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Bug was played at 4.78% of live Phish shows.
It was last played September 19, 2025, which was 10 shows ago.
There have been 847 shows since the live debut.
“Bug” has been played approximately once every 20.9 shows.
Since its debut, “Bug” has been played, on average, once every 8.5 shows.
It was played 100 time(s) at the following show(s):

Date	Venue	Gap	Set	Song Before	Song After	Notes
1999-06-24	The Barn	ø	2	Jam	Saw It Again
1999-06-30	Sandstone Amphitheatre	1243	2	Piper	-> My Left Toe	Phish debut.
1999-07-07	Blockbuster Pavilion	4	2	My Left Toe >	> YEM
1999-07-13	Tweeter Center	5	2	Piper	> Mist
1999-09-09	GM Place	15	2	Tweezer	YEM
1999-09-21	Pima County Fairgrounds	9	2	Carini >	Strange Design
1999-10-08	Nassau Veterans Memorial Col...	12	2	Tweezer	Fee
1999-12-03	Firstar Center	4	2	LxL	> Piper
1999-12-05	BlueCross Arena	2	1	Taste	Sparkle
1999-12-07	Cumberland County Civic Center	1	2	Heavy Things	Gin
1999-12-12	Hartford Civic Center	4	1	Beauty of My Dreams	Stash
1999-12-17	Hampton Coliseum	4	2	Jam >	Jennifer Dances
1999-12-31	Big Cypress	3	2	Roses	2001
2000-05-15	Sonic Studios	1	1	The Inlaw Josie Wales	Jibboo
2000-05-18	Fantasy Studios	1	1	First Tube	BOTT
2000-05-19	Key Club	2	1	First Tube	Heavy Things	(Dave's Energy Guide tease)
2000-05-22	Radio City Music Hall	2	e	***	> Golgi
2000-05-23	Roseland Ballroom	1	2	Train Song	***
2000-06-11	Hibiya Outdoor Theatre	3	2	Beauty of My Dreams	> Bowie
2000-06-16	Zepp	4	2	Julius	***
2000-06-22	AmSouth Amphitheatre	1	1	LxL	Poor Heart
2000-06-24	Lakewood Amphitheatre	2	2	BOAF	MSO
2000-07-01	The Meadows	5	2	Jibboo	> First Tube
2000-07-06	Molson Amphitheatre	3	2	2001 >	> Piper
2000-07-15	Polaris Amphitheater	7	2	Mango	YEM
2000-09-25	Sandstone Amphitheatre	14	1	Water in the Sky	Julius
2000-10-04	Coors Amphitheatre	5	2	Jibboo	> Hood
2003-02-15	Thomas & Mack Center	9	2	Waves >	> Ghost
2003-02-22	U.S. Bank Arena	5	2	Bowie	***
2003-07-18	Alpine Valley	14	2	Catapult	Secret Smile
2003-07-25	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatr...	5	e	Star Spangled Banner	***
2003-07-30	Tweeter Center at the Waterf...	4	2	Twist	YEM
2003-08-02	Loring Commerce Centre	2	3	Spread It 'Round >	***
2003-12-02	FleetCenter	5	e	***	***
2004-06-18	KeySpan Park	9	e	***	> Tweeprise
2004-08-09	Hampton Coliseum	8	2	NICU	> Contact
2009-03-08	Hampton Coliseum	8	e	Contact	Tweeprise
2009-06-06	Comcast Center	5	2	Possum	***
2009-06-21	Alpine Valley	10	2	DwD >	> Piper
2009-11-18	Cobo Arena	16	2	Taste	Velvet Sea
2010-06-24	Susquehanna Bank Center	26	e	***	***
2010-08-14	Alpine Valley	16	2	Weekapaug	***
2010-10-12	1stBank Center	7	2	Halfway to the Moon >	Summer of '89
2010-12-28	DCU Center	13	2	Hood >	***
2011-06-07	Comcast Center	12	2	Mango	Pebbles and Marbles
2011-06-14	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatr...	5	2	2001 >	> ADITL
2011-07-01	Watkins Glen	5	2	Simple >	> Horse
2011-08-09	Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at ...	6	e	***	> Coil
2011-12-28	MSG	10	2	Hood >	***
2012-06-17	Bader Field	9	2	Silent	> ADITL
2012-06-28	Klipsch Music Center	6	2	Waves >	> Bowie
2012-07-03	Nikon at Jones Beach Theater	4	2	Walk Away	> Fluffhead
2012-08-19	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium	8	2	Meatstick	YEM
2012-12-29	MSG	11	2	Suzy >	> Cavern
2013-07-06	SPAC	5	1	Heavy Things	Bouncin'
2013-07-26	The Gorge	12	2	Mango >	> Bowie
2013-08-03	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium	5	1	Axilla	> Possum
2013-10-22	BlueCross Arena	9	2	Possum	> Heavy Things
2013-10-31	Boardwalk Hall	6	3	Hood >	Antelope
2014-07-19	Northerly Island	21	e	Grind	Suzy
2014-10-27	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium	19	2	Ghost >	> Seven Below
2014-12-31	American Airlines Arena	6	3	LxL	> BDTNL
2015-08-05	Starlight Theatre	14	e	***	***
2015-08-15	Merriweather	7	2	46 Days ->	> Steam
2016-01-17	Barceló Maya Beach	14	2	Mike's >	> Weekapaug
2016-07-01	SPAC	7	2	Caspian >	Shine a Light
2016-07-19	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium	10	e	***	First Tube
2016-09-02	Dick's	6	e	***	> Tweeprise
2016-10-24	Verizon Theatre at Grand Pra...	10	2	Piper	***
2017-01-13	Barceló Maya Beach	10	e	Contact	***
2017-07-19	Petersen Events Center	7	e	Things People Do	> Rocky Top
2017-08-06	MSG	13	1	Most Events Aren't Planned	I Been Around
2018-07-21	The Gorge	11	e	***	> Tweeprise
2018-08-12	Merriweather	14	e	Heavy Things	> Tweeprise
2018-10-20	Hampton Coliseum	7	1	Runaway Jim	> Mound
2018-10-31	MGM Grand	7	3	Meatstick	> Antelope
2019-06-22	Merriweather	18	e	***	> Character Zero
2019-07-05	Fenway Park	9	e	***	> Coil
2019-08-31	Dick's	8	2	NICU >	> Wedge
2019-11-29	Dunkin' Donuts Center	2	e	Driver	***
2021-08-11	Hersheypark Stadium	26	2	BOAF	> Light
2021-08-28	The Gorge	5	2	Scents and Subtle Sounds >	> Possum
2021-10-17	Chase Center	9	1	***	My Soul
2021-10-30	MGM Grand	9	2	Harpua >	> Lizards
2022-06-04	Ruoff Music Center	17	2	A Wave of Hope	> Jibboo
2022-07-14	Xfinity Center	2	2	BDTNL >	> Sand
2022-08-03	Pine Knob Music Theatre	14	e	***	> Possum
2022-09-03	Dick's	10	1	Mike's >	***
2023-04-14	Climate Pledge Arena	10	2	Wedge	> BOTT
2023-07-18	Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Ri...	13	2	BDTNL >	> Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.
2023-07-29	MSG	8	1	The Dogs	Sugar Shack
2023-10-07	Bridgestone Arena	13	2	I Always Wanted It This Way	***
2024-02-22	Moon Palace	12	e	***	> Tweeprise
2024-07-28	Alpine Valley	14	1	Gin	> Possum
2024-08-09	Bethel Woods	8	1	My Friend	Julius	(Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) tease)
2024-08-31	Dick's	9	e	***	First Tube
2024-10-27	MVP Arena	4	e	Waste >	> Character Zero
2025-04-18	Climate Pledge Arena	9	e	***	> Possum
2025-06-22	SNHU Arena	10	e	***	> Tweeprise
2025-07-09	Jerome Schottenstein Center	7	e	***	Mango
2025-09-19	Hampton Coliseum	18	e	Caspian >	> Tweeprise

"Bug" was teased at the following shows

Show Date	Artist	Song (Tease Type)	Venue
1999-12-31	Phish	Piper (Tease)	Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, Big Cypress, FL, USA
2011-06-07	Phish	Run Like an Antelope (Tease)	Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA, USA
2011-07-01	Phish	Simple (Tease)	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY, USA
2012-06-28	Phish	David Bowie (Tease)	Klipsch Music Center, Noblesville, IN, USA
2013-07-26	Phish	David Bowie (Tease)	Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA, USA
2016-07-19	Phish	Fuego (Tease)	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, USA

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