How many times has Phish played Waste?

Phish has performed "Waste" 110 times since June 6, 1996.

What is the longest version of Waste by Phish?

The longest version of "Waste" was 11:56 long, performed at First Union Spectrum in Philadelphia, PA on December 10, 1999.

When was the last time Phish played Waste?

Phish last played "Waste" on April 18, 2026. The current gap is 6 shows.

When did Phish first play Waste?

"Waste" debuted on June 6, 1996 at Joyous Lake in Woodstock, NY.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Waste?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Waste" are: Chalk Dust Torture, Down with Disease, Sample in a Jar, Run Like an Antelope, Also Sprach Zarathustra.

← BACK·SONGS·Waste

LIVE · 110 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Waste

110 performances since 1996, with 109 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 79 on 1999-07-30.

DEBUT · 1996-06-06 · Woodstock·LAST · 2026-04-18 · Las Vegas·LONGEST GAP · 55 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1996–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’96’00’05’10’15’20’25’26

BEST · 1999-07-30 · 79LONGEST · 11:56 · 1999-12-10SHORTEST · 4:32YEARS · 30

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN109 OF 110 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 48 plays79

v2.02002–2004 · 6 plays65

v3.02009–2020 · 34 plays61

v4.02021–present · 22 plays68

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 109 · BY SCORE109 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0179#1 / 109Naeba Ski ResortNiigata

1999-07-308:49

#0273#2 / 109Joyous LakeWoodstock, NY

1996-06-068:09

#0368#3 / 109Moody CenterAustin, TX

2025-06-285:42

#0466#4 / 109The S.F.X. CentreDublin

1997-06-148:10

#0565#5 / 109Coors AmphitheatreChula Vista, CA

2003-07-088:26

#0665#6 / 109Boise State University PavilionBoise, ID

1999-09-147:12

#0765#7 / 109Broadview Stage at SPACSaratoga Springs, NY

2025-07-265:34

#0862#8 / 109Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2025-12-315:38

#0962#9 / 109First Union SpectrumPhiladelphia, PA

1999-12-1011:56

#1061#10 / 109Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2017-09-035:28

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0160#11 / 109SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-04-185:51

#0262#8 / 109Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2025-12-315:38

#0359#17 / 109Hampton ColiseumHampton, VA

2025-09-195:38

#0465#7 / 109Broadview Stage at SPACSaratoga Springs, NY

2025-07-265:34

#0568#3 / 109Moody CenterAustin, TX

2025-06-285:42

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS110

DEBUT1996

LAST2026

AVG LEN6:02

CHARTED0

GAP MAX55

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1996–2026 · 73 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE106 VERSIONS

1020304050605m10m

MEDIAN · 5:30PEAK · 5–6m (68)RANGE · 4–12m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1996–2026

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

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

SET MIX & ROLE110 PLAYS

SET 1 · 24%SET 2 · 52%ENCORE · 24%

SET 1 26SET 2 57SET 3 1ENCORE 26

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE2

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE4

ENCORE29

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 6

5101520

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY6 02Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo3 03Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI3 04Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO3 05Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge · WA3 06Hampton ColiseumHampton · VA2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY18 02PA

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Chalk Dust Torture44 02Down with Disease30 03Sample in a Jar28 04Run Like an Antelope27 05Also Sprach Zarathustra26 06David Bowie24 07Character Zero24 08Weekapaug Groove23 09Twist23

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Amazing Grace

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN61 TOURS · 110 PLAYS · 110 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011996 Fall Tour1111Oct 16, 1996·Nov 29, 1996 021997 Winter European Tour77Feb 13, 1997·Mar 2, 1997 03Not Part of a Tour55Jun 6, 1996·Oct 27, 2024 042019 Summer Tour44Jun 12, 2019·Sep 1, 2019 052022 Summer Tour33Jul 20, 2022·Aug 14, 2022 062021 Summer Tour33Aug 1, 2021·Sep 3, 2021 071997 Summer European Tour33Jun 14, 1997·Jul 6, 1997 081998 Summer U.S. Tour33Jul 17, 1998·Aug 9, 1998 091999 Fall Tour33Sep 14, 1999·Oct 2, 1999 101996 Summer U.S. Tour33Aug 5, 1996·Aug 16, 1996

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 1403· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Waste

Phish original·debuted 06.06.96·Joyous Lake, Woodstock

110 PLAYS·109 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

79BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 110

07.30.99Naeba Ski Resort

Niigata · 8:49

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Year by year25 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1996–2026v3.2

1999 · 79

'96'03'11'18'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19998 VERS · BEST 79

By era4 ERAS · 110 PLAYS

1.0 · 482.03.0 · 344.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS48

AVG · BEST48·79

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS6

AVG · BEST56·65

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS34

AVG · BEST48·61

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS22

AVG · BEST50·68

BEST VERSION→

Versions109 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.30.99 Naeba Ski Resort · Niigata

—8:4979 #02

06.06.96 Joyous Lake · Woodstock, NY

—8:0973 #03

06.28.25 Moody · Austin, TX

—5:4268 #04

06.14.97 The S.F.X. · Dublin

—8:1066 #05

07.08.03 Coors · Chula Vista, CA

—8:2665 #06

09.14.99 Boise State University · Boise, ID

—7:1265 #07

07.26.25 Broadview Stage at SPA · Saratoga Springs, NY

—5:3465 #08

12.31.25 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—5:3862 #09

12.10.99 First Union Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA

—11:5662 #10

09.03.17 Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City, CO

—5:2861

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS110across 4 eras

ANALYZED10999% of all

AVG DURATION6:02duration

LONGEST11:5612.10.99 FIRST UNION SPECTRUM

SHORTEST4:3202.26.97 LONGHORN

LONGEST GAP55 SH.2016 → 2017

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT06.06.96WOODSTOCK

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1996–2026110 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'96'98'00'02'04'06'08'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'24'26

MAX · 7 /MO·TOTAL · 110

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS109 PERFS

LONGEST · 55 SH.·MEDIAN · 8 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE106 VERSIONS

4m12m

MEDIAN · 5:30·PEAK · 5–6m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1996–2026

SHORT · 5:09 · 2013·LONG · 7:47 · 1999

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX110 PLAYS

S1 24%S2 52%ENCORE 24%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE2

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE4

ENCORE29

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#12

TRANSITION OUT110 PLAYS

38%47%

STOP · 42END · 14SEGUE · 52HARD · 2

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY18PA6CA5CO5VA4IN4

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN20

MON7

TUE14

WED18

THU8

FRI22

SAT21

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.03.9%

v2.08.8%

v3.07.3%

v4.09.0%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Chalk Dust Torture44 02Down with Disease30 03Sample in a Jar28 04Run Like an Antelope27 05Also Sprach Zarathustra26 06David Bowie24

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Amazing Grace110 Timber (Jerry the Mule)109 Cities111 The Mango Song109 Makisupa Policeman108 Wading in the Velvet Sea112 Axilla113 Gotta Jibboo107

By tour61 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS110 TOTAL

011996 Fall Tour1996 · 11 sh11 021997 Winter European Tour1997 · 7 sh7 03Not Part of a Tour1996–2024 · 5 sh5 042019 Summer Tour2019 · 4 sh4 052022 Summer Tour2022 · 3 sh3 062021 Summer Tour2021 · 3 sh3 071997 Summer European Tour1997 · 3 sh3 081998 Summer U.S. Tour1998 · 3 sh3

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER WASTESWIPE →

25%Chalk Dust Torture5× →→15%David Bowie3× →→15%Also Sprach Zarathustra3× →→15%Cavern3× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE WASTESWIPE →

27.27%Stash6× ←→18.18%Free4× ←→13.64%Maze3× ←→13.64%Carini3× ←→

Top venues4 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCOMMERCE CITY, CO

PLAYSAVG355

55 Gorge AmphitheatreGEORGE, WA

PLAYSAVG351

51 Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG646

46 Moon PalaceCANCUN, QUINTANA ROO

PLAYSAVG344

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