Billy Corgan 2005-06-08

June 8, 2005 – Ghent, BE
Live performance by Billy Corgan
TheFutureEmbrace tour
Date	June 8, 2005
Venue	Vooruit
Coordinates	51°2′52″N 3°43′40″E
Location	Ghent, BE
Venue type	Event center
Capacity	1,200
Personnel	Billy Corgan, Matt Walker, Linda Strawberry, Brian Liesegang
Order of bands	Gliss, Billy Corgan
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Setlist

1. "Bit 4" (prerecorded) 
2. "All Things Change" 
3. "Bit 5" 
4. "Mina Loy (M.O.H.)" 
5. "I'm Ready" 
6. "Pretty, Pretty Star" 
7. "The CameraEye" 
8. "ToLoveSomebody" [Bee Gees] 
9. "Johanna" [Iggy Pop / James Williamson] 
10. "Now (And Then)" 
11. "Bit 7" (prerecorded) 
12. "Strayz" 
13. "Walking Shade" 
14. "A100" 
15. "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" [AC/DC] 

Encore one

16. "Sorrows (In Blue)" 
17. "DIA" 

Encore two

18. "I'm a King Bee" [Slim Harpo] 
1. "Turning Japanese" [The Vapors] (tease) 
2. "Today" (tease) 
3. "The Star-Spangled Banner" [Francis Scott Key] (tease) 
19. "Sitting on Top of the World" [Walter Vinson / Lonnie Chatmon] 

Banter

Bit 4 Intro
All Things Change
Bit 5
M.O.H.
BC: Thank you. Thank you very much.
I’m Ready
BC: Thank you. We’re playing a bunch of new songs tonight, so thank you very much for listening. (a few woo’s from the crowd) Heh. I don’t know what that cheer was for, but.... ... Here’s another new song. It’s called, uh, what’s it called? Oh yeah, Pretty Night Star.
Pretty, Pretty Star
The Camera Eye
To Love Somebody
Johanna
Now and Then
> Bit 7
BC: Shhhhh.
Strayz (Billy solo karaoke)
BC: Thank you very much. I’m sorry I don’t play loud music anymore. I’m old.
Guy in crowd: How old are you?
BC: Too old to play loud.
Other guy in crowd: [unintelligible]
BC: Yeah right. Why don’t you just give ‘em away?
Third guy in crowd: [unintelligible]
BC: Excuse me? Just [unintelligible] do something for your money? Would you like your money back? I’ll give you your money back if that’s what you want. I have no problem giving your money back. (multiple audience members yell shit) Okay.
Walking Shade
A100
It’s a Long Way to the Top
[encore break]
Sorrows in Blue
DIA
BC: Thanks.
[encore break]
I’m a King Bee / Turning Japanese / Today / Star Spangled Banner
> Sittin’ on Top of the World
BC: Thank you.
[bow]
BC: I’d just like - I’d just like to say, I’d just like to say, I’d just like to say, I’d just like to say, I’d just like to say. Yes. (audience member shouting) Excuse me? (more people screaming) ‘Scuse me? Now let’s - I wanna hear this guy, what do you have to say? (crowd yelling) What are you saying?
Guy in crowd: Give us some Pumpkins!
BC: Ohhh, you want some Pumpkins. Ohhhh, some Pumpkins. He wants some Pumpkins. Were you at the other two concerts I played here with the Smashing Pumpkins? Were you at those concerts? Wait wait, the guy asking for Pumpkins, were you at those concerts? You were at those concerts? Were they good? Thank you! I’m glad you came. (crowd cheers) I don’t know if you got the e-mail but the Pumpkins broke up. But trust me, the Smashing Pumpkins are very much alive, okay? Now, I’d like to say a few things, okay? I hate the fuckin’ music business, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. It creates an environment that makes it hard to be in a band like the Smashing Pumpkins, okay? It’s lucky that band lasted as long as it did ‘cause they tried to fucking kill us and they did a pretty good job. Now, me standing here has nothing to do with against the Pumpkins, in fact it has everything to do with the Smashing Pumpkins, I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the Smashing Pumpkins. I wouldn’t even be alive if it wasn’t for the Smashing Pumpkins. (crowd cheers) No one - no one on this planet loves that band more than I do and I appreciate that you want to hear those songs. I honor them, I honor that, okay? But there’s times to try new things - this is that time, okay? (crowd cheers) I stood on this - this stage right here in 1992 and played songs off Gish, okay, nobody knew who the fuck we were, okay? And there were people throwing beer and bottles, okay, and we still stood there and played our music, so don’t tell me I don’t know what I’m doing. I do know what I’m doing. If you trust me, all your dreams, all the things come true, just trust me a little bit, okay? (crowd cheers) As much - as much as I hate the stupid fucking record business, it’s the same proportion as how much I love you. That’s why I stand here, that’s why I try, that’s why I try new things, believe me, my life would be a lot easier if I just stood up here and played my old songs. You’d be happy, I’d sell more fuckin’ T-shirts, there would be more people standing in here, okay? I’m not stupid. (crowd cheers) But - but, okay, and this doesn’t have anything to do with me as me, this has me do as a fan, if rock and roll is so great, where are all the great bands? Where’s all this great music that’s supposed to be happening? It’s coming! Wait, it’s coming. There are great bands coming because the business is changing and the great bands will rise again. But you have to invest in the future, you have to try new things, you have to reach out and you have to want something. If you want the same thing over and over and over again, then that’s what you’re gonna get. You’re gonna get these fake fuckin’ bands playing fake fuckin’ music for the rest of your fucking life, okay? (crowd cheers) I play, ahem, I played one thousand concerts with the Smashing Pumpkins, ‘kay? I bled on this stage, I bled on stages all over the world and I really appreciate that you came and I really appreciate that you gave me that chance and if I disappointed you, I’m sorry. But I have - (crowd disapproves) - wait, I’m just talking, I’m just talking to him, it’s fine. Just talking to him, I’m not talking to you. (crowd cheers) Life - life is short, life is good, love is better, I love you very much and I appreciate you listening to me. Thank you.