The Smashing Pumpkins 1997-06-23

June 23, 1997 – Chicago, IL, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Artist	The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	June 23, 1997
Venue	Double Door
Coordinates	41°54′36″N 87°40′37″W
Location	Chicago, IL, US
Venue type	Club
Capacity	473
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Matt Walker
Order of bands	The Frogs, The Smashing Pumpkins
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The June 23, 1997 performance was a secret show. The band were billed as Audio Vanguard Association. The Frogs opened with a set of Smashing Pumpkins covers, before the Pumpkins hit the stage at 10:15 PM. Members of Filter, Pearl Jam and Cupcakes were in attendance. At times the crowd thrashed so hard that the floor bounced.

“ On the hottest day of the year, in the coolest city in the country, the biggest band in the world played a surprise show ” — Ari Bendersky, Rolling Stone review

Setlist

1. "Glimpses" [The Yardbirds] (live debut)
2. "Where Boys Fear to Tread" 
3. "Eye" (live debut)
4. "Tonight, Tonight" 
5. "Transformer" (live debut)
6. "Zero" 
7. "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" 
8. "By Starlight" 
9. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
10. "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (abandoned) (live debut)
11. "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (live debut)
12. "1979" 
13. "Muzzle" 
14. "X.Y.U." 
15. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" 

Encore

16. "The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right)" 

Banter

Glimpses
> Where Boys Fear to Tread
Eye
Tonight, Tonight
Transformer
Zero
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
By Starlight
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
The End is the Beginning is the End (abandoned after Billy accidentally starts with the first line of verse 2)
Iha: Uh...for artistic purposes, we must start this again.
The End is the Beginning is the End
1979
Muzzle
X.Y.U.
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
BC: Thank you.
[encore break]
The Aeroplane Flies High

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