The Smashing Pumpkins 2024-06-07

June 7, 2024 – Birmingham, UK
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
The World Is A Vampire 2024 tour
Date	June 7, 2024
Venue	Arena Birmingham
Coordinates	52°28′47″N 1°54′54″W
Location	Birmingham, UK
Venue type	Arena
Capacity	15,800
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Kiki Wong, Jack Bates, Katie Cole
Order of bands	Teen Mortgage, Weezer, The Smashing Pumpkins
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June 7, 2024 was the The Smashing Pumpkins' first show with touring guitarist Kiki Wong, and the first show in the UK since the Download Festival on June 16, 2019.

Setlist

1. "Atum" (prerecorded) 
2. "The Everlasting Gaze" 
3. "Doomsday Clock" 
4. "Zoo Station" [U2] (live debut)
   1. (drum solo)
5. "Today" 
6. "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" 
7. "Spellbinding" 
8. "Tonight, Tonight" 
9. "That Which Animates The Spirit" (live debut)
10. "Ava Adore" 
11. "Disarm" (acoustic) 
12. "Springtimes" (live debut)
13. "Sweet Leaf" [Black Sabbath] (tease) 
14. "Mayonaise" 
15. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
16. "Empires" 
17. "Beguiled" 
18. "1979" 
19. "Birch Grove" 
20. "Panopticon" 
21. "Shame" (tease) 
22. "Jellybelly" 
23. "Rhinoceros" 
24. "Gossamer" [11:09] 
    1. "The Spaniards" (tease) 
25. "Cherub Rock" 
26. "Zero" 
    1. "Love Gun" [Kiss] (tease) 

Notes

• First performance of "Panopticon" since 2013-08-04 and first ever with James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin.
• First performance of "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" since 2015-08-09
• First performance of "Gossamer" since 2017-11-09 and first full band performance since 2013-08-17, and first ever with James Iha
• First performance of "Birch Grove" since 2020-12-01 and first full band performance
• Augustus Corgan is onstage for "Beguiled"
• Katie Cole sings lead vocals on the first verse of "Springtimes"

Banter

Atum Intro
The Everlasting Gaze
> Doomsday Clock
Zoo Station
Today
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
Iha: Thank you. Thank you, Birmingham. Thank you guys so much for coming out, we appreciate it. How are you guys doing? Uh...that was the psychedelic portion of our show. We will move on to other...other modes. We are the Smashing Pumpkins and thank you again for coming out tonight, we appreciate it.
Spellbinding
Tonight, Tonight
That Which Animates the Spirit
Iha: Ow! How are you guys doing? (Ava Adore backing track begins) Doing alright?
Ava Adore
(BC before bridge: Birmingham, you feeling toniiiiiiiiiiiiiiight?! Ow!)
Disarm (acoustic)
Springtimes
BC: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so kindly, thank you. We’re so proud and honored to be with you on this lovely night here in the United Kingdom. And of course, for the Smashing Pumpkins, the home of heavy metal: Birmingham.
Iha: They tol -- they told me it’s (British accent) Birmingham.
Sweet Leaf (tease - Billy plays the riff several times)
BC: (gesturing towards Iha) (high pitched) Alright now.
Iha: Heh heh, sorry. Heh.
(crowd cheers)
BC: Come on!
Iha: (high pitched) Well, alright now. (normal voice) Sorry, I lost my mind.
BC: Who knew? Heavy metal and a song about weed. Who knew?
Iha: They -- they go so well together.
BC: I never thought to write a love song about weed, it never occurred to me.
Iha: That’s the fucking genius (laughing) right there.
BC: That’s the genius of Birmingham. We’d like now play a song for you [sic]...that this young man to my left and I wrote way back in 1992.
Mayonaise
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Empires
(BC before Kiki outro solo: Kiki!!)
Beguiled
1979
Iha: Alright alright alright, Birmingham. Are you still with us? I had a -- I had a fantastic drink today called...what was it, Jack? (Iha clearly can’t hear Jack and cups his hand to his ear) I’m deaf but it was fantastic, so...I’m trying to take in all the...everything that Birmingham can give us. It’s a beautiful place. What do you guys wanna hear? Heh heh heh heh heh. What the hell do you wanna hear? Got any air? It’s all hot, there’s a zillion people out here.
Birch Grove
Panopticon
> Shame (tease - instrumental + one verse)
> Jellybelly
Rhinoceros
> Gossamer / The Spaniards
Iha: Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Uh, I’d like to uh, introduce the band. The latest member of the Smashing Pumpkins, via Texas and Sacramento, California, Miss Kiki Wong! How’s it going, Kiki? (laughing) Okay, thumbs up, thumbs up. Is there any hot rockin’ lick you wanna play there? No pressure, heh! (Kiki plays a second and a half of a chugging riff) Okay, alright. She’s--
BC: Don’t you know any Oasis or anything?
Iha: Ah, this is Birmingham. One of the next cities we’ll play that. Uhhhh...all the way from Australia, on vocals and guitar, Miss Katie Cole. Katie Cole, everybody. You know him, you love him, he’s one of yours, on the bass guitar, Mr. Jack Bates. And uh, I’m from Illinois, it’s a very boring, flat, Midwestern state, it’s a great place. On the motherfuckin’ drums, Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin! He’s just up there beatin’ the shit out of those drums every night. Lead vocals, hot guitar, Mr. Billyyyyy Corgan! Ow!
Cherub Rock
> Zero
(BC after final lyrics: Thank you very much, thank you!)
> Love Gun (tease)
Iha: Thank you guys so much. Get home safe, thank you, we appreciate it.