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=== ''Fuego'' and ''Big Boat'': 2011β2016 === Phish's ninth festival, Super Ball IX, took place at the [[Watkins Glen International]] race track in Watkins Glen, New York on July 1β3, 2011. It was the first concert to take place at Watkins Glen International since [[Summer Jam at Watkins Glen]] in 1973.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Waddell |first1=Ray |title=Phish to Stage Super Ball IX in Upstate NY |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/phish-stage-super-ball-ix-173656 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=31 March 2011 |access-date=13 March 2019 }}</ref> In September, the band played a benefit concert in [[Essex Junction, Vermont]] which raised $1.2 million for Vermont flood victim relief in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Irene]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gallman |first1=Stephanie |title=Phish jams to raise $1.2 million for flood victims in native Vermont |url=https://www.cnn.com/2011/09/16/showbiz/vermont-phish-fundraiser/index.html |website=CNN |date=16 September 2011 |access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref> In June 2012, Phish headlined [[2012 Bonnaroo Music Festival|Bonnaroo 2012]] with the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] and [[Radiohead]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=Favorites Return to Bonnaroo |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/arts/music/bonnaroo-festival-with-radiohead-phish-and-dangelo.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=23 May 2020 |date=11 June 2012}}</ref> During their 2013 Halloween concert at [[Boardwalk Hall]] in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], the band played twelve new songs from their upcoming album, which at the time had the working title ''Wingsuit'' and would later be renamed ''Fuego''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Coulehan |first1=Erin |title=Phish Working on New Album, Trey Anastasio Says |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/trey-anastasio-phish-working-on-new-album-92802/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=31 July 2020 |date=4 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Doyle |first1=Patrick |title=Trey Anastasio Celebrates 30 Years of Phish, Reveals Album Details |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-trey-anastasio-celebrates-30-years-of-phish-reveals-album-details-20130722 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=31 July 2020 |date=22 July 2013}}</ref> During the concert, the band was joined onstage by actor [[Abe Vigoda]], who is mentioned by name in the song "Wombat", dressed in a wombat costume.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Atkinson |first1=Katie |title=Watch Abe Vigoda Join Phish Onstage Dressed as a Wombat in 2013 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/abe-vigoda-phish-wombat-video-6858186/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=17 October 2023 |date=26 January 2016}}</ref> Phish ended 2013 with a New Year's Eve concert at Madison Square Garden that also celebrated their 30th anniversary, as they had played their first concert in December 1983.<ref name="phishmas">{{cite web |last1=Melamed |first1=Dave |title=12 Days Of Phishmas: The Famed JEMP Truck Set Celebrating Phish's 30th |url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/12-days-phishmas-famed-jemp-truck-set-celebrating-phishs-30th/ |website=Live for Live Music |access-date=31 July 2020 |date=18 December 2016}}</ref> The concert featured a nine-minute montage film celebrating the band's career, and the band performed an entire set in the middle of the arena from atop an equipment truck.<ref name="phishmas"/> Phish released ''[[Fuego (Phish album)|Fuego]]'', their first studio album in five years, on June 24, 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Katzif |first1=Mike |title=First Listen: Phish, 'Fuego' |url=https://www.npr.org/2014/06/15/320981203/first-listen-phish-fuego |newspaper=NPR |date=15 June 2014 |access-date=31 July 2020 }}</ref> The album peaked at number 7 on the ''Billboard 200'' album chart, and became their highest charting album since ''Billy Breathes'' reached the same position in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |first=Scott |last=Bernstein |title=Phish Fuego Earns Number Seven Slot On Billboard Charts |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/phish-fuego-earns-number-seven-slot-on-billboard-charts |website=JamBase |access-date=13 March 2019 |date=2 July 2014}}</ref> During their Halloween 2014 concert at [[MGM Grand Las Vegas]], the band performed a set consisting of ten original songs inspired by the 1964 [[Walt Disney Records]] sound effects album ''[[Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House]].''<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Herbert |first1=Kiran |title=By the Numbers: Phish's 'Chilling, Thrilling' Halloween Show |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/phishs-chilling-thrilling-halloween-show-by-the-numbers-72544/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=31 July 2020 |date=1 November 2014}}</ref> [[File:Phish Tour - Wrigley Field - 6-25 (27851417510).jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Phish's 2016 Summer Tour included their first visit to [[Wrigley Field]] in [[Chicago]].]] In 2015, Phish performed both a summer tour and their tenth multi-day festival event, [[Phish festivals#Magnaball|Magnaball]], was held at the Watkins International Speedway in New York in August.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Jarnow |first1=Jesse |title=Jams Reign Supreme at Phish's Utopian Three-Day Magnaball |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/jams-reign-supreme-at-phishs-utopian-three-day-magnaball-fest-34488/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=26 May 2020 |date=24 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = 2015 Summer Tour and Magnaball | date = 18 March 2015 | url = http://phish.com/news/2015-summer-magnaball-phishs-tenth-festival/ | access-date = 2016-04-05}}</ref> Phish's fourteenth studio album, ''[[Big Boat]]'', was released on October 7, 2016.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kinane |first1=Ruth |title=Phish Announce New Album 'Big Boat' |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/13/phish-big-boat-new-album |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=13 September 2016}}</ref>
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