The Smashing Pumpkins 2000-04-28
| April 28, 2000 – Fairfax, VA, US | |
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| Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| The Sacred and Profane tour | |
| Date | April 28, 2000 |
| Venue | Patriot Center |
| Coordinates | 38°49′37″N 77°18′36″W |
| Location | Fairfax, VA, US |
| Venue type | Arena |
| Capacity | 10,104 |
| Personnel | Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Melissa Auf der Maur |
| Order of bands | The Smashing Pumpkins |
Setlist[edit | edit source]
Soundcheck[edit | edit source]
- (drum solo)
- "The Crying Tree of Mercury" (take one)
- "The Crying Tree of Mercury" (take two)
- "The Crying Tree of Mercury" (take three)
- "Pug"
- "Home" (tease)
- "Perfect" (tease)
- "Home" (tease)
- "With Every Light"
Set[edit | edit source]
- "Rock On" [David Essex] [7:17]
- "The Everlasting Gaze"
- "Age of Innocence"
- "Glass and the Ghost Children" [11:20]
- "Blew Away"
- "Stand Inside Your Love"
- "I of the Mourning"
- "Zero"
- "Heavy Metal Machine"
- "Le Deux Machina" (prerecorded)
- "To Sheila" (acoustic)
- "Blissed and Gone" (acoustic)
- "Disarm" (acoustic)
- "Ava Adore" (acoustic)
- "Mayonaise"
- "Tonight, Tonight"
- "Today"
- "Blue Skies Bring Tears" [8:05]
- "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
- "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] [5:44]
- "Country Death Song" [Violent Femmes] (tease)
- (improv: "Moshpit Queen")
Encore one[edit | edit source]
- "1979" (acoustic)
- "Cherub Rock"
Encore two[edit | edit source]
- "With Every Light" (acoustic)
- "Drown" [8:35]
Notes[edit | edit source]
- First performance of "Blissed and Gone" since 1998-07-29
Banter[edit | edit source]
Rock On
(BC during Iha solo: On the lead guitar, Elián González!)
(BC during quiet part before outro: Long live rock and roll. That’s right, long live rock and roll. No more boy bands. No more fake titty girl singers. (Iha’s guitar fades out) No more James Iha! I can feel it, I can feel it, I can feel it, can you feel it?, I can feel it, I can feel it. They say the revolution is over but the revolution has just begun.)
> The Everlasting Gaze
Age of Innocence
> Glass and the Ghost Children
BC: Good evening, good evening, good evening, good evening, good evening.
Iha: Hello.
BC: Good day, mate. ... Very nice to be back in this area again, it was about a year ago that we played at the, uh, 9 Million Club. How’s everybody doing? We’ll be done in about twenty minutes and then Third Eye Blind and Bush will be out. (crowd roars, then starts booing) No no, I like those guys, stop it. I’d like to introduce, uh, my friend, my lover, my partner, my poetic muse for 13 years: Mr. James Iha.
Blew Away
Stand Inside Your Love
I of the Mourning
BC: Thank you.
Iha: Thank you.
BC: Hey um.... Yes. Yes!
Iha: No.
BC: Yes!
Iha: No. No no no.
BC: Yes yes yes, James.
Iha: No no no. Hmm...maybe.
Zero
Heavy Metal Machine
Le Deux Machina (tape)
To Sheila (Billy acoustic w/Iha)
Blissed and Gone (Billy solo acoustic)
> Disarm (acoustic)
BC: On the drums, Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin.
Ava Adore (acoustic)
Mayonaise
Tonight, Tonight
> Today
Blue Skies Bring Tears
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> Once in a Lifetime
you might ask yourself
just what is america?
you might ask yourself
does anyone care-ica?
you might ask yourself
who’s really in charge?
you might ask yourself
is it me?
once in a lifetime
water flowing underground
into the blue again
water flowing underground
you might ask yourself
who is that motherfucking guy on stage? yeah!!
you might ask yourself
what does he know about me and my life and my world?
you might ask yourself
what do i feel if i have no feelings?
you might ask yourself
what does this mean if it has no meaning?
once in a lifetime
water flowing underground
into the blue again
water flowing underground
what?!
the!
what the fuck?!
one trip too many across the line, infinity’s spoken in my mind, i know there’s no going back for any good reason but other reasons i don’t know but can’t speak, ‘cause i’m losing my fuckin’ mind, i’m outta time, i’m outta season, i’m too old and i’ve lost my meaning
(screams)
grrrr!!
head fuck!
long gone
what the fuck is goin’ on?
what the fuck is goin’ on?
what the fuck is goin’ on?
what the fuck is goin’ on?
where is my america?
this isn’t the one i paid for
where is my america?
i want my america back.
what the fuck is goin’ on?
what the fuck is goin’ on?!
what the fuck is goin’ on?!!
what the fuck is goin’ on?!!!
what the fuck is goin’ on?!!!!
(screams)
BC: Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Yeah, I can feel it. (only Iha is playing at this point) I mean, after all, this is the capital of the free world, right? This is where it all happens. STOP! STOP!! (Iha stops and song ends) Okay. I don’t give a fuck about mosh pits any more but this girl has been up here seven fucking times. (laughing) Just hold her there. Let’s si – no no, keep her there. Let’s just sing the song to you. You obviously want attention, so we’re going to give you attention.
Country Death Song (tease - Melissa and Jimmy start, Billy sings over it)
BC: Keep her right there. (singing) There I was in a mosh pit / wearin’ all black / I waved at Billy seven times / He knows I’m comin’ back / ‘Cause I’m a mosh pit queen, a mosh pit queen / Everybody knows my name, I’m a mosh pit queen. (Billy solos) (speaking) Heh. I don’t know what that is, but uh.... (Melissa and Jimmy stop) (Billy plays some light blues licks)
BC: Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Iha: Thanks a lot.
BC: Thank you.
Iha: Thank you very much.
BC: Thank you.
Iha: Thanks to everybody up there.
BC: Thank you.
Iha: We appreciate you staying with –
BC: Thank you.
Iha: – everybody in the back, everyone on the right.
BC: God bless, thank you.
Iha: Goodnight.
[encore break]
Iha: Thank you. Thank you very much. How you doin’? Are you having a reasonable - reasonable rock experience? I’d like to make a quick introduction if we haven’t already many introductions. On acoustic guitar and drums, Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin. He’s back rocking. Lead vocals and guitar, Mr. Billy Corgan. Aye chihuahua. And on...bass and socialism, Ms. Melissa Auf der Maur. Fine bass player.
1979 (acoustic, Jimmy plays guitar)
Cherub Rock
Iha: Thanks. Ow!
[encore break]
Iha: Thank you, thank you very much.
With Every Light (acoustic)
BC: Thank you very much, thank you so very much. We’d like to play one more song for you before we slither off into the night, but uh...before we do that, we wanted to thank you, tell you that we appreciate you coming to our shows, uh, very much.
Iha: You rock.
BC: So yeah, thank you, god bless you and, uh, be safe.
Drown
Iha: Goodnight everybody, thanks.
