The Smashing Pumpkins 2022-10-18

October 18, 2022 – Washington, D.C., US
Poster by Buhler Design
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Spirits On Fire tour
Date	October 18, 2022
Venue	Capital One Arena
Coordinates	38°53′53″N 77°1′15″W
Location	Washington, D.C., US
Venue type	Arena
Capacity	20,356
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Jack Bates, Katie Cole
Order of bands	Poppy, Jane's Addiction, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "Atum" (prerecorded) 
2. "Empires" 
3. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
4. "Today" 
5. "We Only Come Out at Night" (acoustic) 
6. "Cyr" 
7. "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] 
8. "Solara" 
   1. (drum solo)
9. "Eye" 
10. "Ava Adore" 
    1. (drum solo)
11. "Tonight, Tonight" (acoustic) 
12. "Stand Inside Your Love" 
13. "I of the Mourning" 
14. "Waiting Room" [Fugazi] (tease) 
15. "Cherub Rock" 
16. "Für Elise" [Beethoven] (tease) 
17. "Zero" 
    1. "Love Gun" [Kiss] (tease) 
18. "1979" 
19. "Beguiled" 
20. "Silverfuck" 
21. "Neophyte" 
22. "Disarm" (acoustic) 
23. "Harmageddon" 

Notes

• NWA wrestlers Mercurio and May Valentine perform a short routine during "Beguiled"

Banter

(incomplete due to lack of full show source)

Atum Intro
Empires
(BC after lyrics, before Jeff outro solo: DC!)
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Iha: Ow! Thank you so much, Washington DC. We are the Smashing Pumpkins, thank you for coming out tonight.
Today
We Only Come Out at Night (acoustic)
Cyr
Once in a Lifetime
Solara
Eye
Ava Adore
(BC after Jimmy solo: Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin! Ow! Ow! Ow!)
Iha: How you guys doin’? Thank you so much. We appreciate it.
BC: James, how you feelin’ tonight?
Iha: I’m feelin’ great, I’m feelin’ great in DC. How you doin’?
BC: You know, it’s a beautiful night, beautiful night. All these lovely people here.
Iha: Yes.
BC: Poppy played.
Iha: Jane’s Addiction.
BC: Jane’s Addiction. And of course, just after we finish, the Smashing Pumpkins are gonna come out and play a little set for you, it’s gonna be an amazing night.
Iha: I love those guys.
BC: My name’s Bill.
Iha: I’m Jim.
BC: Actually, I was Bill when you met me. I was Bill back then.
Iha: Only school teachers called me Jim. They were like, “Jim, get out on the track.”
BC: James, as you know, this is one of my favorite parts of the show because we get to thank everyone personally for supporting our band for over 34 years.
Iha: Too much, too much, too long.
BC: You know, when your father and I started this band 34 years ago, heh....
Iha: Hell of a guitar player.
BC: He had dreams for you, he had big dreams for you, and here you are with me, I’m so happy.
Iha: (squeaky teenager voice) I just wanted to play guitar.
BC: Anyway, so we dedicate this song to each and every one of you, it’s a little song we like to call Tonight, Tonight.
Tonight, Tonight (Billy/Iha acoustic)
Stand Inside Your Love
I of the Mourning
Iha: [cuts in] ...bass guitar, all the way from Manchester, England, Mr. Jack Bates. All the way from Southern California, on guitar, Mr. Jeff Schroeder. Jeff, what kind of DC hardcore can you rock?
Waiting Room (tease)
Iha: Alright. And now, on the drums, Mr. Awesome, Jimmyyy Chamberlin! On lead vocals and hot guitar, Mr. Billyyyy Corgan! Thank you so much, I am James Iha and this is Cherub Rock.
Cherub Rock
> Für Elise (tease)
> Zero
> Love Gun (tease)
1979
Beguiled
Silverfuck
Neophyte
BC: Thank you very much, thank you, thank you.
Disarm (acoustic)
Harmageddon
(BC before final lyrics: Thank you very much everybody, thank you so much!)
Iha: Thank you so much, thank you so much, goodnight. Get home safe. Drive safe.