How many times has Phish played The Curtain?

Phish has performed "The Curtain" 123 times since February 24, 1988.

What is the longest version of The Curtain by Phish?

The longest version of "The Curtain" was 8:52 long, performed at Contois Auditorium, City Hall in Burlington, VT on December 16, 1989.

When was the last time Phish played The Curtain?

Phish last played "The Curtain" on July 26, 2022. The current gap is 177 shows.

When did Phish first play The Curtain?

"The Curtain" debuted on February 24, 1988 at Gallagher's in Waitsfield, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with The Curtain?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "The Curtain" are: Golgi Apparatus, Llama, Cavern, Possum, Weekapaug Groove.

← BACK·SONGS·The Curtain

LIVE · 123 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

The Curtain

123 performances since 1988, with 117 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 73 on 1995-11-12.

DEBUT · 1988-02-24 · Waitsfield·LAST · 2022-07-26 · Wantagh·LONGEST GAP · 276 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1988–2022INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’88’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’22

BEST · 1995-11-12 · 73LONGEST · 8:52 · 1989-12-16SHORTEST · 1:31YEARS · 34

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN117 OF 123 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 117 plays73

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 3 plays62

v4.02021–present · 2 plays66

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 117 · BY SCORE117 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0173#1 / 117O'Connell Center, University of FloridaGainesville, FL

1995-11-127:48

#0272#2 / 117Warfield TheatreSan Francisco, CA

1994-05-256:55

#0371#3 / 117Montezuma Hall, San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, CA

1994-05-146:19

#0469#4 / 117Civic AuditoriumKnoxville, TN

1994-04-256:49

#0569#5 / 117Palace TheatreNew Haven, CT

1992-12-296:48

#0669#6 / 117UCSB Events Center, University of California-Santa BarbaraGoleta, CA

1994-12-066:54

#0768#7 / 117Billings Lounge, University of VermontBurlington, VT

1991-04-227:12

#0868#8 / 117Roseland BallroomNew York, NY

1993-02-056:46

#0968#9 / 117McAlister Auditorium, Tulane UniversityNew Orleans, LA

1994-10-146:56

#1067#10 / 117The BoathouseNorfolk, VA

1992-07-146:57

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0166#11 / 117Northwell Health at Jones Beach TheaterWantagh, NY

2022-07-267:22

#0258#31 / 117Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2021-08-086:55

#0360#24 / 117North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston, SC

2019-12-086:43

#0438#108 / 117Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis UniversitySt. Louis, MO

2012-08-286:37

#0562#20 / 117Watkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, NY

2011-07-036:41

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS123

DEBUT1988

LAST2022

AVG LEN6:28

CHARTED0

GAP MAX276

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1988–2022 · 68 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE116 VERSIONS

501005m

MEDIAN · 6:30PEAK · 6–7m (101)RANGE · 1–9m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1988–2022

5:306:006:307:007:30

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

SET MIX & ROLE123 PLAYS

SET 1 · 50%SET 2 · 49%

SET 1 62SET 2 60SET 3 1

S1 OPEN18

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN27

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 2

1020304012

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT4 02Worcester Centrum CentreWorcester · MA2 03Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison · CO2 04Cumberland County Civic CenterPortland · ME2 05Nectar'sBurlington · VT2 06Living and Learning Center, University of VermontBurlington · VT2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY18 02VT

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Golgi Apparatus49 02Llama45 03Cavern44 04Possum43 05Weekapaug Groove43 06Mike's Song42 07You Enjoy Myself42 08Bouncing Around the Room41 09Stash41

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN38 TOURS · 123 PLAYS · 123 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011991 Winter/Spring Tour1313Feb 15, 1991·May 18, 1991 021993 Winter/Spring Tour1111Feb 5, 1993·May 3, 1993 031989 Tour1010Feb 6, 1989·Dec 16, 1989 041992 Spring Tour99Mar 13, 1992·May 17, 1992 051991 Fall Tour88Oct 11, 1991·Dec 7, 1991 061995 Fall Tour88Oct 22, 1995·Dec 14, 1995 071994 Fall Tour66Oct 9, 1994·Dec 6, 1994 081994 Summer Tour66Jun 10, 1994·Jul 5, 1994 091988 Tour55Feb 24, 1988·Sep 24, 1988 101994 Spring Tour55Apr 6, 1994·May 25, 1994

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 266· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

The Curtain

Phish original·debuted 02.24.88·Gallagher's, Waitsfield

123 PLAYS·117 ANALYZED·3 ERASRARITY · COMMON

73BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 123

11.12.95O'Connell , University

Gainesville, FL · 7:48

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Year by year18 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1988–2026v3.2

1995 · 73.3

'88'97'07'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 199511 VERS · BEST 73.3

By era4 ERAS · 122 PLAYS

1.0 · 1172.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS117

AVG · BEST51·73

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS3

AVG · BEST53·62

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS2

AVG · BEST62·66

BEST VERSION→

Versions117 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

11.12.95 O'Connell , University · Gainesville, FL

—7:4873 #02

05.25.94 Warfield · San Francisco, CA

—6:5572 #03

05.14.94 Montezuma Hall, San Di · San Diego, CA

—6:1971 #04

04.25.94 Civic Auditorium · Knoxville, TN

—6:4969 #05

12.29.92 Palace · New Haven, CT

—6:4869 #06

12.06.94 UCSB Events , Universi · Goleta, CA

—6:5469 #07

04.22.91 Billings Lounge, Unive · Burlington, VT

—7:1268 #08

02.05.93 Roseland Ballroom · New York, NY

—6:4668 #09

10.14.94 McAlister Auditorium, · New Orleans, LA

—6:5668 #10

07.14.92 The Boathouse · Norfolk, VA

—6:5767

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS123across 3 eras

ANALYZED11795% of all

AVG DURATION6:28duration

LONGEST8:5212.16.89 CONTOIS AUDITORIUM, CI

SHORTEST1:3102.24.88 GALLAGHER'S

LONGEST GAP276 SH.2012 → 2019

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT02.24.88WAITSFIELD

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1988–2022123 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'88'90'92'94'96'98'00'02'04'06'08'10'12'14'16'18'20'22

MAX · 5 /MO·TOTAL · 123

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS122 PERFS

LONGEST · 276 SH.·MEDIAN · 7 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE116 VERSIONS

1m9m

MEDIAN · 6:30·PEAK · 6–7m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1988–2022

SHORT · 5:33 · 1988·LONG · 7:22 · 2022

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX123 PLAYS

S1 50%S2 49%

S1 OPEN18

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN27

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#10

TRANSITION OUT123 PLAYS

99%

SEGUE · 122HARD · 1

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT4 02Worcester Centrum CentreWorcester · MA2 03Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison · CO2 04Cumberland County Civic CenterPortland · ME2 05Nectar'sBurlington · VT2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY18VT13CO10MA8CA7OH5

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN19

MON7

TUE18

WED11

THU20

FRI26

SAT22

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.09.5%

v3.00.7%

v4.00.8%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Golgi Apparatus49 02Llama45 03Cavern44 04Possum43 05Weekapaug Groove43 06Mike's Song42

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters123 Take the 'A' Train122 Kill Devil Falls125 Gumbo127 Mound119 Roggae119 Colonel Forbin's Ascent129 Fly Famous Mockingbird130

By tour38 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS123 TOTAL

011991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 13 sh13 021993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 11 sh11 031989 Tour1989 · 10 sh10 041992 Spring Tour1992 · 9 sh9 051991 Fall Tour1991 · 8 sh8 061995 Fall Tour1995 · 8 sh8 071994 Fall Tour1994 · 6 sh6 081994 Summer Tour1994 · 6 sh6

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER THE CURTAINSWIPE →

30.91%Tweezer17× →→20%Sample in a Jar11× →→16.36%Mike's Song9× →→12.73%Runaway Jim7× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE THE CURTAINSWIPE →

28.57%AC/DC Bag8× ←→21.43%Axilla6× ←→17.86%Suzy Greenberg5× ←→14.29%Gumbo4× ←→

Top venues1 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

The FrontBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG445

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