The Smashing Pumpkins 2022-10-19

October 19, 2022 – New York, NY, US
Poster by Rob Bowyer
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Spirits On Fire tour
Date	October 19, 2022
Venue	Madison Square Garden
Coordinates	40°45′2″N 73°59′37″W
Location	New York, NY, US
Venue type	Arena
Capacity	20,000
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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Full performance

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] [5:31] 
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. "I'll Wait" [Van Halen] (tease) 
15. "Cherub Rock" 
16. "Zero" 
    1. "Love Gun" [Kiss] (tease) 
17. "1979" 
18. "Beguiled" 
19. "Silverfuck" [10:41] 
20. "Neophyte" 
21. "Disarm" (acoustic) 
22. "Harmageddon" 

Notes

• NWA wrestlers Mercurio and May Valentine perform a short routine during "Beguiled" while Billy Corgan’s kids are on stage dancing
• Philomena Corgan is also on stage for the last 30 seconds of "Ava Adore"

Banter

Atum Intro
Empires
(BC immediately after lyrics finish: New York City!)
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Iha: New York City, thank you so much. 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
(BC after 2nd chorus: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the rock show! We are so pleased and grateful you are with us tonight, thank you so much from the bottom of our heart, thank you!)
(BC during outro singalong: Sing it with us. New York City, you gotta sing! Come on, come on. One more, one more! One more time, one more time! Ow!)
> Ava Adore
(BC after Jimmy solo: Ow! Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin on the druuuums!)
Iha: Thank you so much, how you guys doin’? Thumbs up? How are the Yankees doing? Oh, tied, okay.
BC: James, how you feelin’ tonight?
Iha: I’m feelin’ good, I’m in New York City at MSG, this is awesome.
BC: Thank you, New York City, thank you. Now, James...heh...some people think I’m nice. Some people think I’m not nice. I like to think I’m nice. But, heh--
Iha: Where is this going?
BC: Heh! No. I love this part of the show because I get to thank everyone here personally for supporting our band for over 34 years.
Iha: Oh my god. A long time.
BC: It’s a loong time to be rockin’.
Iha: Can you rock for that long?
BC: You know, in wrestling...when the veterans get it done, the fans chant, “You still got it.” And James, you still got it.
Iha: I appreciate that. You still got it, obviously.
BC: But would I have it more if I was nice all the time?
Iha: Heh heh!
BC: That’s what I wanna know, hahaha!
Iha: God only knows.
BC: Anyway. This song is dedicated to everyone here. You bless us with your presence, so take this song to heart, 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: Thank you guys so much. You doing reasonably okay? Like to introduce the band. On vocals, Ms. Katie Cole. Katie Cole. On the bass (pronounced like the fish) guitar...we say that sometimes and call it –- instead of calling it bass guitar, I call it bass (pronounced like the fish) guitar. Super funny. Bass (pronounced like the fish) guitar, Mr. Jack Bates. And now, all the way from Hollywood, California...heh...Mr. Jeff Schroeder. What kind of band you wanna rock right now, Jeff? From Hollywood. Van Halen? Alright, we’ll move on, okay! On the awesomest of drums, Mr. Jimmyyyy Chamberlin!
I'll Wait (tease - Jeff)
Iha: On lead vocals, on lead guitar, Mr. Billyyyyyyyyy Corgan! Thank you so much, I am James Iha and this is called Cherub Rock!
Cherub Rock
> Zero
> Love Gun (tease)
1979
Beguiled
> Silverfuck
Neophyte
BC: Thank you very much, thank you. Have you had a good time? There you go, heh. I went from a skeptic to a loving supporter. We’re almost at the end of this journey. So before we go, I wanna say one small impromptu thing. Besides, of course, thanking the band. Thank you everyone for a beautiful show, thank you for a beautiful show. As some may know, I recently got engaged. I swore I’d never get married again, but...I met a New York City girl about 10 years ago. Those monsters you saw on stage, those are my children with Chloe. So thank you, New York, for my family. You’ll always be in my heart for that. And this is a song I wrote about when I was once –- hard to believe –- a boy.
Disarm (acoustic)
Harmageddon
(BC before final lyrics: New York City, thank you! Thank you!)
BC: Thank you very much! Thank you very much. Thank you, New York City, thank youuuuu!!
Iha: Thank you so much, thank you so much, New York City. Thank you.