March 20, 2009 5:50

Phish for four-night stand at Red Rocks

12 dates added to their US summer tour

Phish have added a further 12 shows to their upcoming tour of the US this summer, including a four-night stand at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado.

As previously reported, the band recently completed three nights at Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, VA during which around $1.2 million in illegal drugs and $68,000 cash was seized. There were 194 arrests.

75,000 people made their way to the town for the weekend, and Phish themselves paid for 200 police officers to work over the three days.

The dates on the upcoming tour are:

Wantagh, NY Nikon Theatre at Jones Beach (June 4, 5)
Mansfield, MA Comcast Center (6)
Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center (7)
Asheville, NC Asheville Civic Center (9)
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival Manchester, TN (12, 14)
St. Louis, MO Fox Theatre (16)
Burgettstown, PA Post Gazette Pavilion (18)
Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center (19)
East Troy, WI Alpine Valley (20, 21)
8/1 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre (July 30, 31 & August 1, 2)
Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre (5)
George, WA The Gorge (7, 8)
Chicago, IL Toyota Park (11)
Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center (13)
Hartford, CT Meadows Music Theater (14)
Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion (15)
Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center (16)

--By our New York staff.
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