The Smashing Pumpkins 2000-01-12
| January 12, 2000 – Milan, IT | |
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| Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| Europe 1999-2000 tour | |
| Date | January 12, 2000 |
| Venue | Alcatraz |
| Coordinates | 45°29′41″N 9°10′58″E |
| Location | Milan, IT |
| Venue type | Club |
| Capacity | 2,700 |
| Personnel | Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Melissa Auf der Maur |
| Order of bands | The Smashing Pumpkins |
Setlist[edit | edit source]
- "Glass and the Ghost Children" [9:53]
- "Tonight, Tonight"
- "Heavy Metal Machine"
- "Zero"
- "The Crying Tree of Mercury"
- "Age of Innocence"
- "I Am One" (with rant) [8:35]
- "To Sheila"
- "The Everlasting Gaze"
- "Rock On" [David Essex] [6:32]
- "I of the Mourning"
- "Money (That's What I Want)" [Barrett Strong] (tease)
- "Ava Adore"
- "Cherub Rock"
Encore one[edit | edit source]
Encore two[edit | edit source]
Banter[edit | edit source]
Glass and the Ghost Children
> Tonight, Tonight
BC: Helloooooo!!!!!! Shhhh. Shhhh. You have to be very quiet for the heavy metal.
Heavy Metal Machine
Zero
The Crying Tree of Mercury
Age of Innocence
> I Am One
(BC midsong: Tonight we walk this revolution year. Tonight we reach out to the back years. Or anyone in the sound of my voice will be touched in blood, in sweat, in words, in truth. Tonight I come to you as a truth teller. Ahhhhhh. So tonight we rip open the gut and we let it bleed. We take out the heart and we stomp it into the fuckin’ ground. We break the bones in half. We shatter the illusions. Formed in glass and perpetrated upon the consciousness of a young mind. That’s right, innocence is always innocence. Innocence is always innocence. You can spit on my innocence, you can bleed on my innocence, you can cum on my innocence, you can try to chop up my innocence but my innocence will stand. Yeaaaah. So let me crawl up your leg. Let me get in your hair. Let me pull your ears. Let me look up your nose. Let us swim inside your mouth and shove the truth down your willing throats. YEAAAAH!! We reach back for the comet and we’re gonna fuckin’ hurl it, we reach back for the comet and we’re gonna hurl it, we’re gonna let it all ride, baby. 17. Spin the wheel, Jimmy. Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready? Is there anywell – eh heh heh, is there wha – heh haha! Ow! Is there any of – AHAHAHA, I can’t say it! Is there anywhere else you would rather be right now? There’s nowhere else on this entire planet that I’d rather be right now than right here with you in (Italian accent) Milano. (normal voice) I don’t speak-a the Italian but I try. But tonight we have the blues. We have the Chicago blues. The eternal motherfuckin’ liar blues. We have looked into the eyes of liars and we know the truth. So we dedicate this song to all the sad old women living in plastic towers, the vampires of youth, yes, we dedicate this song to them. We are the machines. We speak this dream. We are the machines. We are the blood and machines and the dream of gooooooooood.)
BC: How y'all doing out there? Does anyone speak English? Hahaha. It's nice to be here with you tonight, god bless you. We'd like to play a song off our Adore album, this is called To Sheila.
To Sheila
BC: Thank you very much, thank you very much, thank you very much, thank you very much, thank you very much. How's everybody doin' out there, you alright? Does it sound okay? You sure? You're not unhappy for any reason? Is it too hot? That's the end of the concert, I was just talking to you, goodnight, thank you. I'm just joking.
The Everlasting Gaze
Rock On
(BC during Iha solo: Brigitte Nielsen on the lead guitar.)
I of the Mourning
Money (That's What I Want) (tease - Billy plays riff to soundcheck and rest of band joins in)
Iha: Uh...blues.... Do not cheer for that, that was awful. But thank you.
BC: That was a song from our new album.
Iha: That's the opener.
Ava Adore
(Jimmy begins drum roll)
BC: Ladies and gentlemen, for our final song of the evening, we'd like to play for you Cherub Rock.
> Cherub Rock
[encore break]
Iha: Thank you, thank you. [Two Italian words.] That was my lame attempt at Italian. On the bass, Melissa Auf der Maur. Back on the drum stool, Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin. Well, they're new members, so, heh, I didn’t.... Unfortunately me and him have been around for a thousand years, uh.... On vocals, guitar, Mr. Billy Corgan. (Billy starts Disarm) (high pitched) And me, James!
Disarm (acoustic)
BC: Don't worry, everything's okay. It's a good thing you're from Italy. Canadian, Swiss, Italian, right.
Iha: And now, Jimmy puts down his sticks in pure disgust, he picks up the guitar.
1979 (acoustic, Jimmy plays guitar)
> Today (acoustic)
(BC during outro jam: Yes, today is the greatest day that I’ve ever known. Doesn’t get any better than today. If it was tomorrow, wouldn’t be as good because we’re more interested in today. Yesterday was okay but today was even better. And I won’t even get into yesteryear. I’d like to introduce you to my uh, my long suffering...friend, James Iha. He wants to play you some blues right now.)
BC: Ciao, bella!
[encore break]
Iha: We'll play a couple more. Thanks a lot, you guys have been really great. We appreciate it. We appreciate your rock energy.
Glass' Theme
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
BC: Thank you! Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight, goodnight, goodnight. Thank you.
