The Smashing Pumpkins 2007-10-04

October 4, 2007 – Normal, IL, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Zeitgeist tour
Date	October 4, 2007
Venue	Braden Auditorium
Coordinates	40°30′39″N 88°59′36″W
Location	Normal, IL, US
Venue type	Concert hall
Capacity	3,477
Personnel	Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Ginger Pooley, Lisa Harriton
Order of bands	The Bravery, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "Suspiria" [Goblin] (prerecorded) 
2. "Superchrist" 
3. "Doomsday Clock" 
4. "That's the Way (My Love Is)" 
5. "Drown" 
6. "Hummer" 
7. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
8. "United States" [11:06] 
   1. "The Star-Spangled Banner" [Francis Scott Key] (tease) 
9. "Home" 
10. "Bring the Light" 
11. "Glass and the Ghost Children" [13:29] 
12. "1979" (acoustic) 
13. "Perfect" (acoustic) 
14. "To Sheila" (acoustic) 
15. "Tonight, Tonight" 
16. "Stand Inside Your Love" 
17. "Rocket" 
18. "Tarantula" 
19. "Heavy Metal Machine" (medley) [14:20] 
    1. "White Rabbit" [Jefferson Airplane] (tease) 
    2. "White Horse" [Laid Back] (tease) 
    3. "On the Road Again" [Canned Heat] (tease) 
    4. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" [The Arrows] (tease) 

Encore one

20. "Today" 

Encore two

21. "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" [Bruns / Blackburn] (tease) 
22. "Country Death Song" [Violent Femmes] (tease) 
23. "Zero" 
24. "Lucky 13" 
    1. (unknown)

Notes

• "Zero" and "Lucky 13" were not on the setlist
• "Lucky 13" features a new extended instrumental outro that will lengthen (and eventually gain lyrics) during the rest of the tour

Banter

Suspiria Intro
Superchrist
> Doomsday Clock
BC: Thank you!
That’s the Way
BC: Good evening, welcome. Thank you very much for coming to our concert tonight. We hope you have a great time, got lots of songs for you.
Drown
> Hummer
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> United States / Star Spangled Banner
Home
Bring the Light
> Glass and the Ghost Children
BC: Thank you very much. Could we put the lights up a little bit? I just wanna see everybody for a second. There you go. ... Heh heh heh. I hope that’s not a tattoo, my friend, heh heh. Anyway, we appreciate you missing the Cubs game for us. Whoever’s booing, you must be from St. Louis. Didn’t St. Louis get eliminated from the playoff? Isn’t Tony LaRussa sitting at home pondering his future? Let’s face it - fuck the Cardinals, okay? Fuck the Cardinals. Fuck ‘em. Listen, I’m so old I was at Wrigley Field in 1989 when the Cubs kicked the Cardinals’ ass and won the division, so.... ‘Course back then I didn’t have any juice and I had to stand to watch the game but I was there. Anyway, who here is from Illinois? (crowd cheers) Well, that’s good ‘cause I know you’re all a bunch of no-count, lazy motherfuckers. Nah, I’m just kidding, I love you just the same. As you know, this is our first gig close to Chicago in a while.
Guy in crowd: It was the Metro, buddy!
BC: Heh heh heh. We’re never goin’ home but thanks for comin’.
1979 (Billy solo acoustic)
BC: Like to bring out my life partner, Jimmy Chamberlin.
Perfect (Billy acoustic w/Jimmy tambourine)
To Sheila (acoustic)
Tonight, Tonight
Stand Inside Your Love
Rocket
BC: Thank you! Ahem, put the house lights up again, for a second. Please? Greg, please? There you go. Well, let’s see, um, okay, way in the back row, the guy with the baseball cap? Yes, you. Yes, you. The guy next to you? There’s about six empty seats, I want you to come down here. Yeah, come on down. Bring about five of your friends...alright? Obviously the president of the university is not coming to the show and he’s left his seats. Want you to come down and meet Mr. Shredder. Heh, Mr. 69. Hey, listen...we all know you don’t buy records anymore, that’s pretty obvious. I’m talking about for everybody, not just for me. Who’s actually heard our new album? So I’m guessing you might know this next song. Of course, if you’re a Cardinals fan, you won’t know it ‘cause you won’t remember anything. ‘Cause you’ve hit your head so many times in frustration at the Cardinals losing ways. Sorry, I’m just killing time for our, our guests to come up here. Is everyone having a good time? “We flew to Germany to see you, Saturday is our SP wedding.” Well, that’s a way to doom your matrimony. Heh. You’re asking for trouble, having an SP wedding. Ah ha ha, thank you very much. Ah heh heh heh. I don’t think they’re ever coming, I think they’ve killed themselves, they’re so, they’re so in awe of their tickets. Alright, if they don’t get here in ten seconds, I’m gonna pull somebody else up here. Where are these people? Maybe they made a, maybe Jimmy maybe made, maybe they made a little stop at the Dave Matthews bud stand. Got their herb on. Oh, there they are. Come on in. There’s your seats. Oh shit, he’s got a Pearl Jam shirt on, Jimmy. That’s a vibe killer. Better seats, huh? Alright. As long as you don’t mention Eddie Vedder any point for the rest of the show, we’re good.
Tarantula
Heavy Metal Machine / White Rabbit / White Horse
> On the Road Again
> I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll
(BC right before big rock ending: Thank you very much!)
[encore break]
Today
(BC immediately after lyrics finish: Thank you very much!)
[encore break]
BC: Before I go, uh, thank you very much again, we hope you had a good time, enjoyed the concert. Sometimes.... (crowd starts chanting “one more song!”) One more song? Okay. (singing) “There once was a boy from Illinois, he didn’t know what to do with all his toys, and everywhere he went, he said ‘Fuck you, Corgan!’ The boy from Illinois.”
The Ballad of Davy Crockett (tease)
(still singing) “Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the alternative frontier.” (speaking) Thank you! ... Now you seem like you wanna hear one more song but before you didn’t wanna hear one more song. Alright, we’ll do one more song. ...
Country Death Song (tease - Billy & Jimmy)
BC: Obviously we, uh, obviously the meth kicked in. You guys alright up there? We’d like to dedicate this song to you.
Zero
Lucky 13 (w/extended instrumental outro)
(BC at 4:56: Thank you very much. We are the Smashing Pumpkins.)
BC: Thank you.