The Smashing Pumpkins 2023-07-28

July 28, 2023 – Las Vegas, NV, US
Poster by Pogo
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
The World Is A Vampire tour
Date	July 28, 2023
Venue	Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (The Chelsea)
Coordinates	36°6′36″N 115°10′31″W
Location	Las Vegas, NV, US
Venue type	Theater
Capacity	2,566
Attendance	2,566
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Jack Bates, Katie Cole
Order of bands	The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "Atum" (prerecorded) 
2. "The Everlasting Gaze" 
3. "Doomsday Clock" 
4. "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] [5:14] 
5. "Today" 
6. "Perfect" 
7. "Disarm" (acoustic) 
8. "The Celestials" 
9. "Purple Blood" (live debut)
10. "Ava Adore" 
    1. (drum solo)
11. "Tonight, Tonight" (acoustic) 
12. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
13. "This Time" 
14. "Spellbinding" 
15. "Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)" [Manfred Mann] (live debut)
16. "Jellybelly" 
17. "Empires" 
18. "Hummer" 
19. "Beguiled" 
20. "1979" 
21. "Deuce" [Kiss] (tease) 
22. "Cherub Rock" 
23. "Rhinoceros" (tease) 
24. "Zero" 
    1. "Love Gun" [Kiss] (tease) 

Notes

• First performance of "Jellybelly" since 1997-01-25
• First performance of "Doomsday Clock" since 2008-03-22 and first performance with James Iha
• First full band performance of "The Celestials" since 2013-08-11
• First performance of "This Time" since 2016-05-29 and first full band performance since 2000-12-02
• First performance of "The Everlasting Gaze" since 2019-07-13
• First performance of "Perfect" since 2020-12-22 and first full band performance since 2010-09-04
• First performance of any Oceania song with Jimmy Chamberlin and James Iha

Banter

Atum Intro
The Everlasting Gaze
> Doomsday Clock
> Once in a Lifetime
Iha: Thank you, Las Vegas. How are you guys doing? Thank you so much for coming out, I hope -– I hope you haven’t lost a lot of money. We are the Smashing Pumpkins, thank you.
Today
Perfect
Disarm (acoustic)
Iha: How you guys doin’? Alright. Lady Luck is with you, Las Vegas.
The Celestials (abandoned - Billy restarts after a few seconds)
> The Celestials
Purple Blood
> Ava Adore
(BC after Jimmy solo: Ow!!! Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin on the drums! All the way from Joliet, Illinois! (fanning his face) (high pitched) Oh. (normal voice) I’ve always loved playing on the sun, my favorite gig: playing on the sun.)
Iha: Where you going, Jeff? What’s up, Vegas? Don’t worry, we’re at the midpoint, we’re just kinda coasting right now, then we go...into the real part of the act now.
BC: James, how you feelin’ tonight?!
Iha: I’m feelin’ good. How are you doin’? Opening night of the tour. Fuckin’ up left and right.
BC: You know, James, uh...through the years, I’ve caused some controversy.
Iha: Yes.
BC: I don’t know if you ever noticed, heh, but um, heh....
Iha: I don’t know. There's a few things--
BC: Been up here thinking, you know....
Iha: What?
BC: I’m up here thinkin’.
Iha: Okay, alright, yeah.
BC: In between the demonic riffs and the howling vocals, I’m like, having some thoughts.
Iha: Okay, sure.
BC: And I’m like thinking, you know, things change, times change, we change.
Iha: Yeah?
BC: You were a...handsome young fella. And uh, and now you’re a cowboy.
Iha: You gotta do what you gotta do.
BC: And I was, uh...androgynous, I think that’s fair to say. A heh heh, I was ahead of the curve and uh, heh, now I'm just a space vampire. (laughing) Cowboy and the space vampire.
Iha: Shouldn’t we–-?
BC: But James, you know, I get to thinkin’....
Iha: Shouldn’t we be talking about this backstage? Instead of on the mic?
BC: James, just let me finish my story.
Iha: Okay, alright, sure.
BC: See that smoke? That’s weed smoke.
Iha: Heh heh.
BC: And you know, you –- you know, I’m up here breathing a lot, getting a little hint of the weed.
Iha: Huffin’ and puffin’.
BC: And James, don’t you think it’s time, don’t you think it’s time they legalized marijuana here?
Iha: I don’t have a strong opinion on that but sure, heh heh.
BC: James, the joke is it’s already legal, everywhere you fucking go here, somebody’s smoking a joint.
Iha: Ohhh, okay, well, sure, anything goes in Vegas, why not that?
BC: And if they’re not smokin’ a joint, they’re, they’re...snorting a fucking gummy or some shit, you know?
Iha: I think that’s legal.
BC: Have you ever snorted a gummy?
Iha: That is legal, but not...I wouldn’t advise it.
BC: James, I’d like to dedicate this song to all the weed smokers in the crowd, that’s you.
Iha: Heh heh heh! I think it’s just one person with a gigantic...thing.
BC: Okay, we’d like to dedicate this song to everyone here, thank you so much for opening our tour with us here in Las Vegas! James likes to gamble.
Iha: I do not. But I have played blackjack before.
BC: Space c –- let’s start this song!
Iha: No, let’s talk about this. We got allll the time in the world.
BC: We could play Be Strong Now.
Tonight, Tonight (Billy/Iha acoustic)
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Iha: Oh yeah, This Time.
This Time
Spellbinding
Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)
> Jellybelly
BC: Thank you so kindly for this love and attention. As some of you might know, I have two young children: Augustus, age 7; Philomena, aged 4. I wouldn’t call myself a conventional parent. But we do have one concept in our home and that’s called positive attention. Positive attention. Negative attention, which is how I lived most of my life...was, heh, I would do something destructive to get attention. It worked! You’re here, heh heh. But I like to (laughing) –- what I like to teach my children is if you just want love, all you have to do is ask for positive attention. If I had known that, heh heh, just think -– just think of the trouble we would have avoided. So thank you so much for this positive attention.
Empires
(BC after lyrics, before Jeff outro solo: Las Vegas!)
Hummer
> Beguiled
1979
Iha: Thank you guys so much, uh, we really appreciate it. I'd like to do a quick introduction of the band. On vocals, guitar, Miss Katie Cole. Katie Cole. You know him, you love him, from Manchester, England, Mr. Jack Bates. Jack Bates. From Hollywood, California, on the hot guitar, Mr. Jefffff Schroeder! Jeff, is there a riff that embodies Las Vegas that you could bust out right now? Alright, so you're saying Las Vegas music sucks. Alright, well, just play a Kiss riff, I know they're not from here.
Deuce (tease - Jeff)
Iha: Alright. On the drums, all the way from Illinois, Mr. Jimmyyyy Chamberlin! Lead vocals, hot, hot guitar, Mr. Billy Corgan! I am James Iha and this is called Cherub Rock!
Cherub Rock
> Rhinoceros (tease - during Billy's transition solo)
> Zero
> Love Gun (tease)
BC: Thank you very much, Las Vegas, thank you so much!
Iha: Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Get home safe. Don't gamble too much...for god's sakes.