How many times has Phish played Loving Cup?

Phish has performed "Loving Cup" 156 times since February 3, 1993.

What is the longest version of Loving Cup by Phish?

The longest version of "Loving Cup" was 13:26 long, performed at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Darien Center, NY on September 14, 2000.

When was the last time Phish played Loving Cup?

Phish last played "Loving Cup" on January 31, 2026. The current gap is 9 shows.

When did Phish first play Loving Cup?

"Loving Cup" debuted on February 3, 1993 at Portland Expo in Portland, ME.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Loving Cup?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Loving Cup" are: Chalk Dust Torture, Tweezer Reprise, Possum, Run Like an Antelope, Sample in a Jar.

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LIVE · 156 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · The Rolling Stones

Loving Cup

156 performances since 1993, with 154 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 87 on 1998-08-15.

DEBUT · 1993-02-03 · Portland·LAST · 2026-01-31 · Cancun, Quintana Roo·LONGEST GAP · 70 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1993–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’93’95’00’05’10’15’20’25’26

BEST · 1998-08-15 · 87LONGEST · 13:26 · 2000-09-14SHORTEST · 5:14YEARS · 33

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN154 OF 156 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 71 plays87

v2.02002–2004 · 9 plays84

v3.02009–2020 · 58 plays85

v4.02021–present · 17 plays78

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 154 · BY SCORE154 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0187#1 / 154Loring Commerce CentreLimestone, ME · #8

1998-08-1510:12

#0285#2 / 154Lucerna TheatrePrague · #11

1998-07-0611:49

#0385#3 / 154Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis UniversitySt. Louis, MO · #2

2019-06-1211:34

#0485#4 / 154Darien Lake Performing Arts CenterDarien Center, NY · #6

2000-09-1413:26

#0584#5 / 154Worcester Centrum CentreWorcester, MA · #5

2003-02-2611:11

#0684#6 / 154Vernon DownsVernon, NY · #9

1998-08-128:60

#0783#7 / 154Nassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumUniondale, NY · #12

1998-04-036:54

#0882#8 / 154Verizon Wireless Music CenterNoblesville, IN · #4

2004-06-248:27

#0981#9 / 154Empire Polo ClubIndio, CA · #3

2009-10-317:51

#1081#10 / 154Deer Creek Music CenterNoblesville, IN · #7

1999-07-259:55

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0176#15 / 154Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2026-01-315:51

#0258#30 / 154Broadview Stage at SPACSaratoga Springs, NY

2025-07-255:25

#0353#43 / 154Jerome Schottenstein CenterColumbus, OH

2025-07-097:06

#0461#24 / 154Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2024-08-316:15

#0552#46 / 154Van Andel ArenaGrand Rapids, MI

2024-08-077:17

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS156

DEBUT1993

LAST2026

AVG LEN7:11

CHARTED17

GAP MAX70

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1993–2026 · 97 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'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 MINUTE155 VERSIONS

1020304050605m10m

MEDIAN · 6:30PEAK · 6–7m (63)RANGE · 5–14m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1993–2026

6:007:008:009:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE156 PLAYS

SET 1 · 19%SET 2 · 33%ENCORE · 46%

SET 1 30SET 2 52SET 3 3ENCORE 71

S1 OPEN8

S1 CLOSE15

S2 OPEN6

S2 CLOSE26

ENCORE110

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 2

102030405060

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY8 02Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO4 03Hampton ColiseumHampton · VA4 04Deer Creek Music CenterNoblesville · IN4 05Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia · MD3 06Loring Commerce CentreLimestone · ME3

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY26 02CA

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Chalk Dust Torture47 02Tweezer Reprise41 03Possum40 04Run Like an Antelope39 05Sample in a Jar39 06Piper37 07You Enjoy Myself37 08Tweezer36 09Weekapaug Groove36

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Carini157 Taste

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN73 TOURS · 156 PLAYS · 156 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011993 Winter/Spring Tour88Feb 3, 1993·Mar 30, 1993 021997 Fall Tour (a.k.a. Phish Destroys America)66Nov 13, 1997·Dec 11, 1997 03Not Part of a Tour66Oct 18, 1998·Sep 14, 2011 041998 Summer U.S. Tour55Jul 15, 1998·Aug 15, 1998 051997 Summer U.S. Tour55Jul 21, 1997·Aug 16, 1997 061999 Fall Tour55Sep 14, 1999·Oct 9, 1999 072013 Summer Tour44Jul 7, 2013·Aug 5, 2013 082000 Summer U.S. Tour44Jun 28, 2000·Jul 15, 2000 092016 Summer Tour44Jun 24, 2016·Aug 28, 2016 102011 Early Summer Tour44May 29, 2011·Jun 17, 2011

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 814· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Loving Cup

Cover of The Rolling Stones·debuted 02.03.93·Portland Expo, Portland

156 PLAYS·154 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · COMMON

87BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 156

08.15.98Loring Commerce

Limestone, ME · 10:12

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Year by year27 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1993–2026v3.2

1998 · 86.7

'93'01'09'17'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 199813 VERS · BEST 86.7

By era4 ERAS · 155 PLAYS

1.0 · 712.03.0 · 584.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS71

AVG · BEST48·87

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS9

AVG · BEST53·84

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS58

AVG · BEST45·85

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS17

AVG · BEST47·78

BEST VERSION→

Versions154 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

08.15.98 Loring Commerce · Limestone, MECHARTED

—10:1287 #02

07.06.98 Lucerna · PragueCHARTED

—11:4985 #03

06.12.19 Chaifetz Arena, Saint · St. Louis, MOCHARTED

—11:3485 #04

09.14.00 Darien Lake Performing · Darien Center, NYCHARTED

—13:2685 #05

02.26.03 Worcester Centrum · Worcester, MACHARTED

—11:1184 #06

08.12.98 Vernon Downs · Vernon, NYCHARTED

—8:6084 #07

04.03.98 Nassau Veterans Memori · Uniondale, NYCHARTED

—6:5483 #08

06.24.04 Verizon Wireless Music · Noblesville, INCHARTED

—8:2782 #09

10.31.09 Empire Polo Club · Indio, CACHARTED

—7:5181 #10

07.25.99 Deer Creek Music · Noblesville, INCHARTED

—9:5581

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS156across 4 eras

ANALYZED15499% of all

AVG DURATION7:1117 charted

LONGEST13:2609.14.00 DARIEN LAKE PERFORMING

SHORTEST5:1411.04.94 ONONDAGA WAR MEMORIAL

LONGEST GAP70 SH.1994 → 1994

JAM CHART17CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT02.03.93PORTLAND

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1993–2026156 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'93'95'97'99'01'03'05'07'09'11'13'15'17'19'21'23'25'26

MAX · 5 /MO·TOTAL · 156

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS155 PERFS

LONGEST · 70 SH.·MEDIAN · 7 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE155 VERSIONS

5m14m

MEDIAN · 6:30·PEAK · 6–7m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1993–2026

SHORT · 5:51 · 2026·LONG · 9:11 · 2000

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX156 PLAYS

S1 19%S2 33%ENCORE 46%

S1 OPEN8

S1 CLOSE15

S2 OPEN6

S2 CLOSE26

ENCORE110

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#14

TRANSITION OUT156 PLAYS

63%26%

STOP · 17END · 98SEGUE · 41

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY26CA13CO10VA8OH7MA7

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SUN

SUN32

MON11

TUE20

WED24

THU13

FRI32

SAT24

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.05.7%

v2.013.2%

v3.012.8%

v4.07.0%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Chalk Dust Torture47 02Tweezer Reprise41 03Possum40 04Run Like an Antelope39 05Sample in a Jar39 06Piper37

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Carini157 Taste154 46 Days158 Halley's Comet159 NICU161 Limb By Limb161 Dinner and a Movie150 Sand163

By tour73 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS156 TOTAL

011993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 8 sh8 021997 Fall Tour (a.k.a. Phish Destroys America)1997 · 6 sh6 03Not Part of a Tour1998–2011 · 6 sh6 041998 Summer U.S. Tour1998 · 5 sh5 051997 Summer U.S. Tour1997 · 5 sh5 061999 Fall Tour1999 · 5 sh5 072013 Summer Tour2013 · 4 sh4 082000 Summer U.S. Tour2000 · 4 sh4

Charted appearances17 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

12.31.23·Madison Square Garden · New York

Erupting from the song, proper, Trey lays into a series of fist-pump power chords, pushes through some "Woos," and pours it on. Infectious, electric play finds Page pounding his keys as the band plays…

→CHRT#2

06.12.19·Chaifetz Arena, Saint · St. Louis

The longest "Loving Cup" to date is a clever - if not forced - nod to a Stanley Cup win for the St. Louis Blues minutes before this jam. A quiet bounce led by Page's piano and fast rotary tone from Tr…

→CHRT#3

10.31.09·Empire Polo Club · Indio

This version is FIERCE, what with horns and soulful backup vocals!

→CHRT#4

06.24.04·Verizon Wireless Music · Noblesville

A rager to open the show!

→CHRT#5

02.26.03·Worcester Centrum · Worcester

Magnificent, must-hear, blisteringly-intense, shredfest with a drawn-out ending!

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Often follows / sets up

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