The Smashing Pumpkins 2018-10-18

October 18, 2018 – Casalecchio di Reno, IT
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Shiny and Oh So Bright tour
Date	October 18, 2018
Venue	Unipol Arena
Coordinates	44°29′9″N 11°14′53″E
Location	Casalecchio di Reno, IT
Venue type	Arena
Capacity	20,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Jack Bates, Katie Cole, Amalie Bruun
Order of bands	Myrkur, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Full performance

Setlist

1. "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (final performance)
2. "Disarm" (acoustic) 
3. "Rocket" 
4. "Siva" 
5. "Rhinoceros" 
6. "Space Oddity" [David Bowie] 
7. "Drown" 
8. "Zero" 
9. "The Everlasting Gaze" 
10. "Stand Inside Your Love" 
11. "Thirty-Three" (acoustic) 
12. "Eye" 
13. "Soma" 
14. "Blew Away" 
15. "For Martha" 
16. "To Sheila" 
17. "Mayonaise" 
18. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" 
19. "Landslide" [Stevie Nicks] (acoustic) 
20. "Tonight, Tonight" 
21. "Stairway to Heaven" [Led Zeppelin] (final performance)
22. unknown (tease)
23. "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" [Van Halen] (tease) 
24. unknown (tease)
25. "Hot for Teacher" [Van Halen] (tease) 
26. "Detroit Rock City" [Kiss] (tease) 
27. "Cherub Rock" 
28. "1979" 
29. "Ava Adore" 
30. "Try, Try, Try" (final performance)
31. "The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning" (final performance)
32. "Hummer" 
33. "Today" 
34. "Nights in White Satin" [The Moody Blues] (tease) 
    1. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
35. "Hot for Teacher" [Van Halen] (tease) 
36. "Muzzle" 

Encore

37. "Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)" 
38. "Baby Mine" [Betty Noyes] (final performance)

Notes

• "Landslide" performed with Amalie Bruun (Myrkur) on vocals
• Last performance of "Mayonaise" until 2023-09-17

Banter

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Disarm (Billy solo acoustic)
Rocket
Siva
Rhinoceros
Space Oddity
Drown
Zero Interlude Film
(BC: Ladies, gentlemen, friends, lovers, beasts or fowl, welcome to the show. We are the illuminated, the illustrious, the ill-timed knock. (two snare drum hits) Ah yes, we are the fractured, the schisms, the rift and the rabble, the sleepy clown, the atomized downs, the dreams you stopped dreaming oh so long ago. Yes, all colors mixed and marred make up the black, as do all numbers fix up the zero, zed and null. So let’s go back to your beginnings, as I shall go back to mine. It won’t last, it’ll be quick, but then again, that’s why we’re here. No past, no future, no sun. So let’s blow on fading embers, to boast about kings near, forgotten and buried. Tis the end. Tis the end. Tis the end.)
Zero
The Everlasting Gaze
Stand Inside Your Love
Iha: [unintelligible]. Hello, how are you? Bologna, Italy, thank you for coming out tonight. I do not speak Italian well, but I like being here. Uh...this is the last show of our sprawling...50th anniversary tour and we’re so happy to be here tonight. This next song’s called Thirty-three.
Thirty-three (acoustic)
Eye
Soma
Vaudeville Interlude Film
(Mark McGrath: Well, hello there, neighbors! Are you enjoying the show thus far? Well, good, I am too, even though I’m not real. Now, if I could steal a moment of your time, I’d like to introduce somebody verrry special to you. He’s been a friend and a neighbor to each and every one of you. He’s been the voice you might hear in the stiiill of the night or a night dog straining against the moon. And, in fact, this young man has been with you almost every step along the way on life’s long journey, sighing so ever soft. He’s been a lover, a fighter, but never a cad. A beacon, a searchlight piercing every impenetrable fog. And he’s here, just now, to sing for you, that golden chestnut we like to call Blew Away. So gather round, ‘cause here he is: the one, the only, Mr. Jaaaaames Iha.)
Blew Away
For Martha
BC: Thank you so much, thank you!
To Sheila
> Mayonaise
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
Landslide (acoustic) (with Amalie Bruun)
Amalie: Thank you!
BC: Ms. Amalie Bruun!
Tonight, Tonight
short lounge interlude (most is tape but Katie plays organ live)
> Stairway to Heaven
Iha: [cuts in] Katie Cole! Katie Cole. She’s from Australia. And now, all the way from Manchester, England, on the bass guitar, Mr. Jack Bates. (Jack basically plays one note on the bass) On the bass guitar, Mr. Jack.... Gimme one of those awesome riffs, Jack.
unknown (tease)
Iha: (laughing) Hey, I like that song. New Division [sic], it’s a great, great band. From Southern California, from Los Angeles, California, on guitar, Mr. Jeff Schroeder.
Ain’t Talkin’ ‘bout Love (tease)
Iha: (David Lee Roth impression) Pretty good lookin’, oh yeah!! (normal) Did-–did Van Halen ever translate to Italy? Probably not. From Joliet, Illinois, on the drums, Mr. Jimmyyy Chamberlin! Hell of a drummer and a lead drummer, thank you so much, I’ll say that for Jimmy’s behalf.
unknown (tease)
Iha: And now, from a small northwest suburb of Illinois, me, James Iha, thank you so much. You guys are great.
Hot for Teacher (tease)
Iha: This is a great way to end the tour.
Detroit Rock City (tease)
Iha: And now, a man of the world, a man of...many things: of the moon, of the sun, Mr. William Patrick Corgan!
Cherub Rock
Vaudeville Interlude Film
(Mark McGrath: Well, wowie zowie, papa ooh maow maow! What a wang dang and doodle of a show. And, it ain’t over yet. Now I don’t know about you but this next tune is one of my faaaaaaves. Reminds me of drivin' down the old PCH, high out of my mind on ecstasy and I was singing the chorus of the song you’re about to hear so hard and so on high, that one of my front teeth fell right out! Yup, plain out right there in the dashboard. Wow. That decade was just, just so good, wasn’t it? I mean, here you have young wash masters rising up to start a musical and cultural revolution that was soon co-opted by the machine and driven asunder! Gee golly. But thankfully, what we got in return was just so much better. I mean, let’s face it, who doesn’t want perfection in their stars above? ‘Cause perfect people making perfect, sweet music is, well, it’s just, it’s just what a god wants for all of us! Whoo! Red light, stop, it’s raining. The air is cool and the sky is gray and the year? Well, it’s 1979!)
Radio Intro tape
> 1979
Ava Adore
Try, Try, Try
> The Beginning is the End is the Beginning
> Hummer
Today
Bullet with Butterfly Wings (w/45 second Nights in White Satin tease in intro)
Iha: Thank you so much! Thank you, thank you so much! Thank you much so much for staying with us tonight. You guys are the best! I don’t know what that is in Italian, but you guys are the best, we appreciate it. This is our last song.
BC: Yes, this is our last song. [cut] And not only is it the last show of our tour, it’s the biggest show we had in all the shows that we’ve played, so Bologna, thank you. Fourteen thousand, one hundred and twenty-three. Still got it!...dude. I’d like to thank James, Katie, Jimmy, Jack and Jeff for a great tour. Thank you guys, workin’ so hard.
Hot for Teacher (tease - Jeff)
BC: Did you have a good time? (crowd cheers)
Iha: Ow!
BC: Boooooo. I think they’re booing, Jimmy. So if you know this song...well, you sang along all night, so if I tell you to sing this song, it’s kind of–-if you don’t sing this song.... Heh heh heh. You ready?
Muzzle
[encore break]
Silvery Sometimes
Baby Mine
Iha: Thank you so much, thank you so much [unintelligible word or two]. You’re awesome, you’re the best. Take care, get home safe.