The Smashing Pumpkins 1998-10-31

October 31, 1998 – Los Angeles, CA, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Artist	The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	October 31, 1998
Venue	Dodger Stadium
Coordinates	34°4′25″N 118°14′24″W
Location	Los Angeles, CA, US
Venue type	Stadium
Capacity	56,000
Attendance	32,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Kenny Aronoff, Mike Garson
Order of bands	The Smashing Pumpkins, Kiss
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The Pumpkins open for Kiss. Kenny Aronoff's final show with the band. Mike Garson's last show with the full band until 2000-08-24.

Setlist[edit | edit source]

"Money (That's What I Want)" [Barrett Strong] (only performance)
"Zero"
"Ava Adore"
"Eye"
"Tear" [9:45]
"Today"
"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
"Thru the Eyes of Ruby" [6:52]
"Cash Car Star" (abandoned) (live debut)
"Cash Car Star" (live debut)
"X.Y.U." [10:58]
1. "The Ethers Tragic" (tease)
2. "Never Say Never" [Romeo Void] (tease)
3. "Where Boys Fear to Tread" (tease)

Notes[edit | edit source]

The band performed dressed as The Beatles
Last performance of "Tear" until 2000-04-10
Last performance of "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" until 2000-11-29
Last performance of "Eye" until 2008-08-08

Banter[edit | edit source]

Unknown man (tape?): Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Right here tonight on this big stage, we’ve got a really big show. Would you please welcome...The Beatles!
Money (That's What I Want)
Zero
Ava Adore
Eye
> Tear
> Today
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> Thru the Eyes of Ruby
BC: Hi y’all, happy Halloween! We're the Pumpkins, heh heh heh, and it sounds so wrong. Nice to see you all, hope you have a good Halloween. Be happy, be safe, we love you, thank you.
Cash Car Star (abandoned after 45 seconds of Aronoff intro)
BC: Halloween, heh heh heh, it's got us too.
Iha: You know, Halloween.
BC: Oh, our whole guitar is tuned wrong, uh, somebody, heh heh heh.
Iha: Halloween is not known as a time for giving and--
BC: Tell some jokes, James.
Iha: Halloween is not known for a time of giving and for giving and you will now forgive us for not having one of our guitars tuned properly. I'm sure Kiss has had tuning problems over the years, we've had ours, so we're gonna -- we’re gonna rock you at any moment once we get the right bass.
BC: Oh yeah, thanks to Kiss for having us play with them.
Iha: Why I remember when I used to--
BC: Hottest band in the land, Kiss!
Iha: Yes, that holds true today, doesn’t it? Why I remember when I used to trick and treat as a child, oh what joy it brought to me. I was a young man back then and uh...any moment we're gonna have that bass. Why, what's your favorite pastime? My favorite pastime was being the [unintelligible]. Now I hear the sounds of a time travel bass. So now, you will all join us and rock.
Cash Car Star
BC: Thanks!
X.Y.U. / The Ethers Tragic / Never Say Never / Where Boys Fear to Tread
she didn't wanna be
she didn't wanna know
she gave it all away
'cause she was crazy

i might like you better if we slept together
i might like you better if we slept together
i might like you better if we slept together
but there's something in your eyes that says maybe
and that’s never say...never

and i said
i wanna fill you up
i wanna break you
i just can't give you up
i'm gonna make you
i have another, no
come and love you
yeah

candy cane walks
on down
to build a bonfire
to break my fall
my baby
she's just lazy
so just lay me

(Iha solo)

and i said
i wanna fill you up
i wanna break you
i just can't give you up
'cause i love you
i haven't had enough
come on, baby

i feel as though i am clever
i'm waiting on a four leaf clover
jesus has his raygun pointed to never
and he tells me i’m so clever

into the eyes of the jackal
into the eyes of the jackal
through the eyes of the jackal
into the eyes of the jackal
i might like you better
if we slept together
i might like you better
if we slept together

mary had a little lamb
her face was white as snow
and everywhere that mary went
i was sure to go
now mary's got a little problem
'cause mary's not a stupid girl
mary's in some real deep shit
and this how her garden grows
and it began to snow inside her
and it began to snow inside her
and it began to snow inside her
she sees the razor and she cut it out
she took a razor and she cut it out
she took a razor and she cut it out
she took a razor and she cut it out
into the eyes of the jackal
in the eyes of the jackal
into the eyes of the jackal
into the eyes of the jackal
into the eyes of the jackal
owww!
ah

mary dreams of a rearview mirror
mary dreams of a rearview mirror
the face of her mother's thoughts to appear
mary dreams of a rearview mirror
mary's not a stupid girl
she's got the snow and sun
mary's not a stupid girl
she dreams of the snow and sun

(song ends)

Iha: Thanks. Kiss is up next. Rock.

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