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Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 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 100 shows in this scope happened.

—
miles, as the crow flies
1
cities
1
states & countries
1
venues

Miles are straight lines between city points in date order, so this is a floor, not an odometer. 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.

93
Shows
1936
Song performances
374
Different songs
1
Venues
42
Sandwiches
76 of 93
Shows timed
20.8
Songs per show
43
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. Tweezer31 · 421 all time
  2. Weekapaug Groove23 · 523 all time
  3. Down with Disease23 · 328 all time
  4. Chalk Dust Torture22 · 530 all time
  5. Character Zero22 · 269 all time
  6. Free21 · 245 all time
  7. Possum21 · 585 all time
  8. Also Sprach Zarathustra20 · 280 all time
  9. Simple20 · 213 all time
  10. Harry Hood20 · 446 all time
  11. Mike's Song20 · 549 all time
  12. You Enjoy Myself20 · 628 all time

Show openers

First song of the night.

  1. AC/DC Bag5
  2. Punch You in the Eye4
  3. Buried Alive4
  4. The Star-Spangled Banner3
  5. Free3
  6. The Moma Dance3
  7. Sample in a Jar3
  8. Carini3
  9. Chalk Dust Torture2
  10. Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan2

Second-set openers

What they came back out with.

  1. Down with Disease11
  2. Tweezer5
  3. Wilson4
  4. Carini4
  5. Chalk Dust Torture4
  6. Mike's Song4
  7. Also Sprach Zarathustra3
  8. Sand3
  9. Set Your Soul Free3
  10. Sigma Oasis3

Set closers

Last song of a set, encores excluded.

  1. Run Like an Antelope14
  2. Character Zero12
  3. David Bowie11
  4. You Enjoy Myself11
  5. First Tube11
  6. Walls of the Cave10
  7. Split Open and Melt8
  8. Harry Hood8
  9. Possum6
  10. Weekapaug Groove5

Encores

Every song played in an encore slot.

  1. Tweezer Reprise16
  2. Slave to the Traffic Light8
  3. Good Times Bad Times6
  4. A Day in the Life4
  5. Grind4
  6. Possum4
  7. Character Zero4
  8. First Tube4
  9. Loving Cup4
  10. Show of Life4

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. Cold as Ice · 2026-07-221468 shows
  2. Big Ball Jam · 2026-07-241170 shows
  3. The Vibration of Life · 2026-07-221027 shows
  4. Suspicious Minds · 2026-07-291021 shows
  5. Johnny B. Goode · 2026-07-27927 shows
  6. Glide II · 2018-12-30874 shows
  7. Bohemian Rhapsody · 2022-12-31852 shows
  8. Theme from New York, New York · 2022-12-31774 shows
  9. Highway to Hell · 2026-07-25659 shows
  10. Cinnamon Girl · 2017-07-29631 shows
  11. Izabella · 2017-08-06576 shows
  12. Jungle Boogie · 2022-12-31544 shows

First times

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

  1. Shine · December 31, 1995 · Madison Square Garden
  2. I Can't Turn You Loose · December 29, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
  3. Theme from New York, New York · December 31, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
  4. Grind · December 30, 1998 · Madison Square Garden
  5. 1999 · December 31, 1998 · Madison Square Garden
  6. Waves · December 31, 2002 · Madison Square Garden
  7. Seven Below · December 31, 2002 · Madison Square Garden
  8. Walls of the Cave · December 31, 2002 · Madison Square Garden
  9. Burn That Bridge · December 31, 2010 · Madison Square Garden
  10. Garden Party · December 31, 2012 · Madison Square Garden
  11. Fly Like an Eagle · December 31, 2012 · Madison Square Garden
  12. Can't Always Listen · December 30, 2015 · Madison Square Garden

+31 more

Rarities

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

  1. Shine debuted December 31, 1995 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY1 ever
  2. Burn That Bridge debuted December 31, 2010 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY1 ever
  3. Garden Party debuted December 31, 2012 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY1 ever
  4. Fly Like an Eagle debuted December 31, 2012 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY1 ever
  5. Coconut debuted July 21, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY1 ever
  6. Sunday Morning debuted July 23, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY1 ever
  7. White Winter Hymnal debuted July 26, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY1 ever
  8. Powderfinger debuted July 26, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY1 ever
  9. Chocolate Rain debuted July 28, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY1 ever
  10. The Wind Cries Mary debuted July 30, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY1 ever
  11. O Canada debuted August 1, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY1 ever
  12. Maple Leaf Rag debuted August 1, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY1 ever

The jams

Lengths come from phish.in’s recordings — 93 of 93 shows here are timed.

Longest performances

Timed from phish.in’s recordings.

  1. Ruby Waves · 2024-12-2937:50
  2. You Enjoy Myself · 2026-07-2936:26
  3. Tweezer · 2019-12-3035:33
  4. Crosseyed and Painless · 2017-07-2533:02
  5. Crosseyed and Painless · 2026-07-2931:36
  6. Tweezer · 2025-12-3130:06
  7. Lawn Boy · 2017-07-2529:59
  8. Drowned · 2026-07-2728:57
  9. Down with Disease · 2017-12-3028:06
  10. No Men In No Man's Land · 2022-04-2326:37
  11. You Enjoy Myself · 1995-12-3125:38
  12. Simple · 2017-08-0625:26

Longest on average

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

  1. Drowned · 3 versions21:02
  2. You Enjoy Myself · 18 versions20:03
  3. Crosseyed and Painless · 6 versions18:11
  4. A Wave of Hope · 6 versions16:48
  5. Fluffhead · 15 versions15:58
  6. Ruby Waves · 7 versions15:52
  7. Down with Disease · 22 versions15:21
  8. No Men In No Man's Land · 11 versions15:09
  9. Divided Sky · 16 versions15:03
  10. Golden Age · 6 versions14:45
  11. Light · 13 versions13:53
  12. Harpua · 3 versions13:35

Show lengths

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

1h2h3h4h1996-10-21 · Madison Square Garden — 2:29:161996-10-22 · Madison Square Garden — 2:38:151997-12-31 · Madison Square Garden — 3:19:551998-12-28 · Madison Square Garden — 2:23:261998-12-29 · Madison Square Garden — 2:32:541998-12-30 · Madison Square Garden — 2:50:071998-12-31 · Madison Square Garden — 3:08:562002-12-31 · Madison Square Garden — 3:26:312009-12-02 · Madison Square Garden — 2:48:312009-12-03 · Madison Square Garden — 2:46:312009-12-04 · Madison Square Garden — 2:51:072010-12-30 · Madison Square Garden — 2:55:112010-12-31 · Madison Square Garden — 3:27:572011-12-28 · Madison Square Garden — 2:48:012011-12-29 · Madison Square Garden — 2:41:532011-12-30 · Madison Square Garden — 2:45:572012-12-28 · 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 — 3:28:572013-12-28 · Madison Square Garden — 2:46:462013-12-29 · Madison Square Garden — 2:36:562013-12-30 · Madison Square Garden — 2:48:182013-12-31 · Madison Square Garden — 3:24:262015-12-30 · Madison Square Garden — 2:39:312015-12-31 · Madison Square Garden — 3:30:582016-01-01 · Madison Square Garden — 2:42:512016-12-29 · Madison Square Garden — 2:39:292016-12-31 · Madison Square Garden — 3:41:302017-07-21 · Madison Square Garden — 2:35:382017-07-22 · Madison Square Garden — 2:41:362017-07-23 · Madison Square Garden — 2:29:372017-07-25 · Madison Square Garden — 2:44:242017-07-26 · Madison Square Garden — 2:39:192017-07-28 · Madison Square Garden — 2:43:332017-07-30 · Madison Square Garden — 2:39:162017-08-01 · Madison Square Garden — 2:28:592017-08-04 · Madison Square Garden — 2:29:332017-08-05 · Madison Square Garden — 2:39:292017-12-28 · Madison Square Garden — 2:52:222017-12-29 · Madison Square Garden — 2:38:042017-12-30 · Madison Square Garden — 2:35:422017-12-31 · Madison Square Garden — 3:48:182018-12-28 · Madison Square Garden — 2:51:002018-12-29 · Madison Square Garden — 2:25:092018-12-31 · Madison Square Garden — 3:43:422019-12-28 · Madison Square Garden — 2:56:322019-12-30 · Madison Square Garden — 2:38:042019-12-31 · Madison Square Garden — 3:29:592022-04-20 · Madison Square Garden — 2:50:072022-04-22 · Madison Square Garden — 3:21:302022-04-23 · Madison Square Garden — 3:05:532022-12-28 · Madison Square Garden — 3:02:562022-12-29 · Madison Square Garden — 3:00:472022-12-30 · Madison Square Garden — 2:50:082023-07-28 · Madison Square Garden — 2:31:312023-07-30 · Madison Square Garden — 2:30:152023-08-02 · Madison Square Garden — 2:38:502023-08-04 · Madison Square Garden — 2:47:552023-08-05 · Madison Square Garden — 2:47:392023-12-28 · Madison Square Garden — 2:54:502023-12-29 · Madison Square Garden — 3:08:592023-12-30 · Madison Square Garden — 2:53:282023-12-31 · Madison Square Garden — 4:06:292024-12-28 · Madison Square Garden — 2:55:292024-12-29 · Madison Square Garden — 2:47:072024-12-30 · Madison Square Garden — 3:20:002024-12-31 · Madison Square Garden — 4:03:402025-12-28 · Madison Square Garden — 2:59:072025-12-29 · Madison Square Garden — 3:06:082025-12-30 · Madison Square Garden — 2:59:202025-12-31 · Madison Square Garden — 4:21:332026-07-22 · Madison Square Garden — 3:21:062026-07-25 · Madison Square Garden — 2:44:152026-07-27 · Madison Square Garden — 3:07:542026-07-29 · Madison Square Garden — 3:06:02

The covers

Whose songs they borrowed.

Originals vs covers

295 of 1934 performances were covers.

Originals — 1639Covers — 2951934PERFORMANCES
  • Originals1639
  • Covers295

Most covered

Counted per performance.

  1. Traditional24
  2. Eumir Deodato20
  3. Talking Heads18
  4. The Rolling Stones13
  5. The Velvet Underground12
  6. The Beatles11
  7. Son Seals10
  8. Led Zeppelin10
  9. TV on the Radio10
  10. The Who7
  11. The Jimi Hendrix Experience7
  12. The Mustangs6

Shapes of a night

How the songs were stitched together.

9.1
segues per show
42
sandwiches
3
fests

Longest segue runs

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

  1. Ghost → Piper · 2022-12-31 · Set 312 songs
  2. Chalk Dust Torture → Weekapaug Groove · 2015-12-30 · Set 211 songs
  3. Wilson → David Bowie · 2011-12-30 · Set 210 songs
  4. Harpua → Divided Sky · 2023-12-31 · Set 210 songs
  5. Tweezer → Tweezer Reprise · 2023-08-05 · Set 29 songs
  6. Simple → Divided Sky · 1995-12-30 · Set 18 songs
  7. Golden Age → 46 Days · 2012-12-29 · Set 28 songs
  8. Kung → Wilson · 2012-12-31 · Set 38 songs
  9. Blaze On → Harry Hood · 2017-07-29 · Set 28 songs
  10. Free → Harry Hood · 2022-12-28 · Set 28 songs

Deeper cuts

For the reader who scrolled this far on purpose.

Where songs land

Performances by set.

Set 1 — 920Set 2 — 711Encore — 164Set 3 — 1411936PERFORMANCES
  • Set 1920
  • Set 2711
  • Encore164
  • Set 3141

Where the time goes

Timed minutes by set.

Set 1 — 6970Set 2 — 6140Set 3 — 1108Encore — 102315241MINUTES
  • Set 16970
  • Set 26140
  • Set 31108
  • Encore1023

Gap since last played

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

  1. 1–2 · rotation239
  2. 3–5586
  3. 6–15747
  4. 16–50230
  5. 51+ · bustout134

When it debuted

Performances by the era Phish first played the song.

  1. ’83–’89551
  2. ’90–’94487
  3. ’95–’00427
  4. 2.0 (’02–’04)60
  5. 3.0 (’09–’20)365
  6. 4.0 (’21–)42

What they played, by album

Hand-curated album membership per performance.

  1. Not in the song file yet301
  2. Cover295
  3. Unreleased291
  4. A Picture of Nectar123
  5. Farmhouse109
  6. Junta95
  7. Rift94
  8. Billy Breathes91
  9. Lawn Boy89
  10. The Story of the Ghost81
  11. Hoist70
  12. Joy68

What the recording was tagged

phish.in’s editorial tags across recorded performances.

  1. Jamcharts276
  2. Tease178
  3. Bustout67
  4. Unfinished50
  5. Debut40
  6. Alt Rig32
  7. Alt Lyric27
  8. Guest26
  9. RMSTR22
  10. Narration21
  11. A Cappella20
  12. Gamehendge14

Day of the week

Shows by weekday.

  1. Monday10
  2. Tuesday10
  3. Wednesday14
  4. Thursday10
  5. Friday17
  6. Saturday19
  7. Sunday13

Rooms played

Shows per venue, every show in scope.

  1. Madison Square Garden100

The odd stuff

Outlandish, and here because somebody will ask.

Songwriters, by credits

Over 1267 original performances with a known credit; a co-write counts once per writer.

  1. Anastasio1190
  2. Marshall714
  3. Gordon284
  4. Fishman269
  5. McConnell238
  6. Pollak67
  7. Abrahams34
  8. Markellis31
  9. Woolf30
  10. Holdsworth21
  11. Long20
  12. Herman17

The Marshall factor

Originals co-written with Tom Marshall vs the rest.

With Tom Marshall — 714Without Marshall — 6261340ORIGINALS
  • With Tom Marshall714
  • Without Marshall626

Who wrote it

Originals by writing-credit bucket.

  1. Anastasio / Marshall541
  2. Cover295
  3. Full band234
  4. Anastasio solo198
  5. Anastasio + friends188
  6. Gordon50
  7. Anastasio / Fishman33
  8. Holdsworth21
  9. Fishman2

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. 💎💎💎💎💎Shinedebuted December 31, 1995 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played December 31, 19951 in 11931 plays in 1,193 shows
  2. 💎💎💎💎💎All Along the Watchtowerdebuted April 21, 1994 at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, NC · last played October 22, 19961 in 6922 plays in 1,385 shows
  3. 💎💎💎💎💎Burn That Bridgedebuted December 31, 2010 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played December 31, 20101 in 6661 plays in 666 shows
  4. 💎💎💎💎💎Glide IIdebuted May 16, 1995 at Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA · last played December 30, 20181 in 6372 plays in 1,274 shows
  5. 💎💎💎💎💎Garden Partydebuted December 31, 2012 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played December 31, 20121 in 5881 plays in 588 shows
  6. 💎💎💎💎💎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
  7. 💎💎💎💎💎Bohemian Rhapsodydebuted December 31, 1996 at FleetCenter, Boston, MA · last played December 31, 20221 in 5602 plays in 1,119 shows
  8. 💎💎💎💎💎I Can't Turn You Loosedebuted December 29, 1997 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played September 29, 19991 in 5192 plays in 1,038 shows
  9. 💎💎💎💎💎Theme from New York, New Yorkdebuted December 31, 1997 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played December 31, 20221 in 5182 plays in 1,036 shows
  10. 💎💎💎💎💎Coconutdebuted July 21, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played July 21, 20171 in 4161 plays in 416 shows
  11. 💎💎💎💎💎Sunday Morningdebuted July 23, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played July 23, 20171 in 4141 plays in 414 shows
  12. 💎💎💎💎💎White Winter Hymnaldebuted July 26, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played July 26, 20171 in 4121 plays in 412 shows
  13. 💎💎💎💎💎Powderfingerdebuted July 26, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played July 26, 20171 in 4121 plays in 412 shows
  14. 💎💎💎💎💎Chocolate Raindebuted July 28, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played July 28, 20171 in 4111 plays in 411 shows
  15. 💎💎💎💎💎The Wind Cries Marydebuted July 30, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played July 30, 20171 in 4091 plays in 409 shows
  16. 💎💎💎💎💎O Canadadebuted August 1, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played August 1, 20171 in 4081 plays in 408 shows
  17. 💎💎💎💎💎Maple Leaf Ragdebuted August 1, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played August 1, 20171 in 4081 plays in 408 shows
  18. 💎💎💎💎💎Way Down in the Holedebuted August 2, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played August 2, 20171 in 4071 plays in 407 shows
  19. 💎💎💎💎💎O Holy Nightdebuted August 2, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played August 2, 20171 in 4071 plays in 407 shows
  20. 💎💎💎💎💎See That My Grave Is Kept Cleandebuted August 4, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played August 4, 20171 in 4061 plays in 406 shows
  21. 💎💎💎💎💎Everything In Its Right Placedebuted August 4, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played August 4, 20171 in 4061 plays in 406 shows
  22. 💎💎💎💎💎Cinnamon Girldebuted March 1, 1989 at Gallagher's, Waitsfield, VT · last played October 8, 20231 in 4065 plays in 2,029 shows
  23. 💎💎💎💎💎Sunshine of Your Feelingdebuted August 5, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY · last played August 5, 20171 in 4051 plays in 405 shows
  24. 💎💎💎💎💎Iron Mandebuted December 31, 2003 at American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL · last played December 31, 20121 in 3952 plays in 790 shows
  25. 💎💎💎💎💎Jungle Boogiedebuted December 31, 2003 at American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL · last played December 31, 20221 in 3952 plays in 790 shows
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