Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, 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 22 shows in this scope happened.
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.
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.
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 — 21 of 22 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
52 of 438 performances were covers.
- Originals386
- Covers52
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 1212
- Set 2181
- Encore46
Where the time goes
Timed minutes by set.
- Set 11567
- Set 21351
- Encore245
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 297 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 Marshall174
- Without Marshall140
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.
- 💎💎💎💎💎In the Aeroplane Over the Seadebuted June 26, 2010 at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD · last played June 26, 20101 in 7021 plays in 702 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Jumpin' Jack Flashdebuted June 27, 2010 at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD · last played June 27, 20101 in 7011 plays in 701 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Halfway Homedebuted June 23, 2019 at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD · last played June 23, 20191 in 3421 plays in 342 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Sexual Healingdebuted July 20, 1998 at Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, CA · last played November 14, 19981 in 2544 plays in 1,017 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Jennifer Dancesdebuted December 5, 1999 at BlueCross Arena, Rochester, NY · last played July 27, 20141 in 2284 plays in 910 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Sweet Janedebuted August 8, 1998 at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD · last played February 22, 20201 in 2015 plays in 1,004 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Fikusdebuted July 2, 1998 at The Grey Hall, Copenhagen, Capital Region · last played August 11, 20241 in 1716 plays in 1,028 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Sabotagedebuted August 8, 1998 at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD · last played September 1, 20241 in 1676 plays in 1,004 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Oh! Sweet Nuthin'debuted October 31, 1998 at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV · last played August 30, 20131 in 1656 plays in 989 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Walfredodebuted February 13, 1997 at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, England · last played October 27, 20141 in 1607 plays in 1,118 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Lonesome Cowboy Billdebuted May 16, 1995 at Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA · last played December 28, 20161 in 1598 plays in 1,274 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎NO2debuted June 25, 1994 at Nautica Stage, Cleveland, OH · last played October 28, 20211 in 1499 plays in 1,341 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Shaftydebuted April 5, 1998 at Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI · last played July 30, 20221 in 1477 plays in 1,032 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Architectdebuted July 6, 2013 at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY · last played July 31, 20131 in 1464 plays in 585 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Have Mercydebuted April 1, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played July 18, 20261 in 12318 plays in 2,214 shows
- 💎💎💎💎💎Access Medebuted June 26, 2004 at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI · last played October 27, 20241 in 1117 plays in 776 shows
- 💎💎💎💎Dog Logdebuted October 30, 1985 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played September 1, 20241 in 9324 plays in 2,223 shows
- 💎💎💎💎On Your Way Downdebuted June 24, 1988 at Halverson's, Burlington, VT · last played July 18, 20251 in 9123 plays in 2,100 shows
- 💎💎💎💎Nothingdebuted June 17, 2004 at KeySpan Park, Brooklyn, NY · last played October 26, 20241 in 879 plays in 784 shows
- 💎💎💎💎Mellow Mooddebuted September 8, 2000 at Pepsi Arena, Albany, NY · last played September 2, 20181 in 8610 plays in 862 shows
- 💎💎💎💎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
- 💎💎💎💎Let Me Liedebuted June 6, 2009 at Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA · last played October 15, 20161 in 7610 plays in 760 shows
- 💎💎💎💎Sing Monicadebuted October 31, 2013 at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ · last played July 20, 20161 in 698 plays in 552 shows
- 💎💎💎💎I Am the Walrusdebuted June 29, 2010 at CMAC Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua, NY · last played July 19, 20261 in 6411 plays in 700 shows
- 💎💎💎💎Homedebuted October 14, 2016 at North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC · last played July 2, 20191 in 637 plays in 442 shows
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