The Number Line: Phish Summer Tour
Now that Phish’s Summer Tour has reached its conclusion, we wanted to throw some numbers at ya. For more where this came from – and the source for a number of these figures – be sure to check out ZZYZX’s Phish Stats page and Jamtopia’s cool Phish Statistics Visualized article.

[Photo by Adam Kaufman]
16,391 – Days Trey Has Lived as of the SPAC Grind
1,143 – Shows Between Last Time Mustang Sally Was Played and ‘roo II
178 – Total Number of Songs Played at least Once on Summer Tour
60 – Number of Songs Only Played Once on Summer Tour
31 – Drug Related Arrests at Merriweather Post Pavilion
27 – Total Shows for Summer Tour 2009
25 – Most Songs Played in One Show (Burgettstown)
23:12 – Length – Longest LivePhish Track From Tour (Rock & Roll – Gorge)
22 – Shows Between Playing Birds of a Feather (Biggest Gap on Tour)
18 – Nitrous Tanks Confiscated at Hartford
17 – Least Number of Songs Played at One Show (JB2, RR3, Gorge1)
15 – New Originals Played on Summer Tour ’09
10 – Number of Times Phish Played Possum (Most Played Tune)
7 – Number of Tweezer Reprise Encores
5 – Shows Played in New York (Most of Any State)
4 – Number of Backwards Down The Number Line Second Set Openers
2 – Special Guests on Summer Tour ’09 (Bruce and Billy)
0:56 – Shortest LivePhish non-a capella Track (Darien Horse)
0:27 – Length of Shortest LivePhish Track (Hello Ma Baby)
0 – Number of Shows Phish Played on Mondays
Any cool stats you want to throw back at us?

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 5:25 pm
O = number of bad experience at any of the six shows I attended (3 JB, 2 Bonnaroo, 1 Hartford)
Thank you PHISH – Look forward to INDIO – MSG
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 6:49 pm
what is the SPAC Grind?
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 6:59 pm
The song Grind includes a line about how many days each band member has been alive.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 8:07 pm
22,500 – Faces melted at the Gorge!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Thanks for the linkage Scotty.
Re: shortest song… Hello My Baby from Burgettstown is only :27. Not sure if that even constitutes a song at that length but anyway.
Take care all,
TL
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Good call, Todd. Clarified above.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 10:27 pm
I love Phish. That is all…
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 1:25 am
approx. 200 ticketless phans outside the back gates of Merrtiweather Post having more fun dancing out than their phan counterparts with tickets inside the venue.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 10:45 am
is it wrong to say im ready for the tour to be over and looking forward to thinking about some new bands
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 11:58 am
1.9 – miles from my hotel one way I walked to hear a Llama.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Weak list. Could have thought out some cooler/more positive stats than that.
Best stat in there is that 60 songs were played only once. Hartford and SPAC were SICK. take out the Harpua at SPAC and Hartford was hands down the best 3.0 show to date.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 6:01 pm
8 – versions of Time Turns Elastic that sent people running for the pissers
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 6:47 pm
TO Kyle:
SPAC.. Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Grind, Grind, Grind, Grind, Grind, Grind, Grind
I can bend in sixty-eight ways
I have lived for twelve thousand days
Twenty-eight teeth inside my head
Grind three types of things and I’m sad that they’re dead
Grind, Grind, Grind, Grind, Grind, Grind, Grind
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 6:49 pm
would like to know ticket sales $$$$ on the list.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 6:49 pm
not a stat, but your list of numbers might have a place for this item:
8, 9, 15, 19 – Red Sox jersey numbers as worn by Mike, Fish, Page, and Trey during the tour-opening Star Spangled Banner from the pitcher’s mound at Fenway