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In February and March, Phish returns to Europe and to intimate clubs and theatres to play 14 headline shows. On March 18, they join Ben and Jerry on Ben's birthday for a show at the Flynn Theatre in Burlington to benefit Lake Champlain cleanup and to celebrate the release of Ben and Jerry's new flavor, Phish Food. The band ventures again to Europe in June and July, for another 18 headline shows and outdoor festivals, with plans to follow up with a 19-show US tour in July and August. The US summer tour culminates with The Great Went, a multi-day event in Limestone, Maine attended by over 62,000. Phish's next album, Slip Stitch and Pass (a selection of songs from their March 1st performance in Hamburg, Germany) is released on October 28th. Fall tour begins November 13th in Las Vegas and concludes December 13th in Albany; on this tour, the Waterwheel Foundation, which was created to administer the proceeds from Phish Food (ice cream) for Lake Champlain cleanup, takes over the project of tabling at shows with information on environmental and social issues from Greenpeace, who ceased to do this sort of work. To complete the year the band plays a show in the DC area and then three at Madison Square Garden.