Sphere
Las Vegas, NV
- Everything's Right,
- Back on the Train,
- Wolfman's Brother,
- Maze,
- Leaves,
- Life Saving Gun,
- Dirt,Cover · New York!
- Carini
- Sand >Jamcharts19:21
- Tweezer ->Jamcharts25:22
- My Friend, My Friend¹ >JamchartsAlt LyricTease9:44
- Mike's Song >8:16
- Lifeboy,Jamcharts10:05
- Weekapaug Groove,6:23
- Blaze On² >Alt Lyric9:39
- Fluffhead💬 Banter16:13
- Farmhouse³,Alt RigJamchartsAcoustic6:25
- Run Like an Antelope💬 Banter10:10
¹ No "Myfe" ending.
² Lyrics changed to "dancing in the Sphere."
³ Began and ended with Trey on acoustic guitar.
“TREY: Thanks everybody, thank you so much. That was really fun, thank you.”
“TREY: Thanks so much everybody, thank you, we'll see you tomorrow night, or not, whatever, [indecipherable - "they're new people"?]. Thanks so much, thank you.”
The band took the stage while the pre-show electronic music continued. During Back on the Train, psychedelic images of passing countryside were displayed behind and above the band, rotating in opposite directions in different sections of the dome. Trey teased Mercy, Mercy, Mercy in Wolfman's Brother. During Maze, psychedelic live images of each band member appeared, stacked on top of each other. These images then fragmented and spread out, dancing and turning throughout the jam. During Leaves, several giant paper lanterns appeared, flanking the stage, while the dome showed a multitude of paper lanterns floating over water, with the moon shining above. During Life Saving Gun, the dome displayed stacks of old-style televisions with rabbit ears, with each television showing a live shot of one of the band members. These TVs moved and rotated as the jam progressed. After the song, Trey said that he "loves any song with a Jon Fishman percussion rinse," and told the crowd they should see the Sphere from the stage. During Dirt, the dome showed a forest view, looking upwards through trees at a purple-hued sky. During Tweezer, a field of multi-colored cars appeared behind the band, changing in size and shape and with their headlights blinking on and off in patterns, while other cars drove past overhead. My Friend, My Friend included live spotlight silhouettes of the band members projected across the entire dome and Egg in a Hole quotes from Mike and did not contain the "Myfe" ending. The projections during Mike's Song made it seem as if the venue was outdoors, with the band playing in front of a body of water with a rotating sculpture on the far shore. During Lifeboy, the sun went down and a number of other rotating sculptures lit up in the sky, creating a golden star-scape. The sun then rose again during Weekapaug. Blaze On's lyrics were changed to "dancing in the Sphere." Farmhouse began and ended with Trey on acoustic guitar, as well as images of a farmhouse in a field under a night sky filled with stars and aurorae. This show was connected to the other three with each night's setlist tied into a state of matter. This performance's matter type was solid.
It’s so stupendous, living in this tube
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).
- Tweezer · Set 225:22
- Sand · Set 219:21
- Fluffhead · Set 216:13
- Run Like an Antelope · Encore10:10
- Lifeboy · Set 210:05
- My Friend, My Friend · Set 29:44
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–’894
- ’90–’945
- ’95–’005
- 3.0 (’09–’20)3
- 4.0 (’21–)1
Album representation
The studio home of each song, hand-curated. Covers are one slice.
- Farmhouse3
- Not in the song file yet3
- No studio album2
- Rift2
- A Picture of Nectar1
- Big Boat1
- +6 more
Gap since last played
Shows since each song’s previous appearance, per Phish.net. Far right is a bustout.
- 1–2 · rotation2
- 3–56
- 6–159
- 16–501
Originals vs covers
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original17
- New York!1
Who wrote it
Originals by writing credit; covers sit in their own slice.
- Anastasio / Marshall7
- Full band4
- Anastasio + friends3
- Not in the song file yet3
- Cover1
The Marshall factor
Originals co-written with Tom Marshall vs the rest. Covers excluded.
- With Tom Marshall8
- Without Marshall6
3 songs not in the hand-curated file yet — counted where the data allows, named as unknown where it does not.
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