Phish fans all over the world are still celebrating the reunion of one of the world's most famous bands. The reunion tour started with three dates in March 2009 in Virginia's Hampton Coliseum. Following this weekend, the band played thirteen further shows, making up a summer tour.
They were the headline act for the Bonaroo festival 2009 along other greats like Bruce Springsteen, The E Street Band, The Beastie Boys, and Nine Inch Nails. This led to a well-received fourteenth Phish album, released in September 2009 and titled "Joy." The band then embarked on a fall tour, taking their music to several US locations.
In February 2010, Trey Anastasio and Classic TAB hit the road for a month-long tour starting with a benefit show in Charlottesville, VA. Cities announced in this trip include Washington DC, Philadelphia PA, Boston MA, Wallingford CT, Red Bank NJ, New York NY, Milwaukee WI, Chicago IL, Minneapolis MN, Kansas City MO, St. Louis MO, Nashville TN, Charlotte NC, Atlanta GA, and Knoxville TN.
Phish enjoys a devoted fan base. They were formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 by Trey Anastasio and Jeff Holdsworth (both on guitar), Mike Gordon (bass) and Jon Fishman (drums). They are known for building a following via non mainstream means such as word of mouth and early internet technology, rather than radio and advertising. Their music takes inspiration from many genres, including bluegrass, reggae, rock, jazz and blues.
Rolling Stone magazine has called them "the most important band of the Nineties." The band is most often compared to the Grateful Dead, and was well known in the 1990s mostly for its live shows where they would perform free-form rock and roll influenced jams. The band broke up August 2004, only to reunite five years later, in the summer of 2009.
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