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FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

Chicago, IL

16
Songs
2
Sets
134:34
Timed
Harpua
Longest
0
Sandwiches
3
Notes
Soundcheck Funky Bitch
Set 110 songs · 60:24 timed
  1. Dinner and a Movie,3:57
  2. AC/DC Bag >6:55
  3. Maze,10:45
  4. Mound,6:00
  5. Funky Bitch >Cover · Son Seals6:59
  6. Bathtub Gin,11:32
  7. Wilson >4:10
  8. Water in the Sky,3:11
  9. Boogie On Reggae Woman >Cover · Stevie Wonder5:59
  10. Run Like an Antelope¹Weather💬 BanterUnfinished0:56
Set 25 songs · 68:02 timed
  1. Energy >JamchartsCover · The Apples in Stereo14:25
  2. Ghost ->Tease9:03
  3. The Lizards,11:06
  4. Harpua² >Bustout · 70-show gapNarration22:53
  5. Run Like an Antelope10:35
Encore1 song · 6:08 timed
  1. Character Zero💬 Banter6:08

¹ Aborted.

² With the cast of Second City.

From the stage2 moments
Run Like an Antelope · Trey announces they need to stop due to severe weather

“TREY: Okay, we have to stop for a minute. For the record, it wasn't my idea, but we'll be right back. PAGE: We will be back.”

transcript: phish.in
Harpua · Among the most divisive of all Phish gags, this Harpua secretly features members of the improv comedy group hailing from Chicago, Second City, as fans of Phish from Philly, and explores how some fans think Phish should do things "the right way." Once these fans unfurl the so called truth of the song, an extended skit which is a cobbled together terrible story, Trey asks who does it the right way before asking Mike to do the narration. Mike's narration follows Poster around the city of Chicago as he looks for a good time, until he unfortunately encounters Harpua at the comedy club where the Second City perform.

“TREY: I'm gonna tell you a little story now. And i'm gonna tell you this story right: i am gonna tell this story right. And, I'm gonna tell you why i'm gonna tell this story right. Because today I walked out on stage for the …”

transcript: phish.in

The first set's Antelope was aborted and the band had to leave the stage due to a heavy rain storm. Ghost contained Seven Below teases from Fish and Mike. Harpua contained an appearance by the cast of Second City and a narration by Mike.

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Noteworthy
DebutsRun Like an Antelope first time played
BustoutsHarpua first in 70 shows · debuted May 11, 1987 at Nectar's, Burlington, VT
Longest versionEnergy 14 min — longest of 11 archived · Harpua 23 min — longest of 70 archived
Long oddsHarpua 💎💎💎 1 in 24 shows
Hot this yearRun Like an Antelope 13× in 2013 · Run Like an Antelope 13× in 2013 · Character Zero 12× in 2013 · Bathtub Gin 10× in 2013 · Funky Bitch 9× in 2013 · Wilson 8× in 2013
CoversFunky Bitch Son Seals · Boogie On Reggae Woman Stevie Wonder · Energy The Apples in Stereo
On the recordingRun Like an Antelope Unfinished · Energy Jamcharts · Ghost Tease

Bustouts and debuts are Phish.net’s gap on the row. Version rankings and “hot this year” are counted over the shows in THIS archive — not all of history until the backfill finishes — and lengths are phish.in’s timings. Rarities use Phish.net’s all-time play count; long odds are shows played since the song’s debut divided by its plays (see the rarity index on LizardStats).

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Longest of the night
  • Harpua · Set 222:53
  • Energy · Set 214:25
  • Bathtub Gin · Set 111:32
  • The Lizards · Set 211:06
  • Maze · Set 110:45
  • Run Like an Antelope · Set 210:35

Straight off the phish.in timings, longest first. What this can’t tell you yet is whether any of these is a big version — that needs each song’s own history to compare against, which is the next thing to pull in. After that: phish.in publishes a jam-start marker per track, so the composed section and the improvisation can be separated and measured properly. That’s what belongs in this tube.

When it debuted

Tonight’s songs by the era Phish first played them.

’83–’89 — 9’90–’94 — 2’95–’00 — 33.0 (’09–’20) — 115SONGS
  • ’83–’899
  • ’90–’942
  • ’95–’003
  • 3.0 (’09–’20)1

Album representation

The studio home of each song, hand-curated. Covers are one slice.

Covers — 3Lawn Boy — 2Rift — 2TMWSIY (Gamehendge) — 2The Story of the Ghost — 2Billy Breathes — 1Junta — 1No studio album — 1Not in the song file yet — 115SONGS
  • Covers3
  • Lawn Boy2
  • Rift2
  • TMWSIY (Gamehendge)2
  • The Story of the Ghost2
  • Billy Breathes1
  • +3 more

Gap since last played

Shows since each song’s previous appearance, per Phish.net. Far right is a bustout.

3–5 — 96–15 — 316–50 — 251+ · bustout — 115SONGS
  • 3–59
  • 6–153
  • 16–502
  • 51+ · bustout1

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original — 12Son Seals — 1Stevie Wonder — 1The Apples in Stereo — 115SONGS
  • Phish original12
  • Son Seals1
  • Stevie Wonder1
  • The Apples in Stereo1

Who wrote it

Originals by writing credit; covers sit in their own slice.

Anastasio + friends — 4Anastasio / Marshall — 3Cover — 3Anastasio solo — 1Full band — 1Gordon — 1Not in the song file yet — 114SONGS
  • Anastasio + friends4
  • Anastasio / Marshall3
  • Cover3
  • Anastasio solo1
  • Full band1
  • Gordon1
  • +1 more

The Marshall factor

Originals co-written with Tom Marshall vs the rest. Covers excluded.

With Tom Marshall — 6Without Marshall — 511ORIGINALS
  • With Tom Marshall6
  • Without Marshall5

2 songs not in the hand-curated file yet — counted where the data allows, named as unknown where it does not.

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