How many times has Phish played Ass Handed?

Phish has performed "Ass Handed" 19 times since July 15, 2016.

What is the longest version of Ass Handed by Phish?

The longest version of "Ass Handed" was 5:57 long, performed at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV on October 29, 2021.

When was the last time Phish played Ass Handed?

Phish last played "Ass Handed" on July 22, 2023. The current gap is 135 shows.

When did Phish first play Ass Handed?

"Ass Handed" debuted on July 15, 2016 at Gorge Amphitheatre in George, WA.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Ass Handed?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Ass Handed" are: Twist, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Sand, Ghost, Tweezer.

← BACK·SONGS·Ass Handed

LIVE · 19 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Ass Handed

19 performances since 2016, with 18 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 85 on 2022-08-12.

DEBUT · 2016-07-15 · George·LAST · 2023-07-22 · Burgettstown·LONGEST GAP · 41 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 2016–2023INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’16’20’23

BEST · 2022-08-12 · 85LONGEST · 5:57 · 2021-10-29SHORTEST · 0:52YEARS · 7

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN18 OF 19 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 0 plays—

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 15 plays67

v4.02021–present · 3 plays85

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 18 · BY SCORE18 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0185#1 / 18Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy, WI · #1

2022-08-125:25

#0284#2 / 18MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas, NV · #2

2021-10-295:57

#0367#3 / 18Met PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA

2019-12-030:59

#0467#4 / 18Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2017-07-281:08

#0561#5 / 18Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2016-09-020:56

#0658#6 / 18Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge, WA

2016-07-151:46

#0755#7 / 18Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at HarveysStateline, NV

2018-07-182:02

#0854#8 / 18Sleep Train AmphitheatreChula Vista, CA

2016-07-231:37

#0953#9 / 18Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2018-12-312:33

#1052#10 / 18MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas, NV

2016-10-311:48

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0135#17 / 18The Pavilion at Star LakeBurgettstown, PA

2023-07-221:20

#0285#1 / 18Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy, WI · #1

2022-08-125:25

#0384#2 / 18MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas, NV · #2

2021-10-295:57

#0442#16 / 18Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2019-12-281:02

#0567#3 / 18Met PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA

2019-12-030:59

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS19

DEBUT2016

LAST2023

AVG LEN1:57

CHARTED2

GAP MAX41

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH2016–2023 · 13 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE18 VERSIONS

5100m5m

MEDIAN · 1:30PEAK · 1–2m (11)RANGE · 0–6m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2016–2023

1:002:003:004:005:006:00’20

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

SET MIX & ROLE19 PLAYS

SET 1 · 74%SET 2 · 26%

SET 1 14SET 2 5

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN2

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 5

1234136

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY5 02MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas · NV2 03Sleep Train AmphitheatreChula Vista · CA2 04The Pavilion at Star LakeBurgettstown · PA1 05Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI1 06Met PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia · PA1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY5 02NV

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Twist8 02Also Sprach Zarathustra7 03Sand7 04Ghost6 05Tweezer5 06Weekapaug Groove5 07What's the Use?5 08Mike's Song5 09No Men In No Man's Land5

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Hey Stranger18 Mull

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN13 TOURS · 19 PLAYS · 18 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

012016 Summer Tour43Jul 15, 2016·Sep 2, 2016 022016 Fall Tour44Oct 15, 2016·Oct 31, 2016 032017 NYE Run11Dec 30, 2017 042017 Summer Tour11Jul 28, 2017 052018 NYE Run11Dec 31, 2018 062018 Summer Tour11Jul 18, 2018 072019 Fall Tour11Dec 3, 2019 082019 NYE Run11Dec 28, 2019 092019 Summer Tour11Jun 25, 2019 102021 Fall Tour11Oct 29, 2021

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 4472· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Ass Handed

Phish original·debuted 07.15.16·Gorge Amphitheatre, George

19 PLAYS·18 ANALYZED·2 ERASRARITY · BUSTOUT

85BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 19

08.12.22Alpine Valley Music

East Troy, WI · 5:25

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Year by year7 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 2016–2026v3.2

2022 · 85.1

'16'18'21'23'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20221 VERS · BEST 85.1

By era4 ERAS · 18 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS15

AVG · BEST50·67

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS3

AVG · BEST68·85

BEST VERSION→

Versions18 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

08.12.22 Alpine Valley Music · East Troy, WICHARTED

—5:2585 #02

10.29.21 MGM Grand Garden Arena · Las Vegas, NVCHARTED

—5:5784 #03

12.03.19 Met Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA

—0:5967 #04

07.28.17 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—1:0867 #05

09.02.16 Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City, CO

—0:5661 #06

07.15.16 Gorge · George, WA

—1:4658 #07

07.18.18 Lake Tahoe Outdoor Are · Stateline, NV

—2:0255 #08

07.23.16 Sleep Train · Chula Vista, CA

—1:3754 #09

12.31.18 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—2:3353 #10

10.31.16 MGM Grand Garden Arena · Las Vegas, NV

—1:4852

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS19across 2 eras

ANALYZED1895% of all

AVG DURATION1:572 charted

LONGEST5:5710.29.21 MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA

SHORTEST0:5210.22.16 VERIZON WIRELESS AT EN

LONGEST GAP41 SH.2019 → 2021

JAM CHART2CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT07.15.16GEORGE

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 2016–202319 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'16'18'20'22'23

MAX · 4 /MO·TOTAL · 19

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS17 PERFS

LONGEST · 41 SH.·MEDIAN · 6 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE18 VERSIONS

0m6m

MEDIAN · 1:30·PEAK · 1–2m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2016–2023

SHORT · 1:02 · 2019·LONG · 5:57 · 2021

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX19 PLAYS

S1 74%S2 26%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN2

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #5

#1#12

TRANSITION OUT19 PLAYS

63%37%

STOP · 12SEGUE · 7

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY5NV3PA2CA2WI1ME1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN0

MON3

TUE2

WED1

THU0

FRI5

SAT8

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v3.03.3%

v4.01.2%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Twist8 02Also Sprach Zarathustra7 03Sand7 04Ghost6 05Tweezer5 06Weekapaug Groove5

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Hey Stranger18 Mull18 Time Turns Elastic18 Leaves19 Have Mercy17 Breath and Burning19 Foreplay/Long Time17 Bittersweet Motel19

By tour13 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS19 TOTAL

012016 Summer Tour2016 · 3 sh4 022016 Fall Tour2016 · 4 sh4 032017 NYE Run2017 · 1 sh1 042017 Summer Tour2017 · 1 sh1 052018 NYE Run2018 · 1 sh1 062018 Summer Tour2018 · 1 sh1 072019 Fall Tour2019 · 1 sh1 082019 NYE Run2019 · 1 sh1

Charted appearances2 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

08.12.22·Alpine Valley Music · East Troy

Following in 10/29/21's footsteps, the band again launches into a jam which rocks through a few sections and ends > "SYSF".

→CHRT#2

10.29.21·MGM Grand Garden Arena · Las Vegas

A fun little amuse-bouche to a superb second set, as the band really leans into the hard-rock outro to "Ass Handed" proper, Fishman snapping into a tasty groove while Mike takes point on the jam. Shor…

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER ASS HANDEDSWIPE →

28.57%Weekapaug Groove2× →→14.29%Chalk Dust Torture Reprise1× →→14.29%Everything's Right1× →→14.29%Free1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE ASS HANDEDSWIPE →

28.57%Sparkle2× ←→14.29%Drowned1× ←→14.29%Fuck Your Face1× ←→14.29%Ghost1× ←→

Top venues1 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG551

SONG ●/songs/ass-handedSETLIST APPS →phish.net source METHOD →/methodology CATALOG →/songs index

FOUL DOMAIN/songs/ass-handed · v3.2

FOUL DOMAIN · INDEPENDENT · NOT AFFILIATED WITH PHISH

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