The Smashing Pumpkins 2015-02-23

February 23, 2015 – Melbourne, VIC, AU
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Monuments to an Elegy tour
Date	February 23, 2015
Venue	Festival Hall
Coordinates	37°48′41″S 144°56′47″E
Location	Melbourne, VIC, AU
Venue type	Stadium
Capacity	5,445
Personnel	Billy Corgan, Jeff Schroeder, Mark Stoermer, Brad Wilk
Order of bands	Gerard Way, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist[edit | edit source]

Pre-set[edit | edit source]

(unknown) (VIP)
"The House of the Rising Sun" [traditional] (VIP) (acoustic) (only performance)
"Today" (VIP) (acoustic)

Set[edit | edit source]

Encore[edit | edit source]

"Tonight, Tonight"
"Fame" [David Bowie]

Notes[edit | edit source]

Pre-set VIP experience only for winners of a Soundwave package (Billy solo)
One OK Rock scheduled as first opening band but was cancelled last minute due to the set length of Gerard Way
A song called "A Million Miles Away" was on the setlist as the last song of the show but replaced by "Fame"; unknown whether this song was an original or a cover

Banter[edit | edit source]

Cherub Rock
1979
Ava Adore
Being Beige
BC: Thank you very kindly, thank you. How are y’all doin’, you okay? You know, I’m going through the change, Jeff.
Jeff: Yeah, menopause. Male menopause, that’s what they call it, male menopause. Laz is going through it too.
BC: Laz-y at the lights.
Jeff: Plus they got the good time hair and everything.
BC: We’re Americans, we can’t help it. Um, like to play a song now which is also from the Monuments album, it’s called Drum and Fife. And this song is for our soldiers fighting good wars, bad wars, doesn’t matter ‘cause they’re soldiers. We have a lot of guys coming back, need a lot of love, I’m sure you have that here too.
Guy in crowd: We have lots of love, Billy!
BC: Heh heh. I don’t know if I agree with your love but.... It’s a little bit rough for me. I’ve experienced the rough form of Aussie love. Heh heh. You like it rough here.
Drum + Fife
Stand Inside Your Love
Glass and the Ghost Children
Monuments
Drown (abandoned partway through 2nd time through riff, Billy’s guitar is out of tune)
Drown
Disarm
One and All
United States
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Heavy Metal Machine
[encore break]
BC: Thank you very much, thank you.
Tonight, Tonight
BC: Thank you so kindly, thank you. It’s generally agreed, it’s generally agreed that when I don’t talk, things go better. So let me keep it simple and say thank you so much for everything.
Fame

Photos and memorabilia[edit | edit source]