It was indeed hot as hell in the pavilion.
My thoughts/review for Sunday (disclaimer: I'm only a casual Phish fan and this was my first show):
-I thought the sound seemed off the whole night. I was in left loge and the vocals seemed drowned out in the mix. This could have just been due to my seat position but it didn't sound much better when I was on the lawn for a bit.
-First set was decent after the first few songs and the second set got off to a really good start but the 2nd really really long jam meandered and seemed self-indulgent. After that point in the show the band lost me until the last couple songs. This wasn't helped by the fact the show was 3 hours. I would have much preferred closer to 2 hours by cutting out some of the longer jams that didn't work well.
-Phish is really good at covers. I really enjoyed all the covers and would pay to see Phish just cover songs the whole night.
-My frame of reference for the show was the bootleg from their reunion shows in VA in 2009. The band seemed much tighter and the playing never really seemed sloppy.
-I was expecting lots of weed smoke, but I didn't expect as much as there actually. The entire show featured a constant cloud of weed and cigarette smoke. Personally, I will never get people who get super drunk and/ or super high for a concert. If you have to smoke the entire show or get shitfaced the band just may not be that great. It was fun spotting the people who were really f*cked up and guessing what drug they were on.
-In my limited experience, a lot of the Phish fans were assholes. A lot of the people there seemed to lack basic manners such as: not invading people's personal space, saying sorry or excuse me when you get in someones way, and not blowing cigarette smoke directly into your face. Also the really, really high dude next to me kept staring at me which was kind of freaking me out.
Don't get me wrong, I don't regret and it was a new experience going but I wouldn't pay $50 to see Phish again.
Set I: Walfredo, Mellow Mood, Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan, The Divided Sky, Tela, My Soul, Ginseng Sullivan, Sample in a Jar, Bathtub Gin, Brian & Robert, Run Like An Antelope
Set II: Wilson > Meatstick > I Saw It Again > Piper > Ghost > Jumping Jack Flash > I Saw It Again > Contact, You Enjoy Myself
Encore: Fire