The Smashing Pumpkins 2007-10-11

October 11, 2007 – Columbus, OH, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Zeitgeist tour
Date	October 11, 2007
Venue	Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
Coordinates	39°58′11″N 83°0′37″W
Location	Columbus, OH, US
Venue type	Amphitheater
Capacity	2,300
Personnel	Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Ginger Pooley, Lisa Harriton
Order of bands	Explosions in the Sky, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

Soundcheck

1. "Gossamer" (unfinished) 

Set

1. "High School Cadets" [John Philip Sousa] (prerecorded) 
2. "United States" [10:52] 
   1. "The Star-Spangled Banner" [Francis Scott Key] (tease) 
3. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
4. "Hummer" 
5. "Bring the Light" 
6. "Home" 
7. "That's the Way (My Love Is)" 
8. "Lucky 13" 
   1. (unknown)
9. "Tonight, Tonight" 
10. "Tarantula" 
11. "Zero" 
12. "Set The Ray To Jerry" 
13. "Superchrist" 
14. "Doomsday Clock" 
15. "Heavy Metal Machine" [14:52] 
    1. "White Rabbit" [Jefferson Airplane] (tease) 
    2. "White Horse" [Laid Back] (tease) 
    3. "On the Road Again" [Canned Heat] (tease) 
    4. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" [The Arrows] (tease) 

Encore one

16. "Today" 

Encore two

17. "1979" (acoustic) 
18. "Country Death Song" [Violent Femmes] (tease) 
19. "Muzzle" 

Notes

• "Muzzle" was not on the setlist

Banter

High School Cadets Intro
United States / Star Spangled Banner
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> Hummer
BC: Thank you!
Bring the Light
Home
BC: Thank you very much, thank you! How’s everybody doin’ tonight, you alright? I’m doin’ fine, thank you. As uh...we’re happy to be here tonight, thank you very much for coming to our show. As some of you know, I don’t have a wife. (crowd cheers) Heh heh. I’m just lookin’ out at all these fine Ohio women...thinkin’ that’s what I need, Jimmy, an Ohio woman. A heh heh, a heh heh heh, not that fine.
That's the Way
> Lucky 13 (w/extended instrumental outro)
Tonight, Tonight
Tarantula
(BC during pause after his solo: It's too cold to play, heh. Boo, heh heh heh heh. Yeah, boo. Heh heh heh. (more soloing) There you go. (singing) We are the real...)
Zero
Set the Ray to Jerry
Superchrist
Doomsday Clock
Heavy Metal Machine / White Rabbit / White Horse
> On the Road Again
> I Love Rock 'n' Roll
(BC at beginning: Ladies and gentlemen, we have come to the end of our performance. But we’d like you to sing along on this last song. We know you know the words. Don’t pretend that you don’t. (singing) I love rock and roll...)
(BC just before big ending: Thank you!)
[encore break]
Today
(BC immediately after lyrics finish: God bless you, thank you!)
[encore break]
BC: Thank you.
1979 (Billy solo acoustic)
BC: What is it, a UFO? Heh heh, hi there. I learned this wave at clown school. You don’t know this but we’re all clowns on the side. Of course, Ginger and Jeff -- Ginger and Jeff were in a band in L.A. called Frown Turned Upside Down. You guys were on Sub Pop. Matador though, passed, not indie enough. Uh, heh heh, oh, I’m so funny, heh. Hey, what’s up with your Buckeyes? What are the Buckeyes ranked, two?, three?, three, three. Behind Notre Dame and uh...I know my college football, yo, Westside, uh.... Anyway, heh, well, good luck to your Buckeyes. We certainly know it ain’t gonna happen with the Browns or the Bengals. Hahahaha! Is the Dawg Pound in here? That’s pretty bold, we don’t have a Bears cheer, but the Dawg Pound, the -- do the Bengals have like a (mild growling noise)? It’s just sort of a bengal: (mild growling noise). Anyway, god bless you, uh...we were a little worried about how cold it was, but you made it warm for us, you kept us going, thank you very much. We weren’t, uh, we weren’t planning on playing this next song to finish, but uh, you’ve been so fantastic and wonderful we’d like to play it for you now.
Country Death Song (tease)
Ginger: Thank you!
Muzzle