Sphere
Las Vegas, NV
- Free,
- The Moma Dance,
- Axilla (Part II),
- Mercy,💎 Rare · 7 plays ever
- Bathtub Gin,
- Theme from the Bottom >
- Split Open and Melt
- A Wave of Hope,19:13
- What's the Use? >7:34
- Ruby Waves,13:42
- Lonely Trip,7:11
- A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing ->10:35
- Prince Caspian,8:50
- You Enjoy Myself17:19
- Wading in the Velvet Sea,7:13
- Harry HoodTease13:34
The band took the stage while pre-show music similar to a Free jam played, which continued until they began the song and waterfalls of colored light suddenly cascaded from the top of the dome. During Moma, a moving, 360-degree live shot of the crowd and band was displayed, with psychedelic colors and effects. During Mercy, the dome displayed an overhead view of a sparkling ocean, with small birds in pastel colors flying over the water. During Gin, the entire dome became an overhead view of a large wave pool, filled with hundreds of people on food-shaped inflatables drifting and spinning. During the Gin jam, the images of the bathers became blurred and abstract, forming a neon kaleidoscope effect. During Theme, the entire dome became an underwater seascape, with kelp forest, fish, human swimmers, and light from the surface shining down from the top. Theme also contained a DEG tease from Trey. At the start of ASIHTOS, jellyfish puppets were raised on each side of the stage, while the dome remained dark. Once the jam began, the light on the dome came up to reveal another underwater seascape, whose plants and fish became luminous as the rest of the light dimmed again. During Caspian, this seascape changed to a view from within the columns and arches of a sunken monument. As YEM began, the entire dome became the view from inside of a car as it entered a "Tunnel of Luv" car wash, with the stage appearing to sit on top of the middle of the dashboard. The car progressed through the wash as YEM continued, with Trey's solo during the wax and wheel scrub, and the bass and drums as the car was dried and exited the wash. Suddenly the car view was gone, and it appeared that the dome was clear, with a puppy licking it from the outside, in slow-motion, for the duration of the vocal jam. During Velvet Sea, the dome appeared to be covered in flowing red velvet, with photographs of the band throughout the years appearing and disappearing among the fabric. By the end of the song, the entire dome was covered in photos. Trey teased The Secret of Life (The Dead Milkmen) in Hood. 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 liquid.
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).
- A Wave of Hope · Set 219:13
- You Enjoy Myself · Set 217:19
- Ruby Waves · Set 213:42
- Harry Hood · Encore13:34
- A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing · Set 210:35
- Prince Caspian · Set 28:50
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–’941
- ’95–’006
- 2.0 (’02–’04)1
- 3.0 (’09–’20)1
- 4.0 (’21–)3
Album representation
The studio home of each song, hand-curated. Covers are one slice.
- No studio album4
- Billy Breathes3
- Lawn Boy2
- Not in the song file yet2
- The Story of the Ghost2
- Junta1
- +2 more
Gap since last played
Shows since each song’s previous appearance, per Phish.net. Far right is a bustout.
- 1–2 · rotation3
- 3–57
- 6–156
Originals vs covers
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original16
Who wrote it
Originals by writing credit; covers sit in their own slice.
- Full band5
- Anastasio / Marshall3
- Anastasio solo3
- Not in the song file yet2
- Anastasio + friends1
The Marshall factor
Originals co-written with Tom Marshall vs the rest. Covers excluded.
- Without Marshall9
- With Tom Marshall5
2 songs not in the hand-curated file yet — counted where the data allows, named as unknown where it does not.