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Madison Square Garden

New York, NY

34
Songs
3
Sets
150:37
Timed
Tweezer
Longest
2
Sandwiches
9
Notes
Set 110 songs · 70:56 timed
  1. Tweezer,Tease13:42
  2. Halley's Comet ->6:01
  3. Set Your Soul Free >11:04
  4. Rift,6:19
  5. Cavern >4:21
  6. Tweezer >6:01
  7. Shade,4:33
  8. Mike's Song >7:33
  9. I Am Hydrogen >3:14
  10. Weekapaug GrooveTease8:08
Set 28 songs · 70:44 timed
  1. Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S. >5:49
  2. Also Sprach Zarathustra >JamchartsCover · Strauss, as interpreted by Deodato9:45
  3. Kill Devil Falls,Jamcharts12:21
  4. Mercury >7:24
  5. Light ->10:38
  6. Waste,5:31
  7. Drift While You're Sleeping,11:02
  8. Backwards Down the Number Line8:14
Set 314 songs
  1. Ghost¹ >
  2. Bohemian Rhapsody² >Bustout · 852-show gapCover · Queen💎 Rare · 2 plays ever
  3. Ghost ->
  4. Jungle Boogie³ >Bustout · 544-show gapCover · Kool and the Gang💎 Rare · 2 plays ever
  5. Wilson⁴ >
  6. Auld Lang Syne³ >Cover · Traditional
  7. Carini⁵ >
  8. Theme from New York, New York⁶ >Bustout · 774-show gapCover · Liza Minnelli💎 Rare · 2 plays ever
  9. Tweezer >
  10. Prince Caspian >
  11. Crosseyed and Painless >Cover · Talking Heads
  12. Piper,
  13. A Life Beyond The Dream,
  14. First Tube
Encore2 songs · 8:57 timed
  1. Show of Life >💬 Banter5:49
  2. Tweezer Reprise⁷💬 Banter3:08

¹ Dancers and characters from Phish's past on stage.

² The Late Show Gospel Choir. Lyrics changed to reference Ghost.

³ The Late Show Gospel Choir and the BD Entertainment Marching Band.

⁴ The Late Show Gospel Choir and the BD Entertainment Marching Band. Last verse only and unfinished.

⁵ "Naked dude" dancers.

⁶ "Naked dude" dancers and singers. Lyrics changed to "if I could be naked there."

⁷ The wombat ran and danced across the stage.

Sandwiches & fests2 shapes
🥪 Tweezerfest
Tweezer played 3× in Set 1, Set 3, re-jammed around Halley's Comet, Set Your Soul Free, Rift, Cavern.
🥪 Ghost sandwich
Ghost > Bohemian Rhapsody > Ghost · Set 3
From the stage2 moments
Show of Life · Trey thanks the crowd

“TREY: Thank you all so much. It's been pretty crazy to be, you know, entering our 40th year here with all of our ghosts surrounding us and all our friends. So many people in the audience and here tonight and so many people at …”

transcript: phish.in
Tweezer Reprise · Trey thanks the crowd

“TREY: Thank you, everybody, thank you.”

transcript: phish.in

Page teased The Little Drummer Boy in the first Tweezer. Trey teased Super Bad in Weekapaug. The second setbreak music was comprised of songs referencing past Phish New Year's Eve gags. Before the third set began, a barbershop quartet appeared with a singing telegram for Phish. The telegram said that at the stroke of midnight it would be 40 years for Phish and to make a wish. Trey wished he had a time machine so they could do it all again. A cube descended from overhead and a time machine was revealed near Mike. The quartet activated the time machine and the cube played audio and video from past years of Phish. Dancers from various past new year's gags appeared on stage as well as a wombat (from October 31, 2013). The wombat broke the time machine and Ghost began with dancers and characters (like Father Time from December 31, 1999 and the Famous Mockingbird from December 31, 1992) continuing to appear from the band's past performances. Ghost featured Meatstick lyrics sung from the band as well as by dancers in different languages in a nod to December 31, 2010. The first Bohemian Rhapsody since December 31, 1996 (852 shows) featured the Late Show Gospel Choir singing on risers behind the band and Ghost quotes from Page and the choir with subsequent lyrics changed to reference Ghost. The first Jungle Boogie since December 31, 2003 (544 shows) featured the BD Entertainment Marching Band marching band along with the choir. The marching band and choir were also featured in Wilson where a platform above Trey that had appeared for the entire New Year's run descended and the clone that had been lying on the platform rose and was revealed to be a Tom Hanks actor from Cast Away . Inflated Wilson volleyballs were then tossed into the crowd. Only the final verse was sung in Wilson which contained Jungle Boogie quotes and was unfinished. During Auld Lang Syne, Phish briefly stopped playing and ate cake in front of the stage while the marching band and choir continued to perform. Carini featured several dancers in "naked dude" costumes emerging from a birthday cake in front of the stage and dancing and running around with security trying to catch them. The Theme from New York, New York was performed for the first time since December 31, 1997 (774 shows) and featured the naked dude dancers performing a kickline in front of the stage while adding vocals and Trey changing the lyrics to "if I could be naked there." Page teased Tweezer in Caspian. Piper contained Crosseyed quotes. During Tweezer Reprise, the wombat ran and danced across the stage. The post show music was Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, which was a nod to Phish playing their 72nd show at Madison Square Garden, tying Elton John.

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It’s so stupendous, living in this tube

Noteworthy
DebutsTweezer first time played · Ghost first time played · Tweezer first time played
BustoutsBohemian Rhapsody first in 852 shows · debuted December 31, 1996 at FleetCenter, Boston, MA · Jungle Boogie first in 544 shows · debuted December 31, 2003 at American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL · Theme from New York, New York first in 774 shows · debuted December 31, 1997 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
RaritiesBohemian Rhapsody 2 plays ever · debuted December 31, 1996 at FleetCenter, Boston, MA · Jungle Boogie 2 plays ever · debuted December 31, 2003 at American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL · Theme from New York, New York 2 plays ever · debuted December 31, 1997 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Long oddsBohemian Rhapsody 💎💎💎💎💎 1 in 462 shows · Theme from New York, New York 💎💎💎💎💎 1 in 421 shows · Jungle Boogie 💎💎💎💎💎 1 in 298 shows · Auld Lang Syne 💎💎💎💎 1 in 60 shows
Hot this yearTweezer 15× in 2022 · Tweezer 15× in 2022 · Tweezer 15× in 2022 · Ghost 13× in 2022 · Ghost 13× in 2022 · Set Your Soul Free 10× in 2022
CoversSet Your Soul Free Psycho Realm · Also Sprach Zarathustra Eumir Deodato · Bohemian Rhapsody Queen · Jungle Boogie Kool and the Gang · Auld Lang Syne Traditional · Theme from New York, New York Liza Minnelli · Crosseyed and Painless Talking Heads
On the recordingTweezer Tease · Weekapaug Groove Tease · Also Sprach Zarathustra Jamcharts · Kill Devil Falls Jamcharts

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).

You’ll never win a major only shooting par
Longest of the night
  • Tweezer · Set 113:42
  • Kill Devil Falls · Set 212:21
  • Set Your Soul Free · Set 111:04
  • Drift While You're Sleeping · Set 211:02
  • Light · Set 210:38
  • Also Sprach Zarathustra · Set 29:45

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 — 6’90–’94 — 5’95–’00 — 92.0 (’02–’04) — 13.0 (’09–’20) — 1031SONGS
  • ’83–’896
  • ’90–’945
  • ’95–’009
  • 2.0 (’02–’04)1
  • 3.0 (’09–’20)10

Album representation

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

Covers — 7Not in the song file yet — 5No studio album — 4A Picture of Nectar — 3Joy — 3Billy Breathes — 2Farmhouse — 2Sigma Oasis — 2Rift — 1TMWSIY (Gamehendge) — 1The Story of the Ghost — 131SONGS
  • Covers7
  • Not in the song file yet5
  • No studio album4
  • A Picture of Nectar3
  • Joy3
  • Billy Breathes2
  • +5 more

Gap since last played

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

3–5 — 106–15 — 1416–50 — 451+ · bustout — 331SONGS
  • 3–510
  • 6–1514
  • 16–504
  • 51+ · bustout3

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original — 24Eumir Deodato — 1Kool and the Gang — 1Liza Minnelli — 1Psycho Realm — 1Queen — 1Talking Heads — 1Traditional — 131SONGS
  • Phish original24
  • Eumir Deodato1
  • Kool and the Gang1
  • Liza Minnelli1
  • Psycho Realm1
  • Queen1
  • +2 more

Who wrote it

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

Anastasio / Marshall — 9Cover — 7Full band — 5Not in the song file yet — 5Anastasio + friends — 430SONGS
  • Anastasio / Marshall9
  • Cover7
  • Full band5
  • Not in the song file yet5
  • Anastasio + friends4

The Marshall factor

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

With Tom Marshall — 13Without Marshall — 619ORIGINALS
  • With Tom Marshall13
  • Without Marshall6

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

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Data: Phish.net · Lengths: phish.in · What’s new