What's the Use?
Played 75 times. Current gap: 10 shows. · 11 jam-charted · phish.net ↗ · jam-chart notes ↗
As a jam vehicle
Longest versions
| Date | Set | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 2000-06-25 | Set 2 | 10:09 |
| 2021-08-27 | Set 2 | 9:12 |
| 1999-07-07 | Set 1 | 8:57 |
| 1999-07-12 | Set 1 | 8:51 |
| 1999-07-20 | Set 2 | 8:45 |
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 | 6:34 | 6:40 | 8:57 |
| Set 2 | 54 | 6:44 | 6:36 | 10:09 |
| Set 3 | 1 | 5:10 | 5:10 | 5:10 |
| Encore | 2 | 6:27 | 6:27 | 6:55 |
Based on 73 of 75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | Set 2 | EMPOWER FEDERAL CREDIT UNION AMPHITHEATER AT LAKEVIEW, Syracuse | 14 | — | Everything's Right | Light |
| 2026-04-24 | Set 2 | SPHERE, Las Vegas | 17 | — | Life Saving Gun | Vultures |
| 2025-09-14 | Set 2 | COCA-COLA AMPHITHEATER, Birmingham | 5 | — | Golden Age | Good Times Bad Times |
| 2025-07-23 | Set 2 | FOREST HILLS STADIUM, Forest Hills | 12 | — | A Wave of Hope | Ruby Waves |
| 2025-07-03 | Set 2 | FOLSOM FIELD, Boulder | 10 | — | Light | Pillow Jets |
| 2025-04-22 | Set 2 | BILL GRAHAM CIVIC AUDITORIUM, San Francisco | 7 | — | Waste | Down with Disease |
| 2024-12-31 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 4 | — | Golden Age | Taste |
| 2024-10-26 | Set 2 | MVP ARENA, Albany | 3 | — | Fuego | Golden Age |
| 2024-08-30 | Set 2 | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 12 | — | Ruby Waves | Possum |
| 2024-08-02 | Set 2 | RUOFF MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 14 | — | Down with Disease | Golden Age |
| 2024-04-19 | Set 2 | SPHERE, Las Vegas | 7 | — | A Wave of Hope | Ruby Waves |
| 2023-12-29 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 2 | — | Oblivion | My Friend, My Friend |
| 2023-10-14 | Set 2 | UNITED CENTER, Chicago | 12 | — | Split Open and Melt | Everything's Right |
| 2023-08-05 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 8 | — | Tweezer | Scents and Subtle Sounds |
| 2023-07-23 | Encore | ST. JOSEPH'S HEALTH AMPHITHEATER AT LAKEVIEW, Syracuse | 12 | — | I Didn't Know | Tweezer Reprise |
| 2023-04-19 | Set 2 | WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST GREEK THEATRE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, Berkeley | 14 | — | Set Your Soul Free | Loving Cup |
| 2022-09-02 | Set 1 | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 10 | — | Tweezer | Weekapaug Groove |
| 2022-07-31 | Set 2 | MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, Columbia | 9 | — | Taste | The Howling |
| 2022-07-16 | Set 2 | MAINE SAVINGS AMPHITHEATER, Bangor | 8 | — | Down with Disease | Fluffhead |
| 2022-05-28 | Set 2 | THE WHARF AMPHITHEATER, Orange Beach | 2 | — | Golden Age | The Moma Dance |
| 2022-04-22 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 6 | — | Fuego | Backwards Down the Number Line |
| 2021-12-31 | Set 3 | ROCK LITITZ, Lititz | 5 | — | Blaze On | Everything's Right |
| 2021-10-24 | Set 2 | THE FORUM, Inglewood | 14 | — | Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S. | Tweezer |
| 2021-08-27 | Set 2 jam chart | GORGE AMPHITHEATRE, George | 6 | — | Sigma Oasis | Blaze On |
| 2021-08-07 | Set 2 | RUOFF MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 11 | — | Everything's Right | Crosseyed and Painless |
| 2021-08-07 | Set 2 | RUOFF MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 0 | — | Crosseyed and Painless | Down with Disease |
| 2019-12-31 | Set 3 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 9 | — | Drift While You're Sleeping | You Enjoy Myself |
| 2019-11-30 | Set 2 | DUNKIN' DONUTS CENTER, Providence | 3 | — | Alaska | Piper |
| 2019-08-30 | Set 2 | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 5 | — | Sand | Harry Hood |
| 2019-07-06 | Set 1 | FENWAY PARK, Boston | 3 | — | 46 Days | Mexican Cousin |
| 2019-06-30 | Encore | BB&T PAVILION, Camden | 5 | — | Punch You in the Eye | Julius |
| 2019-06-22 | Set 2 | MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, Columbia | 10 | — | Set Your Soul Free | Billy Breathes |
| 2018-12-31 | Set 1 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 7 | — | Chalk Dust Torture | Play by Play |
| 2018-10-28 | Set 2 | ALLSTATE ARENA, Rosemont | 4 | — | Twist | Twist |
| 2018-10-21 | Set 2 | HAMPTON COLISEUM, Hampton | 6 | — | Your Pet Cat | Possum |
| 2018-08-31 | Set 1 | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 5 | — | Harry Hood | Blaze On |
| 2018-08-05 | Set 1 | VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE AT ENCORE PARK, Alpharetta | 5 | — | Tweezer Reprise | Petrichor |
| 2018-07-25 | Set 2 | BILL GRAHAM CIVIC AUDITORIUM, San Francisco | 4 | — | Scents and Subtle Sounds | The Wedge |
| 2018-07-18 | Set 2 | LAKE TAHOE OUTDOOR ARENA AT HARVEYS, Stateline | 1 | — | Down with Disease | Blaze On |
| 2017-12-31 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 4 | — | Golgi Apparatus | You Enjoy Myself |
| 2017-09-02 | Set 2 | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 3 | — | Winterqueen | Weekapaug Groove |
| 2017-08-04 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 14 | — | Everything In Its Right Place | Scents and Subtle Sounds |
| 2017-07-14 | Set 1 | HUNTINGTON BANK PAVILION AT NORTHERLY ISLAND, Chicago | 5 | — | (opens set) | Breath and Burning |
| 2016-12-29 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 1 | — | Down with Disease | Fuego |
| 2016-10-31 | Set 1 | MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA, Las Vegas | 3 | — | Possum | Wombat |
| 2016-10-25 | Set 1 | VERIZON THEATRE AT GRAND PRAIRIE, Grand Prairie | 6 | — | Walk Away | More |
| 2016-10-15 | Set 1 | NORTH CHARLESTON COLISEUM, North Charleston | 3 | — | Blaze On | Martian Monster |
| 2016-09-03 | Set 1 | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 9 | — | Down with Disease | Maze |
| 2016-07-15 | Set 2 jam chart | GORGE AMPHITHEATRE, George | 7 | — | Crosseyed and Painless | No Men In No Man's Land |
| 2016-06-29 | Set 2 | THE MANN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, Philadelphia | 7 | — | Down with Disease | Meatstick |
| 2016-01-15 | Set 2 | BARCELó MAYA BEACH, Riviera Maya | 3 | — | Drowned | Sand |
| 2015-12-30 | Set 2 jam chart | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 3 | — | Weekapaug Groove | Weekapaug Groove |
| 2015-08-23 | Set 2 jam chart | WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL, Watkins Glen | 3 | — | Scents and Subtle Sounds | Dirt |
| 2015-08-15 | Set 2 jam chart | MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, Columbia | 4 | — | Steam | Steam |
| 2015-08-08 | Set 2 | ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE, East Troy | 29 | — | Light | Fuego |
| 2014-08-30 | Set 2 jam chart | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 77 bustout | — | Down with Disease | Carini |
| 2012-08-25 | Set 2 | AARON'S AMPHITHEATRE AT LAKEWOOD, Atlanta | 18 | — | Chalk Dust Torture | Joy |
| 2012-06-20 | Set 2 jam chart | NTELOS PAVILION, Portsmouth | 24 | — | Harry Hood | Wading in the Velvet Sea |
| 2011-07-03 | Set 2 | WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL, Watkins Glen | 10 | — | Waves | Meatstick |
| 2011-06-08 | Set 2 | DARIEN LAKE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Darien Center | 14 | — | Weekapaug Groove | Theme from the Bottom |
| 2010-12-27 | Set 2 | DCU CENTER, Worcester | 18 | — | Seven Below | Twenty Years Later |
| 2010-08-14 | Set 2 jam chart | ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE, East Troy | 28 | — | Down with Disease | Scent of a Mule |
| 2009-12-30 | Set 1 | AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA, Miami | 77 bustout | — | Corinna | Tela |
| 2003-11-28 | Set 1 | NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, Uniondale | 35 | — | Ghost | AC/DC Bag |
| 2003-01-04 | Set 2 | HAMPTON COLISEUM, Hampton | 25 | — | Weekapaug Groove | Down with Disease |
| 2000-09-11 | Set 2 jam chart | TWEETER CENTER, Mansfield | 7 | — | Piper | You Enjoy Myself |
| 2000-07-10 | Set 2 | DEER CREEK MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 10 | — | Fee | Limb By Limb |
| 2000-06-25 | Set 2 jam chart | ALLTEL PAVILION AT WALNUT CREEK, Raleigh | 52 bustout | — | Maze | Slave to the Traffic Light |
| 1999-09-14 | Set 1 | BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY PAVILION, Boise | 2 | — | Loving Cup | Wading in the Velvet Sea |
| 1999-09-10 | Set 1 | GORGE AMPHITHEATRE, George | 11 | — | Carini | Will It Go Round in Circles |
| 1999-07-20 | Set 2 | MOLSON AMPHITHEATRE, Toronto | 5 | — | The Moma Dance | Train Song |
| 1999-07-12 | Set 1 | TWEETER CENTER, Mansfield | 1 | — | Back on the Train | Split Open and Melt |
| 1999-07-09 | Set 2 | MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, Columbia | 1 | — | Free | Meatstick |
| 1999-07-07 | Set 1 | BLOCKBUSTER PAVILION, Charlotte | 0 | — | Back on the Train | Billy Breathes |
| 1999-07-04 | Set 2 jam chart | LAKEWOOD AMPHITHEATRE, Atlanta | debut | — | Silent in the Morning | Wilson |