The Smashing Pumpkins 2000-02-23

February 23, 2000 – Albany, NY, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Resume the Pose tour
Date	February 23, 2000
Venue	Colonie Center (FYE store)
Coordinates	42°42′36″N 73°48′58″W
Location	Albany, NY, US
Venue type	Record store
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Melissa Auf der Maur
Order of bands	The Smashing Pumpkins
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Full performance

Setlist

1. "Glass and the Ghost Children" (acoustic) [8:19] 
2. "Today" (acoustic) 
3. "Blue Skies Bring Tears" [5:13] 
4. "I of the Mourning" (acoustic) 
5. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" (acoustic) 
6. "Heavy Metal Machine" (acoustic) 
7. "1979" (acoustic) 

Encore

8. "Rock On" [David Essex] [5:14] 
9. "The Everlasting Gaze" 

Notes

• Billy Corgan plays keyboard on "Blue Skies Bring Tears"

Banter

BC: Hello. Hi. If uh, if I could make a suggestion, the people here could sit down so everybody can see in the back. Appreciate it, thank you. I know there's a lot of short people.
Glass and the Ghost Children (acoustic)
BC: Thank you. Thank you all very much, thank you. You know, can you hear me way in the back there, can you hear me? Alright. You know, I was such a pathetic loser when I was in high school, I couldn't even get a - I couldn't even get a job at a mall like this. Now I am king of the mall. You too can one day be king of the mall. That is the message I have for you today. Now we'd like to take you back to a simpler time. Yes. Back when you were fetuses. Um...heh heh.
Today (acoustic)
Blue Skies Bring Tears
BC: Thank you very much. It just feels so good to be evil in the mall. Makes me feel good inside, you know. Uh, we'd like to play you uh, one more new song from our uh - (mic feedback) hello - our uh, our upcoming album. It's uh, coming out on, uh, Leap Day, February 29th. And uh, this is a song called I of the Mourning.
I of the Mourning (acoustic)
Bullet with Butterfly Wings (acoustic)
Heavy Metal Machine (acoustic)
BC: Spank you very much! Like to introduce the uh, Smashing Pumpkins Mach 3. To my left, on lead squiggle, Mr. James Iha. Heh heh, heh heh heh, (cracking up). When I think of you I laugh, I don't know why. To my right, on thunderpaw, Melissa Auf der Maur. To my left again, on the potato skins, Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin.
1979 (acoustic, Jimmy plays guitar)
BC: Thanks a lot.
Iha: Thanks.
BC: Thank you very much, thank you.
[encore break]
BC: Thank you, thank you. Now, a couple things, a couple things before we play a little more music. Um, Waldenkids, everything is free. No, I'm just kidding, just kidding. It's only 75% off. Um, heh heh heh heh, I won't do that to her. Haha. Uh, we'd like to thank um, whoever is in charge of this mall. You're very cool for letting us play, we appreciate that very much. Please support your local mall. Here I'll trade you a pick, there you go. There ya go. Alright. Okay, uh.... Alright, Jimmy, heh.
Rock On
(BC during Iha solo: Ladies and gentlemen, on the lead guitar, Rudy Giuliani.)
BC: Ready? Heh.
The Everlasting Gaze
BC: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. We are the Smashing Pumpkins. Thank you.