The Smashing Pumpkins 2023-03-04

March 4, 2023 – Mexico City, MX
Poster by Puis Calzada
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
The World Is A Vampire tour
Date	March 4, 2023
Festival	The World Is A Vampire festival
Venue	Foro Sol
Coordinates	19°24′18″N 99°5′45″W
Location	Mexico City, MX
Venue type	Stadium
Capacity	65,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jeff Schroeder, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jack Bates, Katie Cole, Peter Hook
Order of bands	The Warning, Deafheaven, Peter Hook & The Light, Turnstile, Interpol, The Smashing Pumpkins
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March 4, 2023 is the first date of the The World Is A Vampire music festival, and the first festival created by The Smashing Pumpkins. In addition to the musical acts, the NWA performed a wrestling event. Tickets went on sale on November 25, 2022, promoted with a dedicated Instagram account for the festival.

Setlist

1. "Atum" (prerecorded) 
2. "Empires" 
3. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
4. "Today" 
5. "The Good In Goodbye" (only performance)
6. "Cyr" (final performance)
7. "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] 
8. "Solara" 
9. "Eye" 
10. "Ava Adore" 
    1. (drum solo)
11. "Tonight, Tonight" (acoustic) 
12. "Stand Inside Your Love" 
13. "Space Age" (live debut)
14. "Cherub Rock" 
    1. "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" [Van Halen] (tease) 
15. "Zero" 
    1. "Love Gun" [Kiss] (tease) 
16. "1979" 
17. "Beguiled" 
18. "Silverfuck" 
19. "Moss" (only performance)
20. "Muzzle" (final performance)
21. "No Love Lost" [Joy Division] (only performance)

Notes

• "Beguiled" with NWA wrestlers on stage
• "No Love Lost" with Peter Hook on bass and vocals
• First performance of "Muzzle" since 2019-06-11

Banter

Atum Intro
Empires
(BC after lyrics, before Jeff outro solo: Mexico City!)
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Iha: Hola, la Ciudad de Méjico. Muchos gracias. Somos los Smashing Pumpkins.
Today
The Good in Goodbye
Cyr
Once in a Lifetime
Solara
Eye
(BC after 2nd chorus: Mexico City! We love you, we love you, we love you. Thank you so much, thank you!)
(BC during outro singalong: Sing it with us! Come on!! Mexico City!!! To the sky! One more time, one more time.)
Ava Adore
(BC after Jimmy solo: Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin on the drums! Oww!! Alright alright alright!)
BC: James!
Iha: Yes? Yes.
BC: James, how you feelin’ to-night?
Iha: I’m great, I’m great, I’m happy to be here in Méjico. It’s awesome, you guys are awesome. Americans say that a lot: “awesome.” You guys are awesome.
BC: Let me say a few words. First of all, thank you to OCESA for making The World is a Vampire happen. And hopefully next year we’ll be back again. You like that idea?! And thank you to Lucha Libre Triple A. James, I know you’re a big wrestling fan.
Iha: Yes.
BC: You know, when I do wrestling interviews, they always ask me, “What would be your name if you were a wrestler?”
Iha: Yes.
BC: So what’s your name as a wrestler?
Iha: Huh. Let me think about that. Uh....
BC: El Gringo?
Iha: Uhhh, the uh...Wombat. Wombat. (crowd chanting “Gringo”) That sounds great, whatever you were (laughing) saying.
BC: El Grande Gringo?
Iha: Uh, I appreciate it, thank you.
(crowd still chanting)
BC: Haha! They’re chanting your name, Gringo. You gotta go in.... (Billy gestures a fancy bow and Iha waves his arms wildly)
Iha: [unintelligible word].
BC: But seriously, thank you from the bottom of our hearts, this is one-a –- one of the greatest days we’ve ever had. Thank you. We’ve done a lotta crazy shit but this is pretty crazy. And as I said, we could’ve put this anywhere in the world and we decided to come to Mexico City first. So we dedicate this song to everybody here, each and every one of you. We dedicate this song to you, so sing along if you can. It’s a little song we call Tonight, Tonight.
Tonight, Tonight (Billy/Iha acoustic)
Stand Inside Your Love
Space Age
Iha: [cuts in] From the great state of Illinois, Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin. Jimmy Chamberlin. On lead vocals and guitar, Mr. Billyyyy Corgan. I am James Iha, thank you so much.
Cherub Rock
> Ain’t Talkin’ ‘bout Love (tease – slow, during Billy’s transition solo)
> Zero
> Love Gun (tease)
1979
Beguiled
> Silverfuck
Moss
BC: Have you had a good time? Have you had a good time? James, did you have a good time?!
Iha: I’m great, I’m very great.
BC: Si señor. Now, James...I get the feeling these people are fans of the album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
Iha: I vote that record, it’s a good record.
BC: They seem to know that record.
Iha: Give ‘em...what they want.
BC: You want me to give the people what they want?
Iha: Si.
BC: You want me to play a song from Mellon Collie?
Iha: Si. Yes. Goddammit.
BC: No, no.
Iha: Heh heh heh heh.
BC: Heh heh heh, heh, just “no”. Okay, if you know this one, sing along, okay? And then after this, we have a very special surprise. We’ll see if I can still sing this song, here we go.
Muzzle
(BC immediately after final lyrics: Thank you very much!)
Iha: Gracias, thank you so much, um, we'd like to bring a special guest on. A beautiful guest. You know him, you love him, Mr. Peter Hook. ... Thank you so much, gracias Peter.
Peter Hook: [2 unintelligible words while Iha says "Gracias Peter."
(Hook hits a chord on bass)
Hook: That’ll do. Can I just say one thing? As a -- one father to another...
Iha: Heh heh heh heh heh.
Hook: ...thank you for looking after my son. Jack! Where is Jack? My son, my beautiful son. God bless you all.
Iha: Mr. Jack Bates!
No Love Lost (with Peter Hook)
BC: Mexico City!
Hook: That’ll do it.
BC: God bless you and thank you so much!
Iha: Mr. Peter Hook, thank you so much. Goodnight. Gracias.

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