How many times has Phish played About to Run?

Phish has performed "About to Run" 29 times since June 12, 2019.

What is the longest version of About to Run by Phish?

The longest version of "About to Run" was 7:51 long, performed at Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, CA on April 26, 2025.

When was the last time Phish played About to Run?

Phish last played "About to Run" on April 25, 2026. The current gap is 3 shows.

When did Phish first play About to Run?

"About to Run" debuted on June 12, 2019 at Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis University in St. Louis, MO.

What songs does Phish commonly play with About to Run?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "About to Run" are: Blaze On, Carini, Divided Sky, Backwards Down the Number Line, Set Your Soul Free.

← BACK·SONGS·About to Run

LIVE · 29 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

About to Run

29 performances since 2019, with 28 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 65 on 2021-10-26.

DEBUT · 2019-06-12 · St. Louis·LAST · 2026-04-25 · Las Vegas·LONGEST GAP · 31 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 2019–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’19’20’25’26

BEST · 2021-10-26 · 65LONGEST · 7:51 · 2025-04-26SHORTEST · 5:40YEARS · 7

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN28 OF 29 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 0 plays—

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 7 plays56

v4.02021–present · 22 plays65

BARS REPRESENT THE BEST-SCORING VERSION IN EACH ERAOPEN METHODOLOGY →

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 28 · BY SCORE28 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0165#1 / 28Santa Barbara BowlSanta Barbara, CA

2021-10-267:51

#0260#2 / 28TD Pavilion at the MannPhiladelphia, PA

2025-07-156:44

#0356#3 / 28SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-04-256:37

#0456#4 / 28Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2019-12-307:47

#0556#5 / 28North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston, SC

2019-12-066:60

#0656#6 / 28Hollywood BowlHollywood, CA

2025-04-267:51

#0755#7 / 28Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis UniversitySt. Louis, MO

2019-06-127:28

#0850#8 / 28Broadview Stage at SPACSaratoga Springs, NY

2025-07-276:25

#0947#9 / 28Atlantic City BeachAtlantic City, NJ

2021-08-156:47

#1047#10 / 28Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy, WI

2019-07-147:38

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0156#3 / 28SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-04-256:37

#0250#8 / 28Broadview Stage at SPACSaratoga Springs, NY

2025-07-276:25

#0360#2 / 28TD Pavilion at the MannPhiladelphia, PA

2025-07-156:44

#0441#18 / 28SNHU ArenaManchester, NH

2025-06-215:54

#0556#6 / 28Hollywood BowlHollywood, CA

2025-04-267:51

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS29

DEBUT2019

LAST2026

AVG LEN6:44

CHARTED0

GAP MAX31

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH2019–2026 · 22 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26

DURATION· LENGTH SHAPEINPUT · TRACKS.DURATION + SETLIST_ENTRIES.DURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE29 VERSIONS

510155m

MEDIAN · 6:30PEAK · 6–7m (16)RANGE · 5–8m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2019–2026

6:006:307:007:30’20’25

SHORTEST · 6:14 · 2023LONGEST · 7:16 · 2019

TOPOLOGY· WHERE IN THE SHOWINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.SET + .POSITION + .TRANSITION

SET MIX & ROLE29 PLAYS

SET 1 · 55%SET 2 · 34%ENCORE · 10%

SET 1 16SET 2 10ENCORE 3

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE2

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE2

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 7

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GEOGRAPHY· PLACE & TIMINGINPUT · SHOWS.VENUE + .STATE + .DATE

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY4 02TD Pavilion at the MannPhiladelphia · PA2 03Hollywood BowlHollywood · CA2 04Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI2 05SphereLas Vegas · NV1 06Broadview Stage at SPACSaratoga Springs · NY1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY5 02CA

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Blaze On9 02Carini9 03Divided Sky7 04Backwards Down the Number Line7 05Set Your Soul Free7 06Chalk Dust Torture7 0746 Days7 08The Moma Dance7 09Back on the Train7

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Auld Lang Syne

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN17 TOURS · 29 PLAYS · 29 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

012019 Summer Tour55Jun 12, 2019·Jul 14, 2019 022023 Summer Tour33Jul 26, 2023·Sep 3, 2023 032025 Early Summer Tour33Jun 21, 2025·Jul 27, 2025 042021 Summer Tour33Aug 3, 2021·Aug 28, 2021 052024 Summer Tour22Jul 23, 2024·Aug 7, 2024 062022 Summer Tour22Jul 14, 2022·Aug 13, 2022 072023 Mexico11Feb 25, 2023 082023 NYE Run11Dec 29, 2023 092023 Spring Tour11Apr 23, 2023 102025 Spring Tour11Apr 26, 2025

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 5096· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

About to Run

Phish original·debuted 06.12.19·Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis University, St. Louis

29 PLAYS·28 ANALYZED·2 ERASRARITY · BUSTOUT

65BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 29

10.26.21Santa Barbara Bowl

Santa Barbara, CA · 7:51

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Year by year7 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 2019–2026v3.2

2021 · 65.3

'19'20'22'24'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20214 VERS · BEST 65.3

By era4 ERAS · 29 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS7

AVG · BEST49·56

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS22

AVG · BEST44·65

BEST VERSION→

Versions28 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

10.26.21 Santa Barbara Bowl · Santa Barbara, CA

—7:5165 #02

07.15.25 TD at the Mann · Philadelphia, PA

—6:4460 #03

04.25.26 Sphere · Las Vegas, NV

—6:3756 #04

12.30.19 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—7:4756 #05

12.06.19 North Charleston · North Charleston, SC

—6:6056 #06

04.26.25 Hollywood Bowl · Hollywood, CA

—7:5156 #07

06.12.19 Chaifetz Arena, Saint · St. Louis, MO

—7:2855 #08

07.27.25 Broadview Stage at SPA · Saratoga Springs, NY

—6:2550 #09

08.15.21 Atlantic City Beach · Atlantic City, NJ

—6:4747 #10

07.14.19 Alpine Valley Music · East Troy, WI

—7:3847

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS29across 2 eras

ANALYZED2897% of all

AVG DURATION6:44duration

LONGEST7:5104.26.25 HOLLYWOOD BOWL

SHORTEST5:4009.03.23 DICK'S SPORTING GOODS

LONGEST GAP31 SH.2024 → 2025

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT06.12.19ST. LOUIS

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 2019–202629 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'19'21'23'25'26

MAX · 3 /MO·TOTAL · 29

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS28 PERFS

LONGEST · 31 SH.·MEDIAN · 9 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE29 VERSIONS

5m8m

MEDIAN · 6:30·PEAK · 6–7m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2019–2026

SHORT · 6:14 · 2023·LONG · 7:16 · 2019

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX29 PLAYS

S1 55%S2 34%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE2

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE2

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #7

#2#14

TRANSITION OUT29 PLAYS

83%

STOP · 24END · 4SEGUE · 1

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY4 02TD Pavilion at the MannPhiladelphia · PA2 03Hollywood BowlHollywood · CA2 04Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI2 05SphereLas Vegas · NV1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY5CA3PA2TN2WI2MA2

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN5

MON1

TUE4

WED6

THU2

FRI3

SAT8

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v3.01.5%

v4.09.0%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Blaze On9 02Carini9 03Divided Sky7 04Backwards Down the Number Line7 05Set Your Soul Free7 06Chalk Dust Torture7

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Auld Lang Syne29 Dog Log29 Free Bird28 Icculus30 Army of One28 Shine a Light30 Donna Lee28 Corinna31

By tour17 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS29 TOTAL

012019 Summer Tour2019 · 5 sh5 022023 Summer Tour2023 · 3 sh3 032025 Early Summer Tour2025 · 3 sh3 042021 Summer Tour2021 · 3 sh3 052024 Summer Tour2024 · 2 sh2 062022 Summer Tour2022 · 2 sh2 072023 Mexico2023 · 1 sh1 082023 NYE Run2023 · 1 sh1

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER ABOUT TO RUNSWIPE →

22.22%Divided Sky2× →→22.22%Split Open and Melt2× →→22.22%Harry Hood2× →→11.11%Fluffhead1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE ABOUT TO RUNSWIPE →

23.08%Taste3× ←→23.08%It's Ice3× ←→15.38%Weekapaug Groove2× ←→15.38%Maze2× ←→

Top venues1 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG443

SONG ●/songs/about-to-runSETLIST APPS →phish.net source METHOD →/methodology CATALOG →/songs index

FOUL DOMAIN/songs/about-to-run · v3.2

FOUL DOMAIN · INDEPENDENT · NOT AFFILIATED WITH PHISH

Common questions

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