The Smashing Pumpkins 2023-08-17

August 17, 2023 – Huntsville, AL, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
The World Is A Vampire tour
Date	August 17, 2023
Venue	Orion Ampitheater
Coordinates	34°44′4″N 86°40′5″W
Location	Huntsville, AL, US
Venue type	Amphitheater
Capacity	8,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Jack Bates, Katie Cole
Order of bands	Rival Sons, Interpol, 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] [6:00] 
5. "Today" 
6. "Perfect" 
7. "Disarm" (acoustic) 
8. "The Celestials" 
9. "Purple Blood" 
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] 
16. "Jellybelly" 
17. "Empires" 
18. "Hummer" 
19. "Beguiled" 
20. "1979" 
21. (unknown) (tease)
22. "Sweet Home Alabama" [Lynyrd Skynyrd] (tease) 
23. "Cherub Rock" 
24. "Heartbreaker" [Led Zeppelin] (tease) 
25. "Zero" 
    1. "Love Gun" [Kiss] (tease) 

Banter

Atum Intro
The Everlasting Gaze
> Doomsday Clock
> Once in a Lifetime
Iha: Thank you so much. Huntsville, Alabama! How you guys doin’? We’re the Smashing Pumpkins, we’re glad to be here, thank you so much.
Today
> Perfect
Disarm (acoustic)
The Celestials
Purple Blood
> Ava Adore
(BC after Jimmy solo: Ow! Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin on the drums! Juh juh, juh juh, juh Joliet. (imitating record scratching) Wocka wocka wocka wocka.)
Iha: Thank you. Thank you so much. How you guys doin’? I like this coliseum we’re in. Thank you.
BC: James, I love you too.
Iha: Thank you, thank you. You got me, heh, your comedy act.
BC: Thank you so much for being with us on this lovely evening. James and I and the whole gang would be remiss if we didn't thank the Interpols and the Rival Sons.
Iha: [unintelligible] bands.
BC: They got a future. This is normally where we tell jokes. But we scrapped that, no more jokes.
Iha: I got jokes.
BC: You boo now but when you hear the jokes, you'll understand why we've scrapped the jokes. Now, James....
Iha: You want me to tell a joke?
BC: When I met you...when I met you, I was 19 years old and you were 18 years old.
Iha: Back in the 1960s.
BC: And uh, I don't know how old you are now, but I'm 56.
Iha: Oh my god.
BC: And uh, you know, I'm gettin' married soon.
Iha: Congratulations.
BC: Sad goth girls all over the world. I'm off the market. See, I told you the jokes don't work. Anyway, all jokes aside, we can't tell you how much we appreciate you being with us, here, tonight, on this wonderful, beautiful, rock [2 unintelligible words]! And James, I-I could be mistaken, but I thought I saw you out there wrestling with the NWA earlier in a mask.
Iha: Uhhh, yeah, I just jumped in.
BC: Was that you?
Iha: Yeah, I didn't give a shit, I just jumped in.
BC: (laughing) I'll sign you to the NWA.
Iha: Heh heh heh!
BC: But thank you for watching my wrestling company today, we really appreciate it. Everybody was so thrilled with your response, so thank you for your lovely support for my company. The point of this whole preamble...is, you know, you get a little older, the pipes get a little rusty. And you rely on the kindness of strangers...
Iha: Yes.
BC: ...to help you sing this next song.
Iha: Well, they paid to see this.
BC: I know this is a bit of a deep cut. But if you know this song, please sing along. It’s a little song we like to call -– way back from 1994 -– it’s called Tonight, Tonight.
Tonight, Tonight (Billy/Iha acoustic)
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
This Time
Spellbinding
Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)
> Jellybelly
Empires
(BC after lyrics, before Jeff outro solo: Huntsville!)
Hummer
> Beguiled
1979
Iha: Alright alright, thank you so much. You guys have been awesome. Appreciate it. And now we're getting to the end. I'd like to introduce the band really quickly. On vocals and acoustic guitar, all the way from Australia, Miss Katie Cole. Katie Cole. You know him, you love him, on the bass guitar, from Manchester, England, Mr. Jack Bates.
unknown (tease - Jack)
Iha: All the way from Hollywood, California, on the guitar, Mr. Jeffff Schroeder. Alright, Jeff, you got some party music to...fuckin' rock here?
Sweet Home Alabama (tease - Jeff)
Iha: I don’t know what that is. I mean, it sounds good. Sounds really good. On the drums, Mr. Jimmyyyy Chamberlin!
Sweet Home Alabama (tease - Billy)
Iha: Once again.... Lead vocals, lead guitar, Mr. Billyyyyy Corgan! Thank you guys so much, I am James Iha and this is called Cherub Rock!
Cherub Rock
> Heartbreaker (tease - during Billy's transition solo)
> Zero
(BC after final lyrics: Thank you very much, thank you!)
> Love Gun (tease)
Iha: Thank you guys so much. Thank you, get home safe.