leaking maple syrup and the entire area was cordoned off with police tape.<\/p>\n