2009, 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 52 shows in this scope happened.
Every city, 2009
Dot size is shows played there. Drag to turn it, pinch or + / − to zoom; hover a dot for the count.
2009 Early Summer Tour
11 stops · 16 shows
- 1Boston, MA1 night
- 2Wantagh, NY3 nights
- 3Mansfield, MA1 night
- 4Camden, NJ1 night
- 5Asheville, NC1 night
- 6Knoxville, TN1 night
- 7Manchester, TN3 nights
- 8St. Louis, MO1 night
- 9Burgettstown, PA1 night
- 10Noblesville, IN1 night
- 11East Troy, WI2 nights
2009 Late Summer Tour
8 stops · 12 shows
- 1Morrison, CO4 nights
- 2Mountain View, CA1 night
- 3George, WA2 nights
- 4Bridgeview, IL1 night
- 5Darien Center, NY1 night
- 6Hartford, CT1 night
- 7Columbia, MD1 night
- 8Saratoga Springs, NY1 night
2009 Fall Tour
8 stops · 13 shows
- 1Detroit, MI1 night
- 2Cincinnati, OH2 nights
- 3Syracuse, NY1 night
- 4Philadelphia, PA2 nights
- 5Albany, NY2 nights
- 6Portland, ME1 night
- 7New York, NY3 nights
- 8Charlottesville, VA1 night
Miles are straight lines between city points in date order, so this is a floor, not an odometer. Longest hop: Saratoga Springs, NY → Indio, CA, roughly 2,362 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.
+40 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 — 50 of 52 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
163 of 1144 performances were covers.
- Originals981
- Covers163
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 1592
- Set 2444
- Encore95
- Set 322
Where the time goes
Timed minutes by set.
- Set 13952
- Set 23851
- Encore482
- Set 3230
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 778 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 Marshall502
- Without Marshall291
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.
- 💎💎💎💎💎She Thinks I Still Caredebuted March 8, 2009 at Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA · last played March 8, 20091 in 7651 plays in 765 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎When the Cactus is in Bloomdebuted June 9, 2009 at Asheville Civic Center, Asheville, NC · last played June 9, 20091 in 7581 plays in 758 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Bobby Jeandebuted June 14, 2009 at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Manchester, TN · last played June 14, 20091 in 7541 plays in 754 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Glory Daysdebuted June 14, 2009 at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Manchester, TN · last played June 14, 20091 in 7541 plays in 754 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Windy Citydebuted August 11, 2009 at Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL · last played August 11, 20091 in 7411 plays in 741 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎I Kissed a Girldebuted August 16, 2009 at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY · last played August 16, 20091 in 7371 plays in 737 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Rocks Offdebuted October 31, 2009 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA · last played October 31, 20091 in 7341 plays in 734 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Rip This Jointdebuted October 31, 2009 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA · last played October 31, 20091 in 7341 plays in 734 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Shake Your Hipsdebuted October 31, 2009 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA · last played October 31, 20091 in 7341 plays in 734 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Casino Boogiedebuted October 31, 2009 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA · last played October 31, 20091 in 7341 plays in 734 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Tumbling Dicedebuted October 31, 2009 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA · last played October 31, 20091 in 7341 plays in 734 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Sweet Black Angeldebuted October 31, 2009 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA · last played October 31, 20091 in 7341 plays in 734 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Happydebuted October 31, 2009 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA · last played October 31, 20091 in 7341 plays in 734 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Turd on the Rundebuted October 31, 2009 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA · last played October 31, 20091 in 7341 plays in 734 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Ventilator Bluesdebuted October 31, 2009 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA · last played October 31, 20091 in 7341 plays in 734 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎I Just Want To See His Facedebuted October 31, 2009 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA · last played October 31, 20091 in 7341 plays in 734 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎All Down the Linedebuted October 31, 2009 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA · last played October 31, 20091 in 7341 plays in 734 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Stop Breaking Downdebuted October 31, 2009 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA · last played October 31, 20091 in 7341 plays in 734 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Soul Survivordebuted October 31, 2009 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA · last played October 31, 20091 in 7341 plays in 734 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Invisibledebuted November 1, 2009 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA · last played November 1, 20091 in 7331 plays in 733 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Tomorrow's Songdebuted November 27, 2009 at Times Union Center, Albany, NY · last played November 27, 20091 in 7261 plays in 726 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Dixie Cannonballdebuted December 30, 2009 at American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL · last played December 30, 20091 in 7171 plays in 717 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Blue Moondebuted December 31, 2009 at American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL · last played December 31, 20091 in 7161 plays in 716 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎How High the Moondebuted April 21, 1990 at Canyon West Room, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO · last played August 13, 20091 in 3735 plays in 1,863 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Middle of the Roaddebuted August 8, 2009 at Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA · last played August 14, 20091 in 3712 plays in 742 shows
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