The Smashing Pumpkins 1996-07-02

July 2, 1996 – Buffalo, NY, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Infinite Sadness tour
Date	July 2, 1996
Venue	Memorial Auditorium
Location	Buffalo, NY, US
Venue type	Arena
Capacity	16,284
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jonathan Melvoin
Order of bands	Garbage, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (over PA) 
2. "Where Boys Fear to Tread" 
3. "Zero" 
4. "Fuck You" 
5. "To Forgive" 
6. "Tonight, Tonight" 
7. "Today" 
8. "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" 
   1. "By Starlight" 
9. "Disarm" 
10. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
11. "Cherub Rock" 
12. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" 
    1. "Beautiful" (unfinished) 
    2. "Rocket" (tease) 
13. "Muzzle" 

Encore one

1. "Drown" (tease) 
2. "1979" 
3. "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" [Iron Butterfly] (tease) 
4. "X.Y.U." 
   1. "Gloria" [Them] (tease) 

Encore two

1. "Mayonaise" 

Encore three

1. "Bodies" 
2. "Silverfuck" [26:40] 
   1. "Space Jam" (tease) 
   2. "Eye" (tease) 
   3. "Dose" [Filter] (tease) 
3. "Farewell and Goodnight" 

Notes

• Disarm performed acoustic
• X.Y.U. stopped due to the crowd throwing chairs

Banter

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Where Boys Fear to Tread
Zero
Corgan: Hi.
Wretzky: Thank you.
Corgan: It's nice to be back in Buffalo again, thank you for coming. You are our favorite kind of people, people who actually like us, we like you too.
Fuck You
Corgan: Thanks.
To Forgive
Tonight, Tonight
Today
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
By Starlight
Corgan: Thanks a lot. Was anybody here at our last show in Buffalo? You were at our last show in Buffalo, right?
Iha: [?]
Corgan: We remember that show. It was a very good show.
Iha: One happy night, that show. What really happened?
Corgan: I'm not really sure, but it was a good show.
Iha: What is a good show?
Corgan: I remember that, that was where those students didn't want us to play, remember that?
Iha: Oh, yeah. At that point in our careers we were Marxists, and there was a strong Democratic party thing going on. I don't know - we were Marxists at the time, we couldn't [?] the two factions.
Wretzky: Actually, James, it was your fault. You're not ethnic enough.
Iha: What do you mean?
Wretzky: You're not Japanese enough.
Iha: In what way am I?
Wretzky: They didn't want us to play because we didn't have enough ethnic whatever with us, and you're not Japanese enough, so
Corgan: Yeah, we found it kinda ironic that part of the ethnic students didn't want us to play, but we're ethnic, so we found it kinda funny.
Iha: Oh, that was the worst.
Corgan: It's alright, we played anyway, we had a good time.
Iha: We just played some Grateful Dead tunes.
Corgan: It's okay. We still played, still rocked the house, you know. So we'd like to dedicate this song to the people who didn't want us to play, cause in our minds we [?] just as much as those who do, so, thank you.
Disarm
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Cherub Rock
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
Corgan: Thank you so much. We'd like to play you one of our favorite songs, we hope you like it.
Iha: It's called Bleeding Finger.
Corgan: What's it called?
Iha: Bleeding Finger.
Corgan: He doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about.
Iha: I'm telling you man, that's what that shit's about.
Muzzle
Encore One:
Iha: How are you? [?] We're so very glad to be here.
Corgan: This guy over here has a sign that says Drown, play Drown, you know.
Iha: I remember that song. We played it 30 years ago. We don't remember it.
Drown (tease)
Iha: Wait, a minute, I hear the strings of the Singles soundtrack! Let's go back a few years, grunge! You remember grunge!
Corgan: [sings badly] No matter where you are I can still hear you when you drown, you traveled very far just to see if i'll come around. But I'm a rocket man. ooh, it's cold as hell on Mars. Thank you so much, you guys are the best, thank you.
Iha: Now let's have some fun! Let's dance! Dance!
1979
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida [Iron Butterfly] (tease)
X.Y.U.
[mid-song]
Corgan: Hey! All you people in the floor, take it easy with the chairs.
Iha: Don't kill anyone.
Corgan: Don't hurt anyone with those chairs. Please please. Safety first. That's our new motto. Hey! All you people in the floor, promise that you'll be safe and we'll keep playing, alright? You promise? You better, or I'm gonna tell your mom.
Encore Two:
Corgan: We'd like to play an oldie but a goodie.
Iha: We'd like to dedicate this to a man who spent a lot of time on it, Mr. Butch Vig.
Corgan: This is from our first album, Sonic Endorsement.
Mayonaise
Encore Three:
Iha: Hey. Thanks.
Corgan: Hey, you think you can put the lights up a sec?
Iha: Hi.
Corgan: Just wanted to say hello, hello, hello...hello, hello. Okay, hey you crazy fuckers back there, yeah you. We're hearing bad things about you in the back, okay? You gotta chill out, I don't want anybody getting hurt. Okay, take it easy with the fuckin chairs, please. Okay, I know you can hear me. See those security people down there? They're nice people, they're here to help you, so please don't fight with them, don't start fights with each other. This is a-enjoy the rest of the concert, nice and mellow, right, yeah? Okay
Iha: But, inside, inside your mind, I want you to go crazy! Just inside your mind, don't hurt anyone.
Corgan: Just inside your mind, right?
Iha: Just don't even move. Just think you're rocking. Yes. [?]
Corgan: And hey, I know this is gonna sound funny, but it is 1996, the crowd surfing thing is over. I know you know that. The time has come to put it to bed where it belongs.
Bodies
Silverfuck
Farewell and Goodnight
Corgan: Thank you.
Wrezky: Good night, thank you.
Corgan: Thank you, thank you.
Iha: Goodnight everyone, goodbye. See you, drive safe, blah blah blah. Good night.
Corgan: Thanks everyone.

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