Billy Corgan 1998-01-15
| January 15, 1998 – West Hollywood, CA, US | |
|---|---|
| Live performance by Billy Corgan | |
| Artist | Billy Corgan |
| Date | January 15, 1998 |
| Venue | The Viper Room |
| Coordinates | 34°5′26″N 118°23′5″W |
| Location | West Hollywood, CA, US |
| Venue type | Club |
| Capacity | 250 |
| Personnel | Billy Corgan |
| Order of bands | James Iha, Billy Corgan |
The January 15, 1998 performance saw an opening set by James Iha in what was his first performance as a solo artist. Billy Corgan then played a solo set of Smashing Pumpkins songs, with all but the encore written for the forthcoming Adore album.
Setlist
- "To Sheila" (acoustic)
- "Perfect" (acoustic) (live debut)
- "Let Me Give the World to You" (acoustic) (live debut)
- "Once Upon a Time" (acoustic) (live debut)
- "Daphne Descends" (acoustic) (live debut)
- "Ava Adore" (acoustic)
- "Crestfallen" (acoustic) (live debut)
- "Set The Ray To Jerry" (tease) (acoustic)
- "Shame" (acoustic) (live debut)
- "Tear" (acoustic) (live debut)
- "Blissed and Gone" (acoustic)
Encore
- "1979" (acoustic)
Banter
BC: (nonsense noises imitating crowd)
To Sheila
BC: Hi.
Perfect
Let Me Give the World to You (abandoned after 2 chords)
> Let Me Give the World to You
BC: Thank you. Thank you.
Once Upon a Time (abandoned after about 10 seconds)
BC: Hey uh, Robbie, can you take a little bit of the mid out of the...guitar thing?, s-sounds like shit. You know, these days you can't - you can’t smoke in the bars and I'm surprised you can drink and I know you can't curse, so....
Once Upon a Time
BC: Alright, this is um, one of those really sweet gentle songs that's not sad, so you might wanna listen to this one, it's a rare moment in my life.
Daphne Descends
BC: Thank you.
Ava Adore
Crestfallen
Guy in crowd: Set the Ray to Jerry!
Set the Ray to Jerry (tease - 5 seconds of opening guitar)
Shame
Tear
Blissed and Gone
BC: Thank you.
[encore break]
BC: Thank you very much, god bless you, thank you.
1979
BC: Thank you, goodnight, (blows kiss), thank you.