Phish Tickets Available

Phish fans stormed the Internet Friday morning as tickets for the band's first tour in nearly five years went on sale.

Tickets for the first leg of the Vermont-based jam band's summer tour, including venues in Long Island, Massachusetts and New Jersey, were made available through the online ticketing site Live Nation. Though most shows were not reported officially sold out as of 1 p.m. Friday, the Live Nation site displayed intermittent error messages, causing many shut-out fans to vent their frustration on online message boards.

The tour, which kicks off June 4 at Jones Beach Theater on Long Island, is a much-anticipated return for the band's loyal fans, who have often drawn comparison to the Grateful Dead's die-hard followers. Like Deadheads before them, "Phish heads" follow the band from show to show and trade concert bootlegs of the band's famously long live sets.

Phish kicks off their 2009 tour with a three-night stretch in March at Hampton Coliseum in Virginia, the venue where their live album "Hampton Comes Alive" was recorded.

A limited amount of tickets for each show are also available starting at midnight on the day of the show, according to the Live Nation site.