The Smashing Pumpkins 1992-09-06

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September 6, 1992 – Rotterdam, NL
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
ArtistThe Smashing Pumpkins
DateSeptember 6, 1992
FestivalMetropolis festival
VenueZuiderpark (Metropolis Festival)
Coordinates51°52′50″N 4°29′12″E
LocationRotterdam, NL
Venue typePark
Capacity70,000
PersonnelBilly Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin

The Metropolis Festival in the Netherlands.

Setlist

  1. "Geek U.S.A." (Suicide Kiss) 
  2. "Rocket
  3. "Bury Me
  4. "Window Paine
  5. "Tristessa
  6. "Kill Your Parents" [1:22] 
    1. "Siva" [5:51] 
  7. "Hummer
  8. "I Am One
  9. "Silverfuck" [9:29] 
    1. "When You Wish Upon a Star" [Leigh Harline / Ned Washington(tease) 

Encore

  1. "Slunk(abandoned) (blues version) 
    1. "The Joker" [Steve Miller Band

Notes

  • Corgan's vocal mic is out for the first half of "Suicide Kiss"
  • Three shirtless male dancers join the band for "Siva" and "Silverfuck"
  • "The Joker" not played again until May 10, 2001 (Billy Corgan solo).

Banter

Iha: Dank you, dank you
Corgan: This is called 'The Kiss'
Suicide Kiss (Geek U.S.A.)
Rocket
Corgan: Hello, how are you today? I'm fine, thank you. I got stung by a bee
Bury Me
Corgan: Are you still there? It's a beautiful day
Window Paine
Corgan: Here's a song about being in love with animals
Tristessa
Corgan: Here's another song about being in love, but this one's about being in love with your mom.
Not my mom, your mom
Iha: We're looking for some American dancers by the way, if they ever show up they can dance freely
Wretzky: Dancers slash beasts
Corgan: Where are our dancers? Raise your hand dancers
[crowd raise their hands]
Corgan: No! The ones I talked to before the show
Come up, come up to the front, somebody give these men a pass, they need to dance, let them up
Iha: These red blooded American men need to dance
Corgan: That's right, and as they're coming to stage we'll play you a little song, a get up on stage and dance song
Let's hear it for our dancers!
Siva
Hummer
Corgan: Thank you
I Am One
Corgan: We have time for one more song and we'd like to thank you very much. You're a wonderful bunch of peoples.
We'd like to play another song that you don't know... don't know that one
Iha: You just want to see the Chippendales, don't you, all the way from America, the Chippendales that dance for you
Corgan: I think we might see some naked men, wanna see some naked men?
Iha: We got 'em!
Corgan: You should wait until the song really peaks out, alright. I don't have time for a thing...
This is called, for you bootleggers, 'Silverfuck'
Silverfuck
When You Wish Upon a Star (tease)
[encore break]
Corgan: Hello. you sure you want us to play another song? I'm awful shy ya know
[cries for Rhinoceros]
Corgan: We don't play those songs anymore
Iha: Thank you very much, thank you
Corgan: Alright while D'arcy retunes, we'll play you a song
Slunk (slow version)(abandoned)
Corgan: Alright, you in tune? This is one of them cover songs, it's really embarassing too
The Joker

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