How many times has Phish played Auld Lang Syne?

Phish has performed "Auld Lang Syne" 30 times since December 30, 1989.

What is the longest version of Auld Lang Syne by Phish?

The longest version of "Auld Lang Syne" was 23:56 long, performed at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on December 31, 2015.

When was the last time Phish played Auld Lang Syne?

Phish last played "Auld Lang Syne" on December 31, 2025. The current gap is 14 shows.

When did Phish first play Auld Lang Syne?

"Auld Lang Syne" debuted on December 30, 1989 at The Wetlands Preserve in New York, NY.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Auld Lang Syne?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Auld Lang Syne" are: You Enjoy Myself, Mike's Song, Tweezer Reprise, Weekapaug Groove, Wilson.

← BACK·SONGS·Auld Lang Syne

LIVE · 30 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Traditional

Auld Lang Syne

30 performances since 1989, with 29 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 74 on 2015-12-31.

DEBUT · 1989-12-30 · New York·LAST · 2025-12-31 · New York·LONGEST GAP · 251 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1989–2025INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’89’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25

BEST · 2015-12-31 · 74LONGEST · 23:56 · 2015-12-31SHORTEST · 0:23YEARS · 36

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN29 OF 30 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 12 plays49

v2.02002–2004 · 2 plays37

v3.02009–2020 · 11 plays74

v4.02021–present · 5 plays66

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 29 · BY SCORE29 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0174#1 / 29Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2015-12-3123:56

#0266#2 / 29Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2025-12-311:15

#0355#3 / 29Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2017-12-3114:59

#0455#4 / 29Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2022-12-311:35

#0553#5 / 29Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2023-12-311:49

#0653#6 / 29Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2018-12-312:58

#0751#7 / 29Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2010-12-311:15

#0849#8 / 29Boston GardenBoston, MA

1994-12-311:42

#0946#9 / 29The Wetlands PreserveNew York, NY

1989-12-300:23

#1044#10 / 29Boston GardenBoston, MA

1994-12-313:03

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0166#2 / 29Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2025-12-311:15

#0235#19 / 29Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2024-12-311:15

#0353#5 / 29Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2023-12-311:49

#0455#4 / 29Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2022-12-311:35

#05—Rock LititzLititz, PA

2021-12-31—

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS30

DEBUT1989

LAST2025

AVG LEN2:54

CHARTED0

GAP MAX251

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1989–2025 · 28 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE28 VERSIONS

510150m5m10m15m

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

SET MIX & ROLE30 PLAYS

SET 3 · 83%

SET 1 1SET 2 2SET 3 25ENCORE 2

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE2

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 2

510151246

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY17 02American Airlines ArenaMiami · FL3 03Boston GardenBoston · MA2 04Rock LititzLititz · PA1 05Big Cypress Seminole Indian ReservationBig Cypress · FL1 06FleetCenterBoston · MA1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 4

01NY18 02MA7

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01You Enjoy Myself14 02Mike's Song12 03Tweezer Reprise12 04Weekapaug Groove12 05Wilson11 06Lawn Boy11 07Character Zero10 08Piper10 09Run Like an Antelope9

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Dog Log29 About to Run

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN26 TOURS · 30 PLAYS · 29 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

01Not Part of a Tour33Dec 31, 1991·Dec 31, 2021 021989 Tour22Dec 30, 1989·Dec 31, 1989 031994 NYE Run21Dec 31, 1994 041992 NYE Run11Dec 31, 1992 051995 NYE Run11Dec 31, 1995 061996 NYE Run11Dec 31, 1996 071997 NYE Run11Dec 31, 1997 081998 NYE Run11Dec 31, 1998 092002/2003 Inverted NYE Run11Dec 31, 2002 102003 NYE Run11Dec 31, 2003

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 447· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Auld Lang Syne

Cover of Traditional·debuted 12.30.89·The Wetlands Preserve, New York

30 PLAYS·29 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

74BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 30

12.31.15Madison Square Garden

New York, NY · 23:56

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Year by year28 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1989–2026v3.2

2015 · 74.1

'89'98'07'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20151 VERS · BEST 74.1

By era4 ERAS · 30 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS12

AVG · BEST38·49

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS2

AVG · BEST34·37

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS11

AVG · BEST42·74

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS5

AVG · BEST52·66

BEST VERSION→

Versions29 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

12.31.15 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—23:5674 #02

12.31.25 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—1:1566 #03

12.31.17 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—14:5955 #04

12.31.22 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—1:3555 #05

12.31.23 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—1:4953 #06

12.31.18 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—2:5853 #07

12.31.10 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—1:1551 #08

12.31.94 Boston Garden · Boston, MA

—1:4249 #09

12.30.89 The Wetlands Preserve · New York, NY

—0:2346 #10

12.31.94 Boston Garden · Boston, MA

—3:0344

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS30across 4 eras

ANALYZED2997% of all

AVG DURATION2:54duration

LONGEST23:5612.31.15 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

SHORTEST0:2312.30.89 THE WETLANDS PRESERVE

LONGEST GAP251 SH.1989 → 1991

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT12.30.89NEW YORK

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1989–202530 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'89'94'99'04'09'14'19'24'25

MAX · 2 /MO·TOTAL · 30

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS28 PERFS

LONGEST · 251 SH.·MEDIAN · 48 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE28 VERSIONS

0m24m

MEDIAN · 1:30·PEAK · 1–2m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1989–2025

SHORT · 0:47 · 2002·LONG · 23:56 · 2015

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX30 PLAYS

S3 83%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE2

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #2

#1#6

TRANSITION OUT30 PLAYS

77%

STOP · 3END · 1SEGUE · 23HARD · 3

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY17 02American Airlines ArenaMiami · FL3 03Boston GardenBoston · MA2 04Rock LititzLititz · PA1 05Big Cypress Seminole Indian ReservationBig Cypress · FL1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 4

NY18MA7FL4PA1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · TUE

SUN4

MON2

TUE6

WED4

THU4

FRI4

SAT6

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.00.9%

v2.01.5%

v3.02.4%

v4.02.0%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01You Enjoy Myself14 02Mike's Song12 03Tweezer Reprise12 04Weekapaug Groove12 05Wilson11 06Lawn Boy11

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Dog Log29 About to Run29 Free Bird28 Icculus30 Army of One28 Donna Lee28 Shine a Light30 Corinna31

By tour26 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS30 TOTAL

01Not Part of a Tour1991–2021 · 3 sh3 021989 Tour1989 · 2 sh2 031994 NYE Run1994 · 1 sh2 041992 NYE Run1992 · 1 sh1 051995 NYE Run1995 · 1 sh1 061996 NYE Run1996 · 1 sh1 071997 NYE Run1997 · 1 sh1 081998 NYE Run1998 · 1 sh1

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER AULD LANG SYNESWIPE →

38.46%Down with Disease5× →→15.38%Weekapaug Groove2× →→15.38%Runaway Jim2× →→15.38%Tweezer2× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE AULD LANG SYNESWIPE →

40%Also Sprach Zarathustra4× ←→20%Meatstick2× ←→10%Buried Alive1× ←→10%Character Zero1× ←→

Top venues2 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG1744

44 American Airlines ArenaMIAMI, FL

PLAYSAVG334

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