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They were ready to flick the switch because the lights had been changed or installed more than six months ago when the building was last seen sporting that fabulous purple and red glow. Not for Gay Pride, which is celebrated in June across the United States, but for a Further show, according to Phish message boards.

A rock band founded in 2009 by Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, members of the Grateful Dead, Further played at the Madison Square Garden in November of last year. The Empire State Building was made to shine like a rainbow at night in honor of Jerry Garcia, the Dead’s frontman until he passed away in 1995 at the age of 53.

It will be lit with the colors of the Gay Pride flag again tonight and tomorrow.