The Smashing Pumpkins 2000-04-22

April 22, 2000 – Detroit, MI, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
The Sacred and Profane tour
Date	April 22, 2000
Venue	Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum
Coordinates	42°26′36″N 83°7′3″W
Location	Detroit, MI, US
Venue type	Coliseum
Capacity	5,600
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Melissa Auf der Maur
Order of bands	The Smashing Pumpkins
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Rock On / And the Cradle Will Rock... / Everybody Wants Some!!
> The Everlasting Gaze
Tear
> Glass and the Ghost Children
BC: Thank you very much, thank you very much, thank you very much. Thank you very much, Detroit Rock City. It’s always good to be back. Woo! I’d like to introduce to you my friend, my partner, Mr. James Iha.
Blew Away
Stand Inside Your Love
BC: Thank you very much, thank you.
This Time
I of the Mourning
Le Deux Machina (tape)
To Sheila (Billy acoustic w/Iha)
Disarm (acoustic)
BC: On the drums, Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin. Thank you, um, we’d like to play another new song off our album, Ma-chee-na: The Fishes of Sodom. This is a song called Try, Try, Try, Try, Try, Try.
Try, Try, Try (acoustic)
Tonight, Tonight
> Today
Iha: Hello? Hello? Hello? How.... Try not to push so much, people are getting crushed up front, be groovy. That’s a public service announcement. Try not to rock out as much.
Blue Skies Bring Tears
BC: Hahaha. Hahaha. Haha. Hahahaha. Hahaha. That’s right.
Heavy Metal Machine
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> Once in a Lifetime / Communication Breakdown
you might ask yourself
how do i feel if i have no feelings?
you might ask yourself
what is billy saying if he what he says has no meaning, huh [sic]? yeah!
you might ask yourself
why do all my friends think that my parents are gay?
you might ask yourself
if my parents are gay, does that mean my dog is gay too?

into the blue again
letting the days go by
water flowing underground
into the blue again, yeah!

you might ask yourself
who is that fucking guy on stage, yeah!
you might ask yourself
what does he know about me and my life, yeah!
you might ask yourself
why must i cry tears of milk, why?
you might ask yourself
what does a man compete to be?

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

what..?!
...does this mean?!
ow!

judgment time, barbed wire, head fuck, bullshit
up, down, detroit rock city, comin’ time, state who knows us good, the mc5, the stooges, show biz
what does this mean, i do not know, (screams)

what?!
...am i doing?
into the blue again
why?

long live rock and roll, long live rock and roll, long live rock and roll, long live rock and roll, long live rock and roll, long live rock and roll, long live rock and roll
long live rock and roll
(screams)

what the fuck?!
33 of them, yeah!
ya!!!

BC: We reach down in the gutter America. We stick our fist in that stomach. We rise around freedom, meaning, double meanings, Constitutions, both personal and Libertarian, and pry ‘em up through the esophagus. We ask forgiveness, we beg for forgiveness. We ask, we ask, we ask. We have our questions, we have our answers. Yes. It’s the poetry of the moment. The realization of the now. No past, no future, only this moment right here, right now. And we say thank to all of you, thank you, thank you. Canada’s close to here, right? From Canada, Miss Melissa Auf der Maur. There is no more, just more repetitions of the abject here of this particular mangled Talking Heads song. I hear they used to build, uh, zeppelins in here from World War 2 and uh...if we got lucky and uh...that’s the one that’s on the picture of uh, the picture that’s on the front of Led Zeppelin 1, that would be the zeppelin that was built in here. (3 chords from Communication Breakdown) So, (gradually rising to screaming) yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes I can feel it, I can feel it, I know it, I can feel it, I can feel it, I can feel it, what the fuck?!!

woooo!!
wow!!

BC: I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. Ladies and gentlemen.... Ladies and gentlemen...contrary to what you’ve heard, contrary to what you’ve read, the revolution is not over, it has just BEGUN!
[encore break]
Blank Page
(BC over keyboard outro: Thank you.)
> Mayonaise
Iha: Good night.
BC: God bless you, thank you.
[encore break]
Iha: Thanks a lot. Thanks a lot, you guys have been really awesome. You rock, Detroit Rock City. I’m glad you came out. We have a few more rock jams, are you still ready to rock?
Fuck You
BC: I figure if we can’t play that anymore, that’s when we’re gonna break up the band. When we can’t do that one.
Join Together (abandoned immediately)
BC: (to Jimmy) Stop! Thank you. Um, before we play our last song tonight, one more chance to say thank you very much for coming to this concert tonight. As always, we, um, really respect and appreciate the love from people here in Detroit, you’ve made us feel always very welcome. Thank you. I’d like to say happy birthday to my girlfriend, Yelena, who’s here tonight.
Happy Birthday (Billy plays on guitar while Iha talks)
Iha: Happy birthday to you. May these good times give you tidings and new wisdom. Maybe, just maybe somewhere of ours, there’s a ring that’s gonna shine on all of us. Happy birthday.
BC: Love you baby, thank you.
Join Together
Iha: Thanks. Goodnight everybody. Drive safe. Thanks for us travel along.

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