Wading in the Velvet Sea
Played 115 times. Current gap: 2 shows. · 10 jam-charted · phish.net ↗ · jam-chart notes ↗
As a jam vehicle
Longest versions
| Date | Set | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1999-12-16 | Set 2 | 10:19 |
| 2000-05-21 | Set 2 | 10:14 |
| 1998-11-15 | Set 2 | 9:27 |
| 1997-06-24 | Set 2 | 9:11 |
| 2003-02-21 | Encore | 9:02 |
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 | 16 | 5:55 | 5:56 | 7:05 |
| Set 2 | 73 | 6:45 | 6:58 | 10:19 |
| Set 3 | 3 | 6:27 | 6:52 | 8:24 |
| Encore | 19 | 6:43 | 6:37 | 9:02 |
Based on 111 of 115 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | Encore | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 0 | — | (opens set) | Harry Hood |
| 2026-08-01 | Encore | FENWAY PARK, Boston | 17 | — | (opens set) | Character Zero |
| 2026-05-02 | Encore | SPHERE, Las Vegas | 25 | — | (opens set) | Fluffhead |
| 2025-07-26 | Set 1 | BROADVIEW STAGE AT SPAC, Saratoga Springs | 24 | — | Mike's Song | Weekapaug Groove |
| 2025-04-23 | Encore | BILL GRAHAM CIVIC AUDITORIUM, San Francisco | 12 | — | (opens set) | First Tube |
| 2024-10-27 | Set 2 jam chart | MVP ARENA, Albany | 11 | — | Mercury | Most Events Aren't Planned |
| 2024-08-10 | Encore | BETHEL WOODS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Bethel | 20 | — | (opens set) | Runaway Jim |
| 2024-04-19 | Encore | SPHERE, Las Vegas | 2 | — | (opens set) | Harry Hood |
| 2024-02-23 | Set 1 | MOON PALACE, Cancun | 19 | — | Kill Devil Falls | Sigma Oasis |
| 2023-08-25 | Encore | BROADVIEW STAGE AT SPAC, Saratoga Springs | 8 | — | (opens set) | Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S. |
| 2023-07-25 | Encore | TD PAVILION AT THE MANN, Philadelphia | 16 | — | (opens set) | Fire |
| 2023-04-15 | Set 2 | CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA, Seattle | 17 | — | Tube | Harry Hood |
| 2022-08-07 | Encore | ATLANTIC CITY BEACH, Atlantic City | 31 | — | (opens set) | First Tube |
| 2022-02-25 | Encore | MOON PALACE, Cancun | 29 | — | (opens set) | Run Like an Antelope |
| 2021-08-07 | Set 2 | RUOFF MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 32 | — | Down with Disease | Possum |
| 2019-07-05 | Set 2 | FENWAY PARK, Boston | 20 | — | Mercury | Fuego |
| 2018-12-30 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 2 | — | Light | Split Open and Melt |
| 2018-11-03 | Encore | MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA, Las Vegas | 11 | — | (opens set) | Character Zero |
| 2018-10-17 | Set 2 | TIMES UNION CENTER, Albany | 18 | — | The Wedge | Wilson |
| 2018-07-21 | Set 2 | GORGE AMPHITHEATRE, George | 3 | — | Prince Caspian | Rise/Come Together |
| 2017-12-31 | Set 3 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 16 | — | Prince Caspian | First Tube |
| 2017-07-23 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 8 | — | Boogie On Reggae Woman | (closes set) |
| 2017-01-14 | Set 2 | BARCELó MAYA BEACH, Riviera Maya | 2 | — | Light | (closes set) |
| 2016-12-30 | Set 2 jam chart | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 12 | — | Light | Rocky Top |
| 2016-10-16 | Set 2 | JACKSONVILLE VETERANS MEMORIAL ARENA, Jacksonville | 10 | — | The Wedge | Run Like an Antelope |
| 2016-07-20 | Encore | BILL GRAHAM CIVIC AUDITORIUM, San Francisco | 14 | — | (opens set) | Character Zero |
| 2016-06-25 | Set 2 | WRIGLEY FIELD, Chicago | 3 | — | Steam | Harry Hood |
| 2016-01-16 | Set 1 | BARCELó MAYA BEACH, Riviera Maya | 7 | — | Timber (Jerry the Mule) | Reba |
| 2015-09-04 | Set 2 | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 1 | — | Fuego | Walls of the Cave |
| 2015-08-22 | Set 3 | WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL, Watkins Glen | 15 | — | 555 | Walls of the Cave |
| 2015-07-28 | Set 2 | AUSTIN360 AMPHITHEATER, Del Valle | 6 | — | Blaze On | David Bowie |
| 2015-01-01 | Set 2 | AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA, Miami | 2 | — | Winterqueen | Run Like an Antelope |
| 2014-11-01 | Set 2 | MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA, Las Vegas | 7 | — | Twist | Harry Hood |
| 2014-10-21 | Set 2 | SANTA BARBARA BOWL, Santa Barbara | 4 | — | Piper | Suzy Greenberg |
| 2014-08-29 | Set 2 | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 1 | — | Harry Hood | Run Like an Antelope |
| 2014-08-02 | Set 2 | OAK MOUNTAIN AMPHITHEATRE, Pelham | 12 | — | Sand | You Enjoy Myself |
| 2014-07-13 | Set 2 jam chart | RANDALL'S ISLAND, New York | 4 | — | Tweezer | Sing Monica |
| 2014-07-05 | Set 1 | SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Saratoga Springs | 16 | — | Divided Sky | David Bowie |
| 2013-10-23 | Set 2 jam chart | GLENS FALLS CIVIC CENTER, Glens Falls | 3 | — | Twist | Harry Hood |
| 2013-10-18 | Set 2 | HAMPTON COLISEUM, Hampton | 8 | — | Twenty Years Later | Run Like an Antelope |
| 2013-07-30 | Set 2 | LAKE TAHOE OUTDOOR ARENA AT HARVEYS, Stateline | 10 | — | Piper | Mike's Song |
| 2013-07-12 | Set 2 | NIKON AT JONES BEACH THEATER, Wantagh | 1 | — | The Wedge | Character Zero |
| 2013-07-07 | Set 2 | SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Saratoga Springs | 5 | — | Piper | Run Like an Antelope |
| 2012-12-29 | Set 1 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 7 | — | Limb By Limb | Bathtub Gin |
| 2012-08-25 | Set 2 | AARON'S AMPHITHEATRE AT LAKEWOOD, Atlanta | 4 | — | Light | Chalk Dust Torture |
| 2012-08-17 | Set 2 | BILL GRAHAM CIVIC AUDITORIUM, San Francisco | 13 | — | Twist | Chalk Dust Torture |
| 2012-06-20 | Set 2 | NTELOS PAVILION, Portsmouth | 5 | — | What's the Use? | Possum |
| 2012-06-08 | Set 2 | DCU CENTER, Worcester | 1 | — | Weekapaug Groove | Also Sprach Zarathustra |
| 2011-12-31 | Set 3 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 11 | — | Alaska | First Tube |
| 2011-08-10 | Set 2 | LAKE TAHOE OUTDOOR ARENA AT HARVEYS, Stateline | 13 | — | Guyute | You Enjoy Myself |
| 2011-06-11 | Set 2 | MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, Columbia | 10 | — | Piper | Also Sprach Zarathustra |
| 2011-05-27 | Set 2 | BETHEL WOODS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Bethel | 5 | — | Crosseyed and Painless | Possum |
| 2010-12-27 | Set 2 jam chart | DCU CENTER, Worcester | 5 | — | Twenty Years Later | Possum |
| 2010-10-23 | Set 2 | MULLINS CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Amherst | 6 | — | Maze | Piper |
| 2010-10-11 | Set 2 | 1STBANK CENTER, Broomfield | 16 | — | Gotta Jibboo | Twist |
| 2010-07-01 | Set 2 | TIME WARNER CABLE MUSIC PAVILION AT WALNUT CREEK, Raleigh | 8 | — | Free | The Squirming Coil |
| 2010-06-18 | Set 2 | THE COMCAST THEATRE, Hartford | 2 | — | Harry Hood | Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan |
| 2010-06-13 | Set 2 | HERSHEYPARK STADIUM, Hershey | 5 | — | Free | You Enjoy Myself |
| 2009-12-30 | Set 2 | AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA, Miami | 5 | — | Back on the Train | Hold Your Head Up |
| 2009-12-02 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 8 | — | Harry Hood | Suzy Greenberg |
| 2009-11-18 | Set 2 | COBO ARENA, Detroit | 16 | — | Bug | Mike's Song |
| 2009-06-21 | Set 2 | ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE, East Troy | 5 | — | Piper | Boogie On Reggae Woman |
| 2009-06-12 | Set 1 | BONNAROO MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL, Manchester | 7 | — | Free | Harry Hood |
| 2009-05-31 | Set 1 | FENWAY PARK, Boston | 0 | — | Limb By Limb | Down with Disease |
| 2009-03-08 | Set 2 | HAMPTON COLISEUM, Hampton | 3 | — | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | Slave to the Traffic Light |
| 2004-08-15 | Set 2 | NEWPORT STATE AIRPORT, Coventry | 11 | — | Down with Disease | Glide |
| 2004-06-19 | Encore | SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Saratoga Springs | 21 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 2003-07-26 | Encore | HIFI BUYS AMPHITHEATRE, Atlanta | 4 | — | (opens set) | Tweezer Reprise |
| 2003-07-19 | Encore | ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE, East Troy | 5 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 2003-07-10 | Set 2 | SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE, Mountain View | 5 | — | Seven Below | Also Sprach Zarathustra |
| 2003-03-01 | Set 2 | GREENSBORO COLISEUM, Greensboro | 5 | — | Boogie On Reggae Woman | Run Like an Antelope |
| 2003-02-21 | Encore jam chart | U.S. BANK ARENA, Cincinnati | 8 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 2002-12-31 | Encore | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 3 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 2000-10-07 | Set 2 | SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE, Mountain View | 12 | — | Tweezer | Meatstick |
| 2000-09-20 | Set 2 | RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER, Cincinnati | 8 | — | It's Ice | Sand |
| 2000-07-17 | Set 1 | KLRU STUDIOS, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, Austin | 2 | — | Chalk Dust Torture | Possum |
| 2000-07-12 | Encore | DEER CREEK MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 9 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 2000-06-29 | Set 2 | PNC BANK ARTS CENTER, Holmdel | 11 | — | Frankenstein | (closes set) |
| 2000-06-10 | Set 2 | Zepp, Koto City | 3 | — | Albuquerque | Loving Cup |
| 2000-05-21 | Set 2 | RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York | 4 | — | Harry Hood | Guyute |
| 1999-12-31 | Set 2 | BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE INDIAN RESERVATION, Big Cypress | 3 | — | Also Sprach Zarathustra | Meatstick |
| 1999-12-16 | Set 2 jam chart | REYNOLDS COLISEUM, Raleigh | 10 | — | The Mango Song | Tweezer |
| 1999-12-02 | Set 1 | THE PALACE OF AUBURN HILLS, Auburn Hills | 1 | — | Run Like an Antelope | Poor Heart |
| 1999-10-09 | Set 2 | PEPSI ARENA, Albany | 3 | — | Down with Disease | Simple |
| 1999-10-03 | Set 2 | ALLSTATE ARENA, Rosemont | 3 | — | David Bowie | Harry Hood |
| 1999-09-28 | Set 1 | OAK MOUNTAIN AMPHITHEATRE, Pelham | 5 | — | Maze | Harry Hood |
| 1999-09-19 | Set 2 | IRVINE MEADOWS, Irvine | 3 | — | Sand | The Squirming Coil |
| 1999-09-14 | Set 1 | BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY PAVILION, Boise | 6 | — | What's the Use? | Farmhouse |
| 1999-07-31 | Set 2 | NAEBA SKI RESORT, Niigata | 17 | — | David Bowie | Prince Caspian |
| 1999-07-07 | Set 2 | BLOCKBUSTER PAVILION, Charlotte | 6 | — | My Left Toe | My Left Toe |
| 1998-12-31 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 5 | — | Cities | Run Like an Antelope |
| 1998-11-27 | Encore | WORCESTER CENTRUM CENTRE, Worcester | 1 | — | (opens set) | Golgi Apparatus |
| 1998-11-24 | Set 2 | NEW HAVEN VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, New Haven | 0 | — | Possum | Character Zero |
| 1998-11-21 | Set 1 | HAMPTON COLISEUM, Hampton | 3 | — | Foam | Guyute |
| 1998-11-15 | Set 2 jam chart | MURPHY CENTER, MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, Murfreesboro | 4 | — | Simple | Loving Cup |
| 1998-11-08 | Set 2 | UIC PAVILION, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Chicago | 3 | — | Piper | Run Like an Antelope |
| 1998-11-03 | Set 1 | KBCO STUDIO C, Boulder | 0 | — | Driver | Possum |
| 1998-11-02 | Set 1 | THE “E” CENTER, West Valley City | 4 | — | Limb By Limb | Sample in a Jar |
| 1998-10-20 | Set 1 | SONY MUSIC STUDIOS, New York | 1 | — | Guyute | Driver |
| 1998-10-17 | Set 1 | SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE, Mountain View | 0 | — | Driver | Harry Hood |
| 1998-10-15 | Set 2 | THE FILLMORE, San Francisco | 1 | — | The Moma Dance | Prince Caspian |
| 1998-08-16 | Set 2 | LORING COMMERCE CENTRE, Limestone | 5 | — | When the Circus Comes | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1998-08-07 | Set 2 | WALNUT CREEK AMPHITHEATER, Raleigh | 66 bustout | — | Limb By Limb | Weekapaug Groove |
| 1997-08-02 | Set 2 | GORGE AMPHITHEATRE, George | 2 | — | Sparkle | Loving Cup |
| 1997-07-29 | Set 2 | DESERT SKY PAVILION, Phoenix | 4 | — | Run Like an Antelope | Twist |
| 1997-07-21 | Set 2 jam chart | GTE VIRGINIA BEACH AMPHITHEATER, Virginia Beach | 1 | — | David Bowie | Theme from the Bottom |
| 1997-07-10 | Set 1 | ESPACE JULIEN, Marseilles | 4 | — | Llama | Jam |
| 1997-07-02 | Set 2 jam chart | PARADISO, Amsterdam | 3 | — | Wormtown | (closes set) |
| 1997-06-25 | Set 1 | L’AERONEF, Lille | 0 | — | Theme from the Bottom | Saw It Again |
| 1997-06-24 | Set 2 | LA LAITERIE, Strasbourg | 3 | — | Piper | Ghost |
| 1997-06-19 | Set 2 | ARENA WIEN, Vienna | 0 | — | Saw It Again | Piper |
| 1997-06-16 | Set 2 | ROYAL ALBERT HALL, London | 1 | — | Reba | Dirt |
| 1997-06-13 | Set 1 | THE S.F.X. CENTRE, Dublin | 0 | — | Wolfman's Brother | Taste |
| 1997-06-06 | Set 1 | BRAD SANDS'S AND PETE CARINI'S HOUSE, Charlotte | debut | — | Piper | Olivia's Pool |
| 1997-06-06 | Set 2 | BRAD SANDS'S AND PETE CARINI'S HOUSE, Charlotte | 0 | — | Piper | Ain't Love Funny |