Phish Announces "Coventry"; Two Day Music & Arts Festival Set for August 14th and 15th

Market Wire, 20050229

Phish announced today their much-anticipated two-day summer festival, dubbed "Coventry." The event will take place August 14th and 15th on the grounds of the Newport State Airport and adjacent fields in the rural town of Coventry, Vermont. "Coventry" -- the band's first-ever home state festival, and first public outdoor Vermont appearance since 1995 -- will wrap up Phish's Summer 2004 tour, slated to kick off June 17th at Brooklyn's KeySpan Park. "UNDERMIND," the band's eagerly awaited new studio album on Elektra/Atlantic records, lands in stores on June 15th.

Located amidst the rolling hills and lush green valleys of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, "Coventry" will be Phish's seventh "city-size" festival, with an expected turnout that will qualify it as Vermont's most populated city for the weekend of August 14th and 15th. As with all prior Phish festivals, "Coventry" will see the band performing three live sets each day, with on-site camping as well as numerous attractions and art installations created by teams of talented artists and performers.

Previous Phish events have been held at the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine; the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base and the Oswego County Airport in New York. In 1999, Phish performed before 80,000 fans at the Florida Everglades' Big Cypress Seminole Reservation in what is generally acknowledged as the largest paid audience in North America to celebrate the millennium.

Tickets for "Coventry" will go on sale on Thursday, May 20th, at 10AM for $149.50 (plus applicable service fees) via the Phish Tickets website, located at http://phishtickets.rlc.net. Starting Friday, May 21st at 9AM, tickets will also be available via Ticketmaster by phone or online at http://ticketmaster.com. Tickets may also be charged by phone at the following Northeast Ticketmaster numbers: 802-862-5300; 603-868-7300; 207-775-3331; 617-931-2000; 413-733-2500; 212-307-7171 ; 518-476-1000; 401-331-2211; 757-671-8100.

Gates for the event will open at NOON on Thursday, August 12. Ticket prices include up to four nights of parking and onsite camping. There is a limit of 6 tickets per person. Capacity is limited, so advance ticket purchase and carpooling is strongly encouraged.

In other tour news, tickets for Phish's August concert dates will go on sale this weekend. Specific ticketing and event information for all shows -- including "Coventry" -- can be found on the band's official website at www.phish.com. Tickets for the June leg of Phish's Summer 2004 tour are currently on sale.

(TOUR ITINERARY ATTACHED)

PHISH SUMMER 2004 June 17, 18 Brooklyn, New York KeySpan Park 19, 20 Saratoga Springs, New York Saratoga Performing Arts Center 23, 24 Noblesville, Indiana Verizon Wireless Music Center 25, 26 East Troy, Wisconsin Alpine Valley Music Theatre August 10, 11 Mansfield, Massachusetts Tweeter Center 12 Camden, New Jersey Tweeter Center at the Waterfront 14, 15 Coventry, Vermont COVENTRY (Newport State Airport)

Contact: Nick Stern 212-707-2051 nick.stern@atlantic-recording.com Gihan Salem 818-238-2232 gihan.salem@elektra.com Tamra Wilson 212-707-3069 tamra.wilson@elektra.com