How many times has Phish played Bold As Love?

Phish has performed "Bold As Love" 85 times since July 7, 1988.

What is the longest version of Bold As Love by Phish?

The longest version of "Bold As Love" was 8:38 long, performed at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, MI on December 2, 1999.

When was the last time Phish played Bold As Love?

Phish last played "Bold As Love" on June 21, 2025. The current gap is 47 shows.

When did Phish first play Bold As Love?

"Bold As Love" debuted on July 7, 1988 at The Front in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Bold As Love?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Bold As Love" are: You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus, Mike's Song, Weekapaug Groove, David Bowie.

← BACK·SONGS·Bold As Love

LIVE · 85 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Jimi Hendrix Experience

Bold As Love

85 performances since 1988, with 79 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 71 on 1988-09-12.

DEBUT · 1988-07-07 · Burlington·LAST · 2025-06-21 · Manchester·LONGEST GAP · 310 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1988–2025INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’88’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25

BEST · 1988-09-12 · 71LONGEST · 8:38 · 1999-12-02SHORTEST · 4:27YEARS · 37

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN79 OF 85 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 67 plays71

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 15 plays61

v4.02021–present · 3 plays45

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 79 · BY SCORE79 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0171#1 / 79Sam's TavernBurlington, VT

1988-09-127:22

#0268#2 / 79The Palace of Auburn HillsAuburn Hills, MI

1999-12-028:38

#0362#3 / 79Sigma Phi Fraternity, Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY

1988-11-057:03

#0461#4 / 79John Paul Jones ArenaCharlottesville, VA

2009-12-056:39

#0559#5 / 79Bailey Hall, Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

1992-11-227:57

#0659#6 / 79The FrontBurlington, VT

1988-09-086:42

#0756#7 / 79Pima County FairgroundsTucson, AZ

1999-09-217:43

#0853#8 / 79Hersheypark StadiumHershey, PA

2010-06-135:47

#0952#9 / 79Pete's Phabulous Phish PhestUnderhill, VT

1988-07-236:14

#1051#10 / 79Barceló Maya BeachRiviera Maya, Quintana Roo

2019-02-216:39

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0138#55 / 79SNHU ArenaManchester, NH

2025-06-214:27

#0245#25 / 79Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2024-12-296:08

#0345#24 / 79Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2021-09-046:23

#0451#10 / 79Barceló Maya BeachRiviera Maya, Quintana Roo

2019-02-216:39

#0544#27 / 79Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2017-08-046:03

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS85

DEBUT1988

LAST2025

AVG LEN6:09

CHARTED0

GAP MAX310

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1988–2025 · 55 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE79 VERSIONS

1020305m

MEDIAN · 6:30PEAK · 5–6m (32)RANGE · 4–9m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1988–2025

4:005:006:007:008:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE85 PLAYS

SET 1 · 29%SET 2 · 20%ENCORE · 47%

SET 1 25SET 2 17SET 3 3ENCORE 40

S1 OPEN2

S1 CLOSE13

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE4

ENCORE63

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 2

102030

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT5 02Nectar'sBurlington · VT3 03Madison Square GardenNew York · NY2 04Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO2 05Key ArenaSeattle · WA2 06Hampton ColiseumHampton · VA2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01VT16 02NY9

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01You Enjoy Myself35 02Golgi Apparatus33 03Mike's Song31 04Weekapaug Groove30 05David Bowie29 06Possum28 07Run Like an Antelope25 08I Am Hydrogen25 09Divided Sky25

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Carolina85

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN39 TOURS · 85 PLAYS · 85 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011988 Tour1414Jul 7, 1988·Dec 2, 1988 021989 Tour1212Mar 12, 1989·Oct 6, 1989 031992 Fall Tour55Nov 19, 1992·Dec 10, 1992 041990 Tour44Mar 17, 1990·Apr 18, 1990 051994 Spring Tour44Apr 17, 1994·May 21, 1994 061995 Fall Tour33Oct 13, 1995·Dec 14, 1995 071993 Winter/Spring Tour33Feb 11, 1993·Apr 13, 1993 081997 Fall Tour (a.k.a. Phish Destroys America)33Nov 14, 1997·Dec 5, 1997 092000 Fall Tour22Sep 22, 2000·Oct 6, 2000 101995 Summer Tour22Jun 16, 1995·Jun 24, 1995

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 293· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Bold As Love

Cover of Jimi Hendrix Experience·debuted 07.07.88·The Front, Burlington

85 PLAYS·79 ANALYZED·3 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

71BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 85

09.12.88Sam's Tavern

Burlington, VT · 7:22

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Year by year24 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1988–2026v3.2

1988 · 71

'88'97'07'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 198814 VERS · BEST 71

By era4 ERAS · 85 PLAYS

1.0 · 672.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS67

AVG · BEST42·71

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS15

AVG · BEST43·61

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS3

AVG · BEST43·45

BEST VERSION→

Versions79 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

09.12.88 Sam's Tavern · Burlington, VT

—7:2271 #02

12.02.99 The Palace of Auburn H · Auburn Hills, MI

—8:3868 #03

11.05.88 Sigma Phi Fraternity, · Clinton, NY

—7:0362 #04

12.05.09 John Paul Jones Arena · Charlottesville, VA

—6:3961 #05

11.22.92 Bailey Hall, Cornell U · Ithaca, NY

—7:5759 #06

09.08.88 The Front · Burlington, VT

—6:4259 #07

09.21.99 Pima County Fairground · Tucson, AZ

—7:4356 #08

06.13.10 Hersheypark · Hershey, PA

—5:4753 #09

07.23.88 Pete's Phabulous Phish · Underhill, VT

—6:1452 #10

02.21.19 Barceló Maya Beach · Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo

—6:3951

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS85across 3 eras

ANALYZED7993% of all

AVG DURATION6:09duration

LONGEST8:3812.02.99 THE PALACE OF AUBURN H

SHORTEST4:2706.21.25 SNHU ARENA

LONGEST GAP310 SH.1990 → 1992

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT07.07.88BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1988–202585 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'88'93'98'03'08'13'18'23'25

MAX · 6 /MO·TOTAL · 85

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS84 PERFS

LONGEST · 310 SH.·MEDIAN · 9 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE79 VERSIONS

4m9m

MEDIAN · 6:30·PEAK · 5–6m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1988–2025

SHORT · 4:27 · 2025·LONG · 7:56 · 1999

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX85 PLAYS

S1 29%S2 20%ENCORE 47%

S1 OPEN2

S1 CLOSE13

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE4

ENCORE63

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#16

TRANSITION OUT85 PLAYS

35%60%

STOP · 30END · 51SEGUE · 4

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT5 02Nectar'sBurlington · VT3 03Madison Square GardenNew York · NY2 04Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO2 05Key ArenaSeattle · WA2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

VT16NY9CO6PA6VA5MA5

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN14

MON5

TUE5

WED8

THU12

FRI19

SAT22

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.05.4%

v3.03.3%

v4.01.2%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01You Enjoy Myself35 02Golgi Apparatus33 03Mike's Song31 04Weekapaug Groove30 05David Bowie29 06Possum28

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Carolina85 Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley86 Avenu Malkenu84 The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday86 Ginseng Sullivan87 No Men In No Man's Land87 Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan83 Jesus Just Left Chicago82

By tour39 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS85 TOTAL

011988 Tour1988 · 14 sh14 021989 Tour1989 · 12 sh12 031992 Fall Tour1992 · 5 sh5 041990 Tour1990 · 4 sh4 051994 Spring Tour1994 · 4 sh4 061995 Fall Tour1995 · 3 sh3 071993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 3 sh3 081997 Fall Tour (a.k.a. Phish Destroys America)1997 · 3 sh3

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER BOLD AS LOVESWIPE →

30.77%The Lizards4× →→15.38%Carolina2× →→15.38%AC/DC Bag2× →→15.38%Sweet Adeline2× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE BOLD AS LOVESWIPE →

28.57%Golgi Apparatus4× ←→14.29%The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony2× ←→14.29%Divided Sky2× ←→14.29%Brian and Robert2× ←→

Top venues2 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

The FrontBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG544

44 Nectar'sBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG342

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