How many times has Phish played Bold As Love?

Phish has performed "Bold As Love" 86 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 July 29, 2026. The current gap is 2 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 · 86 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Jimi Hendrix Experience

Bold As Love

86 performances since 1988, with 80 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 71 on 1988-09-12.

DEBUT · 1988-07-07 · Burlington·LAST · 2026-07-29 · New York·LONGEST GAP · 310 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1988–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’88’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25’26

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

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN80 OF 86 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 67 plays71

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 15 plays61

v4.02021–present · 4 plays69

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 80 · BY SCORE80 ANALYZED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0171#1 / 80Sam's TavernBurlington, VT

1988-09-127:22

#0269#2 / 80Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2026-07-296:28

#0368#3 / 80The Palace of Auburn HillsAuburn Hills, MI

1999-12-028:38

#0463#4 / 80Sigma Phi Fraternity, Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY

1988-11-057:03

#0561#5 / 80John Paul Jones ArenaCharlottesville, VA

2009-12-056:39

#0659#6 / 80Bailey Hall, Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

1992-11-227:57

#0759#7 / 80The FrontBurlington, VT

1988-09-086:42

#0856#8 / 80Pima County FairgroundsTucson, AZ

1999-09-217:43

#0953#9 / 80Hersheypark StadiumHershey, PA

2010-06-135:47

#1052#10 / 80Pete's Phabulous Phish PhestUnderhill, VT

1988-07-236:14

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0169#2 / 80Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2026-07-296:28

#0238#56 / 80SNHU ArenaManchester, NH

2025-06-214:27

#0345#26 / 80Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2024-12-296:08

#0445#25 / 80Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2021-09-046:23

#0552#11 / 80Barceló Maya BeachRiviera Maya, Quintana Roo

2019-02-216:39

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS86

DEBUT1988

LAST2026

AVG LEN6:10

CHARTED0

GAP MAX310

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1988–2026 · 56 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE80 VERSIONS

1020305m

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

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1988–2026

4:005:006:007:008:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE86 PLAYS

SET 1 · 30%SET 2 · 20%ENCORE · 47%

SET 1 26SET 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 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY3 03Nectar'sBurlington · VT3 04Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO2 05Key ArenaSeattle · WA2 06Hampton ColiseumHampton · VA2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01VT16 02NY10

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01You Enjoy Myself36 02Golgi Apparatus33 03Mike's Song31 04Weekapaug Groove30 05David Bowie29 06Possum28 07I Am Hydrogen25 08Run Like an Antelope25 09Divided Sky25

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN40 TOURS · 86 PLAYS · 86 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 041994 Spring Tour44Apr 17, 1994·May 21, 1994 051990 Tour44Mar 17, 1990·Apr 18, 1990 061993 Winter/Spring Tour33Feb 11, 1993·Apr 13, 1993 071997 Fall Tour (a.k.a. Phish Destroys America)33Nov 14, 1997·Dec 5, 1997 081995 Fall Tour33Oct 13, 1995·Dec 14, 1995 092000 Fall Tour22Sep 22, 2000·Oct 6, 2000 101993 Summer Tour22Aug 11, 1993·Aug 25, 1993

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

86 PLAYS·80 ANALYZED·3 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

71BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 86

09.12.88Sam's Tavern

Burlington, VT · 7:22

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Year by year25 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1988–2026v3.2

1988 · 71.3

'88'97'07'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 198814 VERS · BEST 71.3

By era4 ERAS · 86 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

PLAYS4

AVG · BEST49·69

BEST VERSION→

Versions80 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

09.12.88 Sam's Tavern · Burlington, VT

—7:2271 #02

07.29.26 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—6:2869 #03

12.02.99 The Palace of Auburn H · Auburn Hills, MI

—8:3868 #04

11.05.88 Sigma Phi Fraternity, · Clinton, NY

—7:0363 #05

12.05.09 John Paul Jones Arena · Charlottesville, VA

—6:3961 #06

11.22.92 Bailey Hall, Cornell U · Ithaca, NY

—7:5759 #07

09.08.88 The Front · Burlington, VT

—6:4259 #08

09.21.99 Pima County Fairground · Tucson, AZ

—7:4356 #09

06.13.10 Hersheypark · Hershey, PA

—5:4753 #10

07.23.88 Pete's Phabulous Phish · Underhill, VT

—6:1452

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS86across 3 eras

ANALYZED8093% of all

AVG DURATION6:10duration

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 · 1988–202686 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'88'93'98'03'08'13'18'23'26

MAX · 6 /MO·TOTAL · 86

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS85 PERFS

LONGEST · 310 SH.·MEDIAN · 9 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE80 VERSIONS

4m9m

MEDIAN · 6:30·PEAK · 5–6m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1988–2026

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

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX86 PLAYS

S1 30%S2 20%ENCORE 47%

S1 OPEN2

S1 CLOSE13

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE4

ENCORE63

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#16

TRANSITION OUT86 PLAYS

36%59%

STOP · 31END · 51SEGUE · 4

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT5 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY3 03Nectar'sBurlington · VT3 04Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO2 05Key ArenaSeattle · WA2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

VT16NY10CO6PA6VA5MA5

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN14

MON5

TUE5

WED9

THU12

FRI19

SAT22

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.05.4%

v3.03.3%

v4.01.5%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01You Enjoy Myself36 02Golgi Apparatus33 03Mike's Song31 04Weekapaug Groove30 05David Bowie29 06Possum28

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley86 Avenu Malkenu86 Carolina85 Ginseng Sullivan87 The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday88 Peaches en Regalia89 La Grange83 Cars Trucks Buses89

By tour40 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS86 TOTAL

011988 Tour1988 · 14 sh14 021989 Tour1989 · 12 sh12 031992 Fall Tour1992 · 5 sh5 041994 Spring Tour1994 · 4 sh4 051990 Tour1990 · 4 sh4 061993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 3 sh3 071997 Fall Tour (a.k.a. Phish Destroys America)1997 · 3 sh3 081995 Fall Tour1995 · 3 sh3

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER BOLD AS LOVESWIPE →

28.57%The Lizards4× →→14.29%Take the 'A' Train2× →→14.29%Colonel Forbin's Ascent2× →→14.29%AC/DC Bag2× →→

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 venues3 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG353

53 The FrontBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG544

44 Nectar'sBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG342

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