Video Surfaces From Phish’s 1998 Appearance At Denmark’s Midtfyns Festival

By Scott Bernstein Jul 16, 2020 8:43 am PDT

On July 3, 1998, Phish performed a 90-minute set at the Midtfyns Festival in Ringe, Fyn, Denmark. High-quality fan-shot video of the entire set recently surfaced on YouTube.

Phish’s appearance at Midtfyns was the second stop of a European Tour that began with three nights at The Grey Hall in Copenhagen. The quartet debuted a number of songs in Copenhagen including “Roggae,” “The Moma Dance,” “Brian And Robert,” “Meat” and “Fikus.” All but the latter remain staples of Phish’s repertoire through the present.

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A short yet sweet version of “Stash” featuring fretboard fireworks galore from guitarist Trey Anastasio got Phish’s performance at the Midtfyns Festival underway. A cover of Del McCoury’s “Beauty Of My Dreams” followed along with “Guyute” before “Also Sprach Zarathrusta” gave way to a straightforward run through “Down With Disease.”

Next, Anastasio led his mates through “Limb By Limb” and an arrangement of “Water In The Sky” that premiered a few days earlier in Copenhagen. From there, Phish covered Clifton Chenier’s “My Soul” and then delivered a rare vocal jam-less “You Enjoy Myself” before ending the set with a rendition of the Beatles’ classic “A Day In The Life.”

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Watch the newly surfaced video courtesy of MrMarMar below:


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Set 1: Stash, Beauty of My Dreams > Sample in a Jar, Guyute, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease, Limb By Limb, Water in the Sky > My Soul, You Enjoy Myself [1] > A Day in the Life

This single-set performance was webcast live and was part of the annual Midtfyns Festival that also featured Sonic Machine, Psyched Up Janis, Angelique Kidjo, Hothouse Flowers, Poul Krebs & De Små Sensationer, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band. YEM did not contain a vocal jam.

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