The Smashing Pumpkins 1996-06-15

June 15, 1996 – San Francisco, CA, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Infinite Sadness tour
Date	June 15, 1996
Festival	Tibetan Freedom Concert
Venue	Golden Gate Park
Coordinates	37°46′11″N 122°28′37″W
Location	San Francisco, CA, US
Venue type	Park
Capacity	50,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jonathan Melvoin
Order of bands	John Lee Hooker, Richie Havens, Biz Markie, Cibo Matto, Pavement, A Tribe Called Quest, Foo Fighters, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Beastie Boys
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Full performance

June 15, 1996 was the inaugural Tibetan Freedom Concert. It drew crowd of around 100,000 over the two-day event, raising around $800,000 USD.

Setlist

Pre-set

1. (interview)

Set

1. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
2. "Zero" 
3. "Tonight, Tonight" 
4. "Fuck You" 
5. "Silverfuck" [23:49] 
   1. "Dose" [Filter] (tease) 

Banter

D’arcy: Hello? Hello.
BC: Hi. Thanks for comin'. Hey John, it’s too loud. Thanks for comin'.
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Zero
BC: Hi, um, just want to say hi, thank you all for coming. It’s really cool that you're here and we're here for the same reason, for the--the people of Tibet. And uh...that's about it. Heh, no one seems to hear, so....
Tonight, Tonight
Iha: Alright! How are you rockin'!? Alright! Havin' a good time? We give you the evil hand salute...(Billy starts Fuck You)...evil death salute.
Fuck You
Silverfuck / Dose

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