Phish will once again spend another summer on the road, as the veteran jam band has announced the initial 18 dates for its 2011 tour on their website.
The trek includes an opening three-night run on Memorial Day weekend at the Bethel Woods Centers for the Arts in Bethel, NY on May 27-29. Phish will also spend multiple nights at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ; Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md; and Verzion Wireless at Encore Park in Alpharetta, Ga.
General tickets will go on sale March 11, while more summer tour dates for the band are forthcoming.
After reuniting in 2009 following a nearly five-year hiatus, the group spent most of 2010 performing across the US, with an extensive summer tour leading into a 15-date fall trek that included a performance at the Austin City Limits festival in October. A fan plummeted 25 feet from a railing during the band's August 18 concert at New York's Jones Beach theater, but luckily survived the terrifying fall.
In addition to the tour, Phish has also announced that it will release "Two Soundchecks," a 7-inch live vinyl record, in conjunction with Record Store Day on April 16.
Here are Phish's 2011 summer tour dates:
05/27 - Bethel, N.Y. (Bethel Woods Center for the Arts)
05/28 - Bethel, N.Y. (Bethel Woods Center for the Arts)
05/29 - Bethel, N.Y. (Bethel Woods Center for the Arts)
05/31 - Holmdel, N.J. (PNC Bank Arts Center)
06/01 - Holmdel, N.J. (PNC Bank Arts Center)
06/03 - Clarkston, Mich. (DTE Energy Music Theater)
06/04 - Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Blossom Music Center)
06/05 - Cincinnati, Ohio (Riverbend Music Center)
06/07 - Mansfield, Mass. (Comcast Center)
06/08 - Darien Center, N.Y. (Darien Lake PAC)
06/10 - Camden, N.J. (Susquehanna Bank Center)
06/11 - Columbia, Md. (Merriweather Post Pavilion)
06/12 - Columbia, Md. (Merriweather Post Pavilion)
06/14 - Alpharetta, Ga. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre @ Encore Park)
06/15 - Alpharetta, Ga. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre @ Encore Park)
06/17 - Charlotte, N.C. (Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre)
06/18 - Raleigh, N.C. (Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion)
06/19 - Portsmorth, Va. (Ntelos Wireless Pavilion)
Thanks for the report to Billboard.com.
