The Smashing Pumpkins 1994-05-22

May 22, 1994 – Nürburg, DE
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Rock Invasion tour
Date	May 22, 1994
Festival	Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals
Venue	Nürburgring
Coordinates	50°20′8″N 6°56′51″E
Location	Nürburg, DE
Venue type	Race track
Capacity	80,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
Order of bands	Ian McNabb, Radiohead, Dada, Richie Havens, The Cranberries, Bonnie Raitt, The Hooters, The Smashing Pumpkins, Crowded House, Rage Against the Machine, Galliano, Peter Gabriel
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May 22, 1994 was The Smashing Pumpkins' performance at MTV's Rock am Ring festival. The band took to the stage at 4:45 PM local time.

Setlist

1. "Soma" 
2. "Geek U.S.A." 
3. "Disarm" 
4. "Today" 
5. "Quiet" 
6. "Cherub Rock" 
7. "Hummer" 
8. "I Am One" (with rant) [6:40] 
9. "Silverfuck" [9:22] 
   1. "Over the Rainbow" [Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg] (tease) 

Banter

Soma
Geek U.S.A.
(BC alt last line: I fuckin’ love the U.S.A.!)
Disarm
> Today
> Quiet
Cherub Rock
Iha: Danke, heh heh.
BC: This is called Bullet in the Head.
Hummer
BC: Thank you.
> I Am One
(BC midsong: All I ever wanted was everything. All I ever wanted was everything. All I ever wanted was everything and all I got was shit! Shit. Nothing can be taken from me that has not already been taken. Nothing can be taken from me that has not already been taken. ‘Cause I gave it all away. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! Ow! Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. (band stops) Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gim gim gim gim gim gim nothing. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gim gim gim gim gim gim gim nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Hooo-ow! 27 years I have lived with pain in my heart. 27 years I have lived with a jealous heart. 27 years I have lived. 27 years I have died. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! (band starts again) Nothing! Nothing! Nothing!!!)
BC: That's on our next album. I don't know what that means but uh, I'm sure it's bad.
Iha: In between that, David Hasselhoff will release another record and I'm sure that will fill the gap.
BC: We have no drums?
Iha: It’s time for the human beatbox! (beatboxes) Come on! (beatboxes) Yeah, no motherfuckin’ drums! Heh heh heh. I’m sorry. We came out for no reason, heh, we don’t got -– got no motherfuckin' drums.
Announcer: [German translation].
Iha: Well, alright, heh heh, we thank you and we thank you and we wish we were David Hasselhoff. Where is David Hasselhoff when you need him?
BC: I’ll tell you what, put your mic over by his drum kit. Put your mic over by his middle. Alright, gonna fix this, hold on.
Silverfuck / Over the Rainbow
BC: Thank you!

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