The Smashing Pumpkins 1998-06-24 (Koyakuin University)
| June 24, 1998 – Hachioji, JP | |
|---|---|
| Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| Adore tour | |
| Date | June 24, 1998 |
| Venue | Koyakuin University |
| Coordinates | 35°37′30″N 139°20′22″E |
| Location | Hachioji, JP |
| Venue type | Parking lot |
| Personnel | Billy Corgan, D'arcy Wretzky, James Iha, Dan Morris, Kenny Aronoff, Mike Garson, Stephen Hodges |
The June 24, 1998 performance at Koyakuin University, Japan, was a surprise show for university students. The band played on a flatbed truck in the campus parking lot.
Setlist[edit | edit source]
- "To Sheila"
- "Ava Adore"
- "Perfect"
- "Tear" [9:28]
- "Once Upon a Time"
- "Let Me Give the World to You"
- "Shame" [8:17]
- "Transmission" [Joy Division]
Banter[edit | edit source]
To Sheila
> Ava Adore
D’arcy: [Japanese word that sounds like “oh-neto”]
Iha: [unintelligible]
BC: (Japanese accent) Thank you very much. This is a new song, it is called A Perfect.
Perfect
> Tear
BC: I only have one thing to say to you, one thing to say to you: Iha.
Iha: [Japanese word that sounds like “kin-ki” twice], [unintelligible].
Once Upon a Time
BC: Konnichiwa. Thank you very much for coming to our sort of secret gig. How many people were at the Budokan last night? You weren’t there? You didn’t go to the Budokan? It was a good show.
D’arcy: [unintelligible word].
BC: So since this is a super secret...we’d now -
D’arcy: Do not tell anyone you were here...
BC: Yeah.
D’arcy: ...or we will have to kill you all.
BC: True. She knows karate. We’d now like to do a song that is super secret unreleased. This is called Let Me Give the World to You.
Let Me Give the World to You
> Shame
BC: I’m doing this show for you right now, Mark. Thank you very much, domo arigato and uh...ohayo gozaimas. Thank you very much for coming, this is our last song. We are very old, we have to go home and go to bed to get some rest.
Transmission