The Smashing Pumpkins 1997-10-18

October 18, 1997 – Mountain View, CA, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Artist	The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	October 18, 1997
Festival	Bridge School Benefit
Venue	Shoreline Amphitheatre
Coordinates	37°25′36″N 122°4′51″W
Location	Mountain View, CA, US
Venue type	Amphitheater
Capacity	22,500
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Matt Walker
Order of bands	Neil Young, Kacy Crowley, Blues Traveler, Lou Reed, Metallica, Neil Young, Alanis Morisette, Dave Matthews Band, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Bridge School Benefit 1997.

Setlist

1. "To Sheila" (live debut)
2. "Ava Adore" (live debut)
3. "Tonight, Tonight" 
4. "Set The Ray To Jerry" 
5. "1979" 
6. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
7. "Eye" 
8. "The Beautiful People" [Marilyn Manson] (only performance)
9. "X.Y.U." 
10. "Muzzle" 

Notes

• Acoustic
• "Eye" and "The Beautiful People" with Marilyn Manson and Twiggy Ramirez
• First performances of "To Sheila" and "Ava Adore"
• First performance of "Set The Ray To Jerry" since 1995-02-27 (198 shows)
• Only performance of "The Beautiful People"

Banter

Iha: We're going to play some new songs...alright...
To Sheila
Ava Adore
Corgan: How ya'll doing? Thank you all for staying.
Tonight, Tonight
Set the Ray to Jerry
1979
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Wretzky: We have some friends joining us tonight. Brian the space cowboy and Ratso Izzo
Iha: Ladies and gentlemen, to the stage Mr. [unintelligible] Twiggy. [unintelligible] applause.
Corgan: Hey put the lights on out there for a second. Someone? Who's in charge? Put the lights on. Not those lights. Those people.
Wretzky: So we can see the people.
Corgan: Put the house lights on please.
Wretzky: We want to see the people.
Corgan: Where are the beautiful people.
Iha: Rock on.
Corgan: Rock on.
Eye
The Beautiful People
Iha: Yes. [unintelligible] our good friends, Ratso and Twiggy.
X.Y.U.
Iha: Thank you, thank you
Muzzle

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