The Smashing Pumpkins 2008-03-03

March 3, 2008 – Helsinki, FI
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Europe 2008 tour
Date	March 3, 2008
Venue	Helsingin Jäähalli
Coordinates	60°11′21″N 24°55′20″E
Location	Helsinki, FI
Venue type	Arena
Capacity	4,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Ginger Pooley, Lisa Harriton
Order of bands	Snipe Drive, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

Soundcheck

1. "Geek U.S.A." 
2. "I Am One" 
3. "Bury Me" 

Set

1. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" 
2. "Behold! the Night Mare" 
3. "Bring the Light" 
4. "Tonight, Tonight" 
5. "Mayonaise" 
6. "Try, Try, Try" 
7. "Superchrist" 
8. "(Come On) Let's Go!" 
9. "Stellar" 
10. "Perfect" (acoustic) 
11. "Lily (My One and Only)" 
12. "The Rose March" 
13. "Today" 
14. "Tarantula" 
15. "Stand Inside Your Love" 
16. "Ava Adore" 
17. "Drown" 
18. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
19. (blues improv: "I'm sick") (acoustic)
20. "1979" (acoustic) 
21. "That's the Way (My Love Is)" (acoustic) 
22. "My Blue Heaven" [Walter Donaldson / George A. Whiting] 
23. "The Everlasting Gaze" 
24. "Cash Car Star" [10:10] 
    1. "Easy Livin'" [Uriah Heep] (tease) 
    2. "Foreplay" [Boston] (tease) 
    3. "For What It's Worth" [Buffalo Springfield] (tease) 
    4. "Wasted Years" [Iron Maiden] (tease) 

Encore

25. "Cherub Rock" 

Notes

• Last performance of "Try, Try, Try" until 2017-10-01

Banter

Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
> Behold! The Night Mare
> Bring the Light
> Tonight, Tonight
Mayonaise
BC: Thank you!
Try, Try, Try
Superchrist
> (Come On) Let’s Go!
(drum intro to Stellar begins)
BC: Thank you very much. How's it going over there, you okay? Alright. You alright over there? Don't get too excited! Wouldn't want anyone to die from over-excitement. Thank you very much for coming tonight, it's nice to see you.
Stellar
BC: (sad voice) Thank you. (normal voice) Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin. This may be my last show ever, so I just wanna say I love you. You never know what's gonna happen in 'nam.
Guy in crowd: I love you too!
BC: Yeah, exactly, (coughs), I’m sorry, I just, uh....
Girl in crowd: I love you!
BC: I love you more.
Guy in crowd: I love you, Billy!
Perfect (abandoned after first two chords)
BC: No, I don’t love you.
Same guy in crowd: Aw shit!
Perfect (Billy acoustic w/Jimmy tambourine)
Lily
BC: Thank you very much, thank you. Uh, we just put out some new songs. It's a...EP. EP? American Gothic. Thank you to the five fans that bought it in Finland, thank you. We get those royalty statements: five record sales in Finland, we're like, thank you. (coughs) I don't know what you call a Finland cough, but.... (audience yelling) A what? (more yelling) Oh okay, I have that, yeah. And uh, this is a song called uh, The Rose March. The Rose March.
The Rose March
BC: Thank you.
Today
> Tarantula
Stand Inside Your Love
> Ava Adore
BC: Thank you! Thank you very much.
Drown
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
blues improv (Billy solo acoustic)
BC: (over blues riff) I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick...of myself. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. (raspy) I’m sick. (Satanic voice, progressively slower) I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick...of my life, urrrr. Urrrr. (blues jam stops) (normal) I just came from Norway, that’s what they do in Norway: Urrrrrrrr, urrrrr, urrrr, urrrr. "How you doin'?" Urrrrrrrr!! Urrrr. Heh heh heh. I’m so funny. (starts blues riff again) I'm funny. I’m funny. I’m funny. Funny lookin’. Funny cool. Funny sad. Funny dumb. Funny fucked. Funny funny. But I got more money than you. (blues riff ends) That’s how funny I am: urrrrrrr.
1979 (Billy solo acoustic)
That’s the Way (Billy 12-string w/Lisa)
My Blue Heaven (Billy w/Lisa)
> The Everlasting Gaze
> Cash Car Star
> Easy Livin’ (2 verses and choruses)
> Foreplay (partial, instrumental)
> For What It’s Worth (verse 1, chorus, verse 4, chorus, BC original spoken verse)
(BC spoken verse: Everyone’s gonna be a big star / Everyone’s gonna know who you are / Everyone’s gonna wanna fuck you too / And your ex-girlfriends and your ex-boyfriends gonna wanna know everything about you / So, whatever / (speaking) Like to see everybody on their feet. Everybody get on their feet for a second, come on! Come on! Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on, come on. (screams))
> Wasted Years (tease/intro only)
(BC near beginning: Thank you very much, goodnight, we love you!)
[encore break]
BC: Thank you very much, thank all of you, thank you. It's been very nice to play for you tonight, I'm sorry I'm sick...but...whatever. Now...(coughs), I expect you to sing along to this song, okay? Alright? I know you live in Finland and you're all cooler than everybody else, but you gotta sing this song, alright? Alright.
Cherub Rock

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