The Smashing Pumpkins 1996-01-05

January 5, 1996 – Washington, DC, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Infinite Sadness tour
Date	January 5, 1996
Venue	9:30 Club
Coordinates	38°55′5″N 77°1′26″W
Location	Washington, DC, US
Venue type	Club
Capacity	1,200
Attendance	1,200
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jonathan Melvoin
Order of bands	The Smashing Pumpkins
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The January 5, 1996 was the opening night of the new location of the famed 9:30 Club.

Setlist

Set one

"Tonight, Tonight" (acoustic)
"In the Arms of Sleep" (acoustic)
"Cupid de Locke" (acoustic)
"Thirty-Three" (acoustic)
"Today" (acoustic)
"Lily (My One and Only)" (acoustic)
"Take Me Down" (acoustic)
"Beautiful"
"Rocket"
"Galapogos"

Set two

"Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (prerecorded)
"Where Boys Fear to Tread"
"Zero"
"Fuck You"
"To Forgive"
"Jellybelly"
"Porcelina of the Vast Oceans"
"Creep" [Stone Temple Pilots] (tease)
"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
"Thru the Eyes of Ruby"
"1979"
"Geek U.S.A."
"X.Y.U."

Encore one

Encore two

"By Starlight"
"Silverfuck" [9:11]
"Siva" [5:06]
"Dust in the Wind" [Kansas] (tease)
"Farewell and Goodnight" (acoustic)

Notes

"Siva" is played by request

Banter

D’arcy: Good evening.
Tonight, Tonight (acoustic)
BC: Thank you.
In the Arms of Sleep (acoustic)
BC: Bass, bass, bass.
Iha: Hello.
BC: Hi.
Iha: More--more acoustic in the monitors.
BC: What are you all doing in our bedroom? Heh heh.
Iha: Yeaaah.
Cupid de Locke (acoustic)
BC: Thank you so much.
Thirty-three (acoustic)
BC: (high pitched) It's a party [unintelligible word]!
Today (acoustic)
BC: Ah, it's an oldie but a goldie.
Lily (acoustic)
Take Me Down (acoustic)
(BC over intro: Now we’re gonna take a little trip down Sad Lane. Just sit back.
D’arcy: That’s--that’s where James lives.
BC: Hahahaha.
D’arcy: No, it’s true.
BC: 144 Sad Lane.)
Beautiful
(Iha immediately after Billy starts song: [unintelligible but possibly “Now take your place in the audience.”])
BC: (high pitched) Thank you. (exaggerated Italian accent) Could you get a-rid of these acoustic guitars too, please? Please get rid of these acoustic guitars. (normal) So uh, thanks for your patience, you know, we’re having a fun time playing these songs. 'Cause we never get to play 'em, if you know what I'm sayin’. Not to the rock masses, that's for certain.
Rocket
Galapogos
BC: Thanks.
D’arcy: Thank you.
[set break]
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Intro
> Where Boys Fear to Tread
> Zero
Fuck You
To Forgive
Iha: Ah, yeah.
BC: Hi, we're the Smashing Pumpkins. Thank you for having us. We'd like to comment, this is a pretty cool place as opposed to the place it used to be.
Iha: Heh heh.
BC: I don't know...
Iha: Well....
BC: ...where do you go beyond sincerity, you don't really....
Iha: What else can we talk about but the nation's capital? America! Heh heh.
BC: Is tonight the night you're gonna announce?
Iha: I admit, in a past life I was running down the old 9:30 street and I had--I had shot Abraham Linc--Lincolns.
BC: Heh, Lipkin?
Iha: Lincoln.
BC: You shot Abraham Lipkin?
Iha: Lincoln and now I have a speech impediment because of it.
Jellybelly
BC: Thank you. That was Jellybelly.
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
BC: (weird voice) Thank you. (normal) Heh, (fast) Mister James Iha!
Creep (tease)
BC: (singing) We’re half the band we used to be, half the band we used to be.
Iha: (singing) But I still play mean guitar. (doodles a blues riff for a second)
BC: No, it’s like, (singing) half the band we used to--but I still play a mean guitar. (Iha doodles for a second) (speaking) There you go.
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
1979
BC: [tape cuts in, unknown if banter is missing] You've been great. We really appreciate your patience with all our sad songs. Well, hmmm. What do you think?
Geek U.S.A.
X.Y.U.
[encore break]
D’arcy: Thank you.
BC: (Satanic voice) Unh. Ah, thank you. From the depths of hell, we thank you. (normal) Shake those mortal bones.
We Only Come Out at Night
(BC after lyrics finish: Yeah, you guys could learn that ending. Thank you very much!)
Iha: And now we will rock you yet again.
Cherub Rock
BC: Thank you, good fuckin’ night. No, wait...thank you, good fucking night!
Iha: (faux upset) I'll see you people later! (knocks mic stand over)
[encore break]
Iha: Thank you very much, you've been rocking.
BC: Thank you--thank you so much, you people totally rock. (Jimmy starts By Starlight drumbeat) You make us feel young again.
Iha: Wow.
By Starlight
> Silverfuck
BC: Thanks.
D’arcy: Goodnight.
BC: Wait wait wait wait wait wait. Wanna hear any more songs? We're--we’re not tired so if you wanna hear us play more, we’ll play more. (crowd cheers) What haven’t we played? Siva? No, we don’t play I Am One anymore. What else you wanna hear? James, do we go back to the Gish album for an oldie? We gotta go there, Jimmy.
Iha: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
BC: We were kicking this out in fuckin’ ‘90. Oh so long ago.
Siva
(BC after Iha has a silly guitar effect on before bridge: That sounds cool!)
(BC after Jimmy and D'arcy go into final chorus during guitar solo: Stop! Stop! Stop! (band stops) What the fuck, man?!
Iha: On the one, Mr. Jimmy "The Joliet Mustard" Chamberlin!
BC: His arms are about to fall off but he looks good. (sings) Way down deep beneath my heart...)
BC: I'd like to do one more song, then we'll go away.
Iha: She got the bomb.
BC: Heh, your mic awaits you, Jim.
Iha: Jim, you gotta have power!
BC: (laughing that turns into coughing)
Jimmy: Fuck you, man.
Iha: Love.
BC: A little more acoustic in the right side monitor, please.
Jimmy: Thank you.
BC: Heh heh, heh.
Iha: This is Black Mountain Side and uh...
BC: Dust in the Wind?
Iha: ...just started in India.
BC: Dust in the Wind.
Dust in the Wind (tease)
BC: (singing) All we are is dust in....
Farewell and Goodnight
(below is all over piano outro)
BC: Goodnight, you people rule.
Jimmy: Thank you.
BC: Thank you, thank you everybody.
D’arcy: Thank you, goodnight.
Iha: Goodnight.
BC: Thank you.
Iha: Thanks.