How many times has Phish played Show of Life?

Phish has performed "Show of Life" 33 times since June 11, 2010.

What is the longest version of Show of Life by Phish?

The longest version of "Show of Life" was 10:28 long, performed at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY on June 19, 2010.

When was the last time Phish played Show of Life?

Phish last played "Show of Life" on August 31, 2023. The current gap is 122 shows.

When did Phish first play Show of Life?

"Show of Life" debuted on June 11, 2010 at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, IL.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Show of Life?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Show of Life" are: Backwards Down the Number Line, Tweezer, Tweezer Reprise, Chalk Dust Torture, Kill Devil Falls.

← BACK·SONGS·Show of Life

LIVE · 33 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Show of Life

33 performances since 2010, with 33 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 87 on 2018-10-16.

DEBUT · 2010-06-11 · Bridgeview·LAST · 2023-08-31 · Commerce City·LONGEST GAP · 87 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 2010–2023INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’10’15’20’23

BEST · 2018-10-16 · 87LONGEST · 10:28 · 2010-06-19SHORTEST · 4:55YEARS · 13

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN33 OF 33 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 0 plays—

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 29 plays87

v4.02021–present · 4 plays58

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 33 · BY SCORE33 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0187#1 / 33Times Union CenterAlbany, NY · #1

2018-10-169:00

#0261#2 / 33Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2011-12-296:31

#0358#3 / 33Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2023-08-315:30

#0455#4 / 33Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs, NY

2010-06-1910:28

#0553#5 / 33Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2013-09-015:56

#0653#6 / 33Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2022-12-315:49

#0753#7 / 33Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia, MD

2022-07-315:25

#0851#8 / 33Watkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, NY

2011-07-016:59

#0949#9 / 33Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge, WA

2013-07-275:59

#1048#10 / 33William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA

2010-08-066:09

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0158#3 / 33Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2023-08-315:30

#0253#6 / 33Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2022-12-315:49

#0353#7 / 33Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia, MD

2022-07-315:25

#0444#22 / 33Hersheypark StadiumHershey, PA

2021-08-116:18

#0546#19 / 33Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2019-12-295:37

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS33

DEBUT2010

LAST2023

AVG LEN6:05

CHARTED1

GAP MAX87

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH2010–2023 · 23 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE33 VERSIONS

510155m10m

MEDIAN · 5:30PEAK · 5–6m (19)RANGE · 4–11m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2010–2023

5:005:306:006:307:007:308:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE33 PLAYS

SET 2 · 33%ENCORE · 67%

SET 2 11ENCORE 22

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE3

ENCORE25

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 1

5101513

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY5 02Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia · MD3 03Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs · NY3 04Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO2 05Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge · WA2 06Nikon at Jones Beach TheaterWantagh · NY2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY12 02

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Backwards Down the Number Line14 02Tweezer13 03Tweezer Reprise13 04Chalk Dust Torture12 05Kill Devil Falls11 06Character Zero11 07Funky Bitch10 08Weekapaug Groove10 09Also Sprach Zarathustra10

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN21 TOURS · 33 PLAYS · 33 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

012010 Early Summer Tour33Jun 11, 2010·Jun 26, 2010 022010 Fall Tour33Oct 16, 2010·Oct 30, 2010 032011 Late Summer Tour33Aug 5, 2011·Aug 17, 2011 042012 Early Summer Tour33Jun 10, 2012·Jul 4, 2012 052013 Summer Tour33Jul 6, 2013·Sep 1, 2013 062011 Early Summer Tour22Jun 1, 2011·Jun 11, 2011 072010 Late Summer Tour22Aug 6, 2010·Aug 17, 2010 082012 Late Summer Tour11Aug 18, 2012 092012 NYE Run11Dec 30, 2012 102013 NYE Run11Dec 31, 2013

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 3030· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Show of Life

Phish original·debuted 06.11.10·Toyota Park, Bridgeview

33 PLAYS·33 ANALYZED·2 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

87BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 33

10.16.18Times Union

Albany, NY · 9:00

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Year by year10 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 2010–2026v3.2

2018 · 87.3

'10'14'18'22'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20182 VERS · BEST 87.3

By era4 ERAS · 33 PLAYS

1.02.03.0 · 294.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS29

AVG · BEST46·87

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS4

AVG · BEST52·58

BEST VERSION→

Versions33 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

10.16.18 Times Union · Albany, NYCHARTED

—9:0087 #02

12.29.11 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—6:3161 #03

08.31.23 Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City, CO

—5:3058 #04

06.19.10 Saratoga Performing Ar · Saratoga Springs, NY

—10:2855 #05

09.01.13 Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City, CO

—5:5653 #06

12.31.22 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—5:4953 #07

07.31.22 Merriweather Post · Columbia, MD

—5:2553 #08

07.01.11 Watkins Glen Internati · Watkins Glen, NY

—6:5951 #09

07.27.13 Gorge · George, WA

—5:5949 #10

08.06.10 William Randolph Hears · Berkeley, CA

—6:0948

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS33across 2 eras

ANALYZED33100% of all

AVG DURATION6:051 charted

LONGEST10:2806.19.10 SARATOGA PERFORMING AR

SHORTEST4:5506.10.12 BONNAROO MUSIC & ARTS

LONGEST GAP87 SH.2013 → 2016

JAM CHART1CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT06.11.10BRIDGEVIEW

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 2010–202333 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'23

MAX · 3 /MO·TOTAL · 33

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS32 PERFS

LONGEST · 87 SH.·MEDIAN · 8 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE33 VERSIONS

4m11m

MEDIAN · 5:30·PEAK · 5–6m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2010–2023

SHORT · 5:27 · 2012·LONG · 7:37 · 2018

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX33 PLAYS

S2 33%ENCORE 67%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE3

ENCORE25

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#13

TRANSITION OUT33 PLAYS

21%27%52%

STOP · 7END · 9SEGUE · 17

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY12MD3NJ3CO2WA2CA2

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN6

MON0

TUE6

WED5

THU3

FRI4

SAT9

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v3.06.4%

v4.01.6%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Backwards Down the Number Line14 02Tweezer13 03Tweezer Reprise13 04Chalk Dust Torture12 05Kill Devil Falls11 06Character Zero11

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Frankie Says33 Shade33 Steep33 Swept Away33 Ha Ha Ha34 Evolve32 Pebbles and Marbles34 Lengthwise32

By tour21 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS33 TOTAL

012010 Early Summer Tour2010 · 3 sh3 022010 Fall Tour2010 · 3 sh3 032011 Late Summer Tour2011 · 3 sh3 042012 Early Summer Tour2012 · 3 sh3 052013 Summer Tour2013 · 3 sh3 062011 Early Summer Tour2011 · 2 sh2 072010 Late Summer Tour2010 · 2 sh2 082012 Late Summer Tour2012 · 1 sh1

Charted appearances1 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

10.16.18·Times Union · Albany

Regardless of your impression of this song generally, this version deserves a listen. Featuring heartfelt, emotive play and strong communication and interplay, the band, especially Trey, is clearly "i…

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER SHOW OF LIFESWIPE →