The Smashing Pumpkins 1995-08-23

August 23, 1995 – Dublin, IE
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Artist	The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	August 23, 1995
Venue	SFX Centre
Coordinates	53°21′31″N 6°15′33″W
Location	Dublin, IE
Venue type	Theater
Capacity	1,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
Order of bands	Whipping Boy, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "Jellybelly" 
2. "Zero" 
3. "Today" 
4. "Disarm" 
5. "Fuck You" 
6. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" 
7. "Geek U.S.A." 
8. "Rocket" 
9. "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" (live debut)
10. "Siva" 
11. "Cherub Rock" 
12. "X.Y.U." (live debut)

Encore one

13. "Mayonaise" 
14. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 

Encore two

15. "Frail and Bedazzled" 
16. "Silverfuck" 
    1. "Space Jam" (tease) 

Notes

• Last performance of "Frail and Bedazzled" until 2011-10-05

Banter

Jellybelly
D’arcy: Hi.
BC: We're very happy to be here again. We are U2. We're gonna play some songs from our new album, The Unforgettable Fire. It’s called Boy.
Zero (abandoned after 2 notes)
Zero (abandoned after 2 notes again)
Zero (abandoned - only one note, the 5th or 6th)
Iha: Well, maybe not. As is our usual, we have many technical errors. Great sound, but [about 4 unintelligible words].
Zero
Today
> Disarm
BC: Thank you all for coming tonight. Was anyone here last night? Well, as we explained last night, we're very sorry that this is the first time we're ever been in Island - Ireland.
Iha: Island? Ireland!
BC: And we're very uh, sorry, that's all we’ve come here to say, we know it's lame. But we're here now. I mean, the thing that bugs us more than anything is we're all Irish and yet we've never been here before.
Fuck You
Iha: Thanks, uh, thats another new song from our forthcoming album. Nice to do another one. Sorry you don't know these songs but we gotta play ‘em.
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
Geek U.S.A.
Rocket
Iha: That was a new one. So how is everybody?
D’arcy: Are you good? You good?
Iha: Yes, you good?
BC: No, not good, they’re bad!
Iha: Bad?
BC: Go to you, James.
Iha: We apologize, we're very low energy, this is only our second show in like seven months, so we're tryin' to get up to speed. We're gettin' it.
BC: You suck, James.
Iha: Heh heh, yes...I am the every man in you and every woman, heh.
BC: We'd like to do another new song.
Iha: It’s another new song. So on this next new song, everybody sing the chorus. I know you know it.
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
Siva
> Cherub Rock
BC: Like to play you one more song. Thank you so much for coming, we really appreciate it. This is a song on our new album. Which is gonna come out...someday.
Iha: Yes, thank you for the [unintelligible], we hope we played ‘em alright..
BC: What'd you say?
Iha: I said [3 unintelligible words] the nature of Ireland is [unintelligible]...
BC: What'd you say?
Iha: ...the geographical locations of Ireland are quite fascinating. And I don’t understand the.... I’m saying the geographical locations in Ireland are quite fascinating and I was walking around the town, many sorts of.... I was saying something [unintelligible word] to you. (Jimmy starts count off for X.Y.U.) Alright.
X.Y.U.
[encore break]
Iha: Thank you very much.
D’arcy: Thank you, you guys have been [unintelligible word]. It’s been super fun playing here, this is one of the most fun places we've ever played.
BC: And did you know, I was born on Saint Patrick's Day, so....
Iha: Yeah, yeah, yeah, nope. I was kidding, it’s alright. This is a sad no.
Mayonaise
Iha: We’ve been out watching some fake [unintelligible word] females who tried to pick up a few [unintelligible word].
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
BC: (silly voice) Thank you.
(encore break)
Iha: (preacher voice) Yes. Oh, it's too old, I so old tired. I need more rock better than us.
Frail and Bedazzled
Iha: Now who threw a banana on stage and what do you want us to do with it? No, I don’t think we want a banana.
BC: No, do not throw the banana back.
Iha: I think - I think when I’m gonna throw the banana back, I will get the banana back in my face.
BC: Do you still believe in the power of rock and roll?
Iha: (high pitched) I believe in the power of rock and roll! (sarcastic) I'm just joking, it's just music.
Silverfuck / Space Jam
[tape cuts before end of song]

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