Waste
Played 111 times. Current gap: 0 shows. · phish.net ↗ · jam-chart notes ↗
As a jam vehicle
Longest versions
| Date | Set | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1999-12-10 | Set 2 | 11:56 |
| 1999-10-02 | Set 2 | 9:02 |
| 2003-07-08 | Set 2 | 8:26 |
| 1997-06-14 | Set 2 | 8:10 |
| 1996-06-06 | Set 2 | 8:09 |
Length by set
Where a song lands changes what it is: a Set 2 version of a jam vehicle runs far longer than the same song opening Set 1. One catalogue-wide average would hide exactly that.
| Set | Versions | Median | Average | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | 23 | 5:46 | 5:57 | 7:15 |
| Set 2 | 58 | 5:39 | 6:10 | 11:56 |
| Set 3 | 1 | 5:15 | 5:15 | 5:15 |
| Encore | 27 | 5:42 | 5:51 | 7:40 |
Based on 109 of 111 performances — only phish.in tracks that map to exactly one song are counted, so bundled segues and in-set repeats are left out rather than guessed at.
Every performance
| Date | Set | Venue | Gap | Length | Before | After |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-06 | Encore | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 4 | — | (opens set) | First Tube |
| 2026-07-29 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 13 | — | You Enjoy Myself | I Didn't Know |
| 2026-07-08 | Encore | KOHL CENTER, Madison | 7 | — | (opens set) | First Tube |
| 2026-04-18 | Set 2 | SPHERE, Las Vegas | 6 | — | Tweezer | Twist |
| 2025-12-31 | Set 1 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 5 | — | Stash | My Friend, My Friend |
| 2025-09-19 | Set 2 | HAMPTON COLISEUM, Hampton | 6 | — | Tweezer | Rock and Roll |
| 2025-07-26 | Set 2 | BROADVIEW STAGE AT SPAC, Saratoga Springs | 15 | — | Life Saving Gun | Fluffhead |
| 2025-06-28 | Encore | MOODY CENTER, Austin | 9 | — | (opens set) | Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S. |
| 2025-04-22 | Set 2 | BILL GRAHAM CIVIC AUDITORIUM, San Francisco | 9 | — | Ruby Waves | What's the Use? |
| 2024-12-29 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 1 | — | Ruby Waves | Fuego |
| 2024-10-27 | Encore | MVP ARENA, Albany | 24 | — | Gotta Jibboo | Bug |
| 2024-07-23 | Set 1 | MOHEGAN SUN ARENA, Uncasville | 39 | — | Evolve | Walls of the Cave |
| 2023-07-25 | Set 1 | TD PAVILION AT THE MANN, Philadelphia | 13 | — | Blaze On | Walls of the Cave |
| 2023-04-19 | Encore | WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST GREEK THEATRE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, Berkeley | 4 | — | (opens set) | Tweezer Reprise |
| 2023-02-26 | Encore | MOON PALACE, Cancun | 3 | — | McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters | Slave to the Traffic Light |
| 2022-12-31 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 7 | — | Light | Drift While You're Sleeping |
| 2022-08-14 | Encore | ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE, East Troy | 10 | — | (opens set) | First Tube |
| 2022-07-29 | Set 2 | COASTAL CREDIT UNION MUSIC PARK AT WALNUT CREEK, Raleigh | 5 | — | Carini | Ruby Waves |
| 2022-07-20 | Encore | TD PAVILION AT THE MANN, Philadelphia | 11 | — | (opens set) | Loving Cup |
| 2022-05-27 | Encore | THE WHARF AMPHITHEATER, Orange Beach | 5 | — | (opens set) | Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S. |
| 2022-02-26 | Set 2 | MOON PALACE, Cancun | 18 | — | Crosseyed and Painless | Blaze On |
| 2021-09-03 | Encore | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 10 | — | Cavern | Good Times Bad Times |
| 2021-08-08 | Set 2 | RUOFF MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 4 | — | Twenty Years Later | Twist |
| 2021-08-01 | Set 2 | AMERIS BANK AMPHITHEATRE, Alpharetta | 4 | — | Farmhouse | First Tube |
| 2020-02-22 | Set 1 | MOON PALACE, Cancun | 10 | — | 46 Days | Your Pet Cat |
| 2019-12-03 | Encore | MET PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia | 3 | — | (opens set) | Tweezer Reprise |
| 2019-09-01 | Set 2 | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 6 | — | Chalk Dust Torture | Cavern |
| 2019-07-09 | Set 2 | MOHEGAN SUN ARENA, Uncasville | 9 | — | Birds of a Feather | Golgi Apparatus |
| 2019-06-23 | Encore | MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, Columbia | 6 | — | Maze | Sanity |
| 2019-06-12 | Set 2 | CHAIFETZ ARENA, SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY, St. Louis | 3 | — | Light | Suzy Greenberg |
| 2019-02-21 | Encore | BARCELó MAYA BEACH, Riviera Maya | 0 | — | (opens set) | Bold As Love |
| 2018-12-31 | Set 1 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 10 | — | Play by Play | Ass Handed |
| 2018-10-24 | Set 1 | ASCEND AMPHITHEATER, Nashville | 12 | — | Halfway to the Moon | My Friend, My Friend |
| 2018-08-08 | Set 2 | BB&T PAVILION, Camden | 11 | — | Scents and Subtle Sounds | Split Open and Melt |
| 2018-07-20 | Set 2 | GORGE AMPHITHEATRE, George | 6 | — | Light | Rock and Roll |
| 2017-09-03 | Encore | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 53 bustout | — | (opens set) | First Tube |
| 2016-07-10 | Set 2 | LAKEVIEW AMPHITHEATER, Syracuse | 10 | — | Twist | Piper |
| 2016-06-24 | Set 2 | WRIGLEY FIELD, Chicago | 13 | — | Twenty Years Later | Also Sprach Zarathustra |
| 2015-08-21 | Set 2 | WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL, Watkins Glen | 11 | — | Harry Hood | No Men In No Man's Land |
| 2015-08-01 | Set 2 | AARON'S AMPHITHEATRE AT LAKEWOOD, Atlanta | 29 | — | Carini | Sand |
| 2014-07-30 | Set 2 | NTELOS PAVILION, Portsmouth | 13 | — | Seven Below | Backwards Down the Number Line |
| 2014-07-09 | Set 2 | THE MANN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, Philadelphia | 28 | — | Crosseyed and Painless | Mike's Song |
| 2013-08-03 | Encore | BILL GRAHAM CIVIC AUDITORIUM, San Francisco | 12 | — | (opens set) | Suzy Greenberg |
| 2013-07-13 | Encore | MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, Columbia | 17 | — | (opens set) | Good Times Bad Times |
| 2012-08-24 | Set 2 | OAK MOUNTAIN AMPHITHEATRE, Pelham | 14 | — | Also Sprach Zarathustra | Slave to the Traffic Light |
| 2012-06-24 | Set 2 | BLOSSOM MUSIC CENTER, Cuyahoga Falls | 25 | — | Piper | Run Like an Antelope |
| 2011-08-06 | Set 2 | GORGE AMPHITHEATRE, George | 16 | — | Birds of a Feather | Golden Age |
| 2011-06-03 | Set 2 | DTE ENERGY MUSIC THEATRE, Clarkston | 7 | — | David Bowie | Also Sprach Zarathustra |
| 2010-12-31 | Set 3 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 7 | — | Free | Slave to the Traffic Light |
| 2010-10-24 | Set 2 | MULLINS CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Amherst | 21 | — | Taste | David Bowie |
| 2010-07-04 | Set 2 | VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE AT ENCORE PARK, Alpharetta | 15 | — | Ghost | Julius |
| 2010-06-12 | Set 2 | BLOSSOM MUSIC CENTER, Cuyahoga Falls | 11 | — | Suzy Greenberg | Character Zero |
| 2009-11-29 | Encore | CUMBERLAND COUNTY CIVIC CENTER, Portland | 7 | — | Carini | (closes set) |
| 2009-11-18 | Set 2 | COBO ARENA, Detroit | 12 | — | Free | Taste |
| 2009-08-02 | Set 1 | RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE, Morrison | 4 | — | Sugar Shack | Kill Devil Falls |
| 2009-06-20 | Set 2 | ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE, East Troy | 10 | — | Prince Caspian | Fire |
| 2009-06-04 | Set 2 | NIKON AT JONES BEACH THEATER, Wantagh | 4 | — | Time Turns Elastic | You Enjoy Myself |
| 2009-03-06 | Set 2 | HAMPTON COLISEUM, Hampton | 0 | — | Harry Hood | You Enjoy Myself |
| 2008-09-06 | Set 1 | MIDTOWN LOFT AND TERRACE, New York | 9 | — | Julius | (closes set) |
| 2004-06-23 | Encore | VERIZON WIRELESS MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 12 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 2003-12-29 | Encore | AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA, Miami | 1 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 2003-12-02 | Set 2 | FLEETCENTER, Boston | 11 | — | Maze | (closes set) |
| 2003-07-23 | Encore | VERIZON WIRELESS MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 10 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 2003-07-08 | Set 2 | COORS AMPHITHEATRE, Chula Vista | 9 | — | Discern | (closes set) |
| 2003-02-21 | Set 2 | U.S. BANK ARENA, Cincinnati | 17 | — | Free | Also Sprach Zarathustra |
| 2000-10-01 | Encore | BLOCKBUSTER DESERT SKY PAVILION, Phoenix | 18 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 2000-07-14 | Set 2 | POLARIS AMPHITHEATER, Columbus | 7 | — | David Bowie | Sand |
| 2000-07-03 | Encore | E CENTRE, Camden | 16 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 2000-05-23 | Set 2 | ROSELAND BALLROOM, New York | 15 | — | Twist | Piper |
| 1999-12-10 | Set 2 | FIRST UNION SPECTRUM, Philadelphia | 12 | — | Twist | (closes set) |
| 1999-10-02 | Set 2 | TARGET CENTER, Minneapolis | 6 | — | Frankenstein | (closes set) |
| 1999-09-22 | Set 1 | PAN AMERICAN CENTER, Las Cruces | 5 | — | Sand | (closes set) |
| 1999-09-14 | Set 1 | BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY PAVILION, Boise | 11 | — | The Curtain | Loving Cup |
| 1999-07-24 | Set 2 | ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE, East Troy | 2 | — | The Happy Whip and Dung Song | Chalk Dust Torture |
| 1999-07-20 | Set 1 | MOLSON AMPHITHEATRE, Toronto | 11 | — | Divided Sky | Ghost |
| 1999-07-03 | Set 1 | LAKEWOOD AMPHITHEATRE, Atlanta | 41 | — | NICU | Meatstick |
| 1998-08-09 | Set 2 | GTE VIRGINIA BEACH AMPHITHEATER, Virginia Beach | 7 | — | Brian and Robert | Over the Rainbow |
| 1998-07-29 | Encore | RIVERPORT AMPHITHEATER, Maryland Heights | 7 | — | (opens set) | Golgi Apparatus |
| 1998-07-17 | Set 1 | GORGE AMPHITHEATRE, George | 9 | — | Divided Sky | My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own |
| 1998-07-01 | Set 1 | THE GREY HALL, Copenhagen | 4 | — | Piper | Chalk Dust Torture |
| 1998-04-02 | Set 1 | NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, Uniondale | 6 | — | Horn | Chalk Dust Torture |
| 1997-12-11 | Encore | ROCHESTER WAR MEMORIAL, Rochester | 34 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 1997-07-26 | Set 2 | SOUTH PARK MEADOWS, Austin | 7 | — | Free | Johnny B. Goode |
| 1997-07-06 | Set 2 | SPIAGGIA DI RIVOLTELLA, Desenzano | 11 | — | You Enjoy Myself | Rocky Top |
| 1997-06-19 | Set 1 | ARENA WIEN, Vienna | 1 | — | Maze | Vultures |
| 1997-06-14 | Set 2 | THE S.F.X. CENTRE, Dublin | 3 | — | Dogs Stole Things | David Bowie |
| 1997-03-18 | Set 2 | THE FLYNN THEATRE, Burlington | 1 | — | Love Me Like a Man | Chalk Dust Torture |
| 1997-03-02 | Set 2 | PUMPEHUSET, Copenhagen | 1 | — | Punch You in the Eye | Character Zero |
| 1997-02-28 | Set 2 | HUXLEY’S NEUE WELT, Berlin | 1 | — | Axilla | Julius |
| 1997-02-25 | Set 1 | INCOGNITO, Munich | 2 | — | Stash | Taste |
| 1997-02-21 | Set 2 | TENAX, Florence | 1 | — | Reba | Prince Caspian |
| 1997-02-18 | Set 1 | BATACLAN, Paris | 1 | — | Stash | Walfredo |
| 1997-02-16 | Set 1 | ALTER WARTESAAL, Cologne | 1 | — | Tweezer | Cavern |
| 1997-02-13 | Set 1 | SHEPHERD'S BUSH EMPIRE, London | 10 | — | Taste | Poor Heart |
| 1996-11-29 | Set 2 | THE COW PALACE, Daly City | 0 | — | You Enjoy Myself | Harry Hood |
| 1996-11-27 | Encore | KEY ARENA, Seattle | 1 | — | (opens set) | Tweezer Reprise |
| 1996-11-23 | Set 2 | PACIFIC COLISEUM, Vancouver | 2 | — | Catapult | Amazing Grace |
| 1996-11-18 | Encore | MID-SOUTH COLISEUM, Memphis | 5 | — | (opens set) | Johnny B. Goode |
| 1996-11-11 | Encore | VAN ANDEL ARENA, Grand Rapids | 2 | — | (opens set) | Cavern |
| 1996-11-07 | Set 1 | RUPP ARENA, Lexington | 2 | — | Stash | Guyute |
| 1996-11-02 | Set 2 | CORAL SKY AMPHITHEATER, West Palm Beach | 3 | — | Run Like an Antelope | Harry Hood |
| 1996-10-26 | Set 2 | CHARLOTTE COLISEUM, Charlotte | 3 | — | McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters | Run Like an Antelope |
| 1996-10-21 | Set 1 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 1 | — | Stash | Possum |
| 1996-10-18 | Set 2 | CIVIC ARENA, Pittsburgh | 1 | — | Reba | Harry Hood |
| 1996-10-16 | Encore | OLYMPIC CENTER, Lake Placid | 1 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 1996-08-16 | Set 2 | PLATTSBURGH AIR FORCE BASE, Plattsburgh | 1 | — | The Squirming Coil | Talk |
| 1996-08-13 | Set 2 | DEER CREEK MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 4 | — | Over the Rainbow | Train Song |
| 1996-08-05 | Set 2 | RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE, Morrison | 7 | — | Over the Rainbow | Talk |
| 1996-07-19 | Set 1 | LES ARèNES D'ARLES, Arles | 6 | — | Sweet Adeline | Chalk Dust Torture |
| 1996-07-10 | Set 1 | LE ZENITH, Paris | 5 | — | Split Open and Melt | David Bowie |
| 1996-06-06 | Set 2 | JOYOUS LAKE, Woodstock | debut | — | Stash | Character Zero |