The Smashing Pumpkins 2022-05-02

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May 2, 2022 – San Antonio, TX, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Rock Invasion 2 tour
DateMay 2, 2022
VenueTech Port Center + Arena
Coordinates29°22′52″N 98°33′55″W
LocationSan Antonio, TX, US
Venue typeArena
Capacity3,300
PersonnelBilly Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, James Iha, Jeff Schroeder, Jack Bates
Order of bandsThe Velveteers, The Smashing Pumpkins
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The May 2, 2022 performance was the first show at San Antonio's new ~3,300 capacity venue, Tech Port Center + Arena. The show saw the live debuts of the 2009 song "FOL", and "Telegenix" from CYR.

Full performance

Setlist[edit | edit source]

Set[edit | edit source]

  1. "Sarabande" [George Frideric Handel] (prerecorded) 
  2. "The Colour of Love" 
  3. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
  4. "Today" 
  5. "Ugly" 
  6. "Drown" 
  7. "Quiet" 
  8. "Cyr" 
  9. "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] 
  10. "Solara" 
  11. "Eye" 
  12. "Ava Adore" 
  13. "Tonight, Tonight" (acoustic) 
  14. "Stand Inside Your Love" 
  15. "Cherub Rock" 
  16. "Zero" 
    1. "Love Gun" [Kiss] (tease) 
  17. "Telegenix" (live debut)
  18. "FOL" (live debut)
  19. "1979" 
  20. "Disarm" (acoustic) 
  21. "If There Is a God" 
  22. "X.Y.U." 

Encore[edit | edit source]

  2. "One and All" 
  3. "Hello Kitty Kat" 
  4. "Silverfuck" [12:45] 

Notes[edit | edit source]

  • "Hummer" and "Starla" were on the setlist after "X.Y.U." but not played
  • Billy Corgan was visibly angry during "Drown" when his effects pedal board stopped working
  • First performance of "Hello Kitty Kat" since 1995-02-27
  • First performance of "Silverfuck" since 2014-12-16
  • First performance of "One and All" since 2015-08-09

Banter[edit | edit source]

Sarabande Intro
The Colour of Love
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Today
Ugly
Drown
BC: Good evening! Thank you for being with us to-night. Here's a song from a little album we like to call Siamese Dream.
Quiet
Cyr
Once in a Lifetime
Solara
Eye
Ava Adore
(BC before bridge: Jeffrey, give me one for Eddie Van Halen!)
BC: Thank you so much, thank you!
Iha: This is our uh, this is our first headlining show in very -- a very long time and uh...we're, we're grateful that you guys come out and this is gonna be a real rock concert.
BC: James!
Iha: (no pause) Yes.
BC: Do you mind if I tell a story about you?
Iha: Oh geez.
BC: Are you okay with me telling a story?
Iha: Yes.
BC: We got a call...!
Iha: Heh heh heh, uh huh?
BC: ...on a landline, we got a call...!
Iha: In 1982.
BC: No no, we got a call and they said, "San Antonio, they're opening a new building, Smashing Pumpkins: first band in the new building." (crowd cheers) Hold on, hold on. I got on my landline and I called James...
Iha: Heh heh heh.
BC: ...and I said, "James, do you wanna go to San Antonio?"
Iha: (faux sleepy) "What? I-I, I just woke up, what, say that again?"
BC: "Do you wanna go to San Antonio?!"
Iha: "Yes, I do! Let me get my coffee, but then we're gonna play San Antonio!"
BC: And then James said, true story, James said, "Do I get to meet Gregg Popovich?" (crowd reacts) And I was like, "No."
Iha: I--
BC: And he said, "I still wanna play San Antonio!"
Iha: I don't...I don't know who that is.
BC: True story.
Iha: Okay, alright.
BC: We dedicate this song to all of you.
Tonight, Tonight (Billy/Iha acoustic)
Stand Inside Your Love
Cherub Rock
> Zero
> Love Gun (tease)
Telegenix
FOL
BC over extended outro: San Antonio! I'm gonna ask the band, I'm gonna ask the band to kick it down, kick it down. Kick it down. These people deserve the blues. We're from Chicago! Home of the blues! (Billy solo) Ow!
Iha: Oh my god.
BC: Hot licks, hot licks. You guys havin' a good time? We just [unintelligible word] forever, Jim.
Iha: Yeah, we just jam in for the layman. You guys alright? (song ends) Ow!
Radio Intro tape
> 1979
Disarm (acoustic)
If There is a God
> X.Y.U.
[encore break]
Iha: Alright, alright, alright, alright, San Antonio, thank you again so much, you guys are awesome.
One and All
Hello Kitty Kat
(Silverfuck intro begins)
BC: Thank you so much, thank you!
Iha: Thank you thank you.
BC: Remember, please, wherever you go, whatever you do, we appreciate you, we thank you and we love you. We love you.
Iha: (re something in the crowd) What the hell is that?
BC: That's a San Antonio sea squid.
Iha: Ah, I see, I see.
Silverfuck
(BC immediately after lyrics finish: San Antonio! One more time!)
Iha: Thank you, goodnight, thank you so much.

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