The Smashing Pumpkins 1997-01-19

January 19, 1997 – Cincinnati, OH, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Infinite Sadness tour
Date	January 19, 1997
Venue	Riverfront Coliseum
Coordinates	39°5′52″N 84°30′16″W
Location	Cincinnati, OH, US
Venue type	Arena
Capacity	8,798
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Matt Walker, Dennis Flemion
Order of bands	Fountains of Wayne, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (over PA) 
2. "The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right)" 
3. "Jellybelly" 
4. "Tonight, Tonight" 
5. "Rhinoceros" 
6. "Here Is No Why" 
7. "Zero" 
8. "Fuck You" 
9. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" 
   1. "Rocket" (tease) 
10. "1979" 
11. "Thirty-Three" 
12. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
13. "Muzzle" 
14. "Disarm" 
15. "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" 

Encore one

1. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" [The Rolling Stones] (tease) 
2. "X.Y.U." 

Encore two

1. "Drown" [5:39] 
   1. "Hummer" (tease) 
2. "The Groover" (tease) 
3. (blues jam)
4. "Tribute to Johnny" (tease) 
5. "Mouths of Babes" (tease) 
6. "God" (tease) 
7. "Tristessa" (tease) 
8. "Cherub Rock" 

Encore three

1. "Silverfuck" [26:59] 
   1. "Space Jam" 
   2. "The Star-Spangled Banner" [Francis Scott Key] (tease) 

Notes

• "Thirty-Three" performed acoustic
• "1979" with The Frogs

Banter

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Aeroplane Flies High
Jellybelly
Tonight, Tonight
Rhinoceros
Corgan: Thank you very much. Thank you very much for coming tonight. We're sorry it uhh, took us so long to get here, and we're happy that um, we're even able to play this concert tonight. We'd now like to play a song for you, that um, oh by the way, Hi everybody. I just want to say Hi, you know, before we go into, umm, art mode. So, anyway this is a song we don't play very much. We hope you like it. It's called Here Is No Why.
Here Is No Why
Zero
Fuck You
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
Rocket (tease)
Iha: Thank you. Right now, onto the stage, to the left of me we bring a special guest. Of The Frogs, ladies and gentlemen would you please welcome, Jimmy Frog! Alright. Jimmy Frog will lead us in this next song, and we will dance into oblivion. So come along and join us for this next number.
1979 (with The Frogs)
Iha: Ladies and gentlemen, a fine round of applause for Jimmy Frog, everybody.
Corgan: You know the more I umm, the more I think about it, I don't really understand what the fuck Jimmy is about. I thought I knew!
Iha: If you people have any answers about Jimmy Frog, please tell them to us.
Corgan: I thought I understood why he came on stage, but not really anymore.
Iha: He is sort of his own enigma. A giver of joy to people.
Corgan: This is our new single. It's called Thirty-Three.
Thirty-Three
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Corgan: Alright.
Iha: Thank you. Thank you very much. You're back with us now. Now that we're rockin'. Is everyone doing OK? Reasonably OK? Yes? No? We appreciate you making it out tonight through all the cold and bad weather. We just flew in ourselves and uhh, boy are our arms tired. That was a joke. This next song is about flying on airplanes. It's about love between a stewardess and a pilot and what can happen when you're in the fifth dimension.
Corgan: No, what can happen when you're in the cockpit.
Iha: Badum-bum!
Corgan: You forget that my mother was a stewardess.
Iha: Alright. Let's just get back to rock and roll here.
Muzzle
Wretzky: Thank you.
Disarm
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
Iha: Thank you. Thank you very much.
Corgan: Thank ya'll very, very much. Thank you. I just want to take a moment to umm, thank you once again. We realize it's been a long time since our album came out. And umm, we're sorry that it's taken us so long to get here, and we really appreciate you waiting for us to come around...and you're support here.
Jumping Jack Flash [The Rolling Stones] (tease)
Corgan: What was that?
Iha: Uhh, sorry. The spirit of Keith Richards just jumped into my body for a second.
Corgan: Plus you're out of tune.
Iha: That's how Keith would have it.
Corgan: A professional sound. So, umm (laughs), would you like a soothing love ballad, or, a trip to Hell?
Iha: If you want a soothing love ballad, we know Unbreak My Heart. We could do that, for you. I think I know a Mariah Carey song. Do you wanna go to Hell? Then it's gonna cost you! Alright, this next song is called X...Y...U!
X.Y.U.
Iha: Thanks again, thanks.
Corgan: I just drop-kicked your head. Ten fuckin' years I've known this guy. Alright? Ten fuckin' years, and I just wanna drop-kick his head.
Iha: In our offtime, he's been taking martial arts and I've been taking fencing lessons. So...(unintelligible).
Corgan: Should we go back to a simpler time?
Iha: A simpler time. Does everybody remember, grunge? Alright.
Corgan: I thought you were going to say does anyone remember laughter.
Iha: (laughs) Does anybody...? OK. Does anybody remember grunge? Yes. OK well, this song came out on a soundtrack, and I can't really remember the movie, although the director just made Jerry McGuire. Has nothing to do with this song, but, I've been on tour too long so I'll just stop right now.
Drown
Hummer (tease)
The Groover (tease)
Corgan: Well we can tell that put you into a wonderful spell.
Iha: What kind of spell is that?
Corgan: Well I guess we should just end the concert here. Umm, thank you very much for coming. Goodnight.
Iha: Alright. You want to hear something by Oasis, don't you?
Corgan: No I mean it. I mean it. That's it. Go home. Bye. Thank you. We're just going to stand here and watch you. Go on.
(blues jam)
Corgan: We're just going to play some blues if you don't mind, as you head for the exits. Thank you. You don't need any distortion anymore man. You're pure. Listen there's no, there no band that comes on after us, so I don't know...what you're waiting for.
(blues jam ends)
Corgan: Wow, that was cool.
Tribute to Johnny (tease)
Mouths Of Babes (tease)
Tristessa (tease)
Corgan: Would you put the house lights on please? Alright. Well, pretty much everyone is still here, yes? Now, see the three of us, D'arcy and James and me, umm, we're getting really old, and uhh, we're actually more tired then you are, see so uhh...if you want to hear some rock and roll, we need to create a rock and roll type of atmosphere. Even if it's pretend.
Iha: Yo yo yo, up, put it up, c'mon. C'mon everybody, ya fuckin' people. Get up those hands in the air, c'mon! We don't care. We don't care, just put your hands in the air!
Corgan: Alright Matt.
Cherub Rock
Corgan: Thank you.
Iha: Thanks alot.
Silverfuck
Space Jam
Star Spangled Banner [Key] (tease)

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