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Phish - July 18th, 2026

Merriweather Post Pavilion · Columbia · MD

Saturday2026 Summer Tour2026-07-18
Songs played
18
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (9)
Average gap
29.4
rarer than 91% of all shows, 79% of 2026
Biggest bustout
241
Have Mercy - shows since last played
Debuts
0
6 covers played
Rotation100% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 2026-07-17
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in2:59:53
Set 1
What's Going Through Your Mind13:43,Contact19:59,You Enjoy Myself17:18 > Axilla (Part II)2,311:47 -> 🍞McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters97:23 -> Have Mercy43:15 > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters🍞2:26 > Shade4:12,Runaway Jim512:13
Set 2
Life Saving Gun624:23 > Gotta Jibboo12:09 -> Ether Edge714:05 > Lifeboy6:24,Boogie On Reggae Woman8:05 > Free89:35
Encore
Monsters7:29,If I Could5:43,Run Like an Antelope9:43
Related to Gamehendge2/11bustout50+ show gap

1 One of the five longest versions of Contact ever recorded (9:59).

2 One of the five longest versions of Axilla (Part II) ever recorded (11:47).

3 More than double the usual Axilla (Part II) - 11:47 against a 5:26 average.

4 Longest Have Mercy in 6 years (3:15) - the last one this long was February 22nd, 2020.

5 Longest Runaway Jim of the tour (12:13).

6 Longest Life Saving Gun ever recorded (24:23) - tops the 19:54 from January 30th, 2026.

7 One of the five longest versions of Ether Edge ever recorded (14:05).

8 Longest Free of the tour (9:35).

9 McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters Sandwich: McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters bookended Have Mercy in Set 1 - the first one on record. No McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters sandwich has ever held more.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:59:53 of music

Song length in play order. Tap a point for that song. Swipe the chart to see the rest.

24:2312:12SET 1SET 2ENCOREWhat's Going Through Your Mind - 13:43 (Set 1)Contact - 9:59 (Set 1)You Enjoy Myself - 17:18 (Set 1)Axilla (Part II) - 11:47 (Set 1)McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters - 7:23 (Set 1)Have Mercy - 3:15 (Set 1)McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters - 2:26 (Set 1)Shade - 4:12 (Set 1)Runaway Jim - 12:13 (Set 1)Life Saving Gun - 24:23 (Set 2)Gotta Jibboo - 12:09 (Set 2)Ether Edge - 14:05 (Set 2)Lifeboy - 6:24 (Set 2)Boogie On Reggae Woman - 8:05 (Set 2)Free - 9:35 (Set 2)Monsters - 7:29 (Encore)If I Could - 5:43 (Encore)Run Like an Antelope - 9:43 (Encore)
Longest: Life Saving Gun 24:23 · 18 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

Tonight's unique songs by the era Phish first played them.

  • '83-'896
  • '90-'944
  • '95-'002
  • '15-'191
  • '20-now4
Album representation

The studio home of each song, from phish.net. Covers count as one slice.

  • Hoist3
  • The White Tape2
  • Billy Breathes1
  • Evolve1
  • Junta1
  • Sigma Oasis1
  • Covers6
  • No studio album2
Gap since last played

Shows since each song's previous appearance. A big number is a bustout.

  • 3-52
  • 6-1510
  • 16-502
  • 51+ · bustout3
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original11
  • Trey Anastasio4
  • Stevie Wonder1
  • The Mighty Diamonds1
Rarity board

A deep-cut night - 3 songs shelved 50+ shows.

Have Mercygap 241
Contactgap 95
If I Couldgap 63
Gotta Jibboogap 16
Lifeboygap 16
Axilla (Part II)gap 11
McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemastersgap 9
McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemastersgap 9

Gap = shows since the song was last played, at the moment it was played.

Soundcheck

My Soul, Have Mercy

Setlist notes

Have Mercy was performed for the first time since February 22, 2020 (241 shows). Page teased Happy Birthday at the end of Runaway Jim.

Setlist, gaps, jam charts, and notes from phish.net, a project of the non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.

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