The Smashing Pumpkins 2008-12-03

December 3, 2008 – Universal City, CA, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
20th Anniversary tour
Date	December 3, 2008
Venue	Gibson Amphitheatre
Coordinates	34°8′17″N 118°21′12″W
Location	Universal City, CA, US
Venue type	Theater
Capacity	6,251
Personnel	Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Ginger Pooley, Lisa Harriton, Kristopher Pooley, Gingger Shankar, Stephen Bradley, Gabrial McNair, George Lynch
Order of bands	The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. (Intro) (prerecorded)
2. "Ava Adore" 
3. "Cupid de Locke" 
4. "1979" 
5. "99 Floors" (acoustic) 
6. "Owata" (acoustic) 
7. "Sunkissed" (acoustic) 
8. "Soma" 
9. "Cherub Rock" 
10. "Zero" 
11. "Bodies" 
12. "Crestfallen" 
13. "I of the Mourning" 
14. "A Song for a Son" 
15. "Rhiannon" [Stevie Nicks] (tease) 
16. "Landslide" [Stevie Nicks] (acoustic) 
17. "Disarm" (acoustic) 
18. "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" 
19. "Galapogos" 
20. "Gossamer" [18:14] 
21. "As Rome Burns" 
22. "The Sounds of Silence" [Simon & Garfunkel] 
    1. "Li'l Red Riding Hood" [Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs] 
23. "The March Hare" [11:57] 
    1. "Suffer" (middle section only) 
24. "Age of Innocence" 

Encore one

25. "That's the Way (My Love Is)" (acoustic) 
26. "I Am One Part II" [13:47] 

Notes

• "Gossamer" and "I Am One Part II" with George Lynch (Dokken) on guitar
• "The March Hare / Suffer" with Gingger Shankar's daughter on tambourine

Banter

2008 Intro
Ava Adore
Cupid de Locke
(BC after lyrics finish: Thank you very much, everybody! Welcome to our show! The greatest show on earth.)
1979
99 Floors (acoustic)
Owata (acoustic)
Sunkissed (acoustic)
Soma
Cherub Rock
> Zero
> Bodies
BC: Thank you, thank you. We are the Smashing Pumpkins, thank you for coming tonight. Like to kick it down now, kick it down, let’s kick it down. Do some slow jams. This is a slow jam from the Adore album...called Crestfallen.
Crestfallen
I of the Mourning
A Song for a Son
BC: Thank you very much, thank you. Alright. You’ve made it halfway through the show, good job. You haven’t made any mistakes, you’ve cheered at all the right places, yeah. How’s everybody feeling, you okay? Yeeaaah, yeeaaah, errrr.
Girl in crowd: Get naked!
BC: Heh heh heh heh. Isn’t it mean that they put all our friends and family at the top?, heh heh. That’s what you get for being our friends and family, you get the, the bad seats up there. Okay, joke time is over. You know joke time is always a fun time here. You know, Jeff, there’s this new thing, YouTube.
Jeff: Oh yeah.
BC: I don’t know if you’ve seen this thing, YouTube.
Jeff: No, no, I haven’t seen it.
BC: Yeah.
Jeff: Have not seen that yet.
BC: If you say something funny, you end up on YouTube.
Jeff: Oh, okay, okay.
BC: If you have like a squirrel that does something amazing, it ends up on YouTube. I think you can find this next songwriter on YouTube. Ms. Stevie Nicks?
Rhiannon (tease)
BC: That's when you gotta play Rhiannon, (sings melody). You know that one?, heh heh heh. Anyway, this is a song called Landslide.
Landslide (Billy/Jeff acoustic)
BC: Thank you very much, thank you very much. Such a beautiful song, that song, it's such a great song. Okay. Heh heh heh. This, uh, next one I wrote myself, by my lonesome. There was no one around. That’s right, heh heh heh. I know you don’t care, but....heh heh heh heh. It’s okay, it’s okay, I’m used to it, it's alright.
Disarm (acoustic)
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
> Galapogos
> Gossamer (with George Lynch)
BC: George Lynch, George Lynch on the guitar! Holy shit!
As Rome Burns
The Sounds of Silence
> Li’l Red Riding Hood
The March Hare
> Suffer (partial)
> The March Hare
Age of Innocence
(BC before bridge: Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, Los Angeles! That is the end of the show, that is the end of the show, that is the end of the show. Yeeaahh...'cause I said so. Ladies and gentlemen, we'd like to ask you to put your hands together one last time for the mighty SP, like this. Help us out. That's right. Give us what you got. That's right. (sings) Before the rites of spring...)
(BC immediately after lyrics end: Thank you very much, thank you!)
[encore break]
That’s the Way (acoustic)
BC: Thank you very much. Before we go, I can’t read your sign, my friend.
Guy in crowd: 1979!
BC: 1979? Didn’t we already play that song? Oh, play it again, oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, I’ll be playing that song again next year. Heh, play it again? Wants me to play it again, it’s unbelievable. Yeah, exactly, it’s not that good. Yeah. Yeah. We could play no song, that’s always a good one, no song. Heh heh. I like that one the best. Ladies and gentlemen, we’d like to thank Los Angeles proper for representing. I think we’ve done, what, nine of these two-night stands and this is the best one we’ve done, so thank you very much. And hey...who had a good time at this show? That’s pretty good. Okay. Who didn’t have a good time at the show? Be honest, it’s okay. They’re--you’re out there, I saw this couple over here giving me the thumbs down. Yeah, okay. They together gave me the thumbs down, like a couple thumbs down. Heh heh. Heh heh heh heh. Alright, I’ll stay on the positive side of the street for a change. Heh heh, yeah, exactly. (Billy imitates a seal) I’ll be your seal, (more seal imitation). Listen, for 20 years, 20 years we’ve been pissing people off, we’re not about to stop. Last I checked, I was nobody’s fuckin' bitch, okay? And listen, we got a lot of music left in us, don’t give up on us yet. Like this--like to thank our friend over here, Mr. George Lynch. Gettin’ it done. Gettin’ it done. And you’re in better shape than us. Alright. Peace out, peace out.
I Am One Pt. 2 (with George Lynch)