The Smashing Pumpkins 2008-10-25

October 25, 2008 – West Hollywood, CA, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Artist	The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	October 25, 2008
Venue	Best Buy, West Hollywood Gateway
Coordinates	34°5′21″N 118°20′39″W
Location	West Hollywood, CA, US
Venue type	Store
Personnel	Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Ginger Pooley, Lisa Harriton, Kristopher Pooley
Order of bands	DJ Jazzy Jeff, The Smashing Pumpkins
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October 25, 2008 was the party for the release of Guitar Hero World Tour. As Billy Corgan recalled on the Thirty-Three podcast, the night was less of a show but more of a corporate event. When Guitar Hero producers filmed Corgan's body motions for the game, they promised him they would not use the footage of him wearing "the stupid suit with the little white balls". Yet such a video was released, and prior to the October 25 event. Possibly in retaliation, the band refrained from playing any major hits during the release party show.

Setlist

1. "Tarantula" 
2. "G.L.O.W." 
3. "Kill Your Parents" 
   1. "Siva" 
4. "Speed Kills" 
5. "Superchrist" 
6. "As Rome Burns" (live debut)
7. "The Sounds of Silence" [Simon & Garfunkel] (live debut)
   1. "Li'l Red Riding Hood" [Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs] (live debut)
8. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" [Pink Floyd] 

Notes

• "White Rabbit" and "1979" possibly also performed, as per the Thirty-Three podcast.

Banter

Mark McGrath: [tape cuts in] ...Coca-Cola and Samsung. It is my great pleasure to bring to you one of the greatest rock and roll bands in the world, the Smashing Pumpkins!
Tarantula
> G.L.O.W.
Kill Your Parents
> Siva
Speed Kills
BC: Thank you!
Superchrist
BC: Thank you, people of Earth! How goes, you drunk fools? Heh heh. Intoxicated with love, right? God bless, thank you, hope you’re having a good time. Yeah. I feel like Sarah Palin up here, I love it. (gesturing at his outfit) I bought these at Neiman. 600 bucks at Neiman. Okay, continue on with the darkness! Hope you can handle it. What are we playing?, heh. (Jeff hits first chord for As Rome Burns) I don’t even know where we are anymore.
As Rome Burns
The Sounds of Silence
> Li’l Red Riding Hood
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun

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