The Smashing Pumpkins 2022-10-03

October 3, 2022 – Houston, TX, US
Poster by Chris Koehler
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Spirits On Fire tour
Date	October 3, 2022
Venue	Toyota Center
Coordinates	29°45′3″N 95°21′44″W
Location	Houston, TX, US
Venue type	Arena
Capacity	19,300
Personnel	Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, James Iha, Jeff Schroeder, Jack Bates, Katie Cole
Order of bands	Poppy, Jane's Addiction, Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "Atum" (prerecorded) 
2. "Empires" 
3. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
4. "Today" 
5. "We Only Come Out at Night" (acoustic) 
6. "Cyr" 
7. "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] [5:35] 
8. "Solara" 
   1. (drum solo)
9. "Eye" 
10. "Ava Adore" 
    1. (drum solo)
11. "Tonight, Tonight" (acoustic) 
12. "Stand Inside Your Love" 
13. "I of the Mourning" 
14. "Cherub Rock" 
15. "Zero" 
    1. "Love Gun" [Kiss] (tease) 
16. "1979" 
17. "Beguiled" 
18. "Silverfuck" 
19. "Neophyte" 
20. "Disarm" (acoustic) 
21. "Harmageddon" 

Notes

• "X.Y.U." was on the setlist after "Harmageddon" but not played due to 11 PM venue curfew

Banter

(incomplete due to lack of full show source)

Atum Intro
Empires
(BC after lyrics finish, before Jeff’s outro solo: Houstoooooon!!)
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Iha: Hello, Houston. Nice to see you, thank you for coming out tonight, we are the Smashing Pumpkins.
Today
We Only Come Out at Night (acoustic)
Cyr
(Billy begins Once in a Lifetime intro but is quickly having connection problems with his guitar cord)
Iha: Woo! Hello, Houston. We got problems, Houston, heh heh. Guitars.... Funny thing about Houston....
Once in a Lifetime
Solara
Eye
(BC after second chorus: Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the rock show. Are you having a good time?! Houston, Texas, are you having a good time?!)
(BC during outro singalong: Sing it with me, it's (demonstrates)! Come on, come on!! This is Houston, Texas, right? Ow!! One more time, one more time!)
Ava Adore
(BC after Jimmy solo: Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin on the drums! Mr. Jeff Schroeder on the geetar. Mr. Jack Bates on the bass! Mr. James Iha on the guitar.)
Iha: Thank you so much. Uh, we appreciate that.
BC: James, how you feelin' tonight?
Iha: I'm feelin' good. How you guys doin'? Pretty good?
BC: James, come on, it's Houston, Texas, they're always feelin' pretty good here in Houston.
Iha: Nothin' but a good time in Houston. Football, baseball: Houston.
BC: Remember the famous Dean Martin song "Houston, Houston"?
Iha: I don't know that.
BC: You don't know that one? Spotify. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being with us tonight! Thank you to Poppy, thank you to J -- our brothers in Jane's Addiction. This is one of my favorite parts of the show is we get to thank you each personally for 34 plus years of this insane institution.
Iha: Oh my god.
BC: Heh! Let's keep it movin', heh. Little song we like to call Tonight, Tonight.
Tonight, Tonight (Billy/Iha acoustic)
Stand Inside Your Love
I of the Mourning
Iha: [cuts in] You'll like this next one, it's a good one. It's off Siamese Dream, what a good record. Heh heh.
BC: James, I said I didn't wanna play this song tonight. Don't put me on the spot.
Iha: Heh, I said "We gotta do it in Houston."
BC: You said to me before the show, "Give the people what they want."
Iha: I said, "Give the people what they want."
BC: I said, "James...no."
Iha: I said "Why wouldn't you want to play Cherub Rock?" Heh heh.
Cherub Rock
> Zero
> Love Gun (tease)
1979
Beguiled
Silverfuck
Neophyte
BC: Thank you so kindly, thank you.
Disarm (acoustic)
Harmageddon
(BC after lyrics finish: Thank you very much! We love yooooooou!!)
Iha: Thank you guys so much. Have a good night, drive home safe, thank you.

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