While Dead & Company fans await word on whether that band will be returning to Sphere next year, there's some other good news for fans of improvisationally rich rock bands: Phish will be swimming back to Las Vegas in 2026.
The band announced Tuesday that it will be returning to Sphere for a residency of nine shows in April and May of next year, a return visit that has been anticipated by fans since the group's successful initial visit to the venue in 2024. The nine shows are set for April 16-18, April 23-25 and April 30-May 2, 2026.A "ticket request period" is already underway attickets.phish.comand will continue through the morning of Dec. 8. Remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public on Dec. 12, at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET.
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But for anyone who wants to get a jump even on the aforementioned on-sale dates, and could use a place to crash, limited travel packages — which include a hotel stay as well as tickets — will go on sale on Wednesday of this week at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET, only viahttps://phishatsphere.100xhospitality.com/.
Phish's previous run at Sphere in April 2024 lasted for only four nights. Each show was unique, both set-wise and visuals-wise, making each gig a FOMO experience. No word for now on whether, by expanding the run of shows to nine this time, they will still be as one-of-a-kind in the visuals, although Phish fans know to expect unique setlists whatever the setting. Publicity material for the 2026 run does boast that, in the first mini-residency, "the inventive animations and graphics were executed, modified, and manipulated in real time."
The full rundown of ticket information and on-sale times for the shows can be found atphish.com/tours.
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