The Smashing Pumpkins 1998-07-02
| July 2, 1998 – Universal City, CA, US | |
|---|---|
| Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| Adore tour | |
| Date | July 2, 1998 |
| Venue | Universal Amphitheatre |
| Coordinates | 34°8′17″N 118°21′12″W |
| Location | Universal City, CA, US |
| Venue type | Theater |
| Capacity | 6,251 |
| Personnel | Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Kenny Aronoff, Mike Garson, Dan Morris, Stephen Hodges |
| Order of bands | The Smashing Pumpkins |
A check for $432,000, covering both Los Angeles shows, was presented to representatives from Five Acres, a local charity for abused children.
Setlist
- "To Sheila"
- "Behold! the Night Mare"
- "Pug"
- "Tear" [9:10]
- "Crestfallen"
- "Ava Adore"
- "Perfect"
- "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" [10:36]
- "Let Me Give the World to You" (acoustic)
- "Tonight, Tonight" (acoustic)
- "Appels + Oranjes" (acoustic)
- (percussion solo)
- "Zero" (tease)
- "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" [10:00]
- "Shame" [7:44]
- "For Martha" [8:08]
Encore
- (check presentation)
- "1979"
- "Transmission" [Joy Division] [24:08]
- "Let's Dance" [David Bowie] (tease)
- "Drown" (tease)
Notes
- Audience members are brought on stage to jam at the end of "Transmission"
Banter
To Sheila
> Behold! The Night Mare
> Pug
Tear
> Crestfallen
> Ava Adore
Perfect
> Thru the Eyes of Ruby
BC: Thank you, thank you so much. Thank you very much for coming to our concert tonight, tonight. Um, as you know this is a - these two shows that we're playing here are for charity, so we appreciate...your donation. Can you turn on the lights for a second so we could see everybody?, it's kinda dark. (crowd cheers as lights go on)
Iha: Oh.
BC: Oh yay.
Iha: Oh.
BC: Thank you.
Iha: Whoa.
BC: Thank you so much, thank you. (Billy begins the next song) This is a song called Let Me Give the World to You.
Let Me Give the World to You (acoustic)
BC: Heh heh. Alright, heh heh heh. That's the end of the show, thank you, goodnight. Okay, we'd like to play another old song for you right now. This is from our wildly successful album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. My uh, my voice is a little hoarse, so you have to sing along and cover up my [unintelligible word]. Thank you.
Iha: And [2 unintelligible words], get up and dance.
BC: So we send this song out to all of you for coming to share this evening with us, we love you, we appreciate you so much, thank you.
Tonight, Tonight (acoustic)
BC: Thank you, thank you.
Appels + Oranjes (acoustic)
> drum/percussion solo
> Zero (tease)
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> Shame
BC: Thank you so much for being a fantastic audience. We are forever in your debt, literally and spiritually. Like to play one more song for you and bid you adieu, (blows kiss), thank you.
For Martha
BC: God bless you, thank you, goodnight.
[encore break]
[check presentation cut]
BC: (mic not working properly) Hello. Hello! (mic working right now) Hello, heh heh, hi.
[tape cut]
1979
BC: (Stephen Hawking voice) Thank you. [tape cut] (normal voice) We've really enjoyed playing our new songs off our new album Adore for you. It's a really good album. Right?
Iha: [unintelligible word or two].
BC: Alright, that Let It Come Down is pretty good too.
Iha: I like that one too, heh heh.
BC: So uh, before we go on to this final song, we’d just like to say we love you very much and appreciate your support more than we could ever express. We hope you had a good time, we'll see you again soon. Now we go into space.
Transmission / Let's Dance / Drown
(Iha at 17:55, during pause before outro: [unintelligible].)
(BC at 18:32: This is the part where the strange aliens come and take over our planet.)
(D'arcy at 22:08: Can you all play together? Together! Together! Even notes, any notes! Play in E! Oh shit. [1-2 unintelligible words]!)
(D'arcy at 23:51: I can't not dance to that.
Girl on stage: Come back, Billy!
D'arcy: Can't dance to that.)
