Phish announces U.S. tour March 27, 2003 - The Oregonian By Staff The revered Vermont-based jam band Phish has announced a 21-date summer U.S. tour that opens in early July and includes a two-day stop at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash., on July 12-13. Tickets will be available April 18-22 through the band's Web site (www.phish.com), and then via Ticketmaster beginning May 9, the band said. Showtimes were to be announced. The summer tour ends at the two-day It Festival, Aug. 2-3 at Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine. Phish previously held its Great Went and Lemonwheel festivals on the same site in 1997 and 1998, before crowds of more than 60,000. Tickets for the It Festival go on sale today via Ticketmaster and Phish's own online ticketing site. Phish's members have a variety of activities planned before the summer tour. Guitarist Trey Anastasio will release a live album, "Plasma," on April 29 via Elektra and will embark on an as-yet-unannounced tour later this spring. Keyboardist Page McConnell begins a five-date tour with his Vida Blue project April 9 in Chicago, while bassist Mike Gordon will join guitarist Leo Kottke for an appearance at the second Bonnaroo festival in June in Manchester, Tenn. Phish has been off the road since a March 1 show in Greensboro, N.C. The group's latest studio album, "Round Room," was released in December. Copyright © 2003 The Oregonian