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1999-07-08

GTE VIRGINIA BEACH AMPHITHEATER · Virginia Beach, VA · Summer U.S. Tour 1999 Era 1.0

Set 1: Julius [8:43], Fee notes ↗ -> Jam notes ↗, Guyute [10:36], Dirt [5:02], Nellie Kane [3:34], Stash [14:06], Cavern [5:09]
Set 1 total: 47:10 6 of 8 timed

Set 2: Birds of a Feather [18:57] notes ↗ > Prince Caspian [9:42] > Jesus Just Left Chicago [11:51] notes ↗, Saw It Again [6:19], Sleep [2:14], Meatstick [12:11], Tube [6:34] > Simple [13:03] notes ↗
Set 2 total: 1:20:51

Encore: Terrapin [4:40] > Hold Your Head Up [2:40], Character Zero [8:11]
Encore total: 15:31

Timed portion: 2:23:32 across 17 of 19 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 19 songs here are untimed for that reason (or because the show isn't on phish.in at all).

Soundcheck

Bug, You Enjoy Myself (partial), Magilla, Driver, Sleep, Dirt, Back at the Chicken Shack

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

Notes

Birds included several If I Only Had a Brain teases from Trey and Fish improvising lyrics to the tune of If I Only Had A Brain. During Meatstick, Trey and Mike put down their instruments, came to the front of the stage and taught the crowd The Meatstick Dance. Simple ended akin to Coil, with each member of the band leaving the stage until only Page was left. At the beginning of the encore, Fish came out holding the Electrolux vacuum and the band launched into Terrapin (first since July 11, 1996, or 212 shows).

Teases

several If I Only Had a Brain — Trey

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
Julius	245	2026-07-25	1998-11-28	12
Fee	290	2026-07-17	1998-11-08	25
Jam	78	2014-07-27	1999-06-24	5
Guyute	137	2026-07-29	1999-07-01	3
Dirt	81	2026-07-11	1999-06-24	5
Nellie Kane	75	2025-07-03	1998-11-21	16
Stash	464	2026-08-01	1999-06-30	4
Cavern	485	2026-07-25	1999-07-03	2
Birds of a Feather	144	2026-07-14	1999-06-30	4
Prince Caspian	189	2026-09-04	1999-07-01	3
Jesus Just Left Chicago	82	2025-07-12	1998-11-02	30
Saw It Again	51	2026-05-01	1999-06-24	5
Sleep	19	2025-12-28	1998-12-28	10
Meatstick	80	2026-07-17	1999-07-04	1
Tube	206	2026-09-04	1999-07-03	2
Simple	212	2026-07-25	1999-06-30	4
Terrapin	66	2019-12-04	1996-07-11	222
Hold Your Head Up	314	2026-07-29	1998-11-20	17
Character Zero	269	2026-09-04	1999-07-01	3

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 →