The Smashing Pumpkins 1994-04-12

April 12, 1994 – Nashville, TN, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Rock Invasion tour
Date	April 12, 1994
Venue	Memorial Gymnasium
Coordinates	36°8′40″N 86°48′26″W
Location	Nashville, TN, US
Venue type	Gym
Capacity	15,317
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
Order of bands	Red Red Meat, The Smashing Pumpkins
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This show saw a formal release on cassette in November 2023 as Smashing Pumpkins 4/12/94, bundled with two candles made in collaboration with Lola James Harper.

Setlist

1. "Soma" 
2. "Rocket" 
3. "Geek U.S.A." 
4. "Disarm" 
5. "Snail" 
6. "Quiet" 
7. "Cherub Rock" 
8. "Drown" [4:50] 
9. "Hummer" [6:07] 
10. "Today" 
11. "Siva" [6:06] 

Encore

12. "Spaced" (tease) 
1. "Suffer" (tease) 
2. "Silverfuck" [18:45] 
3. "Never Let Me Down Again" [Depeche Mode] (tease) 
4. "Bargain" [The Who] (tease) 
5. "Over the Rainbow" [Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg] (tease) 

Banter

Soma
> Rocket
Geek U.S.A.
(BC alt last line: I fuckin’ love the U.S.A.!)
BC: Thank you all for coming. Even you people way up there. Really happy to be here and uh, we hope you have a safe, uh, healthy time.
Disarm
> Snail
Quiet
Iha: Thank you very, very much. And now we’d like to [unintelligible].
Cherub Rock
BC: Thank you very much. We'd like to uh, play you a song that should have been on the album, but...wasn't, so.... I'm sure most of you don't know this song, but uh, we're gonna play it anyway. So we’d like to dedicate this to everyone who has a future, unlike us, so.... 'Cause after all, you are our future.
Drown
> Hummer
BC: Shhh.
Today
> Siva
[encore break]
(echo effect)
Iha: Psychedelic.
Silverfuck / Never Let Me Down Again / Bargain / Over the Rainbow (with Spaced & Suffer teases in intro)
(BC during pause between NLMDA and Bargain: Doesn’t it ever occur to you that you’re like hitting people on the head? Look, here goes another one, go ahead.)

Photos and memorabilia

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