The Smashing Pumpkins 2023-08-19

August 19, 2023 – West Palm Beach, FL, US
Official poster by THIS IS FUN, ISN’T IT.
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
The World Is A Vampire tour
Date	August 19, 2023
Venue	iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Coordinates	26°41′7″N 80°11′11″W
Location	West Palm Beach, FL, US
Venue type	Amphitheater
Capacity	20,000
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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Full performance

Setlist

1. "Atum" (prerecorded) 
2. "The Everlasting Gaze" 
3. "Doomsday Clock" 
4. "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] [5:32] 
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. "Age of Consent" [Joy Division] (tease) 
22. (unknown) (tease)
23. "Cherub Rock" 
24. "Country Death Song" [Violent Femmes] (tease) 
25. "Zero" 
    1. "Love Gun" [Kiss] (tease) 

Notes

• Augustus and Philomena Corgan are onstage dancing during "Beguiled" with another unidentified girl

Banter

Atum Intro
The Everlasting Gaze
> Doomsday Clock
> Once in a Lifetime
Iha: Thank you. Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, how are you doin’? It is hot as hell out there, but we’re happy to be here, we are the Smashing Pumpkins, thank you so much.
Today
Perfect
Disarm (acoustic)
Iha: How you guys doin’ [unintelligible]? Thank you. I was just askin’ how you feelin’ today. My hair –- my hair [unintelligible].
The Celestials
Purple Blood
Ava Adore
(BC after Jimmy solo: Ow! Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin on the drums! Juh juh juh juh juh juh juh Jimmy, juh juh Joliet, juh juh juh Jimmy. Ooh!)
Iha: Thank you, thank you very much. How are you guys doin’? Thumbs up? Evil hands up? We appreciate it.
BC: James, how you feelin’ tonight?
Iha: I feel good. I feel good, how are you doin’?
BC: You look good, you sound good, I’m doing alright, thanks so much for asking.
Iha: Back in Florida.
BC: Yeah, the FLA.
Iha: Home of the gators.
BC: I came to Florida before you knew me.
Iha: And how was your time in St. Pete?
BC: The Marked.
Iha: Yes.
BC: Heh, does anyone remember the Marked? Heh, one guy.
Iha: One guy.
BC: Listen, thank you so much for being with us this evening, we’re so pleased you’re here with us. ‘Course we want to thank the Interpols.
Iha: Yes. And Rival Sons. Nice guys.
BC: The Rival Sons, great bands, thank you. We’re so honored to play with these great bands on this World is a Vampire tour. For those of you over there by the food court, thank you for watching the NWA’s wrestling product, thank you so much. I know everybody, the good guys and the bad guys and the good girls and the bad girls all appreciate you supporting us, what we’re doing out there, so thanks again. This is my favorite part of the show. You know why it’s my favorite part of the show?
Iha: Why is that?
BC: Well...it’s the only time I talk all evening, which is a good thing.
Iha: I –- you can freestyle if you want. I don’t care.
BC: I think it’s better if I don’t talk.
Iha: (laughing) Okay.
BC: When I don’t talk, the Spotify numbers go up, heh heh. Uh, bad Chicago jokes aside, anybody here from Chicago? Represent. It’s because we get to dedicate this next song to everybody here, thank you for 36 years of the Smashing Pumpkins. It’s a little stew we cooked up way back in 1994, it’s a song we like to dedicate to everyone. It’s a song you might know, if you do, please sing along. It’s a song we affectionately call Tonight, Tonight.
Tonight, Tonight (Billy/Iha acoustic)
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
This Time
Spellbinding
Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)
> Jellybelly
Iha: [unintelligible], Palm Beach. What do you wanna hear?
BC: You know what they wanna hear?
Iha: How would I know that? They might pay their respect.
BC: You know what they wanna hear.
Iha: Heh. They wanna hear the rock? (high pitched) The rock?
BC: Did you say the rock?
Iha: The rock. I mean, as a general term.
BC: Are you telling me these people wanna rock?
Iha: Do you people wanna rock more?
BC: I don’t buy it. How bad do you wanna rock? Scale of a one to ten?
Iha: Eh, it’s like a six point six?
BC: It’s like the...the Rock-o-Meter. Rrrrock rock rock.
Empires
(BC immediately after final lyrics, before Jeff outro solo: Palm Beach!)
Hummer
> Beguiled
1979
Iha: Alright alright alright, thank you, thank you so much. Palm Beach, you’ve been awesome. I’d like to introduce the band. On vocals and acoustic guitar, Miss Katie Cole. Katie Cole on the rock. She’s from Australia. [2 unintelligible words]. You know him, you love him, on the bass guitar, all the way from Manchester, England, Mr. Jack Bates! How you feelin’, Jack?
Age of Consent (tease - Jack joined by Jimmy)
Iha: You know your part? Jack [unintelligible]. Awesome dude. On the guitar, all the way from Hollywood, California, Mr. Jeffff Schroeder! Alright, give these party people what they want, Jeff.
unknown (tease - Jeff)
Iha: (high pitched) Alright! (normal voice) Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo! Smokin’. All the way from Illinois, on the motherfuckin’ drums, Mr. Jimmyyyy Chamberlin! Lead vocals, lead guitar, Mr. Billyyyyyy Corgan! Thank you guys so much. I’m James Iha and this is called Cherub Rock!
Cherub Rock
> Country Death Song (tease - during Billy’s transition solo)
> Zero
(BC immediately after final lyrics: Thank you very much!)
> Love Gun (tease)
Iha: Thank you guys so much. Have a good night. Get home safe. Watch out for the gators.