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Your 2012 Bonnaroo Lineup via Spotify Playlist (Listen Here) Oh, and Phish is headlining too.

Your 2012 Bonnaroo Lineup via Spotify Playlist (Listen Here)

Oh, and Phish is headlining too.

Trey Anastasio & Lars Fisk Talk About Their Balls

Co-Creative Director of Super Ball IX, Lars Fisk, and Trey have a wide ranging conversation about the design of the festival grounds, art installations, and a number of other topics including what’s in store for Super Ball IX. It’s a fun read and a great trip down memory lane for those who have been to Phish festivals in the past.

Also, how can you not be amped about Super Ball IX?! It’s their first summer festival in the Northeast since C———-. Yes, let’s just not use the C-word. But on top of that, the band is absolutely slaying it right now. I can’t remember the last time I saw them play as well 3 consecutive nights in 3 different venues. That spirit of adventure and creativity is definitely paving the road to Watkins, with another exciting week of shows ahead of us!

Announcing "Super Ball IX" At Watkins Glen International | Phish

Sensational. Mind-blowing. Fantabulous. These are all words with the same amount of letters as SUPER BALL IX.

It’s Phish’s biggest. Ball. Ever. So big we can’t. Contain it. In one sentence.

Super Ball IX, Phish’s ninth festival, will take place July 1-3 at Watkins Glen International. Located amidst the rolling hills of central New York’s Finger Lakes region, the site offers an abundance of campsites and is just a short drive from numerous Northeastern cities. Super Ball IX will mark Phish’s first-ever performance over July 4 weekend, and the first major music festival held at Watkins Glen since 1973’s legendary Summer Jam. It is also Phish’s first-ever performance at a facility with “Watkins” in its name.

Tickets for Super Ball IX go on sale this Monday, April 4th, at Noon ET at http://superballIX.portals.musictoday.com. Onsite camping is included in the price of admission. Like previous Phish festivals, the event will include numerous activities, attractions and art installations in addition to a series of performances by the band. Camping and travel packages will. Be. Available. (Sorry, hard habit to break.)

Super Ball IX continues a tradition that began with The Clifford Ball in August of 1996. Rolling Stone observed, “It was definitely groundbreaking…there was a real story; that in an age of corporate sponsorship, this completely home-grown thing happened that was different from any other concert.”

Anyone purchasing Super Ball IX tickets will receive a free MP3 download of each set the band plays during the weekend from livephish.com, where they’ll be available shortly after Phish steps off stage.

SuperBallIX.com and Phish.com will be your main source for all things Ball. We’ve posted the first wave of information about the festival and will continue to update with Travel info, FAQs, Guidelines, Event Info, the hottest celebrity news, and much much more, so keep checking back.

Note: Super Ball IX is pronounced “Super Ball Nine,” not “Super Ball Icks.” You’re welcome.

IT’S ON!

(via WATCH: Phish - Super Ball IX - A Three Day Festival)

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Sample In A Jar - Phish
8.17.96 - The Clifford Ball, Plattsburgh, NY

How about a little reflection on this Phish Friday? This video is from one of the highest points in Phishtory, a period that may never be matched - at least not in the same vein - again. But if you’re a Phish fan, take a moment today to reflect on the past year.

A year ago we didn’t know what to expect, we didn’t know if they could even make it back. Hampton had yet to unite the fanbase in person once more, the band hadn’t played a summer tour since their farewell in 2004, and the thought of a festival still made most of us cringe.  And yet now we’ve all been able to share in a fun summer tour, a festival in the desert surrounding Halloween, a scorching fall tour, and a New Year’s run that seemed to tie it all together while pointing to the future. It finally feels like they have their legs under them again, playing with a renewed confidence and new identity that could only come from perseverance and their own shared experiences.

And while to the world at large - and even huge live music fans - it’s hard to pinpoint why we could care so much, if 2009 proved anything, it’s that Phish is still a unifying tour de force, with the most amazing and unique community of people surrounding the music.

Over the next couple months both Mike and Trey will tour around with their own projects, perhaps with more enthusiasm surrounding them than prior to Phish’s return. New songs will be written, chops will be honed even further (Trey is certainly killing it early on his solo tour), and in a few months as the weather warms and the collective itch returns -presumably early June if you believe the rumblings - the band will come together to hold celebrations all across the country. You just have to feel lucky!

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