The Smashing Pumpkins 2000-04-10

April 10, 2000 – St. Louis, MO, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
The Sacred and Profane tour
Date	April 10, 2000
Venue	American Theater
Coordinates	38°37′48″N 90°11′34″W
Location	St. Louis, MO, US
Venue type	Theater
Capacity	1,853
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Melissa Auf der Maur
Order of bands	The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

Soundcheck one

1. "Promise" 
2. "To Sheila" 
3. "Disarm" 
4. "Ava Adore" 
5. "Glass and the Ghost Children" 
6. "Tear" 
7. "Age of Innocence" 
8. "Fuck You" 

Soundcheck two

9. "Age of Innocence" 
10. "I of the Mourning" 
11. "Wound" 

Set

1. "Pale Scales" 
2. "The Everlasting Gaze" 
3. "Heavy Metal Machine" 
4. "Pug" 
5. "Glass and the Ghost Children" [11:05] 
6. "Blew Away" 
7. "Stand Inside Your Love" 
8. "Age of Innocence" 
9. "I of the Mourning" 
10. "Le Deux Machina" (prerecorded) 
11. "To Sheila" (acoustic) 
12. "If There Is a God" (acoustic) 
13. "Disarm" (acoustic) 
14. "Ava Adore" (acoustic) 
15. "Rock On" [David Essex] [7:16] 
    1. "And the Cradle Will Rock..." [Van Halen] (tease) 
16. "Zero" 
17. "Today" 
18. "Tonight, Tonight" 
19. "Blue Skies Bring Tears" [6:12] 
20. "Perfect" 
21. "Cherub Rock" 

Encore one

22. "Blank Page" 
23. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
24. "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] [5:14] 

Encore two

25. "Mayonaise" 

Banter

Pale Scales
> The Everlasting Gaze
> Heavy Metal Machine
Pug
Glass and the Ghost Children
BC: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Hi everybody.
Iha: Hello.
BC: Thank you very much for having us back here into your beautiful city. I’d now like to introduce to you my partner-in-crime for 13 years, Mr. James Iha.
Blew Away
> Stand Inside Your Love
> Age of Innocence
I of the Mourning
Le Deux Machina (tape)
To Sheila (Billy acoustic w/Iha)
If There is a God (Billy acoustic w/Iha)
BC: Thank you very much, thank you.
Disarm (acoustic)
Ava Adore (acoustic)
Rock On / And the Cradle Will Rock...
(BC during Iha solo: Kurt Warner on the lead guitar.)
(BC during quiet part before outro: Shhh. Yes, in these last dying moments of rock, let’s enjoy this moment before it goes away. We must all live forever with the Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync...and their offspring. When their children have little Britneys and Christinas forever, we’ll remember this moment. Heh heh, we’ll remember this moment as like that last shred of rock and roll. Yes, this moment right here, let’s appreciate this moment. Woo! (singing) Long live rock and roll, long live rock and roll. (speaking) Yes, you remember rock and roll, I do too.)
> Zero
Today
Tonight, Tonight
> Blue Skies Bring Tears
Perfect
(Jimmy begins drum intro)
BC: Ladies and gentlemen, for our last selection, we would like to play the Cherub Rock.
> Cherub Rock
BC: Thank you very much, thank you.
[encore break]
Blank Page
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> Once in a Lifetime
and you might ask yourself
what is the meaning of life?
you might ask yourself
was my mother somebody’s wife?
you might ask yourself
why do all my friends think my dad is gay? yeah
you might ask yourself
well, if my dad’s gay, does that mean i’m okay?

once in a lifetime
water flowing underground
into the blue again
water flowing underground

you might ask yourself
who is that fucking guy on stage singing these songs?
you might ask yourself
what does he know about me and my life?
you might ask yourself
why am i incapable of cryin’?
you might ask yourself
is livin’ dyin’ or dyin’ livin’?

letting the days go by
water flowing underground
into the blue again
water flowing underground

why?!
try?!
what?!

and every time i think i’ve reached the end, it’s really just a new beginning
and every time i see a star, it just brings on another end

yeah!
yow!
across divides

die, retire, reach inside and what moves inside of my mind
losing sight, it speaks unkind words to me, losing sight, out of mind, out of time, out of mind, out of sight, out of mind
(screams)

go!
yes
yeah

[encore break]
[tape cut]
BC: Yes, um, one final chance to say thank you to everybody for coming out here tonight. We appreciate uh, the support and love that you give us very much and uh, we hope you understand that it’s genuine from us, we really mean it, we love you very much and thank you. [tape cut]
Mayonaise

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