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2018, 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 42 shows in this scope happened.

13,199+
miles, as the crow flies
17
cities
13
states & countries
17
venues

Every city, 2018

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

Raleigh, NC — 1 showStateline, NV — 2 showsSan Francisco, CA — 2 showsInglewood, CA — 2 showsCamden, NJ — 2 showsColumbia, MD — 2 showsAlbany, NY — 2 showsNashville, TN — 2 showsGeorge, WA — 3 showsAlpharetta, GA — 3 showsCommerce City, CO — 3 showsHampton, VA — 3 showsRosemont, IL — 3 showsLas Vegas, NV — 4 showsNew York, NY — 4 showsLas Vegas ×4New York ×4George ×3Alpharetta ×3Commerce City ×3Hampton ×3Rosemont ×3Stateline ×2San Francisco ×2Inglewood ×2Camden ×2Columbia ×2

2018 Summer Tour

11 stops · 24 shows

Stateline, NV — 2 nights (2018-07-17, 2018-07-18)1Stateline ×2George, WA — 3 nights (2018-07-20, 2018-07-21, 2018-07-22)2George ×3San Francisco, CA — 2 nights (2018-07-24, 2018-07-25)3San Francisco ×2Inglewood, CA — 2 nights (2018-07-27, 2018-07-28)4Inglewood ×2Alpharetta, GA — 3 nights (2018-08-03, 2018-08-04, 2018-08-05)5Alpharetta ×3Camden, NJ — 2 nights (2018-08-07, 2018-08-08)6Camden ×2Raleigh, NC — 1 night (2018-08-10)7RaleighColumbia, MD — 2 nights (2018-08-11, 2018-08-12)8Columbia ×2Watkins Glen, NY — 3 nights (2018-08-17, 2018-08-18, 2018-08-19)9Watkins Glen ×3Commerce City, CO — 3 nights (2018-08-31, 2018-09-01, 2018-09-02)10Commerce City ×3
  1. 1Stateline, NV2 nights
  2. 2George, WA3 nights
  3. 3San Francisco, CA2 nights
  4. 4Inglewood, CA2 nights
  5. •Del Valle, TX1 night
  6. 5Alpharetta, GA3 nights
  7. 6Camden, NJ2 nights
  8. 7Raleigh, NC1 night
  9. 8Columbia, MD2 nights
  10. 9Watkins Glen, NY3 nights
  11. 10Commerce City, CO3 nights

2018 Fall Tour

5 stops · 14 shows

Albany, NY — 2 nights (2018-10-16, 2018-10-17)1Albany ×2Hampton, VA — 3 nights (2018-10-19, 2018-10-20, 2018-10-21)2Hampton ×3Nashville, TN — 2 nights (2018-10-23, 2018-10-24)3Nashville ×2Rosemont, IL — 3 nights (2018-10-26, 2018-10-27, 2018-10-28)4Rosemont ×3Las Vegas, NV — 4 nights (2018-10-31, 2018-11-01, 2018-11-02, 2018-11-03)5Las Vegas ×4
  1. 1Albany, NY2 nights
  2. 2Hampton, VA3 nights
  3. 3Nashville, TN2 nights
  4. 4Rosemont, IL3 nights
  5. 5Las Vegas, NV4 nights

Miles are straight lines between city points in date order, so this is a floor, not an odometer. Longest hop: Las Vegas, NV → New York, NY, roughly 2,232 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.

39
Shows
750
Song performances
224
Different songs
16
Venues
11
Sandwiches
104h
Music, timed
19.2
Songs per show
14
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. No Men In No Man's Land12 · 92 all time
  2. Twist11 · 190 all time
  3. Character Zero10 · 269 all time
  4. Harry Hood10 · 446 all time
  5. Everything's Right10 · 79 all time
  6. Blaze On10 · 101 all time
  7. Ghost9 · 239 all time
  8. Carini9 · 163 all time
  9. Sand9 · 169 all time
  10. Chalk Dust Torture9 · 530 all time
  11. Fuego9 · 105 all time
  12. Tube9 · 207 all time

Show openers

First song of the night.

  1. The Moma Dance4
  2. Free2
  3. Crowd Control2
  4. Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan2
  5. Llama2
  6. Soul Planet2
  7. Everything's Right2
  8. Buried Alive2
  9. AC/DC Bag1
  10. Set Your Soul Free1

Second-set openers

What they came back out with.

  1. Down with Disease4
  2. Set Your Soul Free4
  3. Carini4
  4. Tweezer3
  5. No Men In No Man's Land2
  6. Crosseyed and Painless2
  7. The Moma Dance2
  8. Blaze On2
  9. Chalk Dust Torture1
  10. Gotta Jibboo1

Set closers

Last song of a set, encores excluded.

  1. Character Zero7
  2. Harry Hood7
  3. Walls of the Cave6
  4. Slave to the Traffic Light6
  5. Bathtub Gin5
  6. Run Like an Antelope5
  7. Split Open and Melt4
  8. Possum4
  9. Suzy Greenberg4
  10. Sand3

Encores

Every song played in an encore slot.

  1. Tweezer Reprise6
  2. Julius3
  3. Wilson3
  4. The Lizards3
  5. Character Zero3
  6. Loving Cup3
  7. More3
  8. Rocky Top3
  9. Contact2
  10. Suzy Greenberg2

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. Glide II · 2018-12-30874 shows
  2. Mellow Mood · 2018-09-02257 shows
  3. Cool It Down · 2018-10-23229 shows
  4. If I Could · 2018-11-02159 shows
  5. Skin It Back · 2018-10-21113 shows
  6. Bike · 2018-11-02113 shows
  7. Mock Song · 2018-10-19106 shows
  8. Mexican Cousin · 2018-10-2196 shows
  9. Grind · 2018-10-2891 shows
  10. Hold Your Head Up · 2018-11-0289 shows
  11. Shade · 2018-09-0175 shows
  12. Lifeboy · 2018-11-0371 shows

First times

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

  1. Set Your Soul Free · July 20, 2018 · Gorge Amphitheatre
  2. Infinite · July 21, 2018 · Gorge Amphitheatre
  3. Keeping It Real · July 25, 2018 · Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
  4. Turtle in the Clouds · October 31, 2018 · MGM Grand Garden Arena
  5. Stray Dog · October 31, 2018 · MGM Grand Garden Arena
  6. Everything is Hollow · October 31, 2018 · MGM Grand Garden Arena
  7. We Are Come to Outlive Our Brains · October 31, 2018 · MGM Grand Garden Arena
  8. Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S. · October 31, 2018 · MGM Grand Garden Arena
  9. The Final Hurrah · October 31, 2018 · MGM Grand Garden Arena
  10. Play by Play · October 31, 2018 · MGM Grand Garden Arena
  11. Death Don't Hurt Very Long · October 31, 2018 · MGM Grand Garden Arena
  12. Cool Amber and Mercury · October 31, 2018 · MGM Grand Garden Arena

+2 more

Rarities

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

  1. Infinite debuted July 21, 2018 at Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA2 ever
  2. Keeping It Real debuted July 25, 2018 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA2 ever
  3. Glide II debuted May 16, 1995 at Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA2 ever
  4. Bliss debuted December 30, 2018 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY2 ever
  5. Mock Song debuted July 12, 2003 at Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA3 ever
  6. Play by Play debuted October 31, 2018 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV3 ever
  7. You Sexy Thing debuted July 28, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY4 ever
  8. Stray Dog debuted October 31, 2018 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV4 ever
  9. Everything is Hollow debuted October 31, 2018 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV4 ever
  10. The Birds debuted October 31, 2014 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV5 ever
  11. Pigtail debuted December 28, 2010 at DCU Center, Worcester, MA5 ever
  12. Frost debuted July 17, 2013 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA6 ever

The jams

Lengths come from phish.in’s recordings — 39 of 39 shows here are timed.

Longest performances

Timed from phish.in’s recordings.

  1. No Men In No Man's Land · 2018-10-2725:23
  2. Mercury · 2018-11-0224:29
  3. Down with Disease · 2018-08-0724:07
  4. Chalk Dust Torture · 2018-07-2023:53
  5. Golden Age · 2018-10-1923:51
  6. Soul Planet · 2018-08-0423:41
  7. Set Your Soul Free · 2018-07-2523:33
  8. Ghost · 2018-08-0322:27
  9. You Enjoy Myself · 2018-10-2121:16
  10. Simple · 2018-10-2121:05
  11. Light · 2018-12-3020:19
  12. Carini · 2018-08-0320:15

Longest on average

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

  1. You Enjoy Myself · 3 versions20:04
  2. Golden Age · 5 versions17:47
  3. Mercury · 7 versions17:24
  4. Down with Disease · 7 versions16:59
  5. Divided Sky · 3 versions16:16
  6. Fluffhead · 3 versions16:14
  7. Split Open and Melt · 5 versions15:57
  8. Soul Planet · 5 versions15:25
  9. Tweezer · 9 versions15:24
  10. Light · 7 versions15:05
  11. Ghost · 9 versions14:42
  12. Everything's Right · 10 versions14:02

Show lengths

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

1h2h3h4h2018-07-17 · Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys — 2:50:222018-07-18 · Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys — 2:50:032018-07-20 · Gorge Amphitheatre — 2:42:412018-07-21 · Gorge Amphitheatre — 2:40:552018-07-22 · Gorge Amphitheatre — 2:47:052018-07-24 · Bill Graham Civic Auditorium — 2:53:082018-07-25 · Bill Graham Civic Auditorium — 2:46:082018-07-27 · The Forum — 2:39:112018-07-28 · The Forum — 2:45:352018-07-31 · Austin360 Amphitheater — 2:43:452018-08-03 · Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park — 2:53:012018-08-04 · Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park — 2:38:212018-08-05 · Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park — 2:38:232018-08-07 · BB&T Pavilion — 2:52:002018-08-08 · BB&T Pavilion — 2:34:212018-08-10 · Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek — 2:34:592018-08-11 · Merriweather Post Pavilion — 2:31:362018-08-12 · Merriweather Post Pavilion — 2:40:172018-08-31 · Dick's Sporting Goods Park — 2:53:192018-09-02 · Dick's Sporting Goods Park — 2:57:452018-10-16 · Times Union Center — 2:40:492018-10-17 · Times Union Center — 2:47:402018-10-19 · Hampton Coliseum — 2:51:312018-10-20 · Hampton Coliseum — 2:35:542018-10-21 · Hampton Coliseum — 3:01:272018-10-23 · Ascend Amphitheater — 2:31:172018-10-24 · Ascend Amphitheater — 2:37:582018-10-26 · Allstate Arena — 2:35:132018-10-27 · Allstate Arena — 2:34:512018-10-28 · Allstate Arena — 2:52:332018-10-31 · MGM Grand Garden Arena — 3:44:442018-11-01 · MGM Grand Garden Arena — 2:53:162018-11-03 · MGM Grand Garden Arena — 2:54:132018-12-28 · Madison Square Garden — 2:51:002018-12-29 · Madison Square Garden — 2:25:092018-12-31 · Madison Square Garden — 3:43:42

The covers

Whose songs they borrowed.

Originals vs covers

88 of 750 performances were covers.

Originals — 662Covers — 88750PERFORMANCES
  • Originals662
  • Covers88

Most covered

Counted per performance.

  1. Talking Heads10
  2. Eumir Deodato8
  3. Psycho Realm8
  4. Son Seals7
  5. TV on the Radio5
  6. The Rolling Stones5
  7. The Velvet Underground4
  8. The Mustangs3
  9. New York!3
  10. Josh White and Sam Gary3
  11. The Osborne Brothers3
  12. Led Zeppelin3

Shapes of a night

How the songs were stitched together.

9.1
segues per show
11
sandwiches
1
fests

Longest segue runs

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

  1. Meatstick → You Enjoy Myself · 2018-08-10 · Set 211 songs
  2. First Tube → Suzy Greenberg · 2018-10-20 · Set 29 songs
  3. Tweezer → Run Like an Antelope · 2018-07-21 · Set 28 songs
  4. Taste → You Sexy Thing · 2018-08-05 · Set 28 songs
  5. Down with Disease → Weekapaug Groove · 2018-08-07 · Set 28 songs
  6. Tweezer Reprise → Harry Hood · 2018-08-12 · Set 28 songs
  7. 46 Days → Character Zero · 2018-09-02 · Set 28 songs
  8. Carini → Shade · 2018-10-28 · Set 28 songs
  9. Set Your Soul Free → Possum · 2018-07-25 · Set 27 songs
  10. Blaze On → Slave to the Traffic Light · 2018-07-27 · Set 27 songs

Deeper cuts

For the reader who scrolled this far on purpose.

Where songs land

Performances by set.

Set 1 — 377Set 2 — 290Encore — 67Set 3 — 15Encore 2 — 1750PERFORMANCES
  • Set 1377
  • Set 2290
  • Encore67
  • Set 315
  • Encore 21

Where the time goes

Timed minutes by set.

Set 1 — 2970Set 2 — 2787Encore — 390Set 3 — 124Encore 2 — 216292MINUTES
  • Set 12970
  • Set 22787
  • Encore390
  • Set 3124
  • Encore 221

Gap since last played

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

  1. 1–2 · rotation70
  2. 3–5232
  3. 6–15291
  4. 16–50136
  5. 51+ · bustout21

When it debuted

Performances by the era Phish first played the song.

  1. ’83–’89166
  2. ’90–’94152
  3. ’95–’00180
  4. 2.0 (’02–’04)35
  5. 3.0 (’09–’20)217

What they played, by album

Hand-curated album membership per performance.

  1. Not in the song file yet151
  2. Unreleased98
  3. Cover88
  4. Farmhouse49
  5. The Story of the Ghost41
  6. A Picture of Nectar39
  7. Billy Breathes35
  8. Lawn Boy32
  9. Rift32
  10. Joy31
  11. Hoist21
  12. Fuego20

What the recording was tagged

phish.in’s editorial tags across recorded performances.

  1. Jamcharts111
  2. Tease98
  3. Debut13
  4. Unfinished13
  5. Costume10
  6. Bustout5
  7. A Cappella4
  8. Alt Lyric3
  9. Alt Rig1
  10. Alt Version1
  11. Audience1

Day of the week

Shows by weekday.

  1. Monday1
  2. Tuesday6
  3. Wednesday6
  4. Thursday1
  5. Friday9
  6. Saturday9
  7. Sunday7

Rooms played

Shows per venue, every show in scope.

  1. MGM Grand Garden Arena4
  2. Madison Square Garden4
  3. Gorge Amphitheatre3
  4. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park3
  5. Watkins Glen International3
  6. Dick's Sporting Goods Park3
  7. Hampton Coliseum3
  8. Allstate Arena3
  9. Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys2
  10. Bill Graham Civic Auditorium2
  11. The Forum2
  12. BB&T Pavilion2

The odd stuff

Outlandish, and here because somebody will ask.

Songwriters, by credits

Over 489 original performances with a known credit; a co-write counts once per writer.

  1. Anastasio462
  2. Marshall298
  3. Fishman116
  4. Gordon116
  5. McConnell102
  6. Pollak28
  7. Markellis13
  8. Abrahams12
  9. Long10
  10. Lawton9
  11. Holdsworth8
  12. Goodman8

The Marshall factor

Originals co-written with Tom Marshall vs the rest.

With Tom Marshall — 298Without Marshall — 213511ORIGINALS
  • With Tom Marshall298
  • Without Marshall213

Who wrote it

Originals by writing-credit bucket.

  1. Anastasio / Marshall226
  2. Full band100
  3. Cover88
  4. Anastasio + friends71
  5. Anastasio solo52
  6. Gordon16
  7. Anastasio / Fishman15
  8. Holdsworth8
  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. 💎💎💎💎💎Glide IIdebuted May 16, 1995 at Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA · last played December 30, 20181 in 6372 plays in 1,274 shows
  2. 💎💎💎💎💎Mock Songdebuted July 12, 2003 at Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA · last played October 19, 20181 in 2723 plays in 815 shows
  3. 💎💎💎💎💎Infinitedebuted July 21, 2018 at Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA · last played August 7, 20181 in 1962 plays in 393 shows
  4. 💎💎💎💎💎Keeping It Realdebuted July 25, 2018 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA · last played September 2, 20181 in 1952 plays in 390 shows
  5. 💎💎💎💎💎Blissdebuted December 30, 2018 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played September 5, 20211 in 1782 plays in 356 shows
  6. 💎💎💎💎💎Skin It Backdebuted October 15, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played October 21, 20181 in 15714 plays in 2,201 shows
  7. 💎💎💎💎💎Pigtaildebuted December 28, 2010 at DCU Center, Worcester, MA · last played July 24, 20181 in 1345 plays in 668 shows
  8. 💎💎💎💎💎Play by Playdebuted October 31, 2018 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV · last played June 25, 20191 in 1213 plays in 362 shows
  9. 💎💎💎💎💎Fuck Your Facedebuted April 29, 1987 at Nectar's, Burlington, VT · last played December 28, 20241 in 10920 plays in 2,181 shows
  10. 💎💎💎💎💎You Sexy Thingdebuted July 28, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played August 11, 20211 in 1034 plays in 411 shows
  11. 💎💎💎💎💎The Birdsdebuted October 31, 2014 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV · last played July 22, 20181 in 1025 plays in 508 shows
  12. 💎💎💎💎Frostdebuted July 17, 2013 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA · last played December 8, 20191 in 966 plays in 577 shows
  13. 💎💎💎💎Stray Dogdebuted October 31, 2018 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV · last played September 1, 20191 in 904 plays in 362 shows
  14. 💎💎💎💎Everything is Hollowdebuted October 31, 2018 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV · last played October 15, 20231 in 904 plays in 362 shows
  15. 💎💎💎💎Mellow Mooddebuted September 8, 2000 at Pepsi Arena, Albany, NY · last played September 2, 20181 in 8610 plays in 862 shows
  16. 💎💎💎💎Cool It Downdebuted October 31, 1998 at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV · last played April 19, 20231 in 8212 plays in 989 shows
  17. 💎💎💎💎I Been Arounddebuted August 16, 2009 at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY · last played July 14, 20221 in 829 plays in 737 shows
  18. 💎💎💎💎Soul Shakedown Partydebuted February 17, 1997 at Paradiso, Amsterdam, North Holland · last played February 1, 20251 in 8014 plays in 1,115 shows
  19. 💎💎💎💎Corinnadebuted February 21, 1987 at Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT · last played October 14, 20231 in 7131 plays in 2,188 shows
  20. 💎💎💎💎Auld Lang Synedebuted December 30, 1989 at The Wetlands Preserve, New York, NY · last played December 31, 20251 in 6629 plays in 1,922 shows
  21. 💎💎💎💎Tide Turnsdebuted June 29, 2016 at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA · last played July 28, 20181 in 667 plays in 463 shows
  22. 💎💎💎💎Homedebuted October 14, 2016 at North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC · last played July 2, 20191 in 637 plays in 442 shows
  23. 💎💎💎💎Passing Throughdebuted October 31, 2018 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV · last played July 19, 20221 in 606 plays in 362 shows
  24. 💎💎💎💎Waking Up Deaddebuted June 29, 2016 at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA · last played July 25, 20181 in 588 plays in 463 shows
  25. 💎💎💎💎Mexican Cousindebuted January 2, 2003 at Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA · last played July 6, 20191 in 5615 plays in 836 shows
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