Backwards Down the Number Line as performed by Phish

Backwards Down the Number Line was played at 7.01% of live Phish shows.
It was last played September 16, 2025, which was 4 shows ago.
There have been 658 shows since the live debut.
“Backwards Down the Number Line” has been played approximately once every 14.3 shows.
Since its debut, “Backwards Down the Number Line” has been played, on average, once every 4.5 shows.
It was played 146 time(s) at the following show(s):

Date Venue Gap Set Song Before Song After Notes
2009-03-06 Hampton Coliseum 1424 2 *** > Tweezer Phish debut.
2009-06-05 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater 6 2 Piper > Free
2009-06-09 Asheville Civic Center 3 2 *** > Ghost
2009-06-14 Bonnaroo 3 2 Farmhouse > Caspian
2009-06-19 Verizon Wireless Music Center 3 1 *** Bag
2009-07-31 Red Rocks Amphitheatre 4 2 Tweezer > > Fluffhead
2009-08-05 Shoreline Amphitheatre 3 2 *** > DwD
2009-08-08 The Gorge 2 2 YEM > Piper Unfinished.
2009-08-11 Toyota Park 1 2 *** > Carini
2009-08-16 SPAC 4 2 *** -> Twenty Years Later
2009-10-31 Empire Polo Club 2 3 *** > Fluffhead
2009-11-21 U.S. Bank Arena 4 2 If I Could > Caspian
2009-11-28 Times Union Center 5 1 Vultures ***
2009-12-03 MSG 3 1 PYITE Axilla
2009-12-28 American Airlines Arena 3 2 Alaska Makisupa
2010-06-12 Blossom Music Center 5 2 Hood > > Twenty Years Later
2010-06-19 SPAC 5 2 Free Halfway to the Moon
2010-06-26 Merriweather 5 1 Stash NICU
2010-07-01 Walnut Creek 3 2 *** > Halley's
2010-07-03 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatr... 2 2 Possum > Hood
2010-08-06 William Randolph Hearst Gree... 3 2 Simple > Show of Life
2010-08-09 Telluride Town Park 2 2 Sand > > Caspian
2010-08-13 Verizon Wireless Music Center 3 1 Train Song > Ocelot
2010-08-17 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater 3 2 Simple > > Caspian
2010-10-08 Zilker Park 2 1 2001 > > Hood
2010-10-11 1stBank Center 2 2 Fluffhead > ***
2010-10-15 North Charleston Coliseum 2 1 Destiny Bouncin'
2010-10-19 Augusta Civic Center 2 e Reba ***
2010-10-24 Mullins Center, University o... 4 2 Wolfman's > Alaska
2010-10-30 Boardwalk Hall 3 2 Show of Life > GTBT
2010-12-28 DCU Center 3 2 Carini > > BOTT
2010-12-31 MSG 2 3 After Midnight > Piper
2011-05-28 Bethel Woods 3 2 Free > > Makisupa (Dave's Energy Guide tease)
2011-06-01 PNC Bank Arts Center 3 2 Ghost > *** (No Quarter tease)
2011-06-05 Riverbend Music Center 3 1 Fee > ***
2011-06-08 Darien Lake 2 2 Theme > > 2001
2011-06-12 Merriweather 3 2 Hood > Loving Cup
2011-06-17 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatr... 3 2 *** > R&R
2011-06-19 nTelos Pavilion 2 2 Light > Suzy
2011-07-02 Watkins Glen 2 3 Julius > > Twist
2011-08-05 The Gorge 2 2 *** > R&R
2011-08-08 Hollywood Bowl 2 1 SOAMelt ***
2011-08-12 Polo Fields, Golden Gate Park 3 2 Fluffhead > > 2001
2011-08-16 UIC Pavilion, University of ... 2 2 Twist > > Theme
2011-09-04 Dick's 4 e *** ***
2011-09-14 Champlain Valley Exposition 1 2 Twist > Theme
2011-12-30 MSG 3 1 Caspian > Nellie Kane Reference to Fish's daughter Ella.
2012-06-10 Bonnaroo 4 1 Free > > Cavern
2012-06-16 Bader Field 2 2 Sand > > Antelope
2012-06-19 nTelos Pavilion 2 2 Mango > LxL (Dave's Energy Guide tease)
2012-06-23 First Niagara Pavilion 3 1 Funky Bitch > Gumbo
2012-06-30 Alpine Valley 4 2 *** > Carini
2012-07-03 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater 2 1 JJLC > > Golgi
2012-07-07 SPAC 3 2 2001 > > Caspian (Blister in the Sun tease)
2012-08-18 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 4 2 Simple > > Carini
2012-08-22 Starlight Theatre 2 2 Bouncin' > > Heavy Things
2012-08-25 Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lake... 2 1 Roses > > Character Zero
2012-08-29 Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre 3 1 Wilson > > Moma
2012-09-01 Dick's 2 1 Antelope > Tweezer
2012-12-30 MSG 4 2 Carini > > Julius
2013-07-03 Darling's Waterfront Pavilion 2 2 Twist > Ocelot
2013-07-06 SPAC 2 2 *** > Tweezer
2013-07-12 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater 3 1 46 Days > Reba
2013-07-14 Merriweather 2 2 Twist > > Light
2013-07-19 Northerly Island 3 1 Wolfman's It's Ice
2013-07-22 Molson Canadian Amphitheatre 3 2 Silent > > Cavern
2013-08-03 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 6 2 Steam > > Mike's
2013-08-31 Dick's 4 2 Tweezer > ***
2013-10-18 Hampton Coliseum 2 2 Carini > Twenty Years Later
2013-10-25 DCU Center 5 2 Caspian > > Ghost
2013-10-29 Santander Arena 3 2 Piper > YEM
2013-11-02 Boardwalk Hall 3 2 Julius > > Character Zero
2013-12-28 MSG 1 2 Tweezer > Steam
2014-07-04 SPAC 8 2 Theme First Tube
2014-07-08 The Mann 2 2 The Line > Tweezer
2014-07-13 Randall's Island 4 e *** > Tweeprise
2014-07-16 Pine Knob 2 2 Caspian > > Weekapaug
2014-07-26 Merriweather 5 1 Wombat Roggae
2014-07-30 nTelos Pavilion 3 2 Waste > First Tube
2014-08-29 Dick's 4 2 Ghost > > Hood
2014-10-18 Key Arena 4 2 Sand > Bold As Love
2014-10-24 The Forum 3 2 555 > > DwD
2014-11-01 MGM Grand 6 2 Golgi > ***
2014-12-31 American Airlines Arena 2 3 Bug > Horse
2015-07-25 The Forum 7 2 Roggae > > Slave
2015-08-01 Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lake... 4 2 Waiting All Night > > Carini
2015-08-08 Alpine Valley 5 2 Fuego > > Slave
2015-08-11 The Mann 2 2 Cavern > ***
2015-08-16 Merriweather 4 e *** ***
2015-08-22 Watkins Glen 2 2 46 Days -> > Tweezer
2015-09-06 Dick's 4 1 Caspian > The Line
2015-12-31 MSG 2 3 Silent > ***
2016-06-24 Wrigley Field 7 2 2001 > Loving Cup
2016-06-29 The Mann 4 2 Tide Turns Dem Bones
2016-07-09 Xfinity Theatre 6 2 Antelope > ***
2016-07-16 The Gorge 3 2 Blaze On > > Carini
2016-07-23 Sleep Train Amphitheatre 5 2 Twist > > Carini
2016-08-26 Oak Ridge Farm 1 2 Gin > > YEM
2016-10-25 Verizon Theatre at Grand Pra... 13 2 STFTFP > Lifeboy
2016-10-31 MGM Grand 4 3 2001 > > Slave
2017-07-19 Petersen Events Center 12 2 Steam > ***
2017-07-28 MSG 6 2 You Sexy Thing > > R&R
2017-12-29 MSG 12 2 Ghost > > Simple
2018-07-25 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 9 1 Waking Up Dead > More
2018-08-07 BB&T Pavilion 7 2 DwD > > I Always Wanted It This Way
2018-08-12 Merriweather 4 2 Piper > > 2001
2018-10-20 Hampton Coliseum 7 2 Dirt > > NMINML
2018-10-31 MGM Grand 7 3 ASIHTOS > > Meatstick
2019-06-22 Merriweather 18 2 DDHVL > > Hood
2019-06-26 Darling's Waterfront Pavilion 3 2 Farmhouse > > CDT
2019-07-06 Fenway Park 7 1 Simple > > DDHVL
2019-12-01 Nassau Veterans Memorial Col... 11 2 Twenty Years Later > > Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.
2021-08-03 Ascend Amphitheater 18 1 Halley's > Undermind
2021-08-10 Hersheypark Stadium 5 2 Caspian > > Lizards
2021-08-15 Atlantic City Beach 4 e Fluffhead > ***
2021-09-01 Shoreline Amphitheatre 5 2 Twist > ***
2021-10-20 Matthew Knight Arena 8 2 Golden Age > ***
2021-10-28 MGM Grand 5 e *** Grind
2022-02-25 Moon Palace 6 2 DwD > > Carini
2022-04-22 MSG 5 2 WTU? > ***
2022-06-01 Credit One Stadium 6 1 Gumbo > > Wedge
2022-07-14 Xfinity Center 4 2 Caspian > > Bug
2022-07-24 Xfinity Theatre 7 2 Farmhouse > > Character Zero
2022-08-06 Atlantic City Beach 9 2 Simple > > Golgi
2022-08-13 Alpine Valley 4 2 *** -> Maze
2022-12-31 MSG 9 2 Drift While You're Sleeping ***
2023-02-26 Moon Palace 4 2 Simple > > Suzy
2023-04-18 William Randolph Hearst Gree... 4 2 Farmhouse > ***
2023-07-18 Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Ri... 10 2 Twenty Years Later > > Bug
2023-07-26 The Mann 6 1 Caspian > About to Run
2023-08-05 MSG 7 2 Everything's Right > > Tweeprise
2023-10-11 Ervin J. Nutter Center, Wrig... 11 2 Piper > I Am the Walrus
2023-12-30 MSG 6 1 *** Wolfman's
2024-02-23 Moon Palace 4 2 Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 1 > > Hood
2024-07-20 Xfinity Center 7 1 Bouncin' Human Nature
2024-07-31 Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis ... 8 1 Lawn Boy Horn
2024-08-10 Bethel Woods 7 2 Beneath a Sea of Stars Part 1 -> > Ghost
2024-08-17 The Woodlands 4 e *** YEM
2024-10-25 MVP Arena 6 2 Monsters > Carini
2024-12-31 MSG 6 1 SOAMelt > Carini
2025-01-29 Moon Palace 1 2 Twist > ***
2025-04-19 Climate Pledge Arena 5 2 Piper > ***
2025-07-09 Jerome Schottenstein Center 16 2 Lonely Trip Loving Cup
2025-07-18 United Center 6 2 Light > > Cavern
2025-07-23 Forest Hills Stadium 4 2 Ruby Waves > > Character Zero
2025-09-16 Ameris Bank Amphitheatre 6 2 The Howling > Drift While You're Sleeping

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