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Madison Square Garden

New York, NY

27
Songs
2
Sets
201:06
Timed
Bouncing Around the Room
Longest
1
Sandwiches
7
Notes
Set 115 songs · 90:48 timed
  1. Glide,Bustout · 225-show gap4:04
  2. Runaway Jim,6:57
  3. Foam,8:10
  4. Axilla,Bustout · 82-show gap3:28
  5. Stash,12:59
  6. Cold as Ice >Bustout · 1468-show gapCover · Foreigner0:34
  7. Love You >Bustout · 382-show gapCover · Syd Barrett3:05
  8. Hold Your Head Up¹ >Bustout · 135-show gap💬 BanterAlt RigCover · Argent1:47
  9. Sparkle,3:47
  10. AC/DC Bag >11:56
  11. Reba² >Unfinished11:51
  12. Possum >8:32
  13. David Bowie ->0:49
  14. The Vibration of Life ->Bustout · 1027-show gapNarration2:54
  15. David Bowie,9:55
Set 28 songs · 89:07 timed
  1. Mike's Song >15:16
  2. I Am Hydrogen >3:06
  3. Weekapaug Groove,7:07
  4. Bouncing Around the Room > ▶17:44
  5. My Friend, My Friend³ ->Tease ▶11:39
  6. Split Open and Melt,12:53
  7. The Lizards,Tease9:21
  8. Harry Hood⁴,12:01
Encore4 songs · 21:11 timed
  1. The Horse >1:19
  2. Silent in the Morning,4:55
  3. Big Black Furry Creature from Mars,Bustout · 88-show gap4:24
  4. Run Like an Antelope,10:33

¹ Fish on vacuum and "GOOOAAALLL" announcement from Trey.

² No whistling.

³ No "Myfe" ending.

⁴ Aborted and restarted.

Sandwiches & fests1 shape
🥪 David Bowie sandwich
David Bowie > The Vibration of Life > David Bowie · Set 1
From the stage2 moments
Hold Your Head Up · Featured a "GOOAAAALLL" announcement from Trey
transcript: phish.in
The Vibration of Life · Trey explains the Vibration of Life

“TREY: Ladies and gentlemen, before we go any further, I just want to make sure everyone's in tune for the rest of the night. There's a special thing that we like to do here, in the Phish from Vermont. Right now we are beginning …”

transcript: phish.in

🕰️ Night 1 of the MSG '92–'96 retrospective — a full 1992-era setlist, Trey in the sleeveless black.

Bustout city: Glide, Cold as Ice — unheard since 5/18/92 — and The Vibration of Life narration, last given voice in 1996, woven into David Bowie. Axilla was played '92-style with no Part II outro; Mike's Song brought the trampolines back, and I Am Hydrogen the bicycle kicks.

Community pulse — called an instant classic, "all-killer, no-filler." Fish's vacuum turn in Love You and the Bouncing Around the Room jam drew special mention.

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The Lab

It’s so stupendous, living in this tube

Noteworthy
BustoutsGlide first in 225 shows · debuted September 27, 1991 at The Warehouse, Rochester, NY · Axilla first in 82 shows · debuted November 19, 1992 at Ross Arena, St. Michael's College, Colchester, VT · Cold as Ice first in 1468 shows · debuted March 7, 1992 at The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH · Love You first in 382 shows · debuted October 31, 1987 at Sculpture Room, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT · Hold Your Head Up first in 135 shows · debuted August 21, 1987 at Ian McLean's Farm, Hebron, NY · The Vibration of Life first in 1027 shows · debuted November 23, 1992 at Broome County Forum, Binghamton, NY · Big Black Furry Creature from Mars first in 88 shows · debuted August 21, 1987 at Ian McLean's Farm, Hebron, NY
Longest versionAC/DC Bag 12 min — longest of 3 archived · Mike's Song 15 min — longest of 5 archived · Bouncing Around the Room 18 min — longest of 400 archived
Top 10 versionThe Vibration of Life #9 of 17
Long oddsThe Vibration of Life 💎💎💎💎 1 in 66 shows · Cold as Ice 💎💎💎 1 in 34 shows · Love You 💎💎💎 1 in 23 shows
Hot this yearRun Like an Antelope 9× in 2026 · Harry Hood 9× in 2026 · Possum 8× in 2026
CoversCold as Ice Foreigner · Love You Syd Barrett · Hold Your Head Up Argent
On the recordingReba Unfinished · My Friend, My Friend Tease · The Lizards 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).

You’ll never win a major only shooting par
Longest of the night
  • Bouncing Around the Room · Set 217:44
  • Mike's Song · Set 215:16
  • Stash · Set 112:59
  • Split Open and Melt · Set 212:53
  • Harry Hood · Set 212:01
  • AC/DC Bag · Set 111:56

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 — 15’90–’94 — 1126SONGS
  • ’83–’8915
  • ’90–’9411

Album representation

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

No studio album — 9Lawn Boy — 4Rift — 4Covers — 3A Picture of Nectar — 2Junta — 2TMWSIY (Gamehendge) — 226SONGS
  • No studio album9
  • Lawn Boy4
  • Rift4
  • Covers3
  • A Picture of Nectar2
  • Junta2
  • +1 more

Gap since last played

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

1–2 · rotation — 33–5 — 46–15 — 916–50 — 351+ · bustout — 726SONGS
  • 1–2 · rotation3
  • 3–54
  • 6–159
  • 16–503
  • 51+ · bustout7

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original — 23Argent — 1Foreigner — 1Syd Barrett — 126SONGS
  • Phish original23
  • Argent1
  • Foreigner1
  • Syd Barrett1

Who wrote it

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

Anastasio / Marshall — 7Anastasio solo — 7Anastasio + friends — 4Cover — 3Full band — 2Gordon — 2Holdsworth — 126SONGS
  • Anastasio / Marshall7
  • Anastasio solo7
  • Anastasio + friends4
  • Cover3
  • Full band2
  • Gordon2
  • +1 more

The Marshall factor

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

Without Marshall — 13With Tom Marshall — 1023ORIGINALS
  • Without Marshall13
  • With Tom Marshall10
Sources
phish.netSetlistphish.inRecording
Data: Phish.net · Lengths: phish.in · What’s new