How many times has Phish played Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan?

Phish has performed "Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan" 83 times since June 2, 2009.

What is the longest version of Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan by Phish?

The longest version of "Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan" was 9:23 long, performed at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY on July 26, 2022.

When was the last time Phish played Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan?

Phish last played "Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan" on May 1, 2026. The current gap is 1 shows.

When did Phish first play Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan?

"Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan" debuted on June 2, 2009 at Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan" are: Harry Hood, Chalk Dust Torture, David Bowie, Wolfman's Brother, Down with Disease.

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LIVE · 83 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan

83 performances since 2009, with 83 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 87 on 2017-07-29.

DEBUT · 2009-06-02 · Wantagh·LAST · 2026-05-01 · Las Vegas·LONGEST GAP · 61 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 2009–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’09’10’15’20’25’26

BEST · 2017-07-29 · 87LONGEST · 9:23 · 2022-07-26SHORTEST · 4:27YEARS · 17

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN83 OF 83 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 0 plays—

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 76 plays87

v4.02021–present · 7 plays83

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 83 · BY SCORE83 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0187#1 / 83Madison Square GardenNew York, NY · #3

2017-07-298:24

#0287#2 / 83Bill Graham Civic AuditoriumSan Francisco, CA · #4

2013-08-028:17

#0383#3 / 83Northwell Health at Jones Beach TheaterWantagh, NY · #1

2022-07-269:23

#0480#4 / 83Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN · #2

2022-06-048:52

#0570#5 / 83SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-05-017:20

#0664#6 / 83Petersen Events CenterPittsburgh, PA

2025-06-246:28

#0764#7 / 831stBank CenterBroomfield, CO

2010-10-127:04

#0857#8 / 83Bader FieldAtlantic City, NJ

2012-06-158:43

#0956#9 / 83Shoreline AmphitheatreMountain View, CA

2009-08-056:35

#1053#10 / 83Empire Polo ClubIndio, CA

2009-10-307:47

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0170#5 / 83SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-05-017:20

#0264#6 / 83Petersen Events CenterPittsburgh, PA

2025-06-246:28

#0341#34 / 83Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2024-08-046:34

#0436#51 / 83St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at LakeviewSyracuse, NY

2023-07-235:30

#0547#15 / 83Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy, WI

2022-08-146:19

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS83

DEBUT2009

LAST2026

AVG LEN6:16

CHARTED4

GAP MAX61

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH2009–2026 · 52 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'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 MINUTE83 VERSIONS

1020305m

MEDIAN · 5:30PEAK · 5–6m (37)RANGE · 4–10m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2009–2026

5:005:306:006:307:007:308:008:30

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

SET MIX & ROLE83 PLAYS

SET 1 · 88%SET 2 · 11%

SET 1 73SET 2 9ENCORE 1

S1 OPEN10

S1 CLOSE8

S2 OPEN3

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE1

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 5

51013

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO6 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY6 03Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI3 04Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore ParkAlpharetta · GA3 05nTelos PavilionPortsmouth · VA3 06Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia · MD3

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY15 02

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Harry Hood26 02Chalk Dust Torture25 03David Bowie22 04Wolfman's Brother22 05Down with Disease21 06The Moma Dance20 07Piper20 08Suzy Greenberg20 09Backwards Down the Number Line19

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

La Grange

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN38 TOURS · 83 PLAYS · 83 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

012014 Summer66Jul 1, 2014·Aug 30, 2014 022013 Summer Tour55Jul 10, 2013·Sep 1, 2013 032010 Early Summer Tour55Jun 15, 2010·Jul 3, 2010 042009 Fall Tour44Nov 18, 2009·Dec 5, 2009 052011 Early Summer Tour44Jun 1, 2011·Jun 17, 2011 062009 Early Summer Tour44Jun 2, 2009·Jun 19, 2009 07Not Part of a Tour33Oct 30, 2009·Sep 2, 2011 082009 Late Summer Tour33Jul 31, 2009·Aug 15, 2009 092010 Late Summer Tour33Aug 6, 2010·Aug 15, 2010 102012 Early Summer Tour33Jun 15, 2012·Jun 28, 2012

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 2850· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan

Phish original·debuted 06.02.09·Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh

83 PLAYS·83 ANALYZED·2 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

87BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 83

07.29.17Madison Square Garden

New York, NY · 8:24

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Year by year16 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 2009–2026v3.2

2017 · 86.9

'09'13'17'21'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20173 VERS · BEST 86.9

By era4 ERAS · 83 PLAYS

1.02.03.0 · 764.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS76

AVG · BEST40·87

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS7

AVG · BEST60·83

BEST VERSION→

Versions83 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.29.17 Madison Square Garden · New York, NYCHARTED

—8:2487 #02

08.02.13 Bill Graham Civic Audi · San Francisco, CACHARTED

—8:1787 #03

07.26.22 Northwell Health at Jo · Wantagh, NYCHARTED

—9:2383 #04

06.04.22 Ruoff Music · Noblesville, INCHARTED

—8:5280 #05

05.01.26 Sphere · Las Vegas, NV

—7:2070 #06

06.24.25 Petersen Events · Pittsburgh, PA

—6:2864 #07

10.12.10 1stBank · Broomfield, CO

—7:0464 #08

06.15.12 Bader Field · Atlantic City, NJ

—8:4357 #09

08.05.09 Shoreline · Mountain View, CA

—6:3556 #10

10.30.09 Empire Polo Club · Indio, CA

—7:4753

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS83across 2 eras

ANALYZED83100% of all

AVG DURATION6:164 charted

LONGEST9:2307.26.22 NORTHWELL HEALTH AT JO

SHORTEST4:2708.08.11 HOLLYWOOD BOWL

LONGEST GAP61 SH.2019 → 2022

JAM CHART4CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT06.02.09WANTAGH

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 2009–202683 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'09'11'13'15'17'19'21'23'25'26

MAX · 4 /MO·TOTAL · 83

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS82 PERFS

LONGEST · 61 SH.·MEDIAN · 5 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE83 VERSIONS

4m10m

MEDIAN · 5:30·PEAK · 5–6m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2009–2026

SHORT · 5:30 · 2023·LONG · 8:11 · 2022

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX83 PLAYS

S1 88%

S1 OPEN10

S1 CLOSE8

S2 OPEN3

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE1

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#13

TRANSITION OUT83 PLAYS

66%22%

STOP · 55END · 9SEGUE · 18HARD · 1

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY15CO9CA8VA6PA4IN4

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · WED

SUN14

MON2

TUE14

WED19

THU2

FRI15

SAT17

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v3.016.8%

v4.02.9%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Harry Hood26 02Chalk Dust Torture25 03David Bowie22 04Wolfman's Brother22 05Down with Disease21 06The Moma Dance20

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

La Grange82 Avenu Malkenu84 Jesus Just Left Chicago82 All Things Reconsidered81 Dirt81 Bold As Love85 Carolina85 Walls of the Cave81

By tour38 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS83 TOTAL

012014 Summer2014 · 6 sh6 022013 Summer Tour2013 · 5 sh5 032010 Early Summer Tour2010 · 5 sh5 042009 Fall Tour2009 · 4 sh4 052011 Early Summer Tour2011 · 4 sh4 062009 Early Summer Tour2009 · 4 sh4 07Not Part of a Tour2009–2011 · 3 sh3 082009 Late Summer Tour2009 · 3 sh3

Charted appearances4 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

07.26.22·Northwell Health at Jo · Wantagh

For the second time this summer Phish steal a little extra time to extend a version of this rocker. As at Deer Creek, the band stays mostly within the confines of the song, but luxuriates in a laid ba…

→CHRT#2

06.04.22·Ruoff Music · Noblesville

The longest version of STFTFP up to this date stays mostly within the bounds of the song, save the "Odd Couple" tease. Trey's play is soaring in this very strong version of the song. > into "Runaway J…

→CHRT#3

07.29.17·Madison Square Garden · New York

A really great version, with a easy-going, lilting, and generally upbeat instrumental jam section.

→CHRT#4

08.02.13·Bill Graham Civic Audi · San Francisco

A very strong "Type I" jam in "STFTFP," followed by an unusual, mildly disconcerting outro jam, which itself pairs oddly with low-key "Woo" responses from the audience.

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Often follows / sets up

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