The Smashing Pumpkins 2000-10-31

October 31, 2000 – Manchester, UK
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
The Sacred and Profane tour
Date	October 31, 2000
Venue	O2 Apollo Manchester
Coordinates	53°28′10″N 2°13′20″W
Location	Manchester, UK
Venue type	Theater
Capacity	3,500
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Melissa Auf der Maur, Mike Garson, Chris Holmes
Order of bands	Catherine Wheel, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "The Everlasting Gaze" 
2. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
3. "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] [4:38] 
   1. "Sabbra Cadabra" [Black Sabbath] (tease) 
4. "Glass and the Ghost Children" 
   1. "Le Deux Machina" (tease) 
5. "Stand Inside Your Love" 
6. "Cherub Rock" 
7. "Blue Skies Bring Tears" 
   1. (drum solo)
8. "Rock On" [David Essex] 
9. "Heavy Metal Machine" 
10. "Zero" 
11. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" 
12. "To Sheila" (acoustic) 
13. "With Every Light" (acoustic) 
14. "Disarm" (acoustic) 
15. "Tonight, Tonight" 
16. "This Time" 

Encore one

17. "Fuck You" 
18. "Ava Adore" 

Encore two

19. "1979" (acoustic) 

Notes

• Last performance of "With Every Light" until 2007-06-23
• The band dressed in costume for the second encore: Billy Corgan was David Beckham, Jimmy Chamberlin was George Best, Mike Garson and Chris Holmes were Liam & Noel Gallagher (of Oasis), Melissa Auf der Maur was Posh Spice and James Iha was Alf-Inge Håland

Banter

Silent Machines Intro
The Everlasting Gaze
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> Once in a Lifetime
> Sabbra Cadabra (tease)
Glass and the Ghost Children / Le Deux Machina
BC: Thank you very much, thank you. Happy Halloween from the Smashing Pumpkins.
Stand Inside Your Love
Cherub Rock
> Blue Skies Bring Tears
Rock On (partial)
(BC after Iha intro: Alright alright alright alright alright alright alright. Alright alright alright alright alright alright alright.)
> Heavy Metal Machine
> Zero
BC: Thank you very much, thank you, thank you. Uhh.... It's a good thing we don't understand English, James.
Iha: What, what's that?
BC: (Manchester accent) What? (normal) Heh.
Iha: Heh. (British accent) Manchester, so much to answer for. It's that line in the Smiths song. Pretty good, pretty good song. It's the only thing I know about Manchester.
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
To Sheila (acoustic)
With Every Light (acoustic)
Disarm (acoustic)
> Tonight, Tonight
BC: Thank you, thank you.
This Time
BC: Thank you very much, goodnight.
[encore break]
Iha: Thank you, thank you.
Fuck You
Iha: Thank you. Thank you. I would like to introduce the band. On the piano, all the way from Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Mike Garson. From Chicago, keyboards, synthesizers and space sounds, Mr. Chris Holmes. And now, from Montreal, Canada, the fiery red vixen, Miss Melissa Auf der Maur. What a joyous celebration that was. From Joliet, Illinois, the bruiser, the cruiser, Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin. Play that uh, play that china cymbal one more time and I'm gonna go deaf. On vocals, lead guitar, craziness, Mr. Billy Corgan.
BC: What? My name is James. (first four words are an Eminem impression)
Iha: Guy Fawkes.
BC: Huh?
Iha: Guy Fawkes, the uh, I think they burned him today, right? No, was that yesterday? Alright, I think this is uh....
BC: You're the one who started the gas embargo.
Iha: Oh. This is a local story.
Ava Adore
BC: Thanks a lot. Goodnight, thank you very much, goodnight.
[encore break]
British announcer: Smashing Pumpkins fans in Manchester, we would like to invite on stage, some very very special guests to enjoy the encore of the final Smashing Pumpkins concert in Manchester. Ladies and gentlemen, would you please welcome, from Manchester United and England, David Beckham! From Manchester City, Alf-Inge Håland! No party would be complete without Posh Spice! And who can forget the one and only, the memorable Georgie Best! He's probably forgot his drink, ha ha ha! There's Georgie. Also, Manchester's own Liam and Noel Gallagher! ... Thank you all Smashing Pumpkins fans.
1979 (acoustic, Jimmy plays guitar)

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