How many times has Phish played Shade?

Phish has performed "Shade" 34 times since July 21, 2015.

What is the longest version of Shade by Phish?

The longest version of "Shade" was 6:49 long, performed at Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend, OR on July 21, 2015.

When was the last time Phish played Shade?

Phish last played "Shade" on July 18, 2026. The current gap is 9 shows.

When did Phish first play Shade?

"Shade" debuted on July 21, 2015 at Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend, OR.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Shade?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Shade" are: Blaze On, Sand, Everything's Right, Ghost, Bathtub Gin.

← BACK·SONGS·Shade

LIVE · 34 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Shade

34 performances since 2015, with 32 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 78 on 2015-07-21.

DEBUT · 2015-07-21 · Bend·LAST · 2026-07-18 · Columbia·LONGEST GAP · 77 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 2015–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’15’20’25’26

BEST · 2015-07-21 · 78LONGEST · 6:49 · 2015-07-21SHORTEST · 3:60YEARS · 11

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN32 OF 34 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 0 plays—

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 14 plays78

v4.02021–present · 20 plays72

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 32 · BY SCORE32 ANALYZED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0178#1 / 32Les Schwab AmphitheaterBend, OR

2015-07-216:49

#0272#2 / 32Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia, MD

2026-07-184:12

#0369#3 / 32Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2020-02-205:32

#0467#4 / 32SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-05-014:50

#0564#5 / 32Ascend AmphitheaterNashville, TN

2015-08-045:36

#0663#6 / 32Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2022-02-245:13

#0762#7 / 32Austin360 AmphitheaterDel Valle, TX

2015-07-285:25

#0860#8 / 32Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy, WI

2019-07-135:43

#0958#9 / 32Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2024-08-024:25

#1058#10 / 32The Wharf AmphitheaterOrange Beach, AL

2022-05-274:22

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0172#2 / 32Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia, MD

2026-07-184:12

#0267#4 / 32SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-05-014:50

#0346#27 / 32TD Pavilion at the MannPhiladelphia, PA

2025-07-154:29

#04—Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2025-01-304:28

#0558#9 / 32Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2024-08-024:25

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS34

DEBUT2015

LAST2026

AVG LEN4:49

CHARTED0

GAP MAX77

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH2015–2026 · 30 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE34 VERSIONS

51015205m

MEDIAN · 4:30PEAK · 4–5m (23)RANGE · 4–7m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2015–2026

4:004:305:005:306:00’15

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

SET MIX & ROLE34 PLAYS

SET 1 · 56%SET 2 · 41%

SET 1 19SET 2 14ENCORE 1

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 6

510136

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo4 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY3 03Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia · MD2 04SphereLas Vegas · NV2 05TD Pavilion at the MannPhiladelphia · PA2 06Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NV3 02NY

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Blaze On11 02Sand10 03Everything's Right10 04Ghost9 05Bathtub Gin8 06Piper8 07Halley's Comet8 08Slave to the Traffic Light8 09Gotta Jibboo7

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Sugar Shack34 Purple Rain

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN23 TOURS · 34 PLAYS · 34 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

012019 Summer Tour44Jun 23, 2019·Aug 30, 2019 022022 Summer Tour33Jul 19, 2022·Aug 14, 2022 032015 Summer33Jul 21, 2015·Aug 4, 2015 042023 Summer Tour22Jul 18, 2023·Aug 1, 2023 052021 Summer Tour22Jul 31, 2021·Aug 27, 2021 062016 Summer Tour22Jun 26, 2016·Jul 16, 2016 072021 Fall Tour22Oct 16, 2021·Oct 29, 2021 082022 NYE Run11Dec 31, 2022 092022 Spring Tour11May 27, 2022 102023 Mexico11Feb 24, 2023

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 4165· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Shade

Phish original·debuted 07.21.15·Les Schwab Amphitheater, Bend

34 PLAYS·32 ANALYZED·2 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

78BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 34

07.21.15Les Schwab

Bend, OR · 6:49

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Year by year11 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 2015–2026v3.2

2015 · 77.6

'15'17'20'23'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20153 VERS · BEST 77.6

By era4 ERAS · 34 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS14

AVG · BEST56·78

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS20

AVG · BEST54·72

BEST VERSION→

Versions32 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.21.15 Les Schwab · Bend, OR

—6:4978 #02

07.18.26 Merriweather Post · Columbia, MD

—4:1272 #03

02.20.20 Moon Palace · Cancun, Quintana Roo

—5:3269 #04

05.01.26 Sphere · Las Vegas, NV

—4:5067 #05

08.04.15 Ascend · Nashville, TN

—5:3664 #06

02.24.22 Moon Palace · Cancun, Quintana Roo

—5:1363 #07

07.28.15 Austin360 · Del Valle, TX

—5:2562 #08

07.13.19 Alpine Valley Music · East Troy, WI

—5:4360 #09

08.02.24 Ruoff Music · Noblesville, IN

—4:2558 #10

05.27.22 The Wharf · Orange Beach, AL

—4:2258

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS34across 2 eras

ANALYZED3294% of all

AVG DURATION4:49duration

LONGEST6:4907.21.15 LES SCHWAB

SHORTEST3:6008.30.19 DICK'S SPORTING GOODS

LONGEST GAP77 SH.2016 → 2018

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT07.21.15BEND

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 2015–202634 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'15'17'19'21'23'25'26

MAX · 2 /MO·TOTAL · 34

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS33 PERFS

LONGEST · 77 SH.·MEDIAN · 9 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE34 VERSIONS

4m7m

MEDIAN · 4:30·PEAK · 4–5m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2015–2026

SHORT · 4:29 · 2025·LONG · 5:57 · 2015

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX34 PLAYS

S1 56%S2 41%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #6

#1#11

TRANSITION OUT34 PLAYS

79%21%

STOP · 27SEGUE · 7

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo4 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY3 03Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia · MD2 04SphereLas Vegas · NV2 05TD Pavilion at the MannPhiladelphia · PA2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NV3NY3MD2PA2IN2CA2

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN6

MON0

TUE8

WED0

THU3

FRI10

SAT7

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v3.02.9%

v4.08.0%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Blaze On11 02Sand10 03Everything's Right10 04Ghost9 05Bathtub Gin8 06Piper8

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Sugar Shack34 Purple Rain33 Ha Ha Ha35 Lengthwise33 Evolve33 Frankie Says33 Pebbles and Marbles35 Show of Life33

By tour23 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS34 TOTAL

012019 Summer Tour2019 · 4 sh4 022022 Summer Tour2022 · 3 sh3 032015 Summer2015 · 3 sh3 042023 Summer Tour2023 · 2 sh2 052021 Summer Tour2021 · 2 sh2 062016 Summer Tour2016 · 2 sh2 072021 Fall Tour2021 · 2 sh2 082022 NYE Run2022 · 1 sh1

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER SHADESWIPE →

40%Mike's Song4× →→20%Funky Bitch2× →→10%Chalk Dust Torture1× →→10%Evolve1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE SHADESWIPE →

18.18%Tweezer2× ←→18.18%Wingsuit2× ←→18.18%Gotta Jibboo2× ←→18.18%Tube2× ←→

Top venues2 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Moon PalaceCANCUN, QUINTANA ROO

PLAYSAVG466

66 Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG347

SONG ●/songs/shadeSETLIST APPS →phish.net source METHOD →/methodology CATALOG →/songs index

FOUL DOMAIN/songs/shade · v3.2

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Common questions

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