doodledee

Hot off the wire:

We don't want to become caricatures of ourselves, or worse yet, a nostalgia act...we realized that after almost twenty-one years together we were faced with the opportunity to graciously step away in unison, as a group, united in our friendship and our feelings of gratitude.

Man, that sucks. Not sucks in a "Jerry's dead" kind of way or anything, but it definitely sucks.

I can't say I'm really all that surprised, though. There was really no spring tour other than Vegas, summer tour is super short, blah blah blah. My hunch is that after the hiatus it didn't feel the same or whatever, so rather than flame-out they decided to hang it up. Well that and I think Trey is havin' a lot of fun with his side project(s) and with being treated like a god all the time. Oh, and I'm sure his Michael Moore caliber ego also was a factor.

I'm also pretty sure this makes Dave Matthews the new Yoko Ono.

An Announcement From Trey [phish]
Phish Breaks Up With New Album Approaching [myway]