The Smashing Pumpkins 2008-04-04: Difference between revisions

April 4, 2008 – Melbourne, VIC, AU
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Artist	The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	April 4, 2008
Venue	Festival Hall
Coordinates	37°48′41″S 144°56′47″E
Location	Melbourne, VIC, AU
Venue type	Stadium
Capacity	5,445
Personnel	Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Ginger Pooley, Lisa Harriton, Jesse Andersen
Order of bands	The Smashing Pumpkins
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Full performance

Setlist[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" with Jesse Andersen (Billy's half-brother) on tambourine
Set break taken after "My Blue Heaven" due to a talkative crowd

Banter[edit | edit source]

Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
> Behold! The Night Mare
> Bring the Light
> Tonight, Tonight
> Mayonaise
BC: Thank you!
Superchrist
BC: Good evening, Melbourne. Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin.
Perfect (Billy acoustic w/Jimmy tambourine)
Lily
> Today
> Tarantula
> Stand Inside Your Love
> Ava Adore
BC: Thank you very much, thank you! How’s everybody doing way over there, are you okay way over there? (pointing at one side of the venue) Lookit, they're like like in a cage, what’s going on, what did you do wrong? Did you get punished or...?, heh. I know what they did, they used too much water, right, isn’t that the problem? You were caught washing your cars, weren’t you? (pointing at other side of venue) Are you in a cage too? What’s goin’ on over there? Thank you, heh heh. Heh heh! The rat in the cage line comes to mind, heh heh. Yes, if I ruled the world, well, how it would be so different?, yes. How’s everybody doing, you okay? You’re alright, you’re alright, alright. Now where we were at our last city, what city was that? Adelaide? (crowd boos) Is that a city, is that a real city, what’s going on over there? I was about to play this next song in Adelaide, if that’s what it’s called and uh, and I said “I’d like to play an old song”, the crowd kinda cheered like that sort of cheer like, “Yay, we hate your new songs”? Yes. I had to scold them because I’m old and that’s what old people do.
The Ocean (tease - Jeff quietly plays the first 5 notes)
BC: You get all bitter and you gotta tell the young people how it should be. Heh heh heh. Anyway, this is a song called Drown. Heh heh.
Drown
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
(BC during pause before audience acapella interlude singing: Alright, everybody in the cages, ready?! ... Your cage singing is not very good.)
blues improv (Billy solo acoustic - he stops and starts several times while talking)
BC: This is the song you -- that I play when you go take a piss and get your beer or whatever, so...now is a good time to do that. That's right, nobody drinks here, right? Just orange juice. That’s right, just talk, it’s all good. I’ll just talk to some fans up front, okay. (Billy moves away from the mic and chit chats with the front row for 20 seconds or so) Okay.
1979 (Billy solo acoustic)
That’s the Way (Billy 12-string w/Lisa)
My Blue Heaven (Billy w/Lisa)
(As usual, Billy wears his electric guitar without playing it for the segue into "The Everlasting Gaze" but hands it to somebody offstage during Lisa's solo)
[set break]
The Everlasting Gaze
> Cash Car Star
> Black Sabbath (tease - Piece of Me words over instrumental)
> Piece of Me (2 verses and half of chorus)
> For What It’s Worth (verse 1, chorus, verse 4, chorus, BC original spoken verse)
(BC spoken verse: Everyone’s gonna be a big star / Everyone’s gonna know who you are / The whole world's gonna wanna know you / They're gonna wanna know everything about you / Fuck, they might even put you on American Idol / You might even get to fuck Paula Abdul!)
> Let There Be Rock (tease - lyrics as part of For What It's Worth spoken verse [not included above])
> Crush
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (with Jesse Andersen)
> United States / Star Spangled Banner

Photos and memorabilia[edit | edit source]

@@ Line 29: / Line 29: @@
 # {{live song|Stand Inside Your Love}}
 # {{live song|Ava Adore}}
-# {{live song|Drown}}
+# {{live song|The Ocean|tease=1|cover=[[w:Led Zeppelin|Led Zeppelin]]}}
+# {{live song|Drown|length=4:03}}
 # {{live song|Bullet with Butterfly Wings}}
 # (blues improv) (acoustic)
@@ Line 37: / Line 38: @@
 === Set two ===
-# <li value=19>{{live song|The Everlasting Gaze}}</li>
+# <li value=20>{{live song|The Everlasting Gaze}}</li>
-# {{live song|Cash Car Star}}
+# {{live song|Cash Car Star|length=8:39}}
 ## {{live song|Black Sabbath|tease=1|cover=[[w:Black Sabbath|Black Sabbath]]}}
 ## {{live song|Piece of Me|tease=1|cover=[[w:Britney Spears|Britney Spears]]}}
@@ Line 44: / Line 45: @@
 ## {{live song|Let There Be Rock|tease=1|cover=[[w:AC/DC|AC/DC]]}}
 # {{live song|Crush}}
-# {{live song|Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun|cover=[[w:Pink Floyd|Pink Floyd]]|length=8:43}}
+# {{live song|Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun|cover=[[w:Pink Floyd|Pink Floyd]]|length=8:49}}
-# {{live song|United States}}
+# {{live song|United States|length=15:56}}
-## {{live song|The Star-Spangled Banner|tease=1|cover=[[w:Francis Scott Key|Francis Scott Key]]}}
+## {{live song|The Star-Spangled Banner|cover=[[w:Francis Scott Key|Francis Scott Key]]}}
 == Notes ==
 * "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" with [[Jesse Andersen]] (Billy's half-brother) on tambourine
-* Set break taken after "My Blue Heaven" due to hecklers
+* Set break taken after "My Blue Heaven" due to a talkative crowd
 == Banter ==
 {{banter|1=
-''(incomplete due to lack of full show source)''
 '''Porcelina of the Vast Oceans'''
 > '''Behold! The Night Mare'''
-'''Bring the Light'''
+> '''Bring the Light'''
-'''Tonight, Tonight'''
+> '''Tonight, Tonight'''
-'''Mayonaise'''
+> '''Mayonaise'''
 BC: Thank you!
 '''Superchrist'''
+BC: Good evening, Melbourne.  Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin.
 '''Perfect''' (Billy acoustic w/Jimmy tambourine)
 '''Lily'''
 > '''Today'''
 > '''Tarantula'''
-'''Stand Inside Your Love'''
+> '''Stand Inside Your Love'''
 > '''Ava Adore'''
-BC: Thank you very much, thank you!  How’s everybody doing way over there, are you okay with the [unintelligible]?  ''(pointing at one side of the venue)'' Hey, you’re like in a cage, what’s going on, what did you do wrong?  Did you get punished or...?  I know what they did, [[w:Water_restrictions_in_Australia#Victoria|they used too much water]], right, isn’t that the [unintelligible word]?  You were caught washing your cars, weren’t you?  ''(pointing at other side of venue)'' Are you in a cage too?  What’s goin’ on over there?  Thank you, heh heh.  Heh heh!  The rat in the cage line comes to mind, heh heh.  Yes, if I ruled the world, but how it would be so different, yes.  How’s everybody doing, you okay?  You’re alright?--you’re alright?--alright.  Now where we were at our last city, what city was that?  Adelaide?  Is that a city, is that a real city, what’s going on?  I was about to play this next song in Adelaide, if that’s what it’s called and uh, and I said “I’d like to play an old song”, the crowd kinda cheered like that sort of cheer like, “Yay, we hate your new songs.”  Yes, I had to scold them because I’m old and that’s what old people do.  You get all bitter and you gotta tell the young people how it ''should'' be.  Heh heh.  Anyway, this is a song called Drown.  Heh heh.
+BC: Thank you very much, thank you!  How’s everybody doing way over there, are you okay way over there?  ''(pointing at one side of the venue)'' Lookit, they're like like in a cage, what’s going on, what did you do wrong?  Did you get punished or...?, heh.  I know what they did, [[w:Water_restrictions_in_Australia#Victoria|they used too much water]], right, isn’t that the problem?  You were caught washing your cars, weren’t you?  ''(pointing at other side of venue)'' Are you in a cage too?  What’s goin’ on over there?  Thank you, heh heh.  Heh heh!  The rat in the cage line comes to mind, heh heh.  Yes, if I ruled the world, well, how it would be so different?, yes.  How’s everybody doing, you okay?  You’re alright, you’re alright, alright.  Now where we were at our last city, what city was that?  Adelaide?  ''(crowd boos)''  Is that a city, is that a real city, what’s going on over there?  I was about to play this next song in Adelaide, if that’s what it’s called and uh, and I said “I’d like to play an old song”, the crowd kinda cheered like that sort of cheer like, “Yay, we hate your new songs”?  Yes.  I had to scold them because I’m old and that’s what old people do.
+'''The Ocean''' (tease - Jeff quietly plays the first 5 notes)
+BC: You get all bitter and you gotta tell the young people how it ''should'' be.  Heh heh heh.  Anyway, this is a song called Drown.  Heh heh.
 '''Drown'''
 > '''Bullet with Butterfly Wings'''
-(BC during pause before audience acapella interlude singing: Alright, everybody in the cages, ready?  ...  Your cage singing is not very good.)
+(BC during pause before audience acapella interlude singing: Alright, everybody in the cages, ready?!  ...  Your cage singing is not very good.)
 '''blues improv''' (Billy solo acoustic - he stops and starts several times while talking)
-BC: This is the song you--that I play when you go take a piss and get your beer or whatever, so...now is a good time to do that.  Well, I’m sorry, nobody drinks here, right?  Just orange juice.  That’s right, just talk, it’s all good.  I’ll just talk to some fans up front, I’m out.  ''(Billy moves away from the mic and chit chats with the front row for 20 seconds or so)''  Okay.
+BC: This is the song you -- that I play when you go take a piss and get your beer or whatever, so...now is a good time to do that.  That's right, nobody drinks here, right?  Just orange juice.  That’s right, just talk, it’s all good.  I’ll just talk to some fans up front, okay.  ''(Billy moves away from the mic and chit chats with the front row for 20 seconds or so)''  Okay.
 '''1979''' (Billy solo acoustic)
 '''That’s the Way''' (Billy 12-string w/Lisa)
 '''My Blue Heaven''' (Billy w/Lisa)
+''(As usual, Billy wears his electric guitar without playing it for the segue into "The Everlasting Gaze" but hands it to somebody offstage during Lisa's solo)''
 [set break]
 '''The Everlasting Gaze'''
@@ Line 86: / Line 89: @@
 > '''Piece of Me''' (2 verses and half of chorus)
 > '''For What It’s Worth''' (verse 1, chorus, verse 4, chorus, BC original spoken verse)
-> '''Let There Be Rock''' (tease - lyrics as part of For What It's Worth spoken verse)
+(BC spoken verse: Everyone’s gonna be a big star / Everyone’s gonna know who you are / The whole world's gonna wanna know you / They're gonna wanna know everything about you / Fuck, they might even put you on ''[[w:American Idol|American Idol]]'' / You might even get to fuck [[w:Paula Abdul|Paula Abdul]]!)
+> '''Let There Be Rock''' (tease - lyrics as part of For What It's Worth spoken verse [not included above])
 > '''Crush'''
 '''Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun''' (with Jesse Andersen)
-'''United States / Star Spangled Banner'''
+> '''United States / Star Spangled Banner'''
 }}

Latest revision as of 01:19, 2 May 2022

Setlist[edit | edit source]

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Set one[edit | edit source]

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