The Smashing Pumpkins 1998-08-21 (Parque Sarmiento)

August 21, 1998 – Buenos Aires, AR
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Adore tour
Date	August 21, 1998
Venue	Parque Sarmiento
Coordinates	34°33′23″S 58°29′57″W
Location	Buenos Aires, AR
Venue type	Park
Capacity	7,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Kenny Aronoff, Mike Garson, Dan Morris, Stephen Hodges
Order of bands	The Smashing Pumpkins
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Full performance

Setlist

1. "To Sheila" 
2. "Pug" 
3. "Tear" [10:09] 
4. "Crestfallen" 
5. "Ava Adore" 
6. "Perfect" 
7. "Annie-Dog" 
8. "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" [11:14] 
9. "Summertime" [George Gershwin] (tease) 
   1. "Blank Page" 
10. "Tonight, Tonight" (acoustic) 
11. "Once Upon a Time" (acoustic) 
12. (percussion solo)
    1. "Zero" (tease) 
    2. "Cherub Rock" (tease) 
    3. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" [10:24] 
13. "Shame" [9:18] 
14. "For Martha" [8:21] 

Encore

15. "Living After Midnight" [Judas Priest] (tease) 
16. "1979" 
17. "Transmission" [Joy Division] [27:15] 
    1. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" [Andrew Lloyd Webber / Tim Rice] (tease) 
    2. "Let's Dance" [David Bowie] (tease) 
    3. "The Star-Spangled Banner" [Francis Scott Key] (tease) 
    4. "X.Y.U." (tease) 

Notes

• Last performance of "For Martha" until 2000-11-29
• Last performance of "Annie-Dog" until 2007-05-22
• Last performance of "Transmission" until 2018-06-27 (although Billy will play it with Peter Hook on 2011-09-23)

Banter

To Sheila
> Pug
Tear
> Crestfallen
> Ava Adore
Perfect
Annie-Dog
> Thru the Eyes of Ruby
> Summertime (tease)
> Blank Page
Iha: Thank you, thank you thank you. How is it going up there, okay? What can I say? Mike.
BC: Hola. Thank you, we love you too. Thank you for coming to our first concert in Buenos Aires.
Tonight, Tonight (acoustic)
Once Upon a Time (Billy acoustic w/Iha)
> drum/percussion solo
> Zero (tease)
> Cherub Rock (tease)
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> Shame
BC: Muchos gracias.
For Martha
D’arcy: Muchos gracias.
[encore break]
Iha: Alright! Alright, alright. Gracias! You’re too kind.
Living After Midnight (tease - Billy gradually starts playing the song while Iha talks and other band members join in)
Iha: (high pitched) Ow! Can I hear it one more time?! I’m gonna feel it all night! I’m in crazyland! And I want you to know! Woo! Come on! Come on! I can feel it...all night! [unintelligible singing] Livin’...come on, all you fuckin’ people! Livin’ After Midnight, sing it with me! (singing) Livin’... (speaking) I don’t know the rest of the song. [unintelligible mumbling]. I’m sorry, I don’t know the words to that song. (tease ends) Yes...we are so glad to be here. And we are so glad to be here ‘cause tonight is the last night of our world tour, I don’t know why I’m saying that but it’s the last night and I’d like to give a quick introduction to the whole band. On the piano, Mike Garson! He’s a fine man, a good man. Percussion directly behind me, Stephen Hodges. On drums, the man in the middle, Kenny Aronoff. To my far, far right, on percussion, Dan Morris! And uh, I feel like I’m giving a speech at the Academy Awards or something, but uh, we’d like to thank our crew and our tour managers, Gooch and Kelly, [unintelligible word] every day. And we’d like to thank you! And uh, I’d like to thank my mom and my high school teacher, I remember when I was growing up in college and I sprained my ankle. [tape cut, unclear if more banter missing]
1979
Transmission / Don’t Cry For Me Argentina / Let’s Dance / Star Spangled Banner / X.Y.U.

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