Phish Pairs Stellar ‘Drowned’ And ‘Rock & Roll’ In Holmdel On This Date In 2000
The 26-minute pairing came at the end of a five-song first set.
By Scott Bernstein Jun 29, 2021 • 1:30 pm PDT
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On June 29, 2000, Phish returned to the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey for their second night at the venue as part of a summer tour of North America. The concert was highlighted by a majestic 26-minute segment in which they jammed a cover of The Who’s “Drowned” into “Rock & Roll” by The Velvet Underground.
Phish was a week into the run when they descended upon the small town of Holmdel for the performances at PNC Bank Arts Center, a 17,500-capacity outdoor venue 40 miles south of New York City. The shed first hosted the band during the summer of 1992, when Phish took part in a H.O.R.D.E. Festival stop at what was then known as the Garden State Arts Center and then returned just eight days later to open for Santana. Phish headlined their own show at the Arts Center on July 2, 1994 and would wait five years before coming back to the venue on July 15 & 16, 1999. While five years passed between Phish’s first and second headlining concerts in Holmdel, they returned the following summer for a pair of shows that would be their last at the venue until 2011.