Question 1

How many shows were in the Not Part of a Tour?

Accepted Answer

The Not Part of a Tour included 129 shows from Oct 30, 1983 to Jan 27, 2026, spanning 82 venues across 20 states.

Question 2

What songs were played most on the Not Part of a Tour?

Accepted Answer

The most played songs on the Not Part of a Tour were: Jam (23x), Chalk Dust Torture (18x), Possum (17x), Twist (15x), Back on the Train (14x).

Question 3

Were there any song debuts on the Not Part of a Tour?

Accepted Answer

Yes, 135 songs debuted during the Not Part of a Tour: Dog Log, All Blues, All Of Me, Autumn Leaves, Basin Street Blues, My Favorite Things, On Green Dolphin Street, So What, Unknown, Family Picture, We've Only Just Begun, Bitchin' Again, Crimes of the Mind, Unknown Song, Cold as Ice, Cracklin' Rosie, Maze, Mound, My Friend, My Friend, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, NICU, Silent in the Morning, Sleeping Monkey, The Horse, Weigh, Amazing Grace, Carefree, Blackberry Blossom, Dooley, John Hardy, Midnight Moonlight, Mountain Dew, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?, Don't You Want To Go?, Free, Glide II, Ha Ha Ha, I'll Come Running, Lonesome Cowboy Bill, Spock's Brain, Strange Design, Taste, Theme from the Bottom, Gloria, Character Zero, Waste, Goodbye Jam, I Told You So, Love Me Like a Man, Ain't Love Funny, Bye Bye Foot, Dirt, Dogs Stole Things, Ghost, I Don't Care, Izabella, Limb By Limb, Olivia's Pool, Piper, Samson Variation, Saw It Again, Stand!, Twist, Vultures, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Waking Up, Water in the Sky, Farmhouse, Roggae, The Moma Dance, Back at the Chicken Shack, Down Home Dirty Blues, I Gave My Love a Cherry, Please Send Me Someone to Love, Arc, Down By the River, Moonlight in Vermont, Uncloudy Day, Driver, Helpless, Never, Sleep, Four Strong Winds, I Shall Be Released, Sad Lisa, Further On Up the Road, Voodoo Child (Slight Return), Back on the Train, Bug, Hey You, Windora Bug, What's The Use?, Big Alligator, Che Hun Ta Mo, After Midnight, Quadrophonic Toppling, 46 Days, All of These Dreams, Scents and Subtle Sounds, Devil With a Blue Dress On Jam, Gone, Invisible, Liquid Time, Sleep Again, Starship Trooper Jam, All Down the Line, Casino Boogie, Happy, I Just Want To See His Face, Let It Loose, Rip This Joint, Rocks Off, Shake Your Hips, Shine a Light, Soul Survivor, Stop Breaking Down, Sweet Black Angel, Torn and Frayed, Tumbling Dice, Turd on the Run, Ventilator Blues, No Reply At All, Watcher of the Skies, Monkey Man, Storage Jam, Susskind Hotel, Big Balls, The Way It Goes, Sunshine Superman, Day Tripper, My Sharona, Mystery Achievement, Slow Ride, Starship Trooper, Box of Rain.

Question 4

Were there any bustouts on the Not Part of a Tour?

Accepted Answer

Yes, 15 songs returned after extended absences during the Not Part of a Tour: Baby Lemonade (1401 show gap), Skin It Back (1295 show gap), Midnight Rider (1236 show gap), Corinna (1141 show gap), Light Up Or Leave Me Alone (1137 show gap), and 10 more.

Question 5

How many unique songs did Phish play on the Not Part of a Tour?

Accepted Answer

Phish performed 357 unique songs and 1,107 total performances across 129 shows on the Not Part of a Tour.

Question 6

When did the Not Part of a Tour start and end?

Accepted Answer

The Not Part of a Tour ran from Oct 30, 1983 to Jan 27, 2026.

Date	Venue	Show Score ↓	Avg Score	Top	BPM	Groove	Songs
Dec 31	Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation	90	22.7	75.9	124	51	51
Dec 30	Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation	82	14.1	46.2	121	53	33
Jul 3	Watkins Glen International	82	15.2	43.3	126	39	26
Sep 4	Dick's Sporting Goods Park	81	16.6	42.2	117	73	23
Jul 2	Watkins Glen International	74	11.6	44.1	117	52	45
Oct 31	Empire Polo Club	71	15.3	39	111	63	33
May 16	Lowell Memorial Auditorium	71	16.3	46	112	33	16
Dec 31	Worcester Memorial Auditorium	71	11.3	35.7	112	61	30
Jul 1	Watkins Glen International	69	13.9	41.8	108	56	26
Aug 25	Broadview Stage at SPAC	68	14.4	42	111	47	15
Aug 26	Broadview Stage at SPAC	68	12.6	44.2	112	56	16
Oct 27	MVP Arena	66	12.1	35.9	118	49	18
Sep 3	Dick's Sporting Goods Park	66	12.5	42.8	115	55	22
Sep 2	Dick's Sporting Goods Park	65	10.9	39.5	117	54	26
Oct 25	MVP Arena	65	11.1	36.8	106	49	21
Nov 1	Empire Polo Club	60	10.9	39.4	118	41	41
Jun 18	The Loop 97.9 Studios	60	8.3	16.4	111	45	2
Apr 26	New Orleans Fairgrounds	59	16.4	42.4	120	51	15
Aug 3	Larrabee Farm, a.k.a. Amy's Farm	59	9.7	42.1	118	41	34
Oct 26	MVP Arena	59	12	41.7	104	63	19
Oct 15	The Fillmore	57	17.8	39.8	117	48	20
Aug 14	Loring Commerce Centre	56	8.1	10.6	121	53	9
Oct 3	New World Music Theatre	53	5.5	8.1	124	55	10
Dec 29	Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation	53	6.7	9.1	121	23	7
Sep 14	Champlain Valley Exposition	49	15.8	40.9	120	58	21
Oct 30	Boston Garden	42	9.4	35.5	127	54	11
Mar 18	The Flynn Theatre	40	12.8	44.8	116	66	22
Oct 20	Sony Music Studios	36	8.5	14.2	127	36	11
Oct 30	Empire Polo Club	34	10.9	44	125	47	22
Jun 6	Joyous Lake	31	9.6	41.8	122	32	20
Oct 17	Shoreline Amphitheatre	30	7.1	8.6	138	35	10
Oct 18	Shoreline Amphitheatre	29	7.9	9.2	124	39	12
May 29	Laguna Seca Raceway	29	8.5	11.9	116	56	14
Jun 6	Brad Sands's and Pete Carini's House	28	11.1	17	126	38	28
Jun 21	Ed Sullivan Theater	27	7.9	10.4	122	51	7
Oct 29	Empire Polo Club	26	7.6	9.1	120	65	12
Apr 26	Purple Dragon Recording Studios	23	8.9	11	117	74	6
Apr 26	New Orleans Fairgrounds	22	9.1	13.8	112	60	22
May 30	Laguna Seca Raceway	22	7.3	11.7	125	37	14
Nov 19	Parking Lot, Indiana University Auditorium	21	6.9	11.2	129	40	12
Apr 1	Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront Park	21	7.2	11.5	119	44	2
Apr 25	University of Vermont	19	9	13.4	125	43	16
Jun 24	Ed Sullivan Theater	19	6.4	9.7	118	51	8
Nov 3	KBCO Studio C	18	8.1	11	126	44	4
Feb 20	Moon Palace	15	3.9	7.3	140	34	3
May 18	Fantasy Studios	13	6.6	9.5	121	57	9
Jan 14	The Band House	12	7.6	12.1	129	37	12
May 15	Sonic Studios	10	5.3	9.2	120	44	6
Jul 17	KLRU Studios, University of Texas	10	6.2	8.6	127	46	20
May 19	Key Club	10	6.8	10.3	115	62	3
Oct 30	Harris-Millis Cafeteria - University of Vermont	—	—	—	—	—	0
Sep 26	WRUV Radio	—	—	—	—	—	7
Oct 26	Goddard College	—	—	—	—	—	0
Feb 21	Memorial Auditorium	—	—	—	—	—	0
Mar 2	Hunt's	—	—	—	—	—	0
Jul 18	Royall Tyler Theatre Piazza	—	—	—	—	—	0
Nov 25	Nectar's	—	—	—	—	—	0
Feb 27	Slade Hall, University of Vermont	—	—	—	—	—	0
Sep 26	Odd Fellows Hall	—	—	—	—	—	1
Oct 21	Hunt's	—	—	—	—	—	0
Nov 15	Nectar's	—	—	—	—	—	0
Nov 16	Nectar's	—	—	—	—	—	0
Nov 17	Nectar's	—	—	—	—	—	0
Apr 28	Ira Allen Chapel, University of Vermont	—	—	—	—	—	0
Aug 25	Unknown Venue	—	—	—	—	—	0
Mar 5	Anastasio's House	—	—	—	—	—	19
Apr 1	Unknown Venue	—	—	—	—	—	0
Sep 30	Unknown Venue	—	—	—	—	—	3
Mar 14	Ten Mile Room	—	—	—	—	—	0
Mar 19	Fine Arts Auditorium, Fort Lewis College	—	—	—	—	—	0
Jul 16	Mariott Marquis	—	—	—	—	—	0
Sep 1	Anastasio's House	—	—	—	—	—	9
Nov 5	Liberty Lunch	—	—	—	—	—	0
Jul 23	MTV Studios	—	—	—	—	—	13
Jan 28	Hard Rock Cafe	—	—	—	—	—	1
Apr 7	The Wang Center	—	—	—	—	—	1
Jul 19	Pier Six Concert Pavilion	—	—	—	—	—	0
Apr 13	WNEW Studios	—	—	—	—	—	3
Dec 30	Ed Sullivan Theater	—	—	—	—	—	1
May 14	Fish's House	—	—	—	—	—	11
Jul 13	Ed Sullivan Theater	—	8.7	8.7	88	75	1
Jul 2	Pista Speedway	—	—	—	—	—	0
Nov 12	Target Center	—	—	—	—	—	1
Dec 3	Great Western Forum	—	—	—	—	—	1
Feb 26	SWF3 Studios	—	—	—	—	—	5
Mar 5	Ed Sullivan Theater	—	7.9	7.9	123	87	1
May 18	CoreStates Center	—	—	—	—	—	1
Nov 7	NBC Television Studios, Studio 6A	—	5.1	5.1	144	28	2
Dec 1	CoreStates Center	—	—	—	—	—	1
Jun 29	The Grey Hall	—	—	—	—	—	2
Oct 27	Ed Sullivan Theater	—	8.7	8.7	109	76	1
May 17	The Flynn Theatre	—	—	—	—	—	2
Jun 24	The Barn	—	—	—	—	—	13
Jul 29	Naeba Ski Resort	—	—	—	—	—	1
Sep 4	Chris Kuroda's Wedding	—	—	—	—	—	6
May 15	Sonic Studios	—	—	—	—	—	9
May 16	Ed Sullivan Theater	—	8.2	8.2	118	81	1
May 19	Key Club	—	—	—	—	—	12
Jun 27	NBC Television Studios, Studio 6A	—	5.6	5.6	172	34	1
Oct 3	NBC Studios	—	8.5	8.5	118	78	1
Dec 1	Reception Hall, Swissôtel	—	—	—	—	—	3
Dec 14	Studio 8H, NBC Studios	—	8.8	8.8	124	71	2
Dec 19	Ed Sullivan Theater	—	8.2	8.2	129	84	1
Jun 11	Continental Airlines Arena	—	—	—	—	—	1
Jul 6	Cricket Pavilion	—	—	—	—	—	3
Aug 1	Loring Commerce Centre	—	7.9	7.9	136	42	3
Mar 13	Patrick Gymnasium, University of Vermont	—	—	—	—	—	1
Apr 11	Higher Ground	—	6.5	7.6	102	43	2
Sep 6	Midtown Loft and Terrace	—	—	—	—	—	3
Mar 15	The Waldorf Astoria	—	—	—	125	—	2
May 13	NBC Television Studios, Studio 6B	—	7.5	7.6	125	71	2
May 26	Bethel Woods Center for the Arts	—	13.6	13.6	152	48	1
Jun 24	Ed Sullivan Theater	—	—	—	—	—	1
Jul 14	NBC Studios	—	9.8	10.9	114	70	2
Oct 10	NBC Studios	—	9.4	9.6	126	72	2
Jan 12	Barceló Maya Beach	—	—	—	—	—	4
Feb 20	Barceló Maya Beach	—	—	—	—	—	3
Feb 19	Moon Palace	—	—	—	—	—	5
Dec 29	Madison Square Garden	—	—	—	—	—	0
Dec 30	Madison Square Garden	—	—	—	—	—	0
Dec 31	Madison Square Garden	—	—	—	—	—	0
Dec 31	Rock Lititz	—	—	—	—	—	25
Jan 1	Madison Square Garden	—	—	—	—	—	0
Feb 23	Moon Palace	—	—	—	—	—	4
Jul 11	NBC Television Studios, Studio 6B	—	—	—	—	—	1
Jul 17	NPR Headquarters	—	—	—	—	—	5
Aug 14	The Woodlands	—	—	—	112	—	8
Jan 28	Moon Palace	—	—	—	—	—	4
Jan 27	Moon Palace	—	—	—	—	—	3

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