Live Phish Vol. 18: 5/7/94, The Bomb Factory, Dallas, Texas
We have unprecedented press/TV coming for Phish! Expect this mainstream visibility to really drive sales by reaching both new fans AND the casual Phish fans who might not have heard that they have a new release. Having been on hiatus for over two years, fans are chomping on the bit to get this new material. And since Phish has NOT been playing live, this new material has not been played live. More importantly, that means that it has not been bootlegged. And that means that the fans will come out in droves to buy it in December. And that's why we are releasing it in December BEFORE the big New Years Eve and January shows (where they will be playing this new material). Consumer ads for the Live Phish Halloween CD's and the Live in Vegas DVD tagged the new studio album, and the CDs and DVD were stickered with the studio album street date to help spread the word. Continue to sticker the Halloween CDs if the plant didn't. -+ Sales: Farmhouse, the last studio album released 5/16/00, did 88,706 first week at Soundscan, ranked #12. Tour: New Year's Eve concert at Madison Square Garden is Phish's first show in two years. Then doing three nights at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia, 1/2-1/4. Major market tour in Jan/Feb. -+ Phish's first-ever live concert DVD, "PHISH: LIVE IN VEGAS," was recorded 9/30/00 in Las Vegas. The DVD includes the entire show in both stereo and 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound. The DVD also includes bonus performance footage from another show and an extensive photo gallery. -+ New Media: 11/22 - AOL First Listen; studio release announced this week in email blast to subscribers of phish.com -+ Press: o 12/6 (week of) - NY Times Feature Rolling Stone Cover - Jan. issue