1998, counted
Setlists from Phish.net, timings and tags from phish.in, albums and writing credits hand-curated. Numbers marked “all time” are Phish.net’s across every show ever played; everything else is counted from the shows in this scope. For official play counts and gap charts, Phish.net is the authority.
The road
Where the 71 shows in this scope happened.
Every city, 1998
Dot size is shows played there. Drag to turn it, pinch or + / − to zoom; hover a dot for the count.
1998 Island Tour
2 stops · 4 shows
- 1Uniondale, NY2 nights
- 2Providence, RI2 nights
Not Part of a Tour
7 stops · 9 shows
- 1Copenhagen, Capital Region1 night
- 2Limestone, ME1 night
- 3Tinley Park, IL1 night
- 4San Francisco, CA1 night
- 5Mountain View, CA2 nights
- 6New York, NY2 nights
- 7Boulder, CO1 night
1998 Summer European Tour
4 stops · 9 shows
- 1Copenhagen, Capital Region3 nights
- •Ringe, Southern Denmark1 night
- 2Prague, Prague2 nights
- 3Barcelona, Catalonia3 nights
1998 Summer U.S. Tour
20 stops · 23 shows
- 1Portland, OR1 night
- 2George, WA2 nights
- 3Mountain View, CA1 night
- 4Ventura, CA1 night
- 5Phoenix, AZ1 night
- 6The Woodlands, TX1 night
- 7Austin, TX1 night
- 8Dallas, TX1 night
- 9Bonner Springs, KS1 night
- 10Maryland Heights, MO1 night
- 11Columbus, OH1 night
- 12East Troy, WI1 night
- 13Noblesville, IN2 nights
- 14Atlanta, GA1 night
- 15Raleigh, NC1 night
- 16Columbia, MD1 night
- 17Virginia Beach, VA1 night
- 18Burgettstown, PA1 night
- 19Vernon, NY1 night
- 20Limestone, ME2 nights
1998 Fall Tour
16 stops · 22 shows
- 1Los Angeles, CA1 night
- 2Las Vegas, NV2 nights
- 3West Valley City, UT1 night
- 4Denver, CO1 night
- 5Madison, WI1 night
- 6Chicago, IL3 nights
- 7Grand Rapids, MI1 night
- 8Cleveland, OH1 night
- 9Cincinnati, OH1 night
- 10Murfreesboro, TN1 night
- 11Greenville, SC1 night
- 12Winston-Salem, NC1 night
- 13Hampton, VA2 nights
- 14New Haven, CT1 night
- 15Albany, NY1 night
- 16Worcester, MA3 nights
Miles are straight lines between city points in date order, so this is a floor, not an odometer. Longest hop: Barcelona, Catalonia → Portland, OR, roughly 5,537 miles. Every stop is on the map; a city the map could not place is still listed under it.
The basics
Counted from every setlist in this scope.
The songs
What they played, what they led with, what they left you with.
Most played
Performances in this scope · the second number, where shown, is the song’s all-time count on Phish.net.
Show openers
First song of the night.
Second-set openers
What they came back out with.
Set closers
Last song of a set, encores excluded.
Encores
Every song played in an encore slot.
Rare and new
Bustouts, debuts, and songs almost nobody has heard live.
Biggest bustouts
Songs that came back after the longest absence. The gap is Phish.net’s, counted in shows.
First times
Songs played for the first time ever in this scope, per Phish.net’s gap.
+59 more
Rarities
Songs with ten or fewer performances ever, per Phish.net — and they played them here.
The jams
Lengths come from phish.in’s recordings — 68 of 71 shows here are timed.
Longest performances
Timed from phish.in’s recordings.
Longest on average
Mean length, songs with three or more timed versions in scope.
Show lengths
Every fully-timed show, in order. Hover for the night, click for the setlist. Untimed shows are absent, not zero.
The covers
Whose songs they borrowed.
Originals vs covers
309 of 1242 performances were covers.
- Originals933
- Covers309
Most covered
Counted per performance.
Shapes of a night
How the songs were stitched together.
Longest segue runs
Consecutive songs joined by “>” without a full stop. Four or more.
Deeper cuts
For the reader who scrolled this far on purpose.
Where songs land
Performances by set.
- Set 1640
- Set 2475
- Encore107
- Set 322
- Set 41
Where the time goes
Timed minutes by set.
- Set 14378
- Set 23661
- Encore700
- Set 3227
- Set 450
Gap since last played
Shows since each song’s previous appearance, banded. Far right is a bustout.
When it debuted
Performances by the era Phish first played the song.
What they played, by album
Hand-curated album membership per performance.
What the recording was tagged
phish.in’s editorial tags across recorded performances.
Day of the week
Shows by weekday.
Rooms played
Shows per venue, every show in scope.
The odd stuff
Outlandish, and here because somebody will ask.
Songwriters, by credits
Over 750 original performances with a known credit; a co-write counts once per writer.
The Marshall factor
Originals co-written with Tom Marshall vs the rest.
- With Tom Marshall467
- Without Marshall310
Who wrote it
Originals by writing-credit bucket.
The rarity index
How rare a song really is: not how many times it has been played, but how often the band reaches for it relative to how long they have had it.
Odds are shows Phish has played since the song’s debut, divided by its all-time play count — “1 in 40” means it turns up once every forty shows on average. Every input is Phish.net’s: the debut date, the play count, and the full show list since. A rotation song sits near 1 in 3; a once-a-tour song near 1 in 30; the unicorns at 1 in 200 and up. 💎💎 1 in 10 · 💎💎💎 1 in 20 · 💎💎💎💎 1 in 50 · 💎💎💎💎💎 1 in 100. Ranked over the songs played in this scope.
- 💎💎💎💎💎California Lovedebuted July 15, 1998 at Portland Meadows, Portland, OR · last played July 15, 19981 in 10211 plays in 1,021 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Rhinocerosdebuted August 3, 1998 at Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN · last played August 3, 19981 in 10071 plays in 1,007 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Runnin' with the Devildebuted August 6, 1998 at Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA · last played August 6, 19981 in 10061 plays in 1,006 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Terrapin Stationdebuted August 9, 1998 at GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, VA · last played August 9, 19981 in 10031 plays in 1,003 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Trench Town Rockdebuted August 11, 1998 at Star Lake Amphitheatre, Burgettstown, PA · last played August 11, 19981 in 10021 plays in 1,002 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Burning Down the Housedebuted August 12, 1998 at Vernon Downs, Vernon, NY · last played August 12, 19981 in 10011 plays in 1,001 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Ambient Jamdebuted August 15, 1998 at Loring Commerce Centre, Limestone, ME · last played August 15, 19981 in 9991 plays in 999 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Arcdebuted October 3, 1998 at New World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL · last played October 3, 19981 in 9971 plays in 997 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Down By the Riverdebuted October 3, 1998 at New World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL · last played October 3, 19981 in 9971 plays in 997 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Moonlight in Vermontdebuted October 3, 1998 at New World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL · last played October 3, 19981 in 9971 plays in 997 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Uncloudy Daydebuted October 3, 1998 at New World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL · last played October 3, 19981 in 9971 plays in 997 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Neverdebuted October 17, 1998 at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA · last played October 17, 19981 in 9951 plays in 995 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Helplessdebuted October 17, 1998 at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA · last played October 17, 19981 in 9951 plays in 995 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Sad Lisadebuted October 18, 1998 at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA · last played October 18, 19981 in 9941 plays in 994 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Four Strong Windsdebuted October 18, 1998 at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA · last played October 18, 19981 in 9941 plays in 994 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎I Shall Be Releaseddebuted October 18, 1998 at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA · last played October 18, 19981 in 9941 plays in 994 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎New Agedebuted October 31, 1998 at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV · last played October 31, 19981 in 9891 plays in 989 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Train Round the Benddebuted October 31, 1998 at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV · last played October 31, 19981 in 9891 plays in 989 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Speak to Medebuted November 2, 1998 at The “E” Center, West Valley City, UT · last played November 2, 19981 in 9881 plays in 988 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎On The Rundebuted November 2, 1998 at The “E” Center, West Valley City, UT · last played November 2, 19981 in 9881 plays in 988 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Timedebuted November 2, 1998 at The “E” Center, West Valley City, UT · last played November 2, 19981 in 9881 plays in 988 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Moneydebuted November 2, 1998 at The “E” Center, West Valley City, UT · last played November 2, 19981 in 9881 plays in 988 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Us and Themdebuted November 2, 1998 at The “E” Center, West Valley City, UT · last played November 2, 19981 in 9881 plays in 988 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Any Colour You Likedebuted November 2, 1998 at The “E” Center, West Valley City, UT · last played November 2, 19981 in 9881 plays in 988 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Brain Damagedebuted November 2, 1998 at The “E” Center, West Valley City, UT · last played November 2, 19981 in 9881 plays in 988 shows
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