How many times has Phish played Most Events Aren't Planned?

Phish has performed "Most Events Aren't Planned" 23 times since August 6, 2017.

What is the longest version of Most Events Aren't Planned by Phish?

The longest version of "Most Events Aren't Planned" was 11:46 long, performed at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on August 6, 2017.

When was the last time Phish played Most Events Aren't Planned?

Phish last played "Most Events Aren't Planned" on April 17, 2026. The current gap is 7 shows.

When did Phish first play Most Events Aren't Planned?

"Most Events Aren't Planned" debuted on August 6, 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Most Events Aren't Planned?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Most Events Aren't Planned" are: Bathtub Gin, Chalk Dust Torture, Also Sprach Zarathustra, First Tube, Maze.

← BACK·SONGS·Most Events Aren't Planned

LIVE · 23 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Vida Blue

Most Events Aren't Planned

23 performances since 2017, with 21 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 86 on 2017-08-06.

DEBUT · 2017-08-06 · New York·LAST · 2026-04-17 · Las Vegas·LONGEST GAP · 38 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 2017–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’17’20’25’26

BEST · 2017-08-06 · 86LONGEST · 11:46 · 2017-08-06SHORTEST · 6:29YEARS · 9

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN21 OF 23 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 0 plays—

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 5 plays86

v4.02021–present · 18 plays58

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 21 · BY SCORE21 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0186#1 / 21Madison Square GardenNew York, NY · #1

2017-08-0611:46

#0258#2 / 21United CenterChicago, IL

2025-07-198:38

#0357#3 / 21SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-04-1710:30

#0453#4 / 21Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2026-01-308:22

#0553#5 / 21Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore ParkAlpharetta, GA

2018-08-058:59

#0653#6 / 21Hampton ColiseumHampton, VA

2025-09-218:21

#0750#7 / 21Barceló Maya BeachRiviera Maya, Quintana Roo

2019-02-238:12

#0845#8 / 21Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2017-09-0310:18

#0945#9 / 21Northwell Health at Jones Beach TheaterWantagh, NY

2022-07-268:22

#1044#10 / 21BB&T PavilionCamden, NJ

2019-06-309:04

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0157#3 / 21SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-04-1710:30

#0253#4 / 21Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2026-01-308:22

#0353#6 / 21Hampton ColiseumHampton, VA

2025-09-218:21

#0458#2 / 21United CenterChicago, IL

2025-07-198:38

#0540#12 / 21Folsom FieldBoulder, CO

2025-07-047:35

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS23

DEBUT2017

LAST2026

AVG LEN8:50

CHARTED1

GAP MAX38

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH2017–2026 · 22 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

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

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE23 VERSIONS

36910m

MEDIAN · 8:30PEAK · 8–9m (10)RANGE · 6–12m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2017–2026

7:008:009:0010:0011:00’20’25

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

SET MIX & ROLE23 PLAYS

SET 1 · 61%SET 2 · 39%

SET 1 14SET 2 9

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE8

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE3

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 9

2464681012

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo3 02Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO3 03United CenterChicago · IL2 04Madison Square GardenNew York · NY2 05SphereLas Vegas · NV1 06Hampton ColiseumHampton · VA1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01CO4 02NY4

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Bathtub Gin8 02Chalk Dust Torture8 03Also Sprach Zarathustra8 04First Tube7 05Maze6 06More6 07Everything's Right6 08Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.6 09Ghost5

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Johnny B. Goode23

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN19 TOURS · 23 PLAYS · 23 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

012025 Early Summer Tour22Jul 4, 2025·Jul 19, 2025 022021 Summer Tour22Aug 8, 2021·Sep 5, 2021 032024 Summer Tour22Jul 24, 2024·Aug 31, 2024 042017 Summer Tour22Aug 6, 2017·Sep 3, 2017 052022 Spring Tour11Jun 1, 2022 062022 Summer Tour11Jul 26, 2022 072023 Fall Tour11Oct 14, 2023 082023 Mexico11Feb 25, 2023 092023 Summer Tour11Jul 22, 2023 102024 NYE Run11Dec 30, 2024

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 4784· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Most Events Aren't Planned

Cover of Vida Blue·debuted 08.06.17·Madison Square Garden, New York

23 PLAYS·21 ANALYZED·2 ERASRARITY · BUSTOUT

86BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 23

08.06.17Madison Square Garden

New York, NY · 11:46

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Year by year9 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 2017–2026v3.2

2017 · 86

'17'19'21'23'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20172 VERS · BEST 86

By era4 ERAS · 23 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS5

AVG · BEST56·86

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS18

AVG · BEST42·58

BEST VERSION→

Versions21 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

08.06.17 Madison Square Garden · New York, NYCHARTED

—11:4686 #02

07.19.25 United · Chicago, IL

—8:3858 #03

04.17.26 Sphere · Las Vegas, NV

—10:3057 #04

01.30.26 Moon Palace · Cancun, Quintana Roo

—8:2253 #05

08.05.18 Verizon Wireless at En · Alpharetta, GA

—8:5953 #06

09.21.25 Hampton · Hampton, VA

—8:2153 #07

02.23.19 Barceló Maya Beach · Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo

—8:1250 #08

09.03.17 Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City, CO

—10:1845 #09

07.26.22 Northwell Health at Jo · Wantagh, NY

—8:2245 #10

06.30.19 BB&T · Camden, NJ

—9:0444

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS23across 2 eras

ANALYZED2191% of all

AVG DURATION8:501 charted

LONGEST11:4608.06.17 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

SHORTEST6:2910.14.23 UNITED

LONGEST GAP38 SH.2019 → 2021

JAM CHART1CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT08.06.17NEW YORK

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 2017–202623 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'17'19'21'23'25'26

MAX · 2 /MO·TOTAL · 23

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS22 PERFS

LONGEST · 38 SH.·MEDIAN · 14 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE23 VERSIONS

6m12m

MEDIAN · 8:30·PEAK · 8–9m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2017–2026

SHORT · 7:00 · 2023·LONG · 11:02 · 2017

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX23 PLAYS

S1 61%S2 39%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE8

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE3

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #9

#4#12

TRANSITION OUT23 PLAYS

30%48%22%

STOP · 7END · 11SEGUE · 5

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo3 02Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO3 03United CenterChicago · IL2 04Madison Square GardenNew York · NY2 05SphereLas Vegas · NV1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

CO4NY4IL2NV1VA1CA1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SUN

SUN9

MON1

TUE1

WED2

THU0

FRI4

SAT6

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v3.01.1%

v4.07.4%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Bathtub Gin8 02Chalk Dust Torture8 03Also Sprach Zarathustra8 04First Tube7 05Maze6 06More6

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Johnny B. Goode23 On Your Way Down23 I Always Wanted It This Way23 Buffalo Bill23 Crowd Control23 Life on Mars?23 Devotion to a Dream23 Daniel Saw the Stone24

By tour19 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS23 TOTAL

012025 Early Summer Tour2025 · 2 sh2 022021 Summer Tour2021 · 2 sh2 032024 Summer Tour2024 · 2 sh2 042017 Summer Tour2017 · 2 sh2 052022 Spring Tour2022 · 1 sh1 062022 Summer Tour2022 · 1 sh1 072023 Fall Tour2023 · 1 sh1 082023 Mexico2023 · 1 sh1

Charted appearances1 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

08.06.17·Madison Square Garden · New York

Impressive debut. While colored with shades of Straus, the version remains true to Vida Blue through Page's vocal delivery. Trey then leads the band on a wonderful odyssey, swapping ideas with Page, w…

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