For 29 of those 30 years, they have played multiple shows in the days leading up to the Times Square ball drop. For true Phish-heads, attending a New Year's show has become a rite of passage.

A New Year's Eve celebration was cut short for families after a brick display holding balloons for a drop collapsed into a crowded Massachusetts arcade. The Peabody Police Department confirmed in ...

Ten people were hurt when a toy block display fell onto spectators at a family-oriented New Year's event at ... were trying to conduct a "Noon Year's Eve" balloon drop, the fire chief told NBC10 ...

the ball will drop in Times Square. For some Phans though, the real New York New Year’s entertainment will be going down about ten blocks south at Madison Square Garden. From Dec. 28-31, Phish ...