The Smashing Pumpkins 1996-07-10

July 10, 1996 – Landover, MD, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Infinite Sadness tour
Date	July 10, 1996
Venue	USAir Arena
Coordinates	38°54′9″N 76°50′49″W
Location	Landover, MD, US
Venue type	Arena
Capacity	18,756
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jonathan Melvoin
Order of bands	Garbage, The Smashing Pumpkins
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The July 10, 1996 performance was the final performance before Jonathan Melvoin's death on July 12, and consequently Jimmy Chamberlin's last show before being kicked out of the band. Chamberlin would not perform with band again until April 10, 1999.

Setlist

1. "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (over PA) 
2. "Tonight, Tonight" 
3. "Zero" 
4. "Fuck You" 
5. "To Forgive" 
6. "Today" 
7. "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" 
   1. "By Starlight" 
8. "Disarm" 
9. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
10. "Siva" [4:34] 
11. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" 
    1. "Beautiful" (unfinished) 
    2. "Rocket" (tease) 
12. "Fight Fire with Fire" [Metallica] (tease) 
13. "Tear" (tease) 
14. "Cherub Rock" 

Encore one

1. "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" [Iron Butterfly] (tease) 
2. (blues jam)
3. "X.Y.U." 

Encore two

1. "1979" 
2. "Silverfuck" [38:37] 
   1. "X.Y.U." (tease) 
   2. "Space Jam" (tease) 
   3. "Eye" (tease) 
   4. "The End" [The Doors] (tease) 
   5. "Dose" [Filter] (tease) 
   6. "The Star-Spangled Banner" [Francis Scott Key] (tease) 
   7. "Jellybelly (old version)" (tease) 
   8. "You Are My Sunshine" [Johnny Cash] (tease) 
   9. "Hava Nagila" [traditional] (tease) 

Notes

• "Disarm" performed acoustic
• "Silverfuck" with Jonathon Melvoin on second drum kit

Banter

MCIS
Tonight, Tonight
Zero
Fuck You
Corgan: Thank you, hi.
To Forgive
Today
Thru the Eyes of Ruby / By Starlight
Corgan: Thank you very much. We appreciate you coming to our concert tonight. As I said last night, we've been coming to the Washington DC area since about 1990, and it's always been a pleasure to come here. We thank, we thank all our old fans for sticking with us, and we thank all our new fans for coming. So we send this here song out to you.
Disarm
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Siva
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans / Beautiful / Rocket
Corgan: So, how is everybody?
Iha: Are you spaced out? Are you spaced out? Are you still with us? Well, let's get on board the space rocket.
Corgan: You guys remember, it will no longer be the Washington Bullets, it will be the Washington Warblers, that right. 'Cause bullets don't win, they kill.
Cherub Rock
[encore break]
In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida tease
Iha: I was playing on the monkey bars, and uh...you got that fuckin' blues, don't you? Shit, he's from Chicago. We got the Bulls, we got the Bears, we got bratwurst, we got the blues. Damn, I know what you're talkin' about.
blues jam
Corgan: This one's for Stevie Ray. Not Stevie Ray Vaughn, Stevie Ray Jones, this guy I went to high school with.
Iha: Alright, we'll get back to the cyber rock, hang on.
Corgan: He had a blues dream, it never came true.
X.Y.U.
[encore break]
1979
Silverfuck
Corgan: Thanks, god bless you, bye.