This past weekend was Phish's Festival 8 at the empire Polo Grounds in Indio, CA. For all of you east coasters like myself who couldn't make the trip, here are some setlists and photos to help give you a sense of this unbelievable weekend. The special Halloween "costume set" on Saturday was the Rolling Stones classic "Exile on Main St." and was assisted by the incredible Sharon Jones on backup vocals, as well as a horn section consisting of David Guy, Tony Jarvis, and David Smith, and backup singer Saundra Williams. Sunday also featured Phish's first ever all acoustic day set. Phishbills (a play on Playbill) were circulated throughout the Festival Grounds which not only unveiled the costume album, but just about ensured the 2009 New Years Eve run in Miami at the American Airlines Arena. Check out the setlists and photos below.
Friday, October 30th, 2009
Set I: Party Time, Chalkdust Torture, Moma Dance, NICU, Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan, Stash, I Didn't Know, Poor Heart, Cavern, Beauty of a Broken Heart, Ocelot, Time Turns Elastic
Set II: Punch You In The Eye, Down With Disease > Prince Caspian > Wolfman's Brother > Piper > Joy, David Bowie*, Harry Hood, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Character Zero
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Set I (Afternoon): Sample In A Jar, The Divided Sky, Lawn Boy, Kill Devil Falls, Bathtub Gin, The Squirming Coil, Runaway Jim > Possum, Run Like An Antelope
Set II (Night) - The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.: Rocks Off, Rip This Joint, Shake Your Hips, Casino Boogie, Tumbling Dice, Sweet Virginia, Torn and Frayed, Sweet Black Angel, Loving Cup, Happy, Turd On The Run, Ventilator Blues > I Just Want To See His Face, Let It Loose, All Down The Line, Stop Breaking Down, Shine A Light Soul Survivor
Set III (Night): Backwards Down the Number Line > Fluffhead, Ghost, When the Circus Comes, You Enjoy Myself Encore: Suzy Greenberg
*Exile on Main St. & Suzy Greenberg featured Sharon Jones, David Guy, Tony Jarvis, David Smith & Saundra Williams
Sunday, November 1st, 2009
Set I (Afternoon Acoustic): Water In The Sky, Back On The Train, Brian And Robert, Invisible, Strange Design, Mountains in the Mist, The Curtain With, Army Of One, Sleep Again, My Sweet One, Let Me Lie, Bouncing Around The Room, Train Song, Wilson, McGrupp And The Watchful Hosemasters
Encore: Driver, Talk, Secret Smile
Set II (Night): AC/DC Bag, Rift, Gotta Jibboo, Heavy Things, Reba, The Wedge, Guelah Papyrus, Undermind, Sparkle, Split Open & Melt
Set III (Night): Tweezer > Maze, Free, Sugar Shack, Limb By Limb, Theme From The Bottom, Mike's Song > 2001 > Light > Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Grind, Esther, Tweezer Reprise 
Photos courtesy of jambase.com
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