← 2021-10-26 · SANTA BARBARA BOWL 2021-10-29 · MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA →

2021-10-28

MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA · Las Vegas, NV · Fall Tour 2021 Era 4.0

Set 1: Also Sprach Zarathustra [16:32] notes ↗ > 1999 [14:41] notes ↗ > 555 [9:30] notes ↗ > 46 Days [15:06] notes ↗, Strawberry Letter 23 [4:04] > Twenty Years Later [16:31] notes ↗
Set 1 total: 1:16:24

Set 2: Seven Below [16:50] notes ↗ > If 6 Was 9 [15:32] notes ↗ > Five Years [5:32] > Two Versions of Me [8:21] notes ↗ -> NO2 [4:32], Army of One [4:26], My Sweet One [2:11], First Tube [10:34] notes ↗ > Character Zero [7:16]
Set 2 total: 1:15:14

Encore: Backwards Down the Number Line [9:20], Grind [1:50]
Encore total: 11:10

Show total: 2:42:48 across 17 songs.

Notes

This show featured a setlist with all songs featuring a number in their name in descending order including the Phish debut of If 6 Was 9 and several bustouts: 1999 (last played July 26, 2017, or 131 shows), Five Years (last played October 31, 2016, or 148 shows), Two Versions of Me (last played November 27, 2009, or 436 shows), and NO2 (last played September 6, 2015, or 193 shows). Trey teased L.A. Woman in Also Sprach Zarathustra and Seven Below in First Tube. Page teased Frankenstein in 1999. In place of the usual number of days lived, Grind featured the band singing the setlist ended by noting that the songs added up to “4,680 digits.”

Teases

L.A. Woman — Trey (in Also Sprach Zarathustra and Seven Below in First Tube)

Frankenstein in 1999 — Page (in place of the usual number of days lived)

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
Also Sprach Zarathustra	279	2026-07-24	2021-10-19	5
1999	4	2022-08-13	2017-07-26	130
555	72	2026-07-11	2021-10-15	8
46 Days	160	2026-09-04	2021-10-26	0
Strawberry Letter 23	13	2025-07-25	2021-08-03	26
Twenty Years Later	49	2026-04-16	2021-09-01	12
Seven Below	53	2026-07-21	2021-09-04	10
If 6 Was 9	1	2021-10-28	debut	—
Five Years	2	2021-10-28	2016-10-31	147
Two Versions of Me	8	2021-10-28	2009-11-27	440
NO2	9	2021-10-28	2015-09-06	193
Army of One	28	2025-09-19	2021-10-15	8
My Sweet One	254	2025-01-29	2021-08-04	25
First Tube	148	2026-09-06	2021-10-23	2
Character Zero	269	2026-09-04	2021-10-15	8
Backwards Down the Number Line	152	2026-09-06	2021-10-20	4
Grind	31	2024-12-31	2021-10-24	1

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 →