{"id":480395,"date":"2019-01-02T12:18:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T19:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=774151"},"modified":"2019-01-02T12:18:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T19:18:57","slug":"watch-phish-take-flight-in-wild-new-years-eve-aerial-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/watch-phish-take-flight-in-wild-new-years-eve-aerial-stunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Phish Take Flight in Wild New Year\u2019s Eve Aerial Stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Phish<\/a> have to work pretty hard to surprise fans with their annual New Years Eve stunt. In years past, they\u2019ve turned their stage into an aquarium, suspended themselves above arenas in a giant hot dog and appeared to shoot their drummer out of a cannon.\u00a0But somehow, the band delivered as they rang in 2019.<\/p>\n

In a pro-shot, nearly half-hour video from their Madison Square Garden set revealed the complex production of Phish\u2019s latest hi jinx. During the third set of the night, guitarist Trey Anastasio<\/a> and bassist Mike Gordon took the stage in space suits. They played \u201cMercury,\u201d a jam that Phish.net calls<\/a> \u201cone of the most ambitious Phish songs debuted since the band returned in 2009\u2013 a multi-part composition with prog-rock influences\u2026\u201d The band brought the song\u2019s lyrics \u2013 \u201cbut the net\u2019s unbreakable \/ so don\u2019t worry about falling\u201d \u2013 to life, with aerial acrobats dangling above them, doing synchronized moves as the band embarked on a spacey jam.<\/p>\n

That jam was interrupted by a countdown and balloon drop, which led to the biggest surprise of the night: Gordon and Anastasio taking flight high above the Garden crowd as they played \u201cSay it To Me S.A.N.T.O.S,\u201d a song the band debuted the song on Halloween as they played a special set as a fake Scandinavian band Kasvot V\u00e4xt.<\/p>\n

Gordon proved he had no problem with heights as he kicked and danced along to the song; A GoPro camera attached to his bass adds extra intimacy to the video.<\/p>\n

Phish don\u2019t play as many shows as they used to, but the performance proved they are still as tight and imaginative as ever.<\/p>\n