The Smashing Pumpkins 1995-10-20

October 20, 1995 – DeKalb, IL, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Artist	The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	October 20, 1995
Venue	Duke Ellington Ballroom
Coordinates	41°56′9″N 88°45′59″W
Location	DeKalb, IL, US
Venue type	Concert hall
Capacity	1,300
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
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Last show prior to the release of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

Setlist

1. "Tonight, Tonight" 
2. "Zero" 
3. "Today" 
4. "Disarm" 
5. "Fuck You" 
6. "Rocket" 
7. "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" 
8. "Geek U.S.A." 
9. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" 
10. "Jellybelly" 
11. "Stay (I Missed You)" [Lisa Loeb] (tease) 
12. "Cherub Rock" 

Encore one

13. "Mayonaise" 
14. "X.Y.U." 

Encore two

15. "Hummer" 

Notes

• Last full performance of "Hummer" until 2007-05-22

Banter

Tonight, Tonight
Zero
Today
BC: Thank you very much. I think the last time we played here was with the Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam.
Iha: Quite a week.
BC: 'Course that was about 19 years ago.
Iha: What a horrible fuckin' bill that was. Boy, do I hate Pearl Jam and Red Hot Chili Peppers. We're just kidding, we love them.
BC: Now I'll take it back to that.
Disarm
> Fuck You
Rocket
BC: (deep voice) Thank you very much. (normal voice) Hi, how are you? Thank you so much for coming. We're only gonna play about one more show this year and then that's it for a while, so thanks for coming...again. How many different ways can I say that? Thanks for coming, thank you for your attendance.
Iha: Yes, thank you very much, you...crazy motherfuckers.
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
> Geek U.S.A.
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
Jellybelly
Stay (tease - Billy and Iha sing a few lines)
BC: (singing) You say I only hear what I want to.
Iha: (high pitched singing) You don’t listen, you don’t [unintelligible word]. (normal speaking voice) Alright, this next song is our lowest common denominator rock song, so get on up and get fucking movin’.
Cherub Rock
[encore break]
BC: Thank you very much. Thank you for being so patient and listening to our new songs, we realize it’s kind of a...you don't know what the fuck we're playing, but thanks anyway. We know it's like eight thousand more chord changes to understand, but....
Iha: This next song I wrote in a cornfield, just outside of DeKalb.
D’arcy: And what do you think of the corn?
Iha: Well...
BC: A blank?
Iha: I'm just kidding. I've never been to DeKalb before and I’m - I just can’t imagine coming here unless I had to go to school, but I hear it's a good accounting school and uh...alright, we'll just play the song now, you guys are not listening.
Mayonaise
BC: Thanks a lot.
X.Y.U.
[encore break]
BC: (slow speech) Thank you. (normal) Thanks for having us back out, we're just gonna play a little more and then we're gonna go bye bye, but thanks again. Hope to see you soon, we're gonna probably tour next year, so...hope to see you then. This song is in the key of D.
Hummer
BC: Thank you so much, goodnight.