The Smashing Pumpkins 2016-04-05

April 5, 2016 – New York, NY, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
In Plainsong tour
Date	April 5, 2016
Venue	Beacon Theatre
Coordinates	40°46′50″N 73°58′52″W
Location	New York, NY, US
Venue type	Theater
Capacity	2,894
Personnel	Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Katie Cole, Sierra Swan, Liz Phair, Jack Bates
Order of bands	Liz Phair, The Smashing Pumpkins
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In Plainsong: An Acoustic-Electro Evening.

Setlist

Pre-set

1. "Red Dirt" (VIP) (acoustic) 
2. "Being Beige" (VIP) (acoustic) 
3. "My Life and Times" (VIP) (acoustic) 

Set

1. "Cardinal Rule" (acoustic) 
2. "Stumbleine" (acoustic) 
3. "Tonight, Tonight" (acoustic) 
4. "The World's Fair" (acoustic) 
5. "Space Oddity" [David Bowie] (acoustic) 
6. "Thirty-Three" (acoustic) 
7. "Jesus, I" [traditional] (acoustic) 
   1. "Mary Star of the Sea" (acoustic) 
8. "Mayonaise" (acoustic) 
9. "Soma" 
10. "Rocket" 
11. "Spaceboy" (acoustic) 
12. "Today" (acoustic) 
13. "Whir" (acoustic) 
14. "Disarm" 
15. "Sorrows (In Blue)" 
16. "Eye" 
17. "Saturnine" 
18. "Identify" 
19. "1979" (acoustic) 
20. "Stand Inside Your Love" (acoustic) 
21. "Pinwheels" (acoustic) 
22. "Lily (My One and Only)" (acoustic) 
23. "Bridge of Sighs" [Robin Trower] (tease) 
24. "Malibu" [Hole] 
25. "The Spaniards" 

Encore

26. "Happy Birthday" [Patty Hill / Mildred J. Hill] 
27. "Angie" [The Rolling Stones] (acoustic) 

Notes

• "Thirty-three" with Liz Phair on vocals
• "Malibu" and "The Spaniards" with Jack Bates on bass
• "Happy Birthday" sung for Sierra Swan
• "Double R" was on the setlist between "Malibu" and "The Spaniards" but not played
• "Amarinthe" was on the setlist as the second encore song but not played

Banter

Cardinal Rule (Billy solo acoustic)
Stumbleine (Billy solo acoustic)
> Tonight, Tonight (Billy solo acoustic)
The World’s Fair (Billy solo acoustic)
Space Oddity (Billy/Jeff acoustic)
Thirty-three (Billy/Jeff acoustic w/Liz Phair)
BC: Liz Phair, thank you.
Jesus, I / Mary Star of the Sea (Billy/Jeff acoustic)
BC: Thank you very much. So nice to see you, thank you. So, here we are night two of our three night run, awesome. Nowhere else in the world are we playing three nights in a row but New York City. Not Los Angeles and not Chicago...but New York City. So we appreciate it very much, we thank you humbly. We’d now like to enter the part of the show where we play some music from a particular era of the band’s past. In the past, we’ve done the Adore era. Bigger cheer on night two than night one for Adore. Heh heh heh. Last night, it was like “Adore? Is that - is that by Pearl Jam?” And uh, we’ve also done in the past the Mellon Collie era. But tonight we are featuring songs from the Siamese Dream era. So please enjoy this interlude of music, we like to call it the Siamese Suite.
Mayonaise (Billy/Jeff acoustic)
Soma
Rocket
Spaceboy
> Today
Whir
Disarm (Billy solo keyboard)
Sorrows in Blue
> Eye
Saturnine
Identify
BC: Thank you.
1979
BC: See...that should be the end of the show, right?
Stand Inside Your Love
Pinwheels
Lily
BC: So we’ve reached the end of the show. Heh heh heh. Everybody knows I do what I’m told, that’s the way I am. Man says “Play, stop,” I just do whatever, it’s all good.
Guy in crowd: We Only Come Out at Night, Billy! Right here, Billy, second row, right there.
BC: You’re in the second row? You’re in the second row, right? That - that’s, I can still kick you in the face from the second row. (Billy cracks up) Let’s just all relax. I’m the zen version now. Like to introduce the band to you before we run away. On the drums, Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin. Jimmy Chamberlin.
Bridge of Sighs (tease - Jeff)
BC: Jimmy wouldn’t kick you in the face, that’s why people like Jimmy. Jimmy would give you a drum stick and...tell you a story. On the guitar, the Shredder, Mr. Jeff Schroeder. Jeff Schroeder. On the bass guitar, our special guest, Mr. Jack Bates. What band are you in? Hahahaha. On the keys, vocals and many other things, Ms. Sierra Swan. Sierra Swan. And taking us tonight to Malibu, from the Celebrity Skin album by Hole, a song that I co-wrote in a younger year, Ms. Katie Cole.
Malibu (with Jack Bates on bass)
> The Spaniards (with Jack Bates on bass)
[encore break]
BC: So before we finish up, thank you again, thank you, thank you, thank you. And, and...we have a birthday girl in the house tonight! Birthday girl, woo! Sierra Swan, Sierra.
Happy Birthday (Billy and Katie sing on mic)
Angie
BC: Thank you everybody, thank you NYC, thank you, we love you, thank you.

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