Backwards Down the Number Line
Played 152 times. Current gap: 0 shows. · 24 jam-charted · phish.net ↗ · jam-chart notes ↗
As a jam vehicle
Longest versions
| Date | Set | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-08-16 | Set 2 | 20:31 |
| 2010-08-17 | Set 2 | 14:15 |
| 2022-08-13 | Set 2 | 13:40 |
| 2009-08-11 | Set 2 | 13:38 |
| 2010-06-12 | Set 2 | 13:38 |
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 | 30 | 7:35 | 7:40 | 9:50 |
| Set 2 | 104 | 8:09 | 8:29 | 20:31 |
| Set 3 | 7 | 7:41 | 8:10 | 12:06 |
| Encore | 8 | 7:55 | 7:57 | 9:49 |
Based on 149 of 152 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 | Set 1 | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 4 | — | Blaze On | Axilla (Part II) |
| 2026-07-29 | Encore | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 5 | — | A Day in the Life | (closes set) |
| 2026-07-19 | Set 2 | MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, Columbia | 6 | — | Ruby Waves | (closes set) |
| 2026-07-10 | Set 2 | RUOFF MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 7 | — | You Enjoy Myself | Loving Cup |
| 2026-04-23 | Set 2 | SPHERE, Las Vegas | 6 | — | Fuego | Cavern |
| 2026-01-28 | Set 2 | MOON PALACE, Cancun | 8 | — | Boogie On Reggae Woman | Character Zero |
| 2025-09-16 | Set 2 | AMERIS BANK AMPHITHEATRE, Alpharetta | 6 | — | The Howling | Drift While You're Sleeping |
| 2025-07-23 | Set 2 | FOREST HILLS STADIUM, Forest Hills | 3 | — | Ruby Waves | Character Zero |
| 2025-07-18 | Set 2 | UNITED CENTER, Chicago | 5 | — | Light | Cavern |
| 2025-07-09 | Set 2 | JEROME SCHOTTENSTEIN CENTER, Columbus | 15 | — | Lonely Trip | Loving Cup |
| 2025-04-19 | Set 2 | CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA, Seattle | 4 | — | Piper | (closes set) |
| 2025-01-29 | Set 2 | MOON PALACE, Cancun | 0 | — | Twist | (closes set) |
| 2024-12-31 | Set 1 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 5 | — | Split Open and Melt | Carini |
| 2024-10-25 | Set 2 | MVP ARENA, Albany | 5 | — | Monsters | Carini |
| 2024-08-17 | Encore | THE WOODLANDS, Dover | 3 | — | (opens set) | You Enjoy Myself |
| 2024-08-10 | Set 2 | BETHEL WOODS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Bethel | 6 | — | Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 1 | Ghost |
| 2024-07-31 | Set 1 | CHAIFETZ ARENA, SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY, St. Louis | 7 | — | Lawn Boy | Horn |
| 2024-07-20 | Set 1 | XFINITY CENTER, Mansfield | 8 | — | Bouncing Around the Room | Human Nature |
| 2024-02-23 | Set 2 | MOON PALACE, Cancun | 3 | — | Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 1 | Harry Hood |
| 2023-12-30 | Set 1 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 5 | — | (opens set) | Wolfman's Brother |
| 2023-10-11 | Set 2 | ERVIN J. NUTTER CENTER, WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY, Dayton | 10 | — | Piper | I Am the Walrus |
| 2023-08-05 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 6 | — | Everything's Right | Tweezer Reprise |
| 2023-07-26 | Set 1 jam chart | TD PAVILION AT THE MANN, Philadelphia | 5 | — | Prince Caspian | About to Run |
| 2023-07-18 | Set 2 | LIVE OAK BANK PAVILION AT RIVERFRONT PARK, Wilmington | 9 | — | Twenty Years Later | Bug |
| 2023-04-18 | Set 2 | WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST GREEK THEATRE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, Berkeley | 3 | — | Farmhouse | (closes set) |
| 2023-02-26 | Set 2 jam chart | MOON PALACE, Cancun | 3 | — | Simple | Suzy Greenberg |
| 2022-12-31 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 8 | — | Drift While You're Sleeping | (closes set) |
| 2022-08-13 | Set 2 jam chart | ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE, East Troy | 3 | — | (opens set) | Maze |
| 2022-08-06 | Set 2 | ATLANTIC CITY BEACH, Atlantic City | 8 | — | Simple | Golgi Apparatus |
| 2022-07-24 | Set 2 | XFINITY THEATRE, Hartford | 6 | — | Farmhouse | Character Zero |
| 2022-07-14 | Set 2 | XFINITY CENTER, Mansfield | 3 | — | Prince Caspian | Bug |
| 2022-06-01 | Set 1 jam chart | CREDIT ONE STADIUM, Charleston | 5 | — | Gumbo | The Wedge |
| 2022-04-22 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 4 | — | What's the Use? | (closes set) |
| 2022-02-25 | Set 2 | MOON PALACE, Cancun | 5 | — | Down with Disease | Carini |
| 2021-10-28 | Encore | MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA, Las Vegas | 4 | — | (opens set) | Grind |
| 2021-10-20 | Set 2 jam chart | MATTHEW KNIGHT ARENA, Eugene | 7 | — | Golden Age | (closes set) |
| 2021-09-01 | Set 2 | SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE, Mountain View | 4 | — | Twist | (closes set) |
| 2021-08-15 | Encore | ATLANTIC CITY BEACH, Atlantic City | 3 | — | Fluffhead | (closes set) |
| 2021-08-10 | Set 2 | HERSHEYPARK STADIUM, Hershey | 4 | — | Prince Caspian | The Lizards |
| 2021-08-03 | Set 1 | ASCEND AMPHITHEATER, Nashville | 17 | — | Halley's Comet | Undermind |
| 2019-12-01 | Set 2 | NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, Uniondale | 10 | — | Twenty Years Later | Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S. |
| 2019-07-06 | Set 1 | FENWAY PARK, Boston | 6 | — | Simple | Death Don't Hurt Very Long |
| 2019-06-26 | Set 2 | DARLING'S WATERFRONT PAVILION, Bangor | 2 | — | Farmhouse | Chalk Dust Torture |
| 2019-06-22 | Set 2 jam chart | MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, Columbia | 17 | — | Death Don't Hurt Very Long | Harry Hood |
| 2018-10-31 | Set 3 | MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA, Las Vegas | 6 | — | A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing | Meatstick |
| 2018-10-20 | Set 2 | HAMPTON COLISEUM, Hampton | 6 | — | Dirt | No Men In No Man's Land |
| 2018-08-12 | Set 2 | MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, Columbia | 3 | — | Piper | Also Sprach Zarathustra |
| 2018-08-07 | Set 2 | BB&T PAVILION, Camden | 6 | — | Down with Disease | I Always Wanted It This Way |
| 2018-07-25 | Set 1 | BILL GRAHAM CIVIC AUDITORIUM, San Francisco | 8 | — | Waking Up Dead | More |
| 2017-12-29 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 11 | — | Ghost | Simple |
| 2017-07-28 | Set 2 jam chart | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 5 | — | You Sexy Thing | Rock and Roll |
| 2017-07-19 | Set 2 jam chart | PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER, Pittsburgh | 11 | — | Steam | (closes set) |
| 2016-10-31 | Set 3 | MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA, Las Vegas | 3 | — | Also Sprach Zarathustra | Slave to the Traffic Light |
| 2016-10-25 | Set 2 | VERIZON THEATRE AT GRAND PRAIRIE, Grand Prairie | 13 | — | Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan | Lifeboy |
| 2016-08-26 | Set 2 | OAK RIDGE FARM, Arrington | 0 | — | Bathtub Gin | You Enjoy Myself |
| 2016-07-23 | Set 2 | SLEEP TRAIN AMPHITHEATRE, Chula Vista | 4 | — | Twist | Carini |
| 2016-07-16 | Set 2 | GORGE AMPHITHEATRE, George | 2 | — | Blaze On | Carini |
| 2016-07-09 | Set 2 jam chart | XFINITY THEATRE, Hartford | 5 | — | Run Like an Antelope | (closes set) |
| 2016-06-29 | Set 2 jam chart | THE MANN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, Philadelphia | 3 | — | Tide Turns | Dem Bones |
| 2016-06-24 | Set 2 | WRIGLEY FIELD, Chicago | 6 | — | Also Sprach Zarathustra | Loving Cup |
| 2015-12-31 | Set 3 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 1 | — | Silent in the Morning | (closes set) |
| 2015-09-06 | Set 1 | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 3 | — | Prince Caspian | The Line |
| 2015-08-22 | Set 2 | WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL, Watkins Glen | 1 | — | 46 Days | Tweezer |
| 2015-08-16 | Encore | MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, Columbia | 3 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 2015-08-11 | Set 2 | THE MANN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, Philadelphia | 1 | — | Cavern | (closes set) |
| 2015-08-08 | Set 2 | ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE, East Troy | 4 | — | Fuego | Slave to the Traffic Light |
| 2015-08-01 | Set 2 jam chart | AARON'S AMPHITHEATRE AT LAKEWOOD, Atlanta | 3 | — | Waiting All Night | Carini |
| 2015-07-25 | Set 2 | THE FORUM, Inglewood | 6 | — | Roggae | Slave to the Traffic Light |
| 2014-12-31 | Set 3 | AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA, Miami | 1 | — | Bug | The Horse |
| 2014-11-01 | Set 2 | MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA, Las Vegas | 5 | — | Golgi Apparatus | (closes set) |
| 2014-10-24 | Set 2 | THE FORUM, Inglewood | 2 | — | 555 | Down with Disease |
| 2014-10-18 | Set 2 jam chart | KEY ARENA, Seattle | 3 | — | Sand | Bold As Love |
| 2014-08-29 | Set 2 | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 3 | — | Ghost | Harry Hood |
| 2014-07-30 | Set 2 jam chart | NTELOS PAVILION, Portsmouth | 2 | — | Waste | First Tube |
| 2014-07-26 | Set 1 | MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, Columbia | 4 | — | Wombat | Roggae |
| 2014-07-16 | Set 2 | DTE ENERGY MUSIC THEATRE, Clarkston | 2 | — | Prince Caspian | Weekapaug Groove |
| 2014-07-13 | Encore | RANDALL'S ISLAND, New York | 3 | — | (opens set) | Tweezer Reprise |
| 2014-07-08 | Set 2 | THE MANN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, Philadelphia | 1 | — | The Line | Tweezer |
| 2014-07-04 | Set 2 | SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Saratoga Springs | 7 | — | Theme from the Bottom | First Tube |
| 2013-12-28 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 0 | — | Tweezer | Steam |
| 2013-11-02 | Set 2 | BOARDWALK HALL, Atlantic City | 2 | — | Julius | Character Zero |
| 2013-10-29 | Set 2 | SANTANDER ARENA, Reading | 2 | — | Piper | You Enjoy Myself |
| 2013-10-25 | Set 2 jam chart | DCU CENTER, Worcester | 4 | — | Prince Caspian | Ghost |
| 2013-10-18 | Set 2 | HAMPTON COLISEUM, Hampton | 1 | — | Carini | Twenty Years Later |
| 2013-08-31 | Set 2 | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 3 | — | Tweezer | (closes set) |
| 2013-08-03 | Set 2 | BILL GRAHAM CIVIC AUDITORIUM, San Francisco | 5 | — | Steam | Mike's Song |
| 2013-07-22 | Set 2 | MOLSON CANADIAN AMPHITHEATRE, Toronto | 2 | — | Silent in the Morning | Cavern |
| 2013-07-19 | Set 1 | FIRSTMERIT BANK PAVILION AT NORTHERLY ISLAND, Chicago | 2 | — | Wolfman's Brother | It's Ice |
| 2013-07-14 | Set 2 | MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, Columbia | 1 | — | Twist | Light |
| 2013-07-12 | Set 1 | NIKON AT JONES BEACH THEATER, Wantagh | 2 | — | 46 Days | Reba |
| 2013-07-06 | Set 2 | SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Saratoga Springs | 1 | — | (opens set) | Tweezer |
| 2013-07-03 | Set 2 jam chart | DARLING'S WATERFRONT PAVILION, Bangor | 1 | — | Twist | Ocelot |
| 2012-12-30 | Set 2 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 3 | — | Carini | Julius |
| 2012-09-01 | Set 1 | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 1 | — | Run Like an Antelope | Tweezer |
| 2012-08-29 | Set 1 | OKLAHOMA CITY ZOO AMPHITHEATRE, Oklahoma City | 2 | — | Wilson | The Moma Dance |
| 2012-08-25 | Set 1 | AARON'S AMPHITHEATRE AT LAKEWOOD, Atlanta | 1 | — | Roses Are Free | Character Zero |
| 2012-08-22 | Set 2 | STARLIGHT THEATRE, Kansas City | 1 | — | Bouncing Around the Room | Heavy Things |
| 2012-08-18 | Set 2 | BILL GRAHAM CIVIC AUDITORIUM, San Francisco | 3 | — | Simple | Carini |
| 2012-07-07 | Set 2 | SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Saratoga Springs | 2 | — | Also Sprach Zarathustra | Prince Caspian |
| 2012-07-03 | Set 1 | NIKON AT JONES BEACH THEATER, Wantagh | 1 | — | Jesus Just Left Chicago | Golgi Apparatus |
| 2012-06-30 | Set 2 | ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE, East Troy | 3 | — | (opens set) | Carini |
| 2012-06-23 | Set 1 | FIRST NIAGARA PAVILION, Burgettstown | 2 | — | Funky Bitch | Gumbo |
| 2012-06-19 | Set 2 | NTELOS PAVILION, Portsmouth | 1 | — | The Mango Song | Limb By Limb |
| 2012-06-16 | Set 2 | BADER FIELD, Atlantic City | 1 | — | Sand | Run Like an Antelope |
| 2012-06-10 | Set 1 | BONNAROO MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL, Manchester | 3 | — | Free | Cavern |
| 2011-12-30 | Set 1 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 2 | — | Prince Caspian | Nellie Kane |
| 2011-09-14 | Set 2 | CHAMPLAIN VALLEY EXPOSITION, Essex Junction | 0 | — | Twist | Theme from the Bottom |
| 2011-09-04 | Encore | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City | 3 | — | (opens set) | (closes set) |
| 2011-08-16 | Set 2 | UIC PAVILION, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Chicago | 1 | — | Twist | Theme from the Bottom |
| 2011-08-12 | Set 2 | POLO FIELDS, GOLDEN GATE PARK, San Francisco | 2 | — | Fluffhead | Also Sprach Zarathustra |
| 2011-08-08 | Set 1 | HOLLYWOOD BOWL, Hollywood | 1 | — | Split Open and Melt | (closes set) |
| 2011-08-05 | Set 2 | GORGE AMPHITHEATRE, George | 1 | — | (opens set) | Rock and Roll |
| 2011-07-02 | Set 3 | WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL, Watkins Glen | 1 | — | Julius | Twist |
| 2011-06-19 | Set 2 | NTELOS PAVILION, Portsmouth | 1 | — | Light | Suzy Greenberg |
| 2011-06-17 | Set 2 | VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE - CHARLOTTE, Charlotte | 2 | — | (opens set) | Rock and Roll |
| 2011-06-12 | Set 2 | MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, Columbia | 2 | — | Harry Hood | Loving Cup |
| 2011-06-08 | Set 2 | DARIEN LAKE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Darien Center | 1 | — | Theme from the Bottom | Also Sprach Zarathustra |
| 2011-06-05 | Set 1 | RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER, Cincinnati | 2 | — | Fee | (closes set) |
| 2011-06-01 | Set 2 jam chart | PNC BANK ARTS CENTER, Holmdel | 2 | — | Ghost | (closes set) |
| 2011-05-28 | Set 2 jam chart | BETHEL WOODS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Bethel | 3 | — | Free | Makisupa Policeman |
| 2010-12-31 | Set 3 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 1 | — | After Midnight | Piper |
| 2010-12-28 | Set 2 | DCU CENTER, Worcester | 2 | — | Carini | Back on the Train |
| 2010-10-30 | Set 2 | BOARDWALK HALL, Atlantic City | 2 | — | Show of Life | Good Times Bad Times |
| 2010-10-24 | Set 2 | MULLINS CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Amherst | 3 | — | Wolfman's Brother | Alaska |
| 2010-10-19 | Encore | AUGUSTA CIVIC CENTER, Augusta | 1 | — | Reba | (closes set) |
| 2010-10-15 | Set 1 | NORTH CHARLESTON COLISEUM, North Charleston | 1 | — | Destiny Unbound | Bouncing Around the Room |
| 2010-10-11 | Set 2 | 1STBANK CENTER, Broomfield | 1 | — | Fluffhead | (closes set) |
| 2010-10-08 | Set 1 | ZILKER PARK, Austin | 1 | — | Also Sprach Zarathustra | Harry Hood |
| 2010-08-17 | Set 2 jam chart | NIKON AT JONES BEACH THEATER, Wantagh | 2 | — | Simple | Prince Caspian |
| 2010-08-13 | Set 1 | VERIZON WIRELESS MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 2 | — | Train Song | Ocelot |
| 2010-08-09 | Set 2 | TELLURIDE TOWN PARK, Telluride | 1 | — | Sand | Prince Caspian |
| 2010-08-06 | Set 2 | WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST GREEK THEATRE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, Berkeley | 2 | — | Simple | Show of Life |
| 2010-07-03 | Set 2 | VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE AT ENCORE PARK, Alpharetta | 1 | — | Possum | Harry Hood |
| 2010-07-01 | Set 2 | TIME WARNER CABLE MUSIC PAVILION AT WALNUT CREEK, Raleigh | 2 | — | (opens set) | Halley's Comet |
| 2010-06-26 | Set 1 | MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, Columbia | 4 | — | Stash | NICU |
| 2010-06-19 | Set 2 | SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Saratoga Springs | 4 | — | Free | Halfway to the Moon |
| 2010-06-12 | Set 2 jam chart | BLOSSOM MUSIC CENTER, Cuyahoga Falls | 6 | — | Harry Hood | Twenty Years Later |
| 2009-12-28 | Set 2 | AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA, Miami | 2 | — | Alaska | Makisupa Policeman |
| 2009-12-03 | Set 1 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York | 2 | — | Punch You in the Eye | Axilla |
| 2009-11-28 | Set 1 | TIMES UNION CENTER, Albany | 4 | — | Vultures | (closes set) |
| 2009-11-21 | Set 2 | U.S. BANK ARENA, Cincinnati | 3 | — | If I Could | Prince Caspian |
| 2009-10-31 | Set 3 jam chart | EMPIRE POLO CLUB, Indio | 2 | — | (opens set) | Fluffhead |
| 2009-08-16 | Set 2 jam chart | SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Saratoga Springs | 3 | — | (opens set) | Twenty Years Later |
| 2009-08-11 | Set 2 jam chart | TOYOTA PARK, Bridgeview | 0 | — | (opens set) | Carini |
| 2009-08-08 | Set 2 | GORGE AMPHITHEATRE, George | 1 | — | You Enjoy Myself | Piper |
| 2009-08-05 | Set 2 | SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE, Mountain View | 2 | — | (opens set) | Down with Disease |
| 2009-07-31 | Set 2 jam chart | RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE, Morrison | 3 | — | Tweezer | Fluffhead |
| 2009-06-19 | Set 1 | VERIZON WIRELESS MUSIC CENTER, Noblesville | 2 | — | (opens set) | AC/DC Bag |
| 2009-06-14 | Set 2 | BONNAROO MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL, Manchester | 2 | — | Farmhouse | Prince Caspian |
| 2009-06-09 | Set 2 jam chart | ASHEVILLE CIVIC CENTER, Asheville | 2 | — | (opens set) | Ghost |
| 2009-06-05 | Set 2 | NIKON AT JONES BEACH THEATER, Wantagh | 5 | — | Piper | Free |
| 2009-03-06 | Set 2 jam chart | HAMPTON COLISEUM, Hampton | debut | — | (opens set) | Tweezer |