How many times has Phish played Breath and Burning?

Phish has performed "Breath and Burning" 19 times since June 26, 2016.

What is the longest version of Breath and Burning by Phish?

The longest version of "Breath and Burning" was 10:08 long, performed at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on July 22, 2017.

When was the last time Phish played Breath and Burning?

Phish last played "Breath and Burning" on January 28, 2026. The current gap is 12 shows.

When did Phish first play Breath and Burning?

"Breath and Burning" debuted on June 26, 2016 at Klipsch Music Center in Noblesville, IN.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Breath and Burning?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Breath and Burning" are: Blaze On, Fuego, No Men In No Man's Land, Tube, Ghost.

← BACK·SONGS·Breath and Burning

LIVE · 19 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Breath and Burning

19 performances since 2016, with 19 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 81 on 2017-07-22.

DEBUT · 2016-06-26 · Noblesville·LAST · 2026-01-28 · Cancun, Quintana Roo·LONGEST GAP · 166 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 2016–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’16’20’25’26

BEST · 2017-07-22 · 81LONGEST · 10:09 · 2017-07-22SHORTEST · 4:35YEARS · 10

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN19 OF 19 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 0 plays—

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 17 plays81

v4.02021–present · 2 plays63

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 19 · BY SCORE19 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0181#1 / 19Madison Square GardenNew York, NY · #1

2017-07-2210:09

#0271#2 / 19The Mann Center for the Performing ArtsPhiladelphia, PA · #2

2016-06-289:31

#0363#3 / 19Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2026-01-285:30

#0458#4 / 19Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2016-09-028:08

#0550#5 / 19Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2017-09-019:20

#0649#6 / 19North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston, SC

2019-12-086:39

#0748#7 / 19Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2016-12-317:20

#0846#8 / 19Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly IslandChicago, IL

2017-07-147:19

#0946#9 / 19Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia, MD

2018-08-118:49

#1042#10 / 19Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs, NY

2016-07-035:12

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0163#3 / 19Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2026-01-285:30

#0239#12 / 19Xfinity TheatreHartford, CT

2022-07-249:11

#0339#11 / 19Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2020-02-236:30

#0449#6 / 19North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston, SC

2019-12-086:39

#0546#9 / 19Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia, MD

2018-08-118:49

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS19

DEBUT2016

LAST2026

AVG LEN6:50

CHARTED2

GAP MAX166

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH2016–2026 · 13 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE19 VERSIONS

2465m10m

MEDIAN · 6:30PEAK · 5–6m (6)RANGE · 4–11m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2016–2026

5:006:007:008:009:00’20’25

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

SET MIX & ROLE19 PLAYS

SET 1 · 79%SET 2 · 16%

SET 1 15SET 2 3SET 3 1

S1 OPEN1

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 3

24613

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo2 02Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO2 03Madison Square GardenNew York · NY2 04Xfinity TheatreHartford · CT1 05North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston · SC1 06Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia · MD1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY5 02CO

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Blaze On8 02Fuego7 03No Men In No Man's Land7 04Tube6 05Ghost6 06Character Zero5 07Sand5 08Theme from the Bottom5 09Ocelot4

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Sleep19 Bittersweet Motel19

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN11 TOURS · 19 PLAYS · 19 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

012016 Summer Tour66Jun 26, 2016·Sep 2, 2016 022017 Summer Tour33Jul 14, 2017·Sep 1, 2017 032016 Fall Tour22Oct 18, 2016·Oct 24, 2016 042018 Summer Tour11Aug 11, 2018 052019 Fall Tour11Dec 8, 2019 062020 Mexico11Feb 23, 2020 072022 Summer Tour11Jul 24, 2022 082026 Mexico11Jan 28, 2026 09Not Part of a Tour11Oct 10, 2016 102016 NYE Run11Dec 31, 2016

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 4404· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Breath and Burning

Phish original·debuted 06.26.16·Klipsch Music Center, Noblesville

19 PLAYS·19 ANALYZED·2 ERASRARITY · BUSTOUT

81BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 19

07.22.17Madison Square Garden

New York, NY · 10:09

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Year by year7 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 2016–2026v3.2

2017 · 80.8

'16'18'21'23'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20174 VERS · BEST 80.8

By era4 ERAS · 19 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS17

AVG · BEST45·81

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS2

AVG · BEST51·63

BEST VERSION→

Versions19 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.22.17 Madison Square Garden · New York, NYCHARTED

—10:0981 #02

06.28.16 The Mann for the Perfo · Philadelphia, PACHARTED

—9:3171 #03

01.28.26 Moon Palace · Cancun, Quintana Roo

—5:3063 #04

09.02.16 Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City, CO

—8:0858 #05

09.01.17 Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City, CO

—9:2050 #06

12.08.19 North Charleston · North Charleston, SC

—6:3949 #07

12.31.16 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—7:2048 #08

07.14.17 Huntington Bank at Nor · Chicago, IL

—7:1946 #09

08.11.18 Merriweather Post · Columbia, MD

—8:4946 #10

07.03.16 Saratoga Performing Ar · Saratoga Springs, NY

—5:1242

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS19across 2 eras

ANALYZED19100% of all

AVG DURATION6:502 charted

LONGEST10:0907.22.17 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

SHORTEST4:3506.26.16 KLIPSCH MUSIC

LONGEST GAP166 SH.2022 → 2026

JAM CHART2CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT06.26.16NOBLESVILLE

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 2016–202619 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'16'18'20'22'24'26

MAX · 3 /MO·TOTAL · 19

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS18 PERFS

LONGEST · 166 SH.·MEDIAN · 5 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE19 VERSIONS

4m11m

MEDIAN · 6:30·PEAK · 5–6m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2016–2026

SHORT · 5:30 · 2026·LONG · 9:11 · 2022

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX19 PLAYS

S1 79%S2 16%

S1 OPEN1

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #3

#1#11

TRANSITION OUT19 PLAYS

79%16%

STOP · 15SEGUE · 3HARD · 1

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY5CO2CT1SC1MD1IL1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SUN

SUN6

MON2

TUE3

WED1

THU0

FRI3

SAT4

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v3.03.5%

v4.01.2%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Blaze On8 02Fuego7 03No Men In No Man's Land7 04Tube6 05Ghost6 06Character Zero5

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Sleep19 Bittersweet Motel19 Rise/Come Together19 Leaves19 The Dogs19 Fuck Your Face20 Ass Handed18 Light Up Or Leave Me Alone20

By tour11 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS19 TOTAL

012016 Summer Tour2016 · 6 sh6 022017 Summer Tour2017 · 3 sh3 032016 Fall Tour2016 · 2 sh2 042018 Summer Tour2018 · 1 sh1 052019 Fall Tour2019 · 1 sh1 062020 Mexico2020 · 1 sh1 072022 Summer Tour2022 · 1 sh1 082026 Mexico2026 · 1 sh1

Charted appearances2 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

07.22.17·Madison Square Garden · New York

> from 'Moma," the band breaks from the song proper to produce a sudden, unexpected jam, just the second since its debut. Trey works atop a great groove, alternately riffing and picking a lilting litt…

→CHRT#2

06.28.16·The Mann for the Perfo · Philadelphia

Second version goes deep, with an extended, echo-enhanced outro informing a passage of measured and highly musical space, which -> to "Mind Left Body Jam."

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER BREATH AND BURNINGSWIPE →

25%Theme from the Bottom2× →→25%Poor Heart2× →→12.5%Blaze On1× →→12.5%Funky Bitch1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE BREATH AND BURNINGSWIPE →

37.5%No Men In No Man's Land3× ←→12.5%AC/DC Bag1× ←→12.5%Cars Trucks Buses1× ←→12.5%Farmhouse1× ←→

SONG ●/songs/breath-and-burningSETLIST APPS →phish.net source METHOD →/methodology CATALOG →/songs index

FOUL DOMAIN/songs/breath-and-burning · v3.2

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