We’ve been following the list of possible albums for Phish’s traditional Halloween “musical costume” as their cover art was regularly maimed by drawings of arrows, axes, and knives on a teaser site, but the day has finally come and we now have the last record standing: the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street.

Jamband.com reports that Phish have given Radiohead’s Kid A, MGMT’s Oracular Spectacular, and many more albums the axe, opting instead for the 70s Stones classic. Exile’s “Loving Cup” has actually been performed live by Phish for many years, but there are other songs on Exile with parts for a horn section that may stretch the 4-piece band thin.

As we mentioned recently, Phish have launched a teaser site displaying all the possible albums the band might play as a “musical costume” for their traditional Halloween cover album set. At that time, surprising nominees included Arcade Fire’s Funeral, the White Stripes’ Elephant, Radiohead’s Kid A, and MGMT’s Oracular Spectacular. Phish have been regularly drawing bloody axes, knives, and arrows buried into the displayed album art, however, and much of the list has been narrowed down (or “murdered,” as the case may be).

In addition to playing the first all acoustic set in their career, Phish will play their traditional Halloween cover album set (or “musical costume” as they’ve called it) at this year’s Festival 8. Past choices have all consistently been older classic albums, such as the Beatles’ White Album, The Velvet Underground’s Loaded, and Talking Heads’ Remain in Light, but the band have added a couple newer records to the “shortlist” this year on a new teaser site.

Included among obvious choices, like Frank Zappa’s Apostrophe, Led Zeppelin’s IV, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, etc., are Arcade Fire’s Funeral, MGMT’s Oracular Spectacular, The White Stripes’ Elephant, and Radiohead’s Kid A. Phish playing Kid A? If they actually were to pull that off, I can’t wait to see a million anti-jam band rock critics’ heads explode.

I think we can cross MGMT off the list, however, as Trey Anastasio said recently that their choice “will be an album I truly love” and that he only “really liked” MGMT’s album. I propose that Phish cover Springsteen’s Born To Run and try to upstage The Boss on his cover album tour.

For the band’s full list of this year’s possible musical costumes, go thataway.

Breakfast gigs are all the rage, apparently. Bon Iver is gearing up for his cemetery slumber party this weekend (includes breakfast!) in L.A. and now Phish have announced their own daytime performance (w/ coffee and donuts!) on the “morning” after Halloween at Festival 8. Whereas Bon Iver’s show starts at the crack of dawn, Phish’s first ever full-length acoustic set is set for the “crack of noon” on Sunday morning. The obvious joke here is that Phish’s festival fans wouldn’t be able to wake up earlier than noon, but trust me, kids, nobody sleeps at these things.

Phish’s Festival 8 is set for Halloween weekend in Indio, CA at the same site as Coachella, where the band are scheduled for 8 sets, including their traditional Halloween “cover album” set. Meanwhile, Bon Iver’s sunrise concert at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery opens the gates at midnight on Saturday night.

Both shows include overnight accommodations, but I doubt anyone’s bringing their pillows and sleeping bags along.

Phish fans were angered last fall when tickets for the band’s upcoming reunion concerts at Hampton Coliseum were sold out in seconds from Ticketmaster, only to pop up minutes later on TicketsNow, a pseudo-scalper site that is owned by Ticketmaster. The incident flew under the radar with no apologies or explanations given.

A couple months later, the same thing happened to Bruce Springsteen fans and it was a much different story. The Boss’s fans got an apology from Bruce himself, Ticketmaster, and a possible federal investigation. “The abuse of our fans and our trust by Ticketmaster has made us as furious as it has made many of you,” Springsteen wrote on his website immediately following the uproar.

Would Ticketmaster listen to the headliner of the Super Bowl halftime show? “We sincerely apologize to Bruce, his organization and, above all, his fans,” wrote Ticketmaster head Irving Azoff. “…Fans are confused and angry, which is the opposite of what we hoped to accomplish.”

If Springsteen fans still weren’t appeased, Senator Chuck Schumer and Rep. Bill Pascrell called on the FTC and U.S. Justice Department to investigate Ticketmaster. Springsteen fans are clearly an influential bunch.