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2012, 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 37 shows in this scope happened.

12,434+
miles, as the crow flies
21
cities
16
states & countries
21
venues

Every city, 2012

Dot size is shows played there. Drag to turn it, pinch or + / − to zoom; hover a dot for the count.

Manchester, TN — 1 showCincinnati, OH — 1 showBurgettstown, PA — 1 showCuyahoga Falls, OH — 1 showLong Beach, CA — 1 showKansas City, MO — 1 showPelham, AL — 1 showAtlanta, GA — 1 showCharlotte, NC — 1 showSt. Louis, MO — 1 showOklahoma City, OK — 1 showWorcester, MA — 2 showsPortsmouth, VA — 2 showsNoblesville, IN — 2 showsEast Troy, WI — 2 showsWantagh, NY — 2 showsAtlantic City, NJ — 3 showsSaratoga Springs, NY — 3 showsSan Francisco, CA — 3 showsCommerce City, CO — 3 showsNew York, NY — 4 showsNew York ×4Atlantic City ×3Saratoga Springs ×3San Francisco ×3Commerce City ×3Worcester ×2Portsmouth ×2Noblesville ×2East Troy ×2Wantagh ×2Manchester ×1Cincinnati ×1

2012 Early Summer Tour

11 stops · 20 shows

Worcester, MA — 2 nights (2012-06-07, 2012-06-08)1Worcester ×2Manchester, TN — 1 night (2012-06-10)2ManchesterAtlantic City, NJ — 3 nights (2012-06-15, 2012-06-16, 2012-06-17)3Atlantic City ×3Portsmouth, VA — 2 nights (2012-06-19, 2012-06-20)4Portsmouth ×2Cincinnati, OH — 1 night (2012-06-22)5CincinnatiBurgettstown, PA — 1 night (2012-06-23)6BurgettstownCuyahoga Falls, OH — 1 night (2012-06-24)7Cuyahoga FallsNoblesville, IN — 2 nights (2012-06-28, 2012-06-29)8Noblesville ×2East Troy, WI — 2 nights (2012-06-30, 2012-07-01)9East Troy ×2Wantagh, NY — 2 nights (2012-07-03, 2012-07-04)10Wantagh ×2Saratoga Springs, NY — 3 nights (2012-07-06, 2012-07-07, 2012-07-08)11Saratoga Springs ×3
  1. 1Worcester, MA2 nights
  2. 2Manchester, TN1 night
  3. 3Atlantic City, NJ3 nights
  4. 4Portsmouth, VA2 nights
  5. 5Cincinnati, OH1 night
  6. 6Burgettstown, PA1 night
  7. 7Cuyahoga Falls, OH1 night
  8. 8Noblesville, IN2 nights
  9. 9East Troy, WI2 nights
  10. 10Wantagh, NY2 nights
  11. 11Saratoga Springs, NY3 nights

2012 Late Summer Tour

9 stops · 13 shows

Long Beach, CA — 1 night (2012-08-15)1Long BeachSan Francisco, CA — 3 nights (2012-08-17, 2012-08-18, 2012-08-19)2San Francisco ×3Kansas City, MO — 1 night (2012-08-22)3Kansas CityPelham, AL — 1 night (2012-08-24)4PelhamAtlanta, GA — 1 night (2012-08-25)5AtlantaCharlotte, NC — 1 night (2012-08-26)6CharlotteSt. Louis, MO — 1 night (2012-08-28)7St. LouisOklahoma City, OK — 1 night (2012-08-29)8Oklahoma CityCommerce City, CO — 3 nights (2012-08-31, 2012-09-01, 2012-09-02)9Commerce City ×3
  1. 1Long Beach, CA1 night
  2. 2San Francisco, CA3 nights
  3. 3Kansas City, MO1 night
  4. 4Pelham, AL1 night
  5. 5Atlanta, GA1 night
  6. 6Charlotte, NC1 night
  7. 7St. Louis, MO1 night
  8. 8Oklahoma City, OK1 night
  9. 9Commerce City, CO3 nights

Miles are straight lines between city points in date order, so this is a floor, not an odometer. Longest hop: Saratoga Springs, NY → Long Beach, CA, roughly 2,458 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.

37
Shows
868
Song performances
220
Different songs
21
Venues
12
Sandwiches
31 of 37
Shows timed
23.5
Songs per show
3
Songs debuted

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.

  1. Possum13 · 585 all time
  2. Backwards Down the Number Line13 · 153 all time
  3. The Moma Dance12 · 217 all time
  4. Harry Hood12 · 446 all time
  5. Kill Devil Falls12 · 128 all time
  6. Down with Disease12 · 328 all time
  7. Mike's Song12 · 549 all time
  8. Weekapaug Groove12 · 523 all time
  9. Chalk Dust Torture12 · 530 all time
  10. Run Like an Antelope12 · 497 all time
  11. Sand11 · 169 all time
  12. Light11 · 140 all time

Show openers

First song of the night.

  1. Crowd Control3
  2. Runaway Jim3
  3. AC/DC Bag3
  4. Sample in a Jar2
  5. Cars Trucks Buses2
  6. Buried Alive1
  7. Free1
  8. Down with Disease1
  9. The Sloth1
  10. Mike's Song1

Second-set openers

What they came back out with.

  1. Down with Disease7
  2. Golden Age5
  3. Crosseyed and Painless4
  4. Rock and Roll3
  5. Chalk Dust Torture3
  6. Tweezer2
  7. Carini1
  8. My Soul1
  9. Drowned1
  10. Back on the Train1

Set closers

Last song of a set, encores excluded.

  1. Run Like an Antelope10
  2. David Bowie7
  3. Character Zero5
  4. Suzy Greenberg5
  5. Slave to the Traffic Light5
  6. You Enjoy Myself4
  7. Rocky Top2
  8. Bathtub Gin2
  9. Cavern2
  10. The Squirming Coil2

Encores

Every song played in an encore slot.

  1. Tweezer Reprise9
  2. Loving Cup5
  3. Show of Life4
  4. First Tube4
  5. Good Times Bad Times4
  6. Sleeping Monkey3
  7. Character Zero3
  8. Julius2
  9. Slave to the Traffic Light2
  10. Meatstick2

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.

  1. Skin It Back · 2012-07-031424 shows
  2. Happiness Is a Warm Gun · 2012-07-03661 shows
  3. Shaggy Dog · 2012-06-22576 shows
  4. Blister in the Sun · 2012-07-07392 shows
  5. Head Held High · 2012-07-04358 shows
  6. Sweet Jane · 2012-06-29354 shows
  7. Purple Rain · 2012-07-04316 shows
  8. La Grange · 2012-07-08303 shows
  9. Cracklin' Rosie · 2012-07-06281 shows
  10. Emotional Rescue · 2012-08-31236 shows
  11. Iron Man · 2012-12-31192 shows
  12. Dog Log · 2012-06-20172 shows

First times

Songs played for the first time ever in this scope, per Phish.net’s gap.

  1. The Gambler · June 10, 2012 · Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
  2. Garden Party · December 31, 2012 · Madison Square Garden
  3. Fly Like an Eagle · December 31, 2012 · Madison Square Garden

Rarities

Songs with ten or fewer performances ever, per Phish.net — and they played them here.

  1. The Gambler debuted June 10, 2012 at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Manchester, TN1 ever
  2. Garden Party debuted December 31, 2012 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY1 ever
  3. Fly Like an Eagle debuted December 31, 2012 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY1 ever
  4. Happiness Is a Warm Gun debuted October 31, 1994 at Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY2 ever
  5. Head Held High debuted October 31, 1998 at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV2 ever
  6. Iron Man debuted December 31, 2003 at American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL2 ever
  7. Babylon Baby debuted August 15, 2011 at UIC Pavilion, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL3 ever
  8. Let It Loose debuted October 31, 2009 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA3 ever
  9. Susskind Hotel debuted July 2, 2011 at Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY3 ever
  10. Blister in the Sun debuted July 26, 1997 at South Park Meadows, Austin, TX3 ever
  11. The Birdwatcher debuted December 28, 2010 at DCU Center, Worcester, MA4 ever
  12. Psycho Killer debuted March 30, 1993 at Hilton Ballroom, Eugene, OR4 ever

The jams

Lengths come from phish.in’s recordings — 37 of 37 shows here are timed.

Longest performances

Timed from phish.in’s recordings.

  1. Rock and Roll · 2012-08-1525:01
  2. Light · 2012-09-0123:56
  3. Sand · 2012-09-0221:25
  4. You Enjoy Myself · 2012-07-0820:10
  5. Tweezer · 2012-12-2820:09
  6. You Enjoy Myself · 2012-06-2319:50
  7. You Enjoy Myself · 2012-08-3119:10
  8. Runaway Jim · 2012-08-3119:03
  9. Down with Disease · 2012-12-3019:02
  10. You Enjoy Myself · 2012-08-2818:58
  11. Chalk Dust Torture · 2012-08-3118:28
  12. You Enjoy Myself · 2012-12-3118:12

Longest on average

Mean length, songs with three or more timed versions in scope.

  1. You Enjoy Myself · 5 versions19:16
  2. Divided Sky · 3 versions16:15
  3. Fluffhead · 7 versions15:03
  4. Tweezer · 10 versions13:30
  5. Reba · 5 versions13:15
  6. Ghost · 6 versions13:09
  7. Rock and Roll · 8 versions12:27
  8. Stash · 5 versions12:19
  9. David Bowie · 4 versions11:57
  10. Split Open and Melt · 3 versions11:46
  11. Light · 10 versions11:39
  12. Harry Hood · 12 versions11:31

Show lengths

Every fully-timed show, in order. Hover for the night, click for the setlist. Untimed shows are absent, not zero.

1h2h3h2012-06-07 · DCU Center — 2:42:192012-06-08 · DCU Center — 2:39:062012-06-10 · Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival — 2:59:542012-06-16 · Bader Field — 2:51:152012-06-17 · Bader Field — 2:57:082012-06-19 · nTelos Pavilion — 3:04:002012-06-20 · nTelos Pavilion — 2:57:232012-06-22 · Riverbend Music Center — 3:00:562012-06-23 · First Niagara Pavilion — 2:52:112012-06-24 · Blossom Music Center — 2:52:362012-06-29 · Klipsch Music Center — 2:50:422012-06-30 · Alpine Valley Music Theatre — 3:04:522012-07-01 · Alpine Valley Music Theatre — 2:56:312012-07-03 · Nikon at Jones Beach Theater — 2:56:492012-07-07 · Saratoga Performing Arts Center — 2:36:302012-07-08 · Saratoga Performing Arts Center — 3:18:392012-08-15 · Long Beach Arena — 2:43:562012-08-17 · Bill Graham Civic Auditorium — 2:44:502012-08-18 · Bill Graham Civic Auditorium — 3:15:132012-08-22 · Starlight Theatre — 2:55:262012-08-24 · Oak Mountain Amphitheatre — 2:56:062012-08-25 · Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood — 2:40:002012-08-28 · Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis University — 3:00:092012-08-29 · Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre — 2:59:022012-08-31 · Dick's Sporting Goods Park — 2:37:562012-09-01 · Dick's Sporting Goods Park — 3:05:172012-09-02 · Dick's Sporting Goods Park — 3:02:212012-12-28 · Madison Square Garden — 2:51:502012-12-29 · Madison Square Garden — 2:39:272012-12-30 · Madison Square Garden — 2:47:042012-12-31 · Madison Square Garden — 3:28:57

The covers

Whose songs they borrowed.

Originals vs covers

187 of 868 performances were covers.

Originals — 681Covers — 187868PERFORMANCES
  • Originals681
  • Covers187

Most covered

Counted per performance.

  1. The Rolling Stones16
  2. The Velvet Underground13
  3. Talking Heads12
  4. Son Seals9
  5. Eumir Deodato9
  6. TV on the Radio9
  7. Stevie Wonder8
  8. Ween8
  9. Led Zeppelin8
  10. Bob Dylan6
  11. Argent6
  12. Hot Rize5

Shapes of a night

How the songs were stitched together.

11.8
segues per show
12
sandwiches
0
fests

Longest segue runs

Consecutive songs joined by “>” without a full stop. Four or more.

  1. Down with Disease → Weekapaug Groove · 2012-07-07 · Set 214 songs
  2. Boogie On Reggae Woman → Slave to the Traffic Light · 2012-07-04 · Set 213 songs
  3. Axilla → David Bowie · 2012-07-08 · Set 213 songs
  4. Mike's Song → David Bowie · 2012-06-28 · Set 211 songs
  5. Crosseyed and Painless → Run Like an Antelope · 2012-06-16 · Set 210 songs
  6. Backwards Down the Number Line → Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) · 2012-06-30 · Set 29 songs
  7. Kill Devil Falls → Run Like an Antelope · 2012-08-25 · Set 29 songs
  8. Rift → Run Like an Antelope · 2012-06-24 · Set 28 songs
  9. Down with Disease → Run Like an Antelope · 2012-06-29 · Set 28 songs
  10. Golden Age → Weekapaug Groove · 2012-08-18 · Set 28 songs

Deeper cuts

For the reader who scrolled this far on purpose.

Where songs land

Performances by set.

Set 1 — 444Set 2 — 354Encore — 60Set 3 — 10868PERFORMANCES
  • Set 1444
  • Set 2354
  • Encore60
  • Set 310

Where the time goes

Timed minutes by set.

Set 1 — 2832Set 2 — 2643Encore — 376Set 3 — 585909MINUTES
  • Set 12832
  • Set 22643
  • Encore376
  • Set 358

Gap since last played

Shows since each song’s previous appearance, banded. Far right is a bustout.

  1. 1–2 · rotation123
  2. 3–5366
  3. 6–15240
  4. 16–50102
  5. 51+ · bustout37

When it debuted

Performances by the era Phish first played the song.

  1. ’83–’89290
  2. ’90–’94242
  3. ’95–’00210
  4. 2.0 (’02–’04)21
  5. 3.0 (’09–’20)105

What they played, by album

Hand-curated album membership per performance.

  1. Cover187
  2. Unreleased116
  3. Not in the song file yet110
  4. Farmhouse58
  5. Joy57
  6. Rift54
  7. A Picture of Nectar49
  8. The Story of the Ghost42
  9. Hoist41
  10. Lawn Boy40
  11. Billy Breathes34
  12. Junta34

What the recording was tagged

phish.in’s editorial tags across recorded performances.

  1. Tease82
  2. Jamcharts76
  3. Unfinished21
  4. Alt Lyric17
  5. Bustout12
  6. A Cappella8
  7. Alt Rig3
  8. Debut3
  9. Guest3

Day of the week

Shows by weekday.

  1. Monday1
  2. Tuesday3
  3. Wednesday5
  4. Thursday2
  5. Friday9
  6. Saturday8
  7. Sunday9

Rooms played

Shows per venue, every show in scope.

  1. Madison Square Garden4
  2. Bader Field3
  3. Saratoga Performing Arts Center3
  4. Bill Graham Civic Auditorium3
  5. Dick's Sporting Goods Park3
  6. DCU Center2
  7. nTelos Pavilion2
  8. Klipsch Music Center2
  9. Alpine Valley Music Theatre2
  10. Nikon at Jones Beach Theater2
  11. Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival1
  12. Riverbend Music Center1

The odd stuff

Outlandish, and here because somebody will ask.

Songwriters, by credits

Over 562 original performances with a known credit; a co-write counts once per writer.

  1. Anastasio532
  2. Marshall348
  3. Fishman109
  4. Gordon104
  5. McConnell88
  6. Pollak38
  7. Abrahams18
  8. Markellis16
  9. Woolf14
  10. Holdsworth13
  11. Long12
  12. Lawton11

The Marshall factor

Originals co-written with Tom Marshall vs the rest.

With Tom Marshall — 348Without Marshall — 223571ORIGINALS
  • With Tom Marshall348
  • Without Marshall223

Who wrote it

Originals by writing-credit bucket.

  1. Anastasio / Marshall270
  2. Cover187
  3. Anastasio + friends99
  4. Full band88
  5. Anastasio solo55
  6. Anastasio / Fishman20
  7. Gordon16
  8. Holdsworth13
  9. Fishman1

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.

  1. 💎💎💎💎💎Happiness Is a Warm Gundebuted October 31, 1994 at Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY · last played July 3, 20121 in 6532 plays in 1,306 shows
  2. 💎💎💎💎💎The Gamblerdebuted June 10, 2012 at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Manchester, TN · last played June 10, 20121 in 6221 plays in 622 shows
  3. 💎💎💎💎💎Garden Partydebuted December 31, 2012 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played December 31, 20121 in 5881 plays in 588 shows
  4. 💎💎💎💎💎Fly Like an Eagledebuted December 31, 2012 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played December 31, 20121 in 5881 plays in 588 shows
  5. 💎💎💎💎💎Head Held Highdebuted October 31, 1998 at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV · last played July 4, 20121 in 4942 plays in 989 shows
  6. 💎💎💎💎💎Iron Mandebuted December 31, 2003 at American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL · last played December 31, 20121 in 3952 plays in 790 shows
  7. 💎💎💎💎💎Psycho Killerdebuted March 30, 1993 at Hilton Ballroom, Eugene, OR · last played July 6, 20121 in 3684 plays in 1,470 shows
  8. 💎💎💎💎💎Blister in the Sundebuted July 26, 1997 at South Park Meadows, Austin, TX · last played July 7, 20121 in 3593 plays in 1,077 shows
  9. 💎💎💎💎💎Let It Loosedebuted October 31, 2009 at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA · last played June 30, 20121 in 2453 plays in 734 shows
  10. 💎💎💎💎💎Susskind Hoteldebuted July 2, 2011 at Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY · last played July 4, 20121 in 2143 plays in 643 shows
  11. 💎💎💎💎💎Babylon Babydebuted August 15, 2011 at UIC Pavilion, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL · last played August 2, 20131 in 2123 plays in 635 shows
  12. 💎💎💎💎💎Sweet Janedebuted August 8, 1998 at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD · last played February 22, 20201 in 2015 plays in 1,004 shows
  13. 💎💎💎💎💎Sweet Virginiadebuted September 26, 1999 at Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA · last played June 24, 20121 in 1855 plays in 924 shows
  14. 💎💎💎💎💎Emotional Rescuedebuted November 21, 1997 at Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA · last played February 22, 20191 in 1766 plays in 1,056 shows
  15. 💎💎💎💎💎Sabotagedebuted August 8, 1998 at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD · last played September 1, 20241 in 1676 plays in 1,004 shows
  16. 💎💎💎💎💎The Birdwatcherdebuted December 28, 2010 at DCU Center, Worcester, MA · last played September 6, 20151 in 1674 plays in 668 shows
  17. 💎💎💎💎💎Lonesome Cowboy Billdebuted May 16, 1995 at Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA · last played December 28, 20161 in 1598 plays in 1,274 shows
  18. 💎💎💎💎💎Skin It Backdebuted October 15, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played October 21, 20181 in 15714 plays in 2,201 shows
  19. 💎💎💎💎💎Shaftydebuted April 5, 1998 at Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI · last played July 30, 20221 in 1477 plays in 1,032 shows
  20. 💎💎💎💎💎Shaggy Dogdebuted October 15, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played October 30, 20211 in 12917 plays in 2,201 shows
  21. 💎💎💎💎💎Ride Captain Ridedebuted March 23, 1987 at Nectar's, Burlington, VT · last played October 26, 20131 in 12817 plays in 2,184 shows
  22. 💎💎💎💎💎Mantecadebuted November 4, 1990 at Fort Ram, Fort Collins, CO · last played February 22, 20201 in 11915 plays in 1,788 shows
  23. 💎💎💎💎💎Light Up Or Leave Me Alonedebuted December 6, 1986 at The Ranch, Shelburne, VT · last played July 6, 20121 in 11619 plays in 2,195 shows
  24. 💎💎💎💎💎Access Medebuted June 26, 2004 at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI · last played October 27, 20241 in 1117 plays in 776 shows
  25. 💎💎💎💎💎Fuck Your Facedebuted April 29, 1987 at Nectar's, Burlington, VT · last played December 28, 20241 in 10920 plays in 2,181 shows
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