The Smashing Pumpkins 2024-08-16

August 16, 2024 – Springfield, IL, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
The World Is A Vampire 2024 tour
Date	August 16, 2024
Festival	Illinois State Fair
Venue	Illinois State Fairgrounds (State Fair Grandstand)
Location	Springfield, IL, US
Venue type	Fairgrounds
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Kiki Wong, Jack Bates, Katie Cole
Order of bands	PVRIS, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "Atum" (prerecorded) 
2. "The Everlasting Gaze" 
3. "Doomsday Clock" 
4. "Zoo Station" [U2] 
   1. (drum solo)
5. "Today" 
6. "That Which Animates The Spirit" 
7. "Tonight, Tonight" 
8. "Ava Adore" 
9. "Disarm" (acoustic) 
10. "Mayonaise" 
11. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
12. "Empires" 
13. "Beguiled" 
14. "1979" 
15. "Jellybelly" 
16. "Gossamer" [12:28] 
    1. "The Spaniards" (tease) 
17. "Master of Puppets" [Metallica] (tease) 
18. "Cherub Rock" 
19. "Are You Gonna Go My Way" [Lenny Kravitz] (tease) 
20. "Zero" 
    1. "Love Gun" [Kiss] (tease) 

Banter

Atum Intro
The Everlasting Gaze
> Doomsday Clock
> Zoo Station
Today (abandoned almost immediately when Billy hits a wrong note)
> Today
Iha: Thank you so much, Springfield. Illinois. How the hell are you? We are the Smashing Pumpkins and we’re glad to be in the -- here in our home state, thank you so much.
That Which Animates the Spirit
Tonight, Tonight
> Ava Adore
(BC before bridge: Springfield, Illinois, let me hear you! Springfield, Illinois, let me hear you!!)
Disarm (acoustic)
BC: Thank you very much, thank you. James, how you feelin’ tonight?
Iha: I feel great. Uh, it’s great to be back here in Illinois. We were just in Illinois playing, uh, Wrigley Field and that was awesome. But now we’re playing the land of Lincoln.
BC: James, did you go see the butter cow, did you see the butter cow?
Iha: What? What, what--
BC: There’s a cow made of butter, did you go see the cow made of butter?
Iha: No, but I like it, I like the idea of that. If you had a bagel, just had a -- a large knife, you could spread some butter from that goddamn butter cow on the bagel. Heh heh! I don’t know. What -- how many people have seen it here? Alright.
BC: You’re so behind the curve on the butter cow.
Iha: After this concert, we’re all going to the butter cow.
BC: Party at the butter cow. You gonna DJ? Heh heh.
Iha: Hey, what do you guys wanna hear, I’ll play all the hits, I’ll DJ at the butter cow, let’s go, LET’S GO, SPRINGFIELD!!
BC: We’d now like to play you a song from the Siamese Dream album. That this young man and I wrote back in 1992, we hope you enjoy it.
Iha: I forgot how to play it!
Mayonaise
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Empires
(BC before Kiki outro solo: Cowboy Kiki!!)
Beguiled
1979
Jellybelly
Gossamer / The Spaniards
Iha: Thank you. Thank you so much. How you guys doin’? Are you having a reasonable time tonight? Uh, it’s great to be playing here at Springfield...
BC: James....
Iha: ...at the Illinois State goddamn Fair, I came here on a -- on a, on a field trip in elementary school, it was amazing. Yes?
BC: What the fans really wanna know is, did we beat Little Wayne’s [sic (every time said by Billy and Iha)] record?
Iha: Oh, did he have a record here?
BC: (laughing) I don’t think so.
Iha: Oh. Okay.
BC: Close! We came close to Little Wayne’s record.
Iha: Okay.
BC: Who saw Little Wayne?
Iha: Yeah, that’s cool, I like Little Wayne.
BC: James, in honor of Little Wayne, would you like to do a rap?
Iha: No, no, I’m not gonna do that onstage with phones and cameras. (Billy starts playing muted guitar) Alright, let’s fuck up shit right now! Illinois! (Jimmy joins in) Let me hear you! I got no funk in me, unh! I got no funk, unh, in me! Unh! Butter cow! Butter cow, where are you, butter cow?! I wanna see you! Margarine cow, is there a margarine cow? Woo! We’re having the time of our life, margarine cow!! (Billy and Jimmy stop) Thank you so much, we are the Smashing Pumpkins, I’d like to introduce the band at this point. The latest member of the Smashing Pumpkins, on guitar, from Texas and California, Miss Kiki Wong!
Master of Puppets (tease)
Iha: Hoo hoo hoo. That was a good one. Rock power. On vocals and acoustic guitar, all the way from Down Under, Australia, Miss Katie Cole, everyone, Katie Cole. You know him, you love him, he’s on the bass guitar, he’s from Manchester, England, Mr. Jack Bates. Mr. Rock Steady, the heartbeat of the band, from this...blessed state, Mr. Jimmyyyyy Chamberlin! Jimmy, what do you think of this crowd here? Heh heh heh heh heh! He’s a showman up there. Lead vocals, lead guitar, Mr. Billy Corgan! Thank you guys so much, I am James and this is called Cherub Rock!
Cherub Rock
Are You Gonna Go My Way (tease)
Iha: Springfield. What I really wanna know...are you gonna go my way? Are you gonna go my way? Are you gonna go my waaay?! (Billy stops) Thank you.
Zero
(BC after final lyrics: Thank you very much. We love you! Thank you so much, we love you so much, thank you!)
> Love Gun (tease)
Iha: Thank you guys so much. Have a good night, get home safe.