Free as performed by Phish

Free was played at 11.43% of live Phish shows.
It was last played September 12, 2025, which was 7 shows ago.
There have been 1,135 shows since the live debut.
“Free” has been played approximately once every 8.7 shows.
Since its debut, “Free” has been played, on average, once every 4.8 shows.
It was played 238 time(s) at the following show(s):

Date Venue Gap Set Song Before Song After Notes
1995-05-14 Fish's House ø 1 Taste Strange Design
1995-05-16 Lowell Memorial Auditorium 947 1 HYHU Glide II Debut.
1995-06-08 The Delta Center 2 2 Rift > > Bouncin'
1995-06-10 Red Rocks Amphitheatre 2 1 It's Ice > > Rift
1995-06-16 Walnut Creek 4 2 Runaway Jim -> Carolina
1995-06-23 Waterloo Village 5 1 Ginseng > > Taste
1995-06-26 SPAC 3 2 DwD -> > Poor Heart
1995-06-29 Jones Beach 2 2 *** -> Bowie
1995-07-03 Summerstage at Sugarbush North 4 1 Strange Design > Cavern
1995-09-27 Cal Expo Amphitheater 1 1 Rift > It's Ice
1995-09-29 Greek Theatre 2 2 Maze Ya Mar
1995-10-03 Seattle Center Arena 3 1 I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome TMWSIY
1995-10-06 The Orpheum Theatre 2 1 Rift > Lizards
1995-10-08 Adams Fieldhouse 2 1 Uncle Pen ***
1995-10-14 Austin Music Hall 3 1 Kung > Sparkle
1995-10-17 State Palace Theatre 2 1 Sparkle > Strange Design
1995-10-20 Five Seasons Arena 2 1 Rift > Hello My Baby
1995-10-25 St. Paul Civic Center 4 1 SOAMule Strange Design
1995-10-31 Rosemont Horizon 4 1 Sparkle > Guyute
1995-11-10 The Fox Theatre 2 2 *** SOAMule
1995-11-14 University of Central Florid... 3 1 Esther > Julius
1995-11-18 North Charleston Coliseum 3 2 Sparkle > I'm So Tired (Rhapsody in Blue tease)
1995-11-22 USAir Arena 3 2 Rift -> Llama (No Quarter and Bouncing Around the Room teases )
1995-11-28 Knoxville Civic Coliseum 3 2 Uncle Pen HYHU
1995-11-30 Ervin J. Nutter Center, Wrig... 2 2 SOAMule Strange Design
1995-12-02 New Haven Veterans Memorial ... 2 1 MSO Taste That Surrounds
1995-12-05 Mullins Center, University o... 2 1 Lizards Esther
1995-12-09 Knickerbocker Arena 3 1 Bouncin' Billy Breathes
1995-12-12 Providence Civic Center 2 2 *** Sparkle
1995-12-15 CoreStates Spectrum 2 1 Bouncin' > Possum
1995-12-17 Olympic Center 2 2 Maze > 2001
1995-12-30 MSG 3 2 Ya Mar > Hood
1996-07-12 Melkweg 11 3 Bowie -> Hello My Baby Unfinished.
1996-07-21 The Forum 6 2 Life on Mars? Antelope
1996-08-02 Wolf Mountain Amphitheatre 5 2 Taste > > Fluffhead
1996-08-07 Red Rocks Amphitheatre 4 2 Runaway Jim > Forbin's
1996-08-10 Alpine Valley 1 2 SOAMule Fluffhead
1996-08-16 Plattsburgh Air Force Base 4 2 Sparkle > Coil
1996-10-17 Bryce Jordan Center 3 2 SOAMule Lizards
1996-10-19 Marine Midland Arena 2 1 Rift Esther
1996-10-22 MSG 2 1 Sparkle > > YEM
1996-10-25 Hampton Coliseum 2 2 NICU > Strange Design
1996-11-02 Coral Sky Amphitheater 5 1 Lizards JBG Karl Perazzo on percussion.
1996-11-07 Rupp Arena 3 1 Guyute > Tela
1996-11-14 Hilton Coliseum 5 1 CTB ATR
1996-11-16 Civic Auditorium 2 1 Rift The Old Home Place
1996-11-27 Key Arena 6 1 Uncle Pen > Theme
1996-12-02 America West Arena 4 2 Taste > SOAMule
1996-12-29 CoreStates Spectrum 4 1 Rift > Coil
1997-02-16 Alter Wartesaal 5 2 CTB Sparkle
1997-02-20 Teatro Smeraldo 3 2 Bouncin' > Swept Away
1997-02-22 Teatro Olimpico 2 2 Hood > Hello My Baby
1997-02-25 Incognito 2 2 PYITE > Fee
1997-06-14 The S.F.X. Centre 7 1 Bye Bye Foot Caspian
1997-06-24 La Laiterie 6 1 Talk Caspian
1997-07-02 Paradiso 5 e *** ***
1997-07-06 Spiaggia di Rivoltella 3 2 *** YEM
1997-07-26 South Park Meadows 8 2 Hood -> Waste Bob Gullotti on a second drum set.
1997-07-30 Ventura County Fairgrounds 2 2 PYITE > > Bowie
1997-08-08 New World Music Theatre 5 2 Wolfman's -> LxL
1997-08-14 Darien Lake 5 1 LxL CTB
1997-11-30 The Centrum 14 2 Stash -> > Jam
1998-07-15 Portland Meadows 27 2 Tweezer -> Meat
1998-07-31 Polaris Amphitheater 11 2 Curtain > > If I Could
1998-11-09 UIC Pavilion, University of ... 25 1 Poor Heart > NICU
1998-11-21 Hampton Coliseum 8 2 Mango > -> Ha Ha Ha
1998-11-21 Hampton Coliseum 0 2 Ha Ha Ha -> Weekapaug
1998-12-29 MSG 7 2 *** > LxL
1999-06-30 Sandstone Amphitheatre 3 2 Coil > BOAF
1999-07-09 Merriweather 6 2 PYITE > > WTU?
1999-07-18 Oswego County Airport 7 2 Runaway Jim -> > Meatstick
1999-07-23 Polaris Amphitheater 3 2 Ghost -> > BOAF
1999-07-31 Naeba Ski Resort 6 1 LxL > Roggae
1999-09-11 The Gorge 4 1 Guyute > ***
1999-09-18 Coors Amphitheatre 5 2 Meatstick > > Bouncin'
1999-09-29 Pyramid Arena 8 1 Runaway Jim > Driver
1999-10-09 Pepsi Arena 7 1 Ghost -> Sparkle
1999-12-02 The Palace of Auburn Hills 2 1 Sample > Coil
1999-12-07 Cumberland County Civic Center 4 2 Simple Suzy
1999-12-15 MCI Center 6 2 Maze > Dirt
1999-12-31 Big Cypress 5 2 Piper -> Lawn Boy
2000-06-11 Hibiya Outdoor Theatre 10 2 BOAF > Beauty of My Dreams
2000-07-12 Deer Creek 20 1 Beauty of My Dreams > Axilla
2000-09-17 Merriweather 10 2 Mango > ***
2000-09-24 Target Center 5 2 Cities > > Ya Mar
2003-01-03 Hampton Coliseum 12 2 Twist -> All of These Dreams
2003-02-15 Thomas & Mack Center 3 2 Ghost > > Hood
2003-02-21 U.S. Bank Arena 4 2 Mike's -> > Waste
2003-07-10 Shoreline Amphitheatre 10 2 Friday > > Seven Below Began differently than usual, as...
2003-07-22 Verizon Wireless Music Center 8 2 SOAMelt -> > Friday
2003-07-31 Tweeter Center at the Waterf... 7 2 Weekapaug -> > Friday
2003-11-28 Nassau Veterans Memorial Col... 3 1 Gin -> ***
2003-12-29 American Airlines Arena 5 2 Ghost -> Divided Guitar and bass duet jam.
2004-04-15 Thomas & Mack Center 3 2 DwD > > SOAMule
2004-06-17 KeySpan Park 3 1 Moma -> Nothing
2004-06-26 Alpine Valley 8 2 Ghost > Friday
2004-08-14 Newport State Airport 5 3 Stash > Guyute
2009-03-08 Hampton Coliseum 4 1 CTB Frankenstein
2009-05-31 Fenway Park 1 2 TTE Curtis Loew
2009-06-05 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater 3 2 BDTNL Twenty Years Later
2009-06-12 Bonnaroo 5 1 KDF -> Velvet Sea
2009-06-18 Post-Gazette Pavilion 3 2 DwD > Guyute
2009-08-01 Red Rocks Amphitheatre 6 2 DwD > Esther
2009-11-01 Empire Polo Club 12 3 Maze Sugar Shack
2009-11-18 Cobo Arena 1 2 DwD -> > Waste
2009-12-03 MSG 10 2 Cities > Halley's
2009-12-05 John Paul Jones Arena 2 2 Piper -> Sweet Virginia
2009-12-30 American Airlines Arena 3 2 HYHU Boogie On
2010-06-13 Hersheypark Stadium 4 2 Piper > Velvet Sea
2010-06-19 SPAC 4 2 R&R > BDTNL
2010-06-26 Merriweather 5 2 R&R > FEFY
2010-07-01 Walnut Creek 3 2 Light Up -> > Velvet Sea
2010-08-05 William Randolph Hearst Gree... 4 2 DwD -> Alaska
2010-08-10 Telluride Town Park 4 2 Carini > > Heavy Things
2010-10-12 1stBank Center 10 2 Theme -> > Joy
2010-10-19 Augusta Civic Center 3 2 Halley's > > Hood
2010-10-24 Mullins Center, University o... 4 2 Alaska > > Lizards
2010-12-31 MSG 8 3 Piper > Waste
2011-05-28 Bethel Woods 3 2 DwD > > BDTNL
2011-06-05 Riverbend Music Center 6 2 Tweezer > C&P
2011-06-10 Susquehanna Bank Center 3 2 DwD -> > Possum
2011-06-17 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatr... 5 2 Ghost > > Reba
2011-08-09 Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at ... 9 2 Slave > Rocket Man
2011-12-28 MSG 10 1 *** Glide
2012-06-08 DCU Center 5 1 *** KDF
2012-06-10 Bonnaroo 1 1 Tweezer > > BDTNL
2012-06-20 nTelos Pavilion 5 2 Tweezer > > Guyute
2012-06-24 Blossom Music Center 3 1 LxL > NICU
2012-07-08 SPAC 9 2 Piper > > Kung
2012-08-19 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 4 1 Reba > Mound
2012-08-25 Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lake... 3 2 Golden Age > > Light
2012-09-02 Dick's 6 1 Rift > Ride Captain Ride
2012-12-28 MSG 1 1 KDF Wolfman's
2013-07-07 SPAC 7 1 Divided > It's Ice
2013-07-13 Merriweather 3 2 DwD > > Bouncin'
2013-07-22 Molson Canadian Amphitheatre 7 2 2001 > > Piper
2013-08-02 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 5 1 *** > Meat
2013-08-31 Dick's 5 2 Steam -> Joy
2013-10-18 Hampton Coliseum 2 2 Twist > > Roggae
2013-10-25 DCU Center 5 1 Rift MMGAMOIO
2013-10-31 Boardwalk Hall 4 1 Mound > Camel Walk
2013-12-28 MSG 3 1 Tube > > Julius
2014-04-26 New Orleans Fairgrounds 4 2 Sparkle > > Light
2014-07-01 Xfinity Center 2 2 Simple > Waiting All Night
2014-07-12 Randall's Island 7 1 Devotion to a Dream MSO
2014-07-19 Northerly Island 5 1 Tube > > Roggae (Wingsuit tease)
2014-07-27 Merriweather 4 2 Waiting All Night -> Tweezer
2014-07-27 Merriweather 0 2 Tweezer -> > Catapult
2014-08-01 Amphitheater at the Wharf 3 1 Curtis Loew > Character Zero
2014-08-30 Dick's 4 1 *** Moma
2014-10-17 Matthew Knight Arena 2 1 Waiting All Night > Poor Heart
2014-10-25 Sleep Train Amphitheatre 5 2 *** > Golden Age
2014-10-29 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 3 1 Moma > BOTT
2014-11-02 MGM Grand 3 1 Gin > WotC (Martian Monster quote)
2015-01-02 American Airlines Arena 3 1 *** Moma
2015-07-24 Shoreline Amphitheatre 4 1 Undermind > Reba
2015-07-28 Austin360 Amphitheater 2 1 Party Time > Halley's
2015-08-04 Ascend Amphitheater 5 1 *** NMINML
2015-08-12 The Mann 6 1 Bag > Ya Mar (Martian Monster tease & quote)
2015-08-21 Watkins Glen 4 1 TMWSIY > Happy Birthday
2015-09-06 Dick's 5 1 Landlady > Moma
2015-12-30 MSG 1 1 Sample Simple
2016-01-15 Barceló Maya Beach 4 1 Theme > > Bowie
2016-06-24 Wrigley Field 4 1 Wedge > Blaze On
2016-07-01 SPAC 5 1 Bowie Uncle Pen
2016-07-09 Xfinity Theatre 5 1 Vultures > Let Me Lie
2016-07-19 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 5 1 CDT Breath and Burning
2016-08-26 Oak Ridge Farm 4 1 DwD > Wolfman's
2016-10-14 North Charleston Coliseum 5 2 Light > Boogie On
2016-10-31 MGM Grand 12 1 Bag > > Possum (Martian Monster tease)
2016-12-28 MSG 1 1 Lonesome Cowboy Bill > Train Song
2017-01-13 Barceló Maya Beach 4 1 *** Yarmouth Road (Heartbreaker tease)
2017-07-18 Ervin J. Nutter Center, Wrig... 6 1 Peaches > Roggae
2017-07-28 MSG 7 1 Ass Handed Weigh
2017-09-01 Dick's 8 1 Theme > Tube
2017-12-31 MSG 6 3 Auld Lang Syne > ASIHTOS
2018-07-17 Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at ... 1 1 *** > Possum
2018-08-03 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatr... 10 1 BOTT > Martian Monster
2018-08-08 BB&T Pavilion 4 1 Moma > > Undermind
2018-08-31 Dick's 4 1 *** > Hood (Eminence Front tease)
2018-10-16 Times Union Center 3 1 Theme > Army of One
2018-10-23 Ascend Amphitheater 5 1 Party Time The Old Home Place
2018-10-31 MGM Grand 5 1 Crazy Sometimes > More
2018-12-28 MSG 4 1 Axilla > Wedge
2019-02-21 Barceló Maya Beach 4 1 Twist Who Loves the Sun?
2019-06-11 Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis ... 3 1 Nellie Kane > > Theme
2019-06-16 Bonnaroo 3 1 Reba > Sand
2019-06-21 PNC Music Pavilion 3 1 Jibboo > Ginseng
2019-07-05 Fenway Park 10 1 *** > Blaze On
2019-07-12 Alpine Valley 4 1 Tweezer > Turtle in the Clouds
2019-08-30 Dick's 3 1 Can't Always Listen NMINML Lyrics changed to "flea."
2019-12-03 Met Philadelphia 6 1 Tweezer > > Moma
2019-12-28 MSG 5 2 Jibboo > > Piper
2020-02-20 Moon Palace 4 1 Ghost > > Shipwreck
2020-02-20 Moon Palace 0 1 Shipwreck -> Shake Your Coconuts (Rescue Squad and Shipwreck quotes )
2021-07-28 Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion 4 1 Tube > Bouncin'
2021-08-04 Ascend Amphitheater 5 1 Evolve Ocelot
2021-08-11 Hersheypark Stadium 5 1 Wombat > ASIHTOS
2021-08-29 The Gorge 6 1 Moma Lonely Trip
2021-10-15 Golden 1 Center 6 2 Plasma > > Billy Breathes
2021-10-23 North Island Credit Union Am... 6 2 NMINML > > Joy (NICU tease)
2021-10-31 MGM Grand 6 1 KDF > Bowie
2021-12-31 Rock Lititz 1 1 TTE Ghost
2022-02-25 Moon Palace 2 1 Ghost > BOTT
2022-04-22 MSG 5 3 *** A Wave of Hope
2022-05-28 The Wharf 3 1 The Final Hurrah > ***
2022-06-05 Ruoff Music Center 6 2 Rise/Come Together ***
2022-07-16 Maine Savings Amphitheater 3 1 *** > I Never Needed You Like This Before
2022-07-24 Xfinity Theatre 5 1 The Final Hurrah Yarmouth Road
2022-08-02 Blossom Music Center 6 2 *** > Esther
2022-08-05 Atlantic City Beach 2 e Sleeping Monkey > *** (Dave's Energy Guide tease)
2022-08-10 Budweiser Stage 3 2 Sneakin' Sally > ***
2022-09-03 Dick's 6 1 Stash > > Mike's
2022-12-28 MSG 2 2 *** > A Wave of Hope
2023-02-23 Moon Palace 4 1 Bouncin' ***
2023-04-15 Climate Pledge Arena 5 2 *** > Ruby Waves
2023-07-12 Orion Amphitheater 8 2 Mercury > *** (Super Bad tease)
2023-07-23 St. Joseph's Health Amphithe... 8 1 Happy Birthday > Steam
2023-07-28 MSG 3 1 The Old Home Place > Brian and Robert
2023-08-26 Broadview Stage at SPAC 8 1 *** Wolfman's
2023-09-03 Dick's 4 1 KDF > Everything's Right
2023-10-08 Bridgestone Arena 3 1 Bag > Sightless Escape
2023-12-29 MSG 7 1 *** > Moma
2024-02-22 Moon Palace 4 1 First Tube > Roggae
2024-04-19 Sphere 4 1 *** Moma
2024-07-21 Xfinity Center 5 1 *** A Wave of Hope
2024-07-31 Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis ... 7 2 *** Mr. Completely
2024-08-06 Van Andel Arena 4 2 *** Sand
2024-08-16 The Woodlands 6 1 Peaches Divided
2024-08-31 Dick's 5 1 Maze Most Events Aren't Planned
2024-10-25 MVP Arena 2 1 Moma > Dirt (Shakedown Street tease)
2024-12-28 MSG 3 1 Simple Farmhouse
2025-01-29 Moon Palace 4 1 Theme Mull
2025-04-19 Climate Pledge Arena 5 1 *** Gin
2025-06-21 SNHU Arena 8 1 *** > Reba
2025-06-28 Moody Center 4 1 PYITE > My Soul
2025-07-11 North Charleston Coliseum 5 1 *** Rift
2025-07-23 Forest Hills Stadium 9 1 *** BOTT (I Want You Back tease)
2025-09-12 Highland Festival Grounds at... 3 1 Moma Wolfman's

"Free" was teased at the following shows

Show Date Artist Song (Tease Type) Venue
2003-07-12 Phish Tweezer (Tease) Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA, USA
2009-08-01 Phish Harry Hood (Tease) Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, USA
2011-12-28 Phish Harry Hood (Tease) Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
2025-04-19 Phish Stash (Tease) Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA, USA

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