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1997-07-21

GTE VIRGINIA BEACH AMPHITHEATER · Virginia Beach, VA · Summer U.S. Tour 1997 Era 1.0

Set 1: Ghost [16:50] > Dogs Stole Things [4:29] > Piper [4:51], Dirt [3:45], Ginseng Sullivan [2:46] > Bathtub Gin [21:51] notes ↗ > Character Zero [7:29]
Set 1 total: 1:02:01

Set 2: Wolfman's Brother [11:05] -> Magilla [5:55] notes ↗ > David Bowie [18:18], Wading in the Velvet Sea [8:29] notes ↗, Theme from the Bottom notes ↗ -> Jam notes ↗ > Funky Bitch [6:01], Slave to the Traffic Light [15:42] notes ↗
Set 2 total: 1:05:30 6 of 8 timed

Encore: Loving Cup [6:14]
Encore total: 6:14

Timed portion: 2:13:45 across 14 of 16 songs — a floor, not the show's length.

Times come from phish.in and are shown only where one track maps to exactly one song. Segued songs are often released as a single bundled track carrying one duration for several songs, and a song played twice in a set can't be told apart — those get no time rather than a made-up one. 2 of 16 songs here are untimed for that reason (or because the show isn't on phish.in at all).

Soundcheck

Limb By Limb, Twist (several times), Ginseng Sullivan

A soundcheck isn't part of the show and counts toward no song's play total or gap.

Notes

The jam during Bathtub Gin featured Trey jumping up and down in time with a syncopated jam, as well as strong Drowned teases. Near the end of the jam, Trey mentioned how good it was to be back home and named the four newer songs that were played. The beginning of Bowie included Radar Love teases from Mike and a Birdland jam and Wolfman’s included a Bathtub Gin tease. The jam out of Theme, as well as Funky Bitch, featured LeRoi Moore on saxophone. The jam with LeRoi included a segment where he played two saxes, Trey played three guitars, Mike played two basses and the Cracklin’ Rosie cymbals, Fish had four drumsticks and Page was lying across his keyboards playing as many as possible. At one point, Trey grabbed two drumsticks and played them on Fish's cymbals and his guitar before tossing them into the crowd. LeRoi also teased the Woody Woodpecker theme during the jam.

Teases

Radar Love — Mike

Gap chart

How long each of tonight's songs had been on the shelf, across all Phish shows. The gap is always as of this date.

Song	Times played	Last played (overall)	Last played before this show	Gap
Ghost	238	2026-09-06	1997-07-10	1
Dogs Stole Things	43	2025-06-24	1997-07-10	1
Piper	212	2026-07-14	1997-07-05	4
Dirt	81	2026-07-11	1997-07-09	2
Ginseng Sullivan	82	2025-09-14	1997-07-10	1
Bathtub Gin	321	2026-07-24	1997-07-10	1
Character Zero	269	2026-09-04	1997-07-11	0
Wolfman's Brother	254	2026-09-04	1997-07-11	0
Magilla	72	2003-07-22	1997-07-10	1
David Bowie	481	2026-07-22	1997-07-02	6
Wading in the Velvet Sea	114	2026-09-04	1997-07-10	1
Theme from the Bottom	202	2026-07-27	1997-07-05	4
Jam	78	2014-07-27	1997-07-10	1
Funky Bitch	238	2026-07-27	1997-07-10	1
Slave to the Traffic Light	299	2026-07-24	1997-07-01	7
Loving Cup	158	2026-07-27	1997-07-01	7

gold = bustout (long gap) · red = jam chart · [m:ss] = phish.in duration (click it to listen) · hover a song for its gap.

Jam-chart marks are curated by hand and lag the shows — the most recent months are sparsely marked because nobody has written them up yet, not because the jams were weak. See coverage →