The Smashing Pumpkins 1996-08-31

August 31, 1996 – Wichita, KS, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Infinite Sadness tour
Date	August 31, 1996
Venue	Kansas Coliseum
Coordinates	37°50′10″N 97°19′16″W
Location	Wichita, KS, US
Venue type	Arena
Capacity	9,686
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Matt Walker, Dennis Flemion
Order of bands	Grant Lee Buffalo, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (prerecorded) 
2. "Where Boys Fear to Tread" 
3. "Zero" 
4. "Cherub Rock" 
5. "To Forgive" 
6. "Tonight, Tonight" 
7. "Today" 
8. "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" 
9. "Thirty-Three" (acoustic) 
10. "Lily (My One and Only)" (tease) 
11. "Soma" (tease) 
12. "Disarm" (acoustic) 
13. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
14. "Fuck You" 
15. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" 
16. "Muzzle" 

Encore

1. "Wichita Lineman" [Campbell] (tease) 
2. "1979" 
3. "X.Y.U." 
   1. "Worms" (tease) 

Notes

• "1979" with The Frogs

Banter

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Intro
> Where Boys Fear to Tread
> Zero
Iha: Alright! Start off the show with one of those technical difficulties. How's everyone doin’? Rockin’? Yes. We've always got problems so.... We’ll start out the show, something's always fucked up, heh. But we appreciate you coming, thanks, thanks a lot for coming out tonight. And now, we will rock.
Cherub Rock
BC: Hi, thanks a lot.
To Forgive
Tonight, Tonight
Today
Planet of the Apes clip
> Thru the Eyes of Ruby
Iha: Alright. Thanks.
BC: (Southern accent) How y'all doin' [2 unintelligible words]? (normal voice) Hope you're having a good time.
Thirty-three (acoustic)
BC: Anything in particular you wanna hear?
Lily (tease - first 4 or so chords)
Soma (tease - first 3 notes)
Iha: Alright.
Disarm (acoustic)
Circus tape
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> Fuck You
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
BC: Thanks a lot.
Iha: Are we too psychedelic for you? Have we spaced you out too much? No...I look not.
Muzzle
[encore break]
Iha: Thank you very much. To the stage, from Milwaukee, Jimmy Frog, special guest star. Ready?
Wichita Lineman (tease - Iha sings 1 verse + 1 chorus)
Iha: Ah, I'm sorry, there’s a horrible rendition of a Glen Campbell classic. Oh, here's a note for somebody about something weird.
1979 (with Jimmy Flemion)
BC: Jimmy and Dennis of Milwaukee's finest, the Frogs.
Iha: And I bet, I bet you don't see them much out in Wichita. Heh. ... And as usual, we have technical problems.
BC: So um...we thank you again for coming, we don't know when we'll be back but um...maybe this is our last tour, James.
Iha: Oh, this is our very last show!
BC: Hope you've enjoyed it!
Iha: Hope you have. We're very [2-3 unintelligible words].
BC: We've decided to offend no more. We're already looking ahead to the year 2000, land of opportunity.
Iha: Peace be with you.
BC: And also with you, James.
Iha: Thank you.
X.Y.U. (abandoned almost immediately)
BC: Can we play this really nice song (trails off laughing)?
X.Y.U. (abandoned almost immediately)
BC: About hate. This song's about hate but I - I wrote it when I was angry.
X.Y.U. / Worms