The Sloth as performed by Phish

The Sloth was played at 8.45% of live Phish shows.
It was last played December 31, 2023, which was 84 shows ago.
There have been 2,011 shows since the live debut.
“The Sloth” has been played approximately once every 11.8 shows.
Since its debut, “The Sloth” has been played, on average, once every 11.4 shows.
It was played 176 time(s) at the following show(s):

Date Venue Gap Set Song Before Song After Notes
1987-08-09 Nectar's 73 2 Halley's > Light Up First known performance.
1987-08-21 Ian McLean's Farm 2 2 Back Porch Boogie Blues -> ***
1988-01-27 Gallagher's 26 2 YEM > Whipping Post
1988-02-08 Nectar's 3 3 *** Flat Fee
1988-03-12 Nectar's 7 1 Mockingbird > > Possum
1988-05-24 Nectar's 25 3 Halley's > IDK
1988-06-15 The Front 4 2 Bag Contact
1988-07-23 Pete's Phabulous Phish Phest 12 1 No Dogs Allowed Fire
1988-07-29 The Roma 4 2 Dinner and a Movie Icculus (Take Five tease)
1988-08-04 The Roma 3 1 Alumni 'A' Train
1988-12-02 Molly's Cafe 29 1 *** Golgi
1988-12-10 The Red Barn, Hampshire College 2 2 Contact Bag
1989-01-26 The Paradise 9 2 Mockingbird -> Possum
1989-02-07 The Front 5 1 Foam -> Possum
1989-02-11 Sheehan's 2 1 *** 'A' Train
1989-02-18 Old Stone Church 2 1 *** Divided
1989-04-14 The Base Lodge, Stearns Hall... 19 2 Lizards Possum
1989-04-20 Humphries House (The Zoo), A... 3 1 Suzy Possum
1989-04-27 Strafford Room, Memorial Uni... 3 1 Jam > Divided
1989-05-03 Tent Party, Franklin & Marsh... 5 1 YEM Contact
1989-05-06 Collis Center, Dartmouth Col... 2 1 Esther Possum
1989-05-09 The Front 3 1 Weekapaug Possum
1989-05-21 320 Spear Street 7 1 Dazed and Confused YEM
1989-05-26 Valley Club Cafe 1 1 Halley's > YEM
1989-05-28 Ian McLean's Party, Connie C... 2 3 La Grange Sneakin' Sally
1989-06-23 The Paradise 7 2 *** Fluffhead
1989-07-01 Les Foufounes Électriques 3 1 Bike Mike's
1989-08-17 The Front 4 1 McGrupp > Rocky Top
1989-10-06 The Paradise 18 2 Weekapaug Golgi
1989-10-13 Copperfield's 4 1 Slave Possum
1989-10-21 The Front 3 2 Reba YEM
1989-10-26 The Wetlands Preserve 2 2 Gin > > The Chase
1989-11-03 Tree Cafe 4 2 Oh Kee Pa > > Foam
1989-11-10 Sigma Phi House, Hamilton Co... 3 2 Clod > Lizards
1989-11-16 Pearl Street Ballroom 2 2 *** > Bag
1990-01-20 Webster Hall, Dartmouth College 19 1 Carolina Gin
1990-02-16 The Paradise 17 2 Bouncin' Possum
1990-02-17 Student Union Ballroom, Univ... 1 1 Divided > Bouncin'
1990-02-24 The Bayou 3 2 *** Oh Kee Pa
1990-03-09 The Front 8 1 Mockingbird > > Possum
1990-03-11 The Front 2 2 'A' Train > Ya Mar
1990-04-04 Quigley's, University of Col... 8 2 Uncle Pen Lizards
1990-04-06 El Dorado Café 2 2 Esther > Hood
1990-04-09 Fly Me to the Moon Saloon 3 1 Ya Mar McGrupp
1990-04-13 The Inferno 2 2 Curtis Loew Hood
1990-04-18 Herman's Hideaway 2 2 Fee Funky Bitch
1990-05-04 The Colonial Theatre 11 2 Runaway Jim > Uncle Pen
1990-05-24 The Brewery 12 1 *** > Bouncin'
1990-05-30 The Pterodactyl Club 3 2 Suzy Dinner and a Movie
1990-09-16 Wesleyan University 16 1 Bouncin' Landlady
1990-10-04 Field House, UNH 12 1 Destiny Uncle Pen
1990-10-17 The Pterodactyl Club 10 2 Uncle Pen Possum
1990-11-02 Glenn Miller Ballroom, Unive... 10 1 Divided Mike's
1990-11-26 The Haunt 11 1 Runaway Jim Reba
1990-11-30 The Colonial Theatre 2 2 IDK Antelope
1991-02-02 Alumni Gymnasium 9 2 Mango Antelope
1991-02-07 Pickle Barrel Pub 3 2 Lizards Destiny
1991-02-09 John M. Greene Hall, Smith C... 2 1 Mango > TMWSIY
1991-02-15 The Colonial Theatre 2 1 Mango Dinner and a Movie
1991-02-16 The Marquee 1 1 *** MSO
1991-02-19 The Bayou 1 1 Dinner and a Movie > Runaway Jim
1991-02-27 Arnold’s Flamingo Grill 6 2 Oh Kee Pa > Love You
1991-03-01 The Georgia Theatre 2 2 Runaway Jim > Possum
1991-03-07 The Gin 3 1 Landlady Runaway Jim
1991-03-13 Boulder Theater 3 2 Runaway Jim Reba
1991-03-23 The Inferno 5 1 *** Divided
1991-03-31 Berkeley Square 4 2 Hood Coil
1991-04-05 Starry Night 4 2 Lizards Dinner and a Movie
1991-04-15 The Gathering Place, Norris ... 5 1 *** Ya Mar
1991-04-18 Dionysus Club, The 'Sco, Obe... 2 2 Oh Kee Pa > Paul and Silas
1991-04-20 Douglass Dining Center, Univ... 2 2 *** Ya Mar
1991-04-22 Billings Lounge, UVM 2 1 Runaway Jim Reba
1991-04-26 Hartman Activities Center 2 1 Coil > > Possum
1991-05-03 Somerville Theatre 3 2 Curtain > > Landlady
1991-05-10 Page Commons Room, Student C... 3 1 Dinner and a Movie > Landlady
1991-05-19 Salisbury School 6 2 Dinner and a Movie > McGrupp
1991-07-14 Townshend Family Park 4 1 Mockingbird > IDK
1991-07-21 Arrowhead Ranch 5 2 Lawn Boy Esther
1991-07-25 Cat's Cradle 3 1 MSO > Foam
1991-08-03 Amy's Farm 3 1 Poor Heart > Divided
1991-09-29 The Agora Ballroom 5 2 Reba Coil
1991-10-11 Backstage 8 2 Mango Poor Heart
1991-10-13 North Shore Surf Club 2 1 Bag > > McGrupp
1991-10-31 Armstrong Hall 11 1 Ya Mar > CDT
1991-11-08 Ivory Tusk 5 2 *** Sparkle
1991-11-10 Music Farm 2 2 Buried Alive > Uncle Pen
1991-11-12 The Georgia Theatre 1 1 Tube > Hood
1991-11-19 The Sting 5 2 Mango Reba
1991-11-24 Webster Hall, Dartmouth College 5 1 *** Paul and Silas
1991-12-05 Greenfield Armory Castle 3 2 Fee > Coil
1992-03-11 The Colonial Theatre 6 2 NICU Lizards
1992-03-13 Campus Club 2 2 MMGAMOIO Rift
1992-03-17 Lisner Auditorium, George Wa... 2 2 Glide Poor Heart
1992-03-20 Broome County Forum 2 2 Sanity Mango
1992-03-27 1313 Club 6 1 Paul and Silas Divided
1992-03-30 Mississippi Nights 2 1 ATR > Runaway Jim
1992-04-03 Sawatch Hall, Park Hyatt Bea... 3 2 Curtain > Possum
1992-04-07 Fine Arts Auditorium, Fort L... 4 1 Rift Runaway Jim
1992-04-24 Roseland Theater 12 1 Uncle Pen Landlady
1992-05-01 The Rave 4 1 NICU > Divided
1992-05-12 St. Lawrence University 9 1 ATR > > Possum
1992-05-14 The Capitol Theatre 1 1 ATR Sparkle
1992-07-15 Trax 18 2 *** > Divided
1992-11-20 Palace Theatre 31 1 Rift Reba
1992-12-06 The Vic Theatre 13 1 MSO Coil
1992-12-28 Palace Theatre 6 2 Reba YEM
1993-02-10 Smith Opera House 10 1 Reba Divided
1993-02-17 Benton Convention Center 5 1 ATR Runaway Jim
1993-02-20 Roxy Theatre 3 1 Foam Possum
1993-03-05 Deep Ellum Live 9 1 Foam Rift
1993-03-21 Ventura Theatre 11 1 Sparkle Divided
1993-03-22 Crest Theatre 1 2 Mockingbird > > McGrupp
1993-03-28 East Gym, Humboldt State Uni... 5 1 Lizards Maze
1993-04-03 86th Street Music Hall 6 2 ATR YEM Ending changed to reference Chri...
1993-04-13 Memorial Hall 5 2 Rift Uncle Pen
1993-04-29 Le Spectrum 12 1 Uncle Pen Runaway Jim
1993-07-25 Waterloo Village 19 1 Rift MMGAMOIO
1993-08-07 Darien Lake 9 2 Avenu Malkenu > Sparkle
1993-08-12 Meadow Brook Music Festival 4 2 Lizards Maze
1993-12-28 Bender Arena 12 2 Lizards FEFY
1994-04-17 Patriot Center, George Mason... 15 2 Uncle Pen Reba
1994-04-29 Boatyard Village Pavilion 10 1 SOAMule Divided
1994-05-22 Vogue Theatre 17 1 Demand Divided
1994-05-28 Laguna Seca Raceway 5 1 Silent > Maze
1994-06-24 Murat Theatre 14 1 ATR > Paul and Silas
1994-06-26 Municipal Auditorium 2 1 Mockingbird > > McGrupp
1994-07-08 Great Woods 8 1 Mockingbird > > McGrupp
1994-10-12 Orpheum Theatre 11 1 Reba Poor Heart
1994-12-07 Spreckels Theatre 39 1 Runaway Jim Ya Mar
1995-06-26 SPAC 24 1 NICU > MMGAMOIO
1995-10-22 Assembly Hall 25 1 MMGAMOIO Runaway Jim
1995-12-09 Knickerbocker Arena 29 1 NICU > > Rift
1995-12-16 Olympic Center 5 1 Ya Mar Divided
1995-12-31 MSG 5 1 PYITE > Reba
1996-08-04 Red Rocks Amphitheatre 22 1 Mango Maze
1996-10-21 MSG 14 1 CTB Divided
1996-11-03 O'Connell Center, University... 9 1 Billy Breathes NICU Karl Perazzo on percussion.
1996-11-09 The Palace of Auburn Hills 4 1 Poor Heart Divided
1996-11-27 Key Arena 11 1 CDT Uncle Pen
1996-12-30 FleetCenter 9 1 Ya Mar Llama
1997-02-23 Fillmore 10 1 ATR Love Me
1997-11-29 The Centrum 55 1 TMWSIY Ginseng
1997-12-31 MSG 14 1 Silent > Fire
1998-04-02 Nassau Veterans Memorial Col... 1 1 MMGAMOIO NICU
1998-08-11 Star Lake 32 1 Reba Ginseng
1998-11-13 CSU Convocation Center 19 1 Water in the Sky Antelope
1999-07-15 PNC Bank Arts Center 26 1 IDK YEM
1999-07-20 Molson Amphitheatre 4 1 CTB Divided
1999-09-14 BSU Pavilion 14 1 CDT Curtain
1999-12-30 Big Cypress 34 3 Antelope Circus
2000-06-28 PNC Bank Arts Center 20 1 CDT Taste
2000-09-18 Blossom Music Center 22 1 Sparkle > Maze
2000-09-24 Target Center 4 1 Sparkle Divided
2003-02-22 U.S. Bank Arena 20 1 *** Dogs Stole Things
2003-07-31 Tweeter Center at the Waterf... 24 1 Seven Below Water in the Sky
2009-08-15 Merriweather 57 1 KDF Beauty of a Broken Heart
2010-06-25 Susquehanna Bank Center 32 1 SOAMelt TTE
2010-08-14 Alpine Valley 15 2 *** DwD
2010-10-26 Verizon Wireless Arena 15 1 After Midnight Alumni
2011-06-10 Susquehanna Bank Center 19 1 Cavern Curtain With
2011-09-02 Dick's 20 1 Sparkle Sweet Virginia
2011-12-29 MSG 5 1 *** YEM
2012-06-15 Bader Field 6 1 *** MSO
2012-06-30 Alpine Valley 10 1 KDF > Ocelot
2012-08-28 Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis ... 15 1 Sample Camel Walk
2013-07-12 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater 14 1 Water in the Sky Beauty of a Broken Heart
2015-08-09 Alpine Valley 92 1 Weigh Sanity
2016-07-06 Cross Insurance Arena 28 1 KDF Billy Breathes
2016-07-23 Sleep Train Amphitheatre 10 1 Ass Handed Martian Monster
2017-08-05 MSG 42 1 Uncle Pen Jibboo
2018-12-29 MSG 45 1 Turtle in the Clouds 46 Days
2019-07-13 Alpine Valley 27 1 Frost FYF
2019-12-06 North Charleston Coliseum 10 1 Divided Destiny
2021-08-15 Atlantic City Beach 24 1 Weekapaug Roggae
2021-10-30 MGM Grand 20 1 Dog Faced Boy Llama
2023-12-31 MSG 96 2 Wilson > > Divided Lyrics changed to "I'm squeezing...

"The Sloth" was teased at the following shows

Show Date Artist Song (Tease Type) Venue
1993-03-05 Phish Stash (Tease) Deep Ellum Live, Dallas, TX, USA

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