How many times has Phish played Destiny Unbound?

Phish has performed "Destiny Unbound" 56 times since September 14, 1990.

What is the longest version of Destiny Unbound by Phish?

The longest version of "Destiny Unbound" was 9:52 long, performed at North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, SC on December 6, 2019.

When was the last time Phish played Destiny Unbound?

Phish last played "Destiny Unbound" on July 12, 2025. The current gap is 37 shows.

When did Phish first play Destiny Unbound?

"Destiny Unbound" debuted on September 14, 1990 at The Living Room in Providence, RI.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Destiny Unbound?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Destiny Unbound" are: Bouncing Around the Room, The Squirming Coil, The Landlady, Cavern, Chalk Dust Torture.

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LIVE · 56 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Destiny Unbound

56 performances since 1990, with 51 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 86 on 2019-12-06.

DEBUT · 1990-09-14 · Providence·LAST · 2025-07-12 · North Charleston·LONGEST GAP · 834 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1990–2025INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25

BEST · 2019-12-06 · 86LONGEST · 9:52 · 2019-12-06SHORTEST · 4:58YEARS · 35

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN51 OF 56 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 29 plays63

v2.02002–2004 · 1 play42

v3.02009–2020 · 18 plays86

v4.02021–present · 8 plays78

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 51 · BY SCORE51 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0186#1 / 51North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston, SC · #2

2019-12-069:52

#0278#2 / 51North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston, SC · #1

2025-07-129:02

#0363#3 / 51The Living RoomProvidence, RI · #3

1990-09-146:07

#0458#4 / 51Field House, University of New HampshireDurham, NH

1990-10-046:21

#0556#5 / 51Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge, WA

2009-08-077:23

#0653#6 / 51State Theatre Of IthacaIthaca, NY

1991-02-147:33

#0753#7 / 51Barceló Maya BeachRiviera Maya, Quintana Roo

2019-02-237:07

#0851#8 / 51Allstate ArenaRosemont, IL

2018-10-288:03

#0951#9 / 51Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2017-12-298:37

#1049#10 / 51Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2020-02-207:53

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0178#2 / 51North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston, SC · #1

2025-07-129:02

#0243#20 / 51Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2024-08-047:47

#03—Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2024-02-217:55

#0440#28 / 51Bridgestone ArenaNashville, TN

2023-10-069:13

#0532#44 / 51Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy, WI

2022-08-126:19

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS56

DEBUT1990

LAST2025

AVG LEN6:40

CHARTED3

GAP MAX834

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1990–2025 · 35 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'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 MINUTE52 VERSIONS

510155m

MEDIAN · 6:30PEAK · 6–7m (19)RANGE · 4–10m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1990–2025

6:007:008:009:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE56 PLAYS

SET 1 · 68%SET 2 · 32%

SET 1 38SET 2 18

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 6

510236

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston · SC3 02Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo2 03Madison Square GardenNew York · NY2 04TraxCharlottesville · VA2 05Gothic TheatreEnglewood · CO2 06State Theatre Of IthacaIthaca · NY2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY9 02SC5

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Bouncing Around the Room33 02The Squirming Coil29 03The Landlady27 04Cavern27 05Chalk Dust Torture25 06Mike's Song24 07Weekapaug Groove24 08Golgi Apparatus24 09Stash21

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Dog Faced Boy

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN27 TOURS · 56 PLAYS · 56 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011991 Winter/Spring Tour1212Feb 2, 1991·May 12, 1991 021991 Fall Tour1010Sep 26, 1991·Nov 15, 1991 031990 Tour77Sep 14, 1990·Dec 29, 1990 042010 Late Summer Tour22Aug 10, 2010·Aug 18, 2010 052013 Summer Tour22Jul 13, 2013·Jul 20, 2013 062021 Summer Tour22Jul 31, 2021·Aug 14, 2021 072014 Fall Tour11Oct 25, 2014 082016 Fall Tour11Oct 28, 2016 092016 Summer Tour11Jul 10, 2016 102017 NYE Run11Dec 29, 2017

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 556· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Destiny Unbound

Phish original·debuted 09.14.90·The Living Room, Providence

56 PLAYS·51 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

86BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 56

12.06.19North Charleston

North Charleston, SC · 9:52

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Year by year18 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1990–2026v3.2

2019 · 86.1

'90'99'08'17'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20192 VERS · BEST 86.1

By era4 ERAS · 56 PLAYS

1.0 · 292.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS29

AVG · BEST40·63

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST42·42

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS18

AVG · BEST45·86

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS8

AVG · BEST47·78

BEST VERSION→

Versions51 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

12.06.19 North Charleston · North Charleston, SCCHARTED

—9:5286 #02

07.12.25 North Charleston · North Charleston, SCCHARTED

—9:0278 #03

09.14.90 The Living Room · Providence, RICHARTED

—6:0763 #04

10.04.90 Field House, Universit · Durham, NH

—6:2158 #05

08.07.09 Gorge · George, WA

—7:2356 #06

02.14.91 State Of Ithaca · Ithaca, NY

—7:3353 #07

02.23.19 Barceló Maya Beach · Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo

—7:0753 #08

10.28.18 Allstate Arena · Rosemont, IL

—8:0351 #09

12.29.17 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—8:3751 #10

02.20.20 Moon Palace · Cancun, Quintana Roo

—7:5349

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS56across 4 eras

ANALYZED5191% of all

AVG DURATION6:403 charted

LONGEST9:5212.06.19 NORTH CHARLESTON

SHORTEST4:5810.27.91 ELK BALLROOM

LONGEST GAP834 SH.1991 → 2003

JAM CHART3CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT09.14.90PROVIDENCE

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1990–202556 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'90'95'00'05'10'15'20'25

MAX · 5 /MO·TOTAL · 56

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS55 PERFS

LONGEST · 834 SH.·MEDIAN · 6 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE52 VERSIONS

4m10m

MEDIAN · 6:30·PEAK · 6–7m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1990–2025

SHORT · 5:48 · 2013·LONG · 9:13 · 2023

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX56 PLAYS

S1 68%S2 32%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #6

#2#15

TRANSITION OUT56 PLAYS

86%14%

STOP · 48SEGUE · 8

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston · SC3 02Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo2 03Madison Square GardenNew York · NY2 04TraxCharlottesville · VA2 05Gothic TheatreEnglewood · CO2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY9SC5CO5VT4CA3IL3

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN13

MON1

TUE3

WED5

THU7

FRI15

SAT12

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.02.3%

v2.01.5%

v3.03.8%

v4.03.7%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Bouncing Around the Room33 02The Squirming Coil29 03The Landlady27 04Cavern27 05Chalk Dust Torture25 06Mike's Song24

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Dog Faced Boy56 Halfway to the Moon56 Beauty of My Dreams57 Brian and Robert55 Hello My Baby57 More54 Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.54 Waves58

By tour27 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS56 TOTAL

011991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 12 sh12 021991 Fall Tour1991 · 10 sh10 031990 Tour1990 · 7 sh7 042010 Late Summer Tour2010 · 2 sh2 052013 Summer Tour2013 · 2 sh2 062021 Summer Tour2021 · 2 sh2 072014 Fall Tour2014 · 1 sh1 082016 Fall Tour2016 · 1 sh1

Charted appearances3 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

07.12.25·North Charleston · North Charleston

Nearly six years later, at the same scene of the last jammed-out "Destiny", the tune once again goes for an extended ride. An "I'm A Man" tease galvanizes a brief, extra passage of full band hard rock…

→CHRT#2

12.06.19·North Charleston · North Charleston

> from "I Been Around." Trey plays a note at the 4:48 mark that indicates this version will be different than previous iterations. Mike takes the lead on the full band jam, coupled with soaring play f…

→CHRT#3

09.14.90·The Living Room · Providence

Debut.

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER DESTINY UNBOUNDSWIPE →