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2016, 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 48 shows in this scope happened.

16,162+
miles, as the crow flies
23
cities
19
states & countries
25
venues

Every city, 2016

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

St. Paul, MN — 1 showNoblesville, IN — 1 showPortland, ME — 1 showMansfield, MA — 1 showHartford, CT — 1 showSyracuse, NY — 1 showInglewood, CA — 1 showChula Vista, CA — 1 showJacksonville, FL — 1 showChicago, IL — 2 showsPhiladelphia, PA — 2 showsGeorge, WA — 2 showsArrington, VA — 2 showsNorth Charleston, SC — 2 showsNashville, TN — 2 showsAlpharetta, GA — 2 showsGrand Prairie, TX — 2 showsRiviera Maya, Quintana Roo — 3 showsSaratoga Springs, NY — 3 showsSan Francisco, CA — 3 showsCommerce City, CO — 3 showsLas Vegas, NV — 4 showsNew York, NY — 7 showsNew York ×7Las Vegas ×4Riviera Maya ×3Saratoga Springs ×3San Francisco ×3Commerce City ×3Chicago ×2Philadelphia ×2George ×2Arrington ×2North Charleston ×2Nashville ×2

2016 Summer Tour

15 stops · 25 shows

St. Paul, MN — 1 night (2016-06-22)1St. PaulChicago, IL — 2 nights (2016-06-24, 2016-06-25)2Chicago ×2Noblesville, IN — 1 night (2016-06-26)3NoblesvillePhiladelphia, PA — 2 nights (2016-06-28, 2016-06-29)4Philadelphia ×2Saratoga Springs, NY — 3 nights (2016-07-01, 2016-07-02, 2016-07-03)5Portland, ME — 1 night (2016-07-06)6PortlandMansfield, MA — 1 night (2016-07-08)7MansfieldHartford, CT — 1 night (2016-07-09)8Syracuse, NY — 1 night (2016-07-10)9SyracuseGeorge, WA — 2 nights (2016-07-15, 2016-07-16)10George ×2San Francisco, CA — 3 nights (2016-07-18, 2016-07-19, 2016-07-20)11San Francisco ×3Inglewood, CA — 1 night (2016-07-22)12InglewoodChula Vista, CA — 1 night (2016-07-23)13Chula VistaArrington, VA — 2 nights (2016-08-26, 2016-08-28)14Arrington ×2Commerce City, CO — 3 nights (2016-09-02, 2016-09-03, 2016-09-04)15Commerce City ×3
  1. 1St. Paul, MN1 night
  2. 2Chicago, IL2 nights
  3. 3Noblesville, IN1 night
  4. 4Philadelphia, PA2 nights
  5. 5Saratoga Springs, NY3 nights
  6. 6Portland, ME1 night
  7. 7Mansfield, MA1 night
  8. 8Hartford, CT1 night
  9. 9Syracuse, NY1 night
  10. 10George, WA2 nights
  11. 11San Francisco, CA3 nights
  12. 12Inglewood, CA1 night
  13. 13Chula Vista, CA1 night
  14. 14Arrington, VA2 nights
  15. 15Commerce City, CO3 nights

2016 Fall Tour

6 stops · 13 shows

North Charleston, SC — 2 nights (2016-10-14, 2016-10-15)1North Charleston ×2Jacksonville, FL — 1 night (2016-10-16)2JacksonvilleNashville, TN — 2 nights (2016-10-18, 2016-10-19)3Nashville ×2Alpharetta, GA — 2 nights (2016-10-21, 2016-10-22)4Alpharetta ×2Grand Prairie, TX — 2 nights (2016-10-24, 2016-10-25)5Grand Prairie ×2Las Vegas, NV — 4 nights (2016-10-28, 2016-10-29, 2016-10-30, 2016-10-31)6Las Vegas ×4
  1. 1North Charleston, SC2 nights
  2. 2Jacksonville, FL1 night
  3. 3Nashville, TN2 nights
  4. 4Alpharetta, GA2 nights
  5. 5Grand Prairie, TX2 nights
  6. 6Las Vegas, NV4 nights

Miles are straight lines between city points in date order, so this is a floor, not an odometer. Longest hop: Chula Vista, CA → Arrington, VA, roughly 2,170 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.

48
Shows
1023
Song performances
257
Different songs
25
Venues
10
Sandwiches
37 of 48
Shows timed
21.3
Songs per show
29
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. Fuego15 · 105 all time
  2. Harry Hood14 · 446 all time
  3. Blaze On14 · 101 all time
  4. Ghost13 · 239 all time
  5. 46 Days13 · 160 all time
  6. Down with Disease12 · 328 all time
  7. Wolfman's Brother12 · 255 all time
  8. Chalk Dust Torture12 · 530 all time
  9. Light11 · 140 all time
  10. Sand11 · 169 all time
  11. Tweezer Reprise11 · 335 all time
  12. Martian Monster11 · 51 all time

Show openers

First song of the night.

  1. The Moma Dance3
  2. Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan2
  3. A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing2
  4. Pigtail2
  5. Sample in a Jar2
  6. Wilson2
  7. Martian Monster2
  8. Chalk Dust Torture2
  9. Your Pet Cat1
  10. Camel Walk1

Second-set openers

What they came back out with.

  1. Down with Disease8
  2. Crosseyed and Painless4
  3. Golden Age3
  4. No Men In No Man's Land3
  5. Tweezer2
  6. Drowned2
  7. Carini2
  8. Punch You in the Eye2
  9. Fuego2
  10. Also Sprach Zarathustra2

Set closers

Last song of a set, encores excluded.

  1. Slave to the Traffic Light6
  2. You Enjoy Myself6
  3. Walls of the Cave6
  4. Possum5
  5. More5
  6. Run Like an Antelope4
  7. Harry Hood4
  8. First Tube4
  9. Suzy Greenberg4
  10. David Bowie3

Encores

Every song played in an encore slot.

  1. Tweezer Reprise8
  2. Character Zero8
  3. Rock and Roll5
  4. Loving Cup4
  5. Run Like an Antelope3
  6. Bouncing Around the Room3
  7. Good Times Bad Times3
  8. The Lizards2
  9. Space Oddity2
  10. I Am the Walrus2

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. Dear Prudence · 2016-06-22799 shows
  2. Cry Baby Cry · 2016-07-20498 shows
  3. I Found a Reason · 2016-06-22495 shows
  4. West L.A. Fadeaway · 2016-10-18383 shows
  5. Carolina · 2016-12-30378 shows
  6. Friday · 2016-10-25325 shows
  7. Crimes of the Mind · 2016-10-28283 shows
  8. Demand · 2016-07-20258 shows
  9. Don't Bogart That Joint · 2016-12-31238 shows
  10. I Am the Walrus · 2016-06-25229 shows
  11. Let Me Lie · 2016-07-09229 shows
  12. Beauty of My Dreams · 2016-10-28227 shows

First times

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

  1. The Ocean · January 17, 2016 · Barceló Maya Beach
  2. Miss You · June 24, 2016 · Wrigley Field
  3. Space Oddity · June 24, 2016 · Wrigley Field
  4. Breath and Burning · June 26, 2016 · Klipsch Music Center
  5. Things People Do · June 28, 2016 · The Mann Center for the Performing Arts
  6. Waking Up Dead · June 29, 2016 · The Mann Center for the Performing Arts
  7. Friends · June 29, 2016 · The Mann Center for the Performing Arts
  8. Tide Turns · June 29, 2016 · The Mann Center for the Performing Arts
  9. Let's Go · July 1, 2016 · Saratoga Performing Arts Center
  10. Ass Handed · July 15, 2016 · Gorge Amphitheatre
  11. Blaze On · October 10, 2016 · NBC Studios
  12. Petrichor · October 14, 2016 · North Charleston Coliseum

+17 more

Rarities

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

  1. The Ocean debuted January 17, 2016 at Barceló Maya Beach, Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo1 ever
  2. Samson and Delilah debuted October 18, 2016 at Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville, TN1 ever
  3. Playing in the Band debuted October 18, 2016 at Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville, TN1 ever
  4. Soul Love debuted October 31, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV1 ever
  5. It Ain't Easy debuted October 31, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV1 ever
  6. Lady Stardust debuted October 31, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV1 ever
  7. Star debuted October 31, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV1 ever
  8. Hang On to Yourself debuted October 31, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV1 ever
  9. Ziggy Stardust debuted October 31, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV1 ever
  10. Suffragette City debuted October 31, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV1 ever
  11. I Found a Reason debuted October 31, 1998 at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV2 ever
  12. Friends debuted June 29, 2016 at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA2 ever

The jams

Lengths come from phish.in’s recordings — 45 of 48 shows here are timed.

Longest performances

Timed from phish.in’s recordings.

  1. Golden Age · 2016-10-2825:38
  2. Chalk Dust Torture · 2016-07-0122:33
  3. Tweezer · 2016-01-0221:59
  4. Down with Disease · 2016-10-3021:14
  5. Down with Disease · 2016-10-2120:44
  6. You Enjoy Myself · 2016-01-0220:18
  7. You Enjoy Myself · 2016-08-2619:21
  8. Light · 2016-07-0819:17
  9. Piper · 2016-09-0419:09
  10. Down with Disease · 2016-07-0918:35
  11. Piper · 2016-10-1618:15
  12. You Enjoy Myself · 2016-07-0918:14

Longest on average

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

  1. You Enjoy Myself · 5 versions18:45
  2. Petrichor · 6 versions16:45
  3. Divided Sky · 7 versions15:23
  4. Down with Disease · 11 versions15:22
  5. Fluffhead · 3 versions14:53
  6. Light · 9 versions14:15
  7. Tweezer · 8 versions14:06
  8. Crosseyed and Painless · 4 versions14:04
  9. Mercury · 4 versions13:26
  10. Golden Age · 4 versions12:52
  11. Bathtub Gin · 9 versions12:25
  12. Harry Hood · 12 versions11:41

Show lengths

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

1h2h3h4h2016-01-01 · Madison Square Garden — 2:42:512016-01-02 · Relix Offices — 2:40:352016-06-22 · Xcel Energy Center — 2:41:102016-06-24 · Wrigley Field — 2:37:262016-06-25 · Wrigley Field — 2:29:582016-06-26 · Klipsch Music Center — 2:35:142016-06-29 · The Mann Center for the Performing Arts — 2:44:052016-07-01 · Saratoga Performing Arts Center — 2:53:292016-07-02 · Saratoga Performing Arts Center — 2:38:352016-07-03 · Saratoga Performing Arts Center — 2:34:392016-07-06 · Cross Insurance Arena — 2:50:222016-07-08 · Xfinity Center — 2:30:152016-07-09 · Xfinity Theatre — 2:42:332016-07-10 · Lakeview Amphitheater — 2:40:312016-07-15 · Gorge Amphitheatre — 2:57:532016-07-19 · Bill Graham Civic Auditorium — 2:46:582016-07-22 · The Forum — 3:05:522016-07-23 · Sleep Train Amphitheatre — 2:37:332016-08-26 · Oak Ridge Farm — 2:44:362016-08-28 · Oak Ridge Farm — 2:34:012016-09-02 · Dick's Sporting Goods Park — 2:56:062016-09-03 · Dick's Sporting Goods Park — 3:01:222016-09-04 · Dick's Sporting Goods Park — 2:54:512016-10-10 · NBC Studios — 11:092016-10-14 · North Charleston Coliseum — 2:56:332016-10-16 · Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena — 2:46:412016-10-18 · Ascend Amphitheater — 2:35:212016-10-19 · Ascend Amphitheater — 2:37:142016-10-21 · Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park — 2:33:492016-10-24 · Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie — 2:50:202016-10-25 · Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie — 2:39:372016-10-28 · MGM Grand Garden Arena — 2:55:202016-10-29 · MGM Grand Garden Arena — 2:38:072016-10-30 · MGM Grand Garden Arena — 2:40:172016-10-31 · MGM Grand Garden Arena — 3:28:472016-12-29 · Madison Square Garden — 2:39:292016-12-31 · Madison Square Garden — 3:41:30

The covers

Whose songs they borrowed.

Originals vs covers

154 of 1023 performances were covers.

Originals — 869Covers — 1541023PERFORMANCES
  • Originals869
  • Covers154

Most covered

Counted per performance.

  1. David Bowie14
  2. Talking Heads12
  3. The Rolling Stones11
  4. Eumir Deodato10
  5. The Velvet Underground9
  6. Led Zeppelin9
  7. TV on the Radio7
  8. The Beatles7
  9. Traditional6
  10. Son Seals5
  11. Clifton Chenier4
  12. Josh White and Sam Gary4

Shapes of a night

How the songs were stitched together.

9.0
segues per show
10
sandwiches
0
fests

Longest segue runs

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

  1. Crosseyed and Painless → Cavern · 2016-07-15 · Set 29 songs
  2. Carini → Tweezer Reprise · 2016-08-28 · Set 29 songs
  3. Fuego → You Enjoy Myself · 2016-06-28 · Set 28 songs
  4. Golden Age → Slave to the Traffic Light · 2016-07-18 · Set 28 songs
  5. Also Sprach Zarathustra → Loving Cup · 2016-07-23 · Set 28 songs
  6. Fuego → Harry Hood · 2016-09-03 · Set 28 songs
  7. Mercury → Golgi Apparatus · 2016-10-29 · Set 28 songs
  8. Drowned → Possum · 2016-01-15 · Set 27 songs
  9. Down with Disease → Weekapaug Groove · 2016-01-17 · Set 27 songs
  10. Down with Disease → Backwards Down the Number Line · 2016-06-24 · Set 27 songs

Deeper cuts

For the reader who scrolled this far on purpose.

Where songs land

Performances by set.

Set 1 — 538Set 2 — 393Encore — 76Set 3 — 161023PERFORMANCES
  • Set 1538
  • Set 2393
  • Encore76
  • Set 316

Where the time goes

Timed minutes by set.

Set 1 — 3354Set 2 — 2886Encore — 420Set 3 — 1396799MINUTES
  • Set 13354
  • Set 22886
  • Encore420
  • Set 3139

Gap since last played

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

  1. 1–2 · rotation111
  2. 3–5335
  3. 6–15395
  4. 16–50119
  5. 51+ · bustout63

When it debuted

Performances by the era Phish first played the song.

  1. ’83–’89228
  2. ’90–’94225
  3. ’95–’00227
  4. 2.0 (’02–’04)41
  5. 3.0 (’09–’20)302

What they played, by album

Hand-curated album membership per performance.

  1. Not in the song file yet203
  2. Cover154
  3. Unreleased116
  4. Farmhouse66
  5. The Story of the Ghost53
  6. A Picture of Nectar50
  7. Joy49
  8. Fuego43
  9. Rift42
  10. Billy Breathes39
  11. Lawn Boy36
  12. Hoist34

What the recording was tagged

phish.in’s editorial tags across recorded performances.

  1. Jamcharts87
  2. Tease87
  3. Alt Rig30
  4. Bustout29
  5. Debut27
  6. Guest24
  7. A Cappella21
  8. Unfinished18
  9. Costume11
  10. Alt Lyric9
  11. Acoustic3
  12. Alt Version1

Day of the week

Shows by weekday.

  1. Monday4
  2. Tuesday4
  3. Wednesday6
  4. Thursday1
  5. Friday13
  6. Saturday12
  7. Sunday8

Rooms played

Shows per venue, every show in scope.

  1. Madison Square Garden5
  2. MGM Grand Garden Arena4
  3. Barceló Maya Beach3
  4. Saratoga Performing Arts Center3
  5. Bill Graham Civic Auditorium3
  6. Dick's Sporting Goods Park3
  7. Wrigley Field2
  8. The Mann Center for the Performing Arts2
  9. Gorge Amphitheatre2
  10. Oak Ridge Farm2
  11. North Charleston Coliseum2
  12. Ascend Amphitheater2

The odd stuff

Outlandish, and here because somebody will ask.

Songwriters, by credits

Over 638 original performances with a known credit; a co-write counts once per writer.

  1. Anastasio595
  2. Marshall402
  3. Gordon156
  4. Fishman151
  5. McConnell139
  6. Pollak29
  7. Markellis18
  8. Long14
  9. Abrahams12
  10. Lawton11
  11. Goodman10
  12. Holdsworth9

The Marshall factor

Originals co-written with Tom Marshall vs the rest.

With Tom Marshall — 402Without Marshall — 264666ORIGINALS
  • With Tom Marshall402
  • Without Marshall264

Who wrote it

Originals by writing-credit bucket.

  1. Anastasio / Marshall307
  2. Cover154
  3. Full band131
  4. Anastasio + friends84
  5. Anastasio solo62
  6. Gordon25
  7. Anastasio / Fishman19
  8. Holdsworth9
  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. 💎💎💎💎💎I Found a Reasondebuted October 31, 1998 at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV · last played June 22, 20161 in 4942 plays in 989 shows
  2. 💎💎💎💎💎The Oceandebuted January 17, 2016 at Barceló Maya Beach, Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo · last played January 17, 20161 in 4691 plays in 469 shows
  3. 💎💎💎💎💎Samson and Delilahdebuted October 18, 2016 at Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville, TN · last played October 18, 20161 in 4391 plays in 439 shows
  4. 💎💎💎💎💎Playing in the Banddebuted October 18, 2016 at Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville, TN · last played October 18, 20161 in 4391 plays in 439 shows
  5. 💎💎💎💎💎Dear Prudencedebuted October 31, 1994 at Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY · last played June 29, 20161 in 4353 plays in 1,306 shows
  6. 💎💎💎💎💎Soul Lovedebuted October 31, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV · last played October 31, 20161 in 4301 plays in 430 shows
  7. 💎💎💎💎💎It Ain't Easydebuted October 31, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV · last played October 31, 20161 in 4301 plays in 430 shows
  8. 💎💎💎💎💎Lady Stardustdebuted October 31, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV · last played October 31, 20161 in 4301 plays in 430 shows
  9. 💎💎💎💎💎Stardebuted October 31, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV · last played October 31, 20161 in 4301 plays in 430 shows
  10. 💎💎💎💎💎Hang On to Yourselfdebuted October 31, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV · last played October 31, 20161 in 4301 plays in 430 shows
  11. 💎💎💎💎💎Ziggy Stardustdebuted October 31, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV · last played October 31, 20161 in 4301 plays in 430 shows
  12. 💎💎💎💎💎Suffragette Citydebuted October 31, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV · last played October 31, 20161 in 4301 plays in 430 shows
  13. 💎💎💎💎💎West L.A. Fadeawaydebuted October 6, 2000 at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA · last played October 18, 20161 in 4212 plays in 842 shows
  14. 💎💎💎💎💎Don't Bogart That Jointdebuted October 31, 2010 at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ · last played December 31, 20161 in 3352 plays in 670 shows
  15. 💎💎💎💎💎Cry Baby Crydebuted October 31, 1994 at Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY · last played July 20, 20161 in 2615 plays in 1,306 shows
  16. 💎💎💎💎💎Timberdebuted October 31, 2014 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV · last played July 10, 20161 in 2542 plays in 508 shows
  17. 💎💎💎💎💎Friendsdebuted June 29, 2016 at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA · last played July 10, 20161 in 2322 plays in 463 shows
  18. 💎💎💎💎💎Let's Godebuted July 1, 2016 at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY · last played October 21, 20161 in 2312 plays in 462 shows
  19. 💎💎💎💎💎Running Out of Timedebuted October 19, 2016 at Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville, TN · last played October 24, 20161 in 2192 plays in 438 shows
  20. 💎💎💎💎💎Five Yearsdebuted October 31, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV · last played October 28, 20211 in 2152 plays in 430 shows
  21. 💎💎💎💎💎Starmandebuted October 31, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV · last played August 6, 20171 in 2152 plays in 430 shows
  22. 💎💎💎💎💎Rock 'n' Roll Suicidedebuted October 31, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV · last played August 1, 20171 in 2152 plays in 430 shows
  23. 💎💎💎💎💎Crimes of the Minddebuted August 3, 1991 at Larrabee Farm, a.k.a. Amy’s Farm, Auburn, ME · last played October 28, 20161 in 2118 plays in 1,689 shows
  24. 💎💎💎💎💎Mind Left Body Jamdebuted April 18, 1992 at Wilbur Field, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA · last played June 28, 20161 in 2018 plays in 1,605 shows
  25. 💎💎💎💎💎Dem Bonesdebuted December 31, 2014 at American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL · last played August 4, 20171 in 1683 plays in 505 shows
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