Contact as performed by Phish

Contact was played at 8.5% of live Phish shows.
It was last played July 26, 2024, which was 23 shows ago.
There have been 1,899 shows since the live debut.
“Contact” has been played approximately once every 11.8 shows.
Since its debut, “Contact” has been played, on average, once every 11 shows.
It was played 173 time(s) at the following show(s):

Date Venue Gap Set Song Before Song After Notes Comments
1988-06-15 The Front 136 2 Sloth Dinner and a Movie First known performance.
1988-06-19 Nectar's 2 2 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Antelope
1988-06-21 Nectar's 2 2 GTBT Peaches
1988-07-23 Pete's Phabulous Phish Phest 8 3 YEM Hood Unknown additional percussionist.
1988-07-29 The Roma 4 3 Light Up Whipping Post
1988-07-30 The Roma 1 2 She Caught the Katy Maiden Voyage Fish absent, Trey on drums.
1988-08-05 The Roma 3 3 JJLC Makisupa
1988-09-24 Humphries House (The Zoo), A... 21 3 Dinner and a Movie BBFCFM
1988-10-29 Sculpture Room, Goddard College 2 1 La Grange Costume Contest
1988-11-03 Molly's Cafe 1 2 Whipping Post Bold As Love
1988-12-02 Molly's Cafe 4 1 Divided YEM
1988-12-10 The Red Barn, Hampshire College 2 2 YEM Sloth
1989-01-26 The Paradise 9 2 Possum BBFCFM
1989-02-07 The Front 5 2 Timber Ho Alumni
1989-02-18 Old Stone Church 4 2 Slave Bowie
1989-03-04 The Wetlands Preserve 6 2 Antelope ***
1989-03-05 Anastasio's House ø 2 Donna Lee Lizards
1989-03-14 Nectar's 4 1 Fluffhead Bag
1989-04-14 The Base Lodge, Stearns Hall... 9 1 Antelope Fire
1989-04-21 The Front 4 1 IDK ***
1989-04-27 Strafford Room, Memorial Uni... 2 e *** Bowie
1989-05-01 Pearl Street Ballroom 4 e *** ***
1989-05-03 Tent Party, Franklin & Marsh... 1 1 Sloth ***
1989-05-06 Collis Center, Dartmouth Col... 2 2 Suzy Fire
1989-05-13 The Orange Grove 5 2 If I Only Had a Brain Fire
1989-05-19 The Blue Pelican 3 1 Possum ***
1989-05-20 Northfield/Mt. Hermon School... 1 2 Foam 'A' Train
1989-05-21 320 Spear Street 1 1 Foam Mike's
1989-05-28 Ian McLean's Party, Connie C... 3 2 Possum Funky (Breakdown) Trey wished the crowd "Merry Chr... (Blue Bayou and Auld Lang Syne teases )
1989-06-23 The Paradise 7 e *** > GTBT
1989-08-12 Burlington Boathouse 5 3 Oh Kee Pa > ***
1989-08-17 The Front 2 3 Alumni > Antelope
1989-08-26 Townshend Family Park 5 e *** Lizards
1989-10-01 The Front 12 2 If I Only Had a Brain SOAMelt
1989-10-07 Chase Hall, Bates College 2 2 Bowie > Highway to Hell
1989-10-10 The Front 1 1 Alumni Lizards
1989-10-31 Goddard College 9 e *** > Antelope
1989-11-18 23 East Cabaret 8 1 Bowie ***
1989-11-30 The Paradise 1 2 Suzy > > Bowie
1989-12-09 Huden Dining Hall, Castleton... 8 e *** > BBFCFM (Low Rider tease)
1989-12-15 Ukrainian National Home 1 2 JJLC > Bowie (Low Rider tease)
1989-12-31 World Trade Center 4 e *** ***
1990-02-03 The Cotton Club 13 1 IDK ***
1990-02-10 23 East Cabaret 6 1 Carolina Bowie
1990-02-23 Dining Center, Haverford Col... 5 e *** IDK
1990-02-24 The Bayou 1 2 Lawn Boy Lizards
1990-03-08 Aiko's 7 e *** GTBT
1990-03-09 The Front 1 2 La Grange BBFCFM
1990-03-11 The Front 2 1 *** > Oh Kee Pa
1990-03-28 Beta Hockey Team Party 4 2 SOAMelt > La Grange (Sailor's Hornpipe tease)
1990-04-04 Quigley's, University of Col... 4 e *** Highway to Hell
1990-04-05 J.J. McCabe's 1 2 If I Only Had a Brain ***
1990-04-07 El Dorado Café 2 e BBFCFM ***
1990-04-25 The Clarke Memorial Fountain... 12 e *** ***
1990-05-04 The Colonial Theatre 5 e Antelope *** (Simple Gifts tease)
1990-05-15 Hamilton College 9 2 Bowie ***
1990-05-19 The Upper, St. Paul's School 1 e *** ***
1990-05-24 The Brewery 2 2 Highway to Hell > ***
1990-05-28 Jack McConnell's House ø 1 Lawn Boy ***
1990-06-01 The Cotton Club 5 2 BBFCFM ***
1990-06-02 Greenstreets 1 e *** GTBT
1990-06-09 The Wetlands Preserve 5 e 'A' Train > ***
1990-06-16 Townshend Family Park 1 e *** > BBFCFM
1990-09-16 Wesleyan University 7 e *** ***
1990-10-01 The Haunt 10 e *** Highway to Hell
1990-10-07 Club Bene 5 e *** ***
1990-10-08 The Bayou 1 e *** ***
1990-10-11 The Jade Elephant 2 e *** ***
1990-10-13 Greenstreets 2 1 If I Only Had a Brain GTBT
1990-10-18 The Georgia Theatre 3 e Buried Alive ***
1990-10-22 Tipitina's 3 2 *** Highway to Hell
1990-10-30 El Dorado Café 4 e GTBT Bag
1990-11-04 Fort Ram 4 e *** > Highway to Hell
1990-11-06 The Cabooze 1 e *** La Grange
1990-11-16 Campus Club 5 e *** Fire
1990-11-26 The Haunt 3 e *** Highway to Hell
1990-12-08 The Chance 6 e2 *** > Highway to Hell
1991-02-09 John M. Greene Hall, Smith C... 10 e2 *** Rocky Top
1991-02-15 The Colonial Theatre 2 e2 *** Golgi
1991-02-27 Arnold’s Flamingo Grill 8 e *** ***
1991-03-23 The Inferno 13 2 Bowie ***
1991-03-29 DNA Lounge 3 e *** Tweeprise
1991-04-04 WOW Hall 4 e2 *** > Uncle Pen
1991-04-12 Barrymore Theatre 4 e *** > BBFCFM
1991-07-11 Battery Park 23 e *** > BBFCFM Giant Country Horns.
1991-07-14 Townshend Family Park 3 e *** > BBFCFM Giant Country Horns.
1991-07-15 The Academy 1 e Caravan > Alumni Giant Country Horns.
1991-07-21 Arrowhead Ranch 4 2 Bag > > Tweeprise Giant Country Horns.
1991-07-24 Trax 2 e *** > BBFCFM Giant Country Horns.
1991-07-27 Variety Playhouse 3 e2 *** *** Giant Country Horns.
1991-09-28 The Rink 5 e *** > BBFCFM
1991-10-12 Roseland Theater 10 e2 *** Golgi
1991-11-02 Lory Student Center Theatre,... 14 e *** BBFCFM
1991-11-30 The Capitol Theatre 17 e *** > Rocky Top
1992-03-13 Campus Club 10 e *** Fire Mike on accordian for first know...
1992-04-01 Liberty Hall 14 e *** Rocky Top
1992-04-07 Fine Arts Auditorium, Fort L... 5 e *** > Tweeprise
1992-04-18 Wilbur Field, Stanford Unive... 7 e *** BBFCFM Cameron McKinney on ukulele (unm... (Linus and Lucy tease)
1992-04-24 Roseland Theater 5 e *** > BBFCFM
1992-05-05 Bogart's 7 e *** > Rocky Top
1992-11-28 The Capitol Theatre 62 e *** > Tweeprise Trey danced with his grandmother...
1992-12-11 Michigan Theater 11 e *** GTBT
1993-02-07 Lisner Auditorium, George Wa... 11 e Amazing Grace > BBFCFM
1993-02-15 Memorial Hall, UNC 6 e *** Fire
1993-03-13 Balch Fieldhouse 18 1 SOAMelt Llama
1993-03-28 East Gym, Humboldt State Uni... 12 e *** > BBFCFM
1993-04-14 American Theater 12 e Lengthwise > > Tweeprise
1993-04-25 Kuhl Gym, SUNY Geneseo 9 2 Tweezer Uncle Pen
1993-05-03 State Theatre 6 2 Tweezer > > It's Ice
1993-05-06 Palace Theatre 2 e Sweet Adeline > Tweeprise
1993-05-30 Laguna Seca Raceway 4 1 SOAMelt Llama
1993-07-22 Stowe Performing Arts Center 6 2 It's Ice > > Possum
1993-07-30 The Veranda at Starwood 7 1 *** > Llama
1993-08-09 Concert Hall 7 2 YEM -> > Crimes of the Mind
1993-08-28 William Randolph Hearst Gree... 13 2 YEM -> > CDT
1993-12-29 New Haven Veterans Memorial ... 2 2 Antelope > > BBFCFM
1994-04-08 Recreation Hall, Penn State ... 6 e *** > BBFCFM
1994-04-17 Patriot Center, George Mason... 8 2 Maze > Golgi
1994-04-24 Grady Cole Center 6 2 CDT GTBT (Blue Bayou tease)
1994-05-12 Buena Vista Theater 13 2 HYHU > BBFCFM
1994-05-21 The Moore Theatre 7 2 Bowie > > BBJ
1994-05-25 Warfield Theatre 3 2 Maze > BBJ
1994-06-11 Red Rocks Amphitheatre 7 2 Maze Frankenstein
1994-06-16 State Theatre 3 2 DwD -> > BBFCFM
1994-07-16 Summerstage at Sugarbush North 23 2 Hood > CDT
1994-10-09 A. J. Palumbo Center 3 2 Julius > > Possum
1994-10-27 University Hall, University ... 14 2 Tweezer > > BBFCFM
1994-11-18 MSU Auditorium, Michigan Sta... 12 2 Tweezer -> > Possum
1994-12-28 Civic Center 19 2 Weekapaug Llama
1995-06-20 Blossom Music Center 15 2 Mike's -> > Weekapaug
1995-06-30 Great Woods 8 2 Mike's > > Weekapaug
1995-10-07 Spokane Opera House 12 2 It's Ice > > Frankenstein
1995-10-24 Dane County Coliseum 11 2 Antelope > Cavern
1995-11-18 North Charleston Coliseum 13 2 YEM > BBFCFM (Brick House tease)
1995-11-28 Knoxville Civic Coliseum 6 2 Antelope > > BBFCFM
1996-08-10 Alpine Valley 45 e *** > Fire
1996-08-16 Plattsburgh Air Force Base 4 2 Simple -> > Weekapaug
1996-11-11 Van Andel Arena 20 2 Maze > Slave
1996-11-30 ARCO Arena 12 2 Brother > 2001
1997-08-16 Loring Commerce Centre 60 e *** > Loving Cup
1997-12-09 Bryce Jordan Center 19 2 Timber Ho > Axilla
1998-07-28 Sandstone Amphitheatre 30 2 Brother > Maze "Mexican Love Style"
1998-11-11 Van Andel Arena 28 e *** > Rocky Top
1999-07-03 Lakewood Amphitheatre 19 2 Antelope > > The Little Drummer Boy
1999-09-18 Coors Amphitheatre 29 e *** > Tweeprise
1999-10-10 Pepsi Arena 16 e *** > Misty Mountain Hop
2000-06-13 Club Quattro 27 2 Antelope -> > Sand
2000-06-23 Lakewood Amphitheatre 5 2 Twist > Makisupa
2000-09-17 Merriweather 24 e *** > Rocky Top
2003-01-03 Hampton Coliseum 17 e *** Tweeprise
2003-02-28 Nassau Veterans Memorial Col... 12 e *** Mexican Cousin
2003-07-17 Verizon Wireless Amphitheate... 9 e *** > Tweeprise (Dixie tease)
2003-12-30 American Airlines Arena 20 e *** WMGGW (L.A. Woman and P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) quotes )
2004-08-09 Hampton Coliseum 14 2 Bug > > Character Zero (The Little Drummer Boy jam)
2009-03-08 Hampton Coliseum 8 e Happy Birthday Bug (Happy Birthday to You jam)
2009-06-06 Comcast Center 5 e *** > Julius
2009-12-28 American Airlines Arena 39 2 Hood > > Character Zero
2010-06-27 Merriweather 16 2 Saw It Again > YEM (Saw It Again quote)
2010-08-13 Verizon Wireless Music Center 12 e *** > Slave
2011-12-28 MSG 59 1 Stash > Sample
2012-07-07 SPAC 22 2 Mike's > > Weekapaug
2013-10-25 DCU Center 49 e *** > Suzy
2014-10-29 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 45 e *** Meatstick
2015-08-09 Alpine Valley 21 e *** Frankenstein
2016-07-06 Cross Insurance Arena 28 e *** > Tweeprise
2017-01-13 Barceló Maya Beach 33 e *** Bug
2017-07-19 Petersen Events Center 7 2 Rise/Come Together Axilla
2018-07-17 Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at ... 21 e *** > Julius
2018-11-01 MGM Grand 32 e *** > Rise/Come Together
2019-07-09 Mohegan Sun Arena 28 e Foam More
2019-07-14 Alpine Valley 4 2 Catapult > > YEM (Bridal Chorus tease)
2019-12-30 MSG 14 1 Mike's > > Weekapaug
2021-08-08 Ruoff Music Center 14 e *** > Slave
2022-06-03 Ruoff Music Center 41 e *** > First Tube (Happy Birthday to You tease)
2024-07-26 Alpine Valley 95 e *** > Antelope

"Contact" was teased at the following shows

Show Date Artist Song (Tease Type) Venue
1988-06-15 Phish Dear Mrs. Reagan (Quote) The Front, Burlington, VT, USA
1989-11-30 Phish David Bowie (Tease) The Paradise, Boston, MA, USA
1990-05-15 Phish David Bowie (Tease) Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, USA
1993-08-02 Phish Run Like an Antelope (Tease) Ritz Theatre, Tampa, FL, USA
1994-10-09 Phish Possum (Tease) A. J. Palumbo Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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