MONTPELIER, Vt. — Phish has apparently decided to take a break.
The Burlington-based rock band has split up for a while in the midst of the biggest year of its career.
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Phish has apparently decided to take a break.
The Burlington-based rock band has split up for a while in the midst of the biggest year of its career.
The group has no concerts scheduled, no albums planned. The band members plan to go their separate ways, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
The band's manager, John Paluska, said "everybody just hit an undefinable point of exhaustion at the same time" and wanted to be with their families.
The band performed their last concert -- at least for now -- in Mountain View, Ca., on Saturday.
Members of Phish declined to comment on the temporary breakup.
The quiet goodbye was a surprise coming from a group that loves grand events, from its annual New Year's Eve shows to its sleep-over summer concerts for tens of thousands of fans.
Phish held the largest New Year's Eve
concert in the world this year, drawing 80,000 people to Florida's Everglades.
"Everyone likes to see people step aside when they're at the top of their game instead of dragging it out until they're finished up," Paluska said. "It's the old idea of leaving them wanting more."
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