How many times has Phish played Ruby Waves?

Phish has performed "Ruby Waves" 46 times since June 18, 2019.

What is the longest version of Ruby Waves by Phish?

The longest version of "Ruby Waves" was 37:50 long, performed at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on December 29, 2024.

When was the last time Phish played Ruby Waves?

Phish last played "Ruby Waves" on May 2, 2026. The current gap is 0 shows.

When did Phish first play Ruby Waves?

"Ruby Waves" debuted on June 18, 2019 at Budweiser Stage in Toronto, Ontario.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Ruby Waves?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Ruby Waves" are: Possum, Tube, Free, Chalk Dust Torture, Back on the Train.

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LIVE · 46 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Ruby Waves

46 performances since 2019, with 43 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 97 on 2019-07-14.

DEBUT · 2019-06-18 · Toronto, Ontario·LAST · 2026-05-02 · Las Vegas·LONGEST GAP · 24 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 2019–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’19’20’25’26

BEST · 2019-07-14 · 97LONGEST · 38:10 · 2019-07-14SHORTEST · 0:39YEARS · 7

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN43 OF 46 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 0 plays—

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 9 plays97

v4.02021–present · 37 plays86

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 43 · BY SCORE43 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0197#1 / 43Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy, WI · #17

2019-07-1438:10

#0286#2 / 43Madison Square GardenNew York, NY · #4

2024-12-2937:50

#0383#3 / 43Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo · #1

2026-01-2928:34

#0480#4 / 43Ervin J. Nutter Center, Wright State UniversityDayton, OH · #8

2023-10-1130:49

#0579#5 / 43Bill Graham Civic AuditoriumSan Francisco, CA · #3

2025-04-2223:11

#0679#6 / 43Atlantic City BeachAtlantic City, NJ · #13

2022-08-0514:33

#0778#7 / 43The WoodlandsDover, DE · charted

2024-08-1615:20

#0878#8 / 43Ameris Bank AmphitheatreAlpharetta, GA · #9

2023-07-1426:10

#0978#9 / 43Forest Hills StadiumForest Hills, NY

2025-07-2320:10

#1078#10 / 43Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis UniversitySt. Louis, MO · #7

2024-07-3118:19

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0166#22 / 43SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-05-0221:22

#0283#3 / 43Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo · #1

2026-01-2928:34

#0365#23 / 43Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2025-12-3014:48

#0451#29 / 43Hampton ColiseumHampton, VA

2025-09-1914:31

#0578#9 / 43Forest Hills StadiumForest Hills, NY

2025-07-2320:10

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS46

DEBUT2019

LAST2026

AVG LEN15:26

CHARTED21

GAP MAX24

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH2019–2026 · 30 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

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

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE43 VERSIONS

12345

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

SET MIX & ROLE46 PLAYS

SET 1 · 9%SET 2 · 91%

SET 1 4SET 2 42

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 3

5101524689

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY7 02Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo4 03Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO4 04Mohegan Sun ArenaUncasville · CT3 05SphereLas Vegas · NV2 06The WoodlandsDover · DE2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY10 02CO4

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Possum12 02Tube11 03Free10 04Chalk Dust Torture10 05Back on the Train10 06Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.10 07Prince Caspian10 08Stash9 09Ghost9

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Bike42 Memories42

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN24 TOURS · 46 PLAYS · 42 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

012024 Summer Tour65Jul 23, 2024·Aug 30, 2024 022019 Summer Tour65Jun 18, 2019·Jul 14, 2019 032023 Summer Tour44Jul 14, 2023·Aug 31, 2023 042022 Summer Tour44Jul 14, 2022·Sep 1, 2022 052021 Summer Tour33Aug 3, 2021·Sep 5, 2021 062023 Spring Tour22Apr 15, 2023·Apr 23, 2023 072019 NYE Run21Dec 30, 2019 082024 Mexico21Feb 24, 2024 092025 Early Summer Tour22Jun 28, 2025·Jul 23, 2025 102025 Late Summer Tour11Sep 19, 2025

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 5115· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Ruby Waves

Phish original·debuted 06.18.19·Budweiser Stage, Toronto, Ontario

46 PLAYS·43 ANALYZED·2 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

97BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 46

07.14.19Alpine Valley Music

East Troy, WI · 38:10

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Year by year7 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 2019–2026v3.2

2019 · 96.7

'19'20'22'24'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20199 VERS · BEST 96.7

By era4 ERAS · 46 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0 · 37

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS9

AVG · BEST63·97

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS37

AVG · BEST61·86

BEST VERSION→

Versions43 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.14.19 Alpine Valley Music · East Troy, WICHARTED

—38:1097 #02

12.29.24 Madison Square Garden · New York, NYCHARTED

—37:5086 #03

01.29.26 Moon Palace · Cancun, Quintana RooCHARTED

—28:3483 #04

10.11.23 Ervin J. Nutter , Wrig · Dayton, OHCHARTED

—30:4980 #05

04.22.25 Bill Graham Civic Audi · San Francisco, CACHARTED

—23:1179 #06

08.05.22 Atlantic City Beach · Atlantic City, NJCHARTED

—14:3379 #07

08.16.24 The Woodlands · Dover, DECHARTED

—15:2078 #08

07.14.23 Ameris Bank · Alpharetta, GACHARTED

—26:1078 #09

07.23.25 Forest Hills · Forest Hills, NY

—20:1078 #10

07.31.24 Chaifetz Arena, Saint · St. Louis, MOCHARTED

—18:1978

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS46across 2 eras

ANALYZED4393% of all

AVG DURATION15:2621 charted

LONGEST38:1007.14.19 ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC

SHORTEST0:3908.16.24 THE WOODLANDS

LONGEST GAP24 SH.2021 → 2022

JAM CHART21CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT06.18.19TORONTO, ONTARIO

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 2019–202646 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'19'21'23'25'26

MAX · 4 /MO·TOTAL · 46

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS41 PERFS

LONGEST · 24 SH.·MEDIAN · 6 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE43 VERSIONS

0m38m

MEDIAN · 14:30·PEAK · 13–14m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2019–2026

SHORT · 9:57 · 2019·LONG · 24:58 · 2026

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX46 PLAYS

S2 91%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #3

#2#9

TRANSITION OUT46 PLAYS

22%70%

STOP · 10END · 1SEGUE · 32HARD · 3

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY7 02Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo4 03Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO4 04Mohegan Sun ArenaUncasville · CT3 05SphereLas Vegas · NV2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY10CO4CT3NV2CA2DE2

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN7

MON2

TUE6

WED7

THU5

FRI12

SAT7

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v3.01.5%

v4.014.3%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Possum12 02Tube11 03Free10 04Chalk Dust Torture10 05Back on the Train10 06Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.10

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Bike42 Memories42 Wingsuit43 A Life Beyond The Dream43 If I Only Had a Brain41 Driver41 Dogs Stole Things43 Alaska44

By tour24 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS46 TOTAL

012024 Summer Tour2024 · 5 sh6 022019 Summer Tour2019 · 5 sh6 032023 Summer Tour2023 · 4 sh4 042022 Summer Tour2022 · 4 sh4 052021 Summer Tour2021 · 3 sh3 062023 Spring Tour2023 · 2 sh2 072019 NYE Run2019 · 1 sh2 082024 Mexico2024 · 1 sh2

Charted appearances20 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

01.29.26·Moon Palace · Cancun, Quintana Roo

Every time you wonder what "Ruby Waves" has left to say you get a version like this. Building upon loops and a driving riff, Trey leads the band into an uplifting peaking jam that hits the summit at 1…

→CHRT#2

06.28.25·Moody · Austin

As yet another outsized, aquatic crimson portal opens up, the jam begins in a swirling rhythmic push. This platform remains steady until play breaks into spacier territory around the 11 minute mark. M…

→CHRT#3

04.22.25·Bill Graham Civic Audi · San Francisco

> from "NMINML". Score one for another massive "RW". Never stagnant and never wandering, there are few notes wasted as the band moves from theme to theme. There is no reliance on tropes as they keep t…

→CHRT#4

12.29.24·Madison Square Garden · New York

A colossal, must-hear "Wave" washes over Madison Square Garden. The jam expands exponentially through multiple sections, including contemplative but optimistic melodicism, driving rhythmic play, and…

→CHRT#5

08.30.24·Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City

Act One: Listen for Fish playing with the rhythm of Trey's feet. Act Two: Enjoy .... Intermit. Act Three: Listen to Trey listen to Page's melody (11:14-ish), follow the line, and go CRAZY. For a bit,…

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