The Smashing Pumpkins 2022-05-05

May 5, 2022 – Mexico City, MX
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Rock Invasion 2 tour
Date	May 5, 2022
Venue	Teatro Metropólitan
Coordinates	19°26′0″N 99°8′49″W
Location	Mexico City, MX
Venue type	Theater
Capacity	3,165
Personnel	Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, James Iha, Jeff Schroeder, Jack Bates
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The May 5, 2022 performance was the first of a four-night run at Mexico City's famed Teatro Metropólitan. It was the first time The Smashing Pumpkins performed in Mexico since March 23, 2013, and the first time in Mexico City since September 22, 2012.

Setlist

Set

"Sarabande" [George Frideric Handel] (prerecorded)
"The Colour of Love"
"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
"Today"
"Ugly"
"Drown"
"Quiet"
"Cyr"
"Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads]
"Solara"
"Eye"
"Ava Adore"
"Tonight, Tonight" (acoustic)
"Stand Inside Your Love"
"Country Death Song" [Violent Femmes] (tease)
"Cherub Rock"
"Zero"
"Telegenix"
"FOL"
"1979"
"Disarm" (acoustic)
"If There Is a God"
"X.Y.U."

Encore

"One and All" (final performance)
"Hello Kitty Kat"
"Silverfuck" [11:43]

Banter

(incomplete due to lack of full show source)

Sarabande Intro
The Colour of Love
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Iha: Muchas gracias, Ciudad de Méjico.
Today
Iha: Ow! Méjico, how are you? Buena sera.
Ugly
Drown
BC: Good evening! ... We are so happy to be with you to-night. We'd like to play a little song from an album called Siamese Dream. James, do you remember this one?
Iha: Yes, I do.
Quiet
Cyr
Once in a Lifetime
Solara
Eye
Ava Adore
(BC before bridge: Jeffrey, give these people a little Eddie Van Halen!)
Iha: Muchas gracias, thank you, thank you so much. Uh, we have not been here in a very long time and...gracias so much for coming out tonight, thank you. I don't speak Spanish well, I'm so sorry, heh heh, but uh, thank you, it's a special night, one of four nights and uh, we really appreciate you coming out.
BC: All--
Iha: Thank you.
BC: All four nights sold out!
Iha: Come on!
BC: Sold out!
Iha: Sold out! [2 unintelligible words].
BC: You know that old joke, James? "Hey man, you guys sold out," and you go, "Yeah, I sold out...the arena."
Iha: (laughing) Alright.
BC: In this case, the theater!
Iha: It's a good one if we do this.
BC: (fanning his head and laughing) How high is this city? Nine thousand feet. (laughing) Twenty thousand feet?
Iha: It is very hot, I feel weird.
BC: You know my Spanish is pretty good but I'm just too tired. (still fanning his face) Hahahaha! Ladies and gentlemen...we are so appreciative of you, we can't even tell you how many years we've begged people to bring us down to Mexico City. James came back to the band, we said, "We've gotta go to Mexico City!" Are you [unintelligible word]? Never better. No, no. COVID hit! We said we gotta go to Mexico City.
Iha: And here we are.
BC: Haha!
Iha: Hey.
BC: Some--
Iha: Thank god.
BC: You might know this song. But before we play it for you, please note that it's dedicated to all of you for being with us tonight...tonight.
Tonight, Tonight (Billy/Iha acoustic)
Stand Inside Your Love
Country Death Song (tease)
Cherub Rock
> Zero
Telegenix
FOL
Radio Intro tape
> 1979
Iha: Don't worry, we got more hits on the way.
Disarm (acoustic)
If There is a God
> X.Y.U.
[encore break]
One and All
Hello Kitty Kat
BC: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for a wonderful, fantastic evening.
Iha: Gracias, thank you so much.
BC: James, did you know...? (Iha gestures and the crowd cheers) James Iha, everyone.
Iha: Thanks a lot, [2 unintelligible words].
BC: James....
Iha: Yes, yes...
BC: Did you know...?
Iha: ...yes, I see.
BC: You know when we were kids, there was like those cassettes?
Iha: Yes.
BC: And there were vinyl records?
Iha: Yes.
BC: And then the CDs came in.
Iha: Yes.
BC: And then Napster.
Iha: Yes!
BC: It fucked everything up. (Iha knocks over his mic stand) You're gonna have to pay for that, man.
Iha: I'm sorry.
BC: He gets so angry when he hears about Napster. And then, James, they started this streaming thing that the kids are into.
Iha: Oh my god.
BC: You know about streaming, James? Ladies and gentlemen, do you know about streaming?
Crowd: Yes!
BC: James, do you know where the number one streaming place in the world is for the Smashing Pumpkins?
Iha: I was -- I was wondering [1-2 unintelligible words].
BC: You're thinkin' Stockholm? Dubai? Adelaide?
Iha: I don't know, where?
BC: Mexico City.
Iha: Méjico, yes.
BC: So ladies and gentlemen, give yourself a hand. How you doin' up there? (gesturing at the balcony)
Iha: They're so far away.
BC: They're up there streaming.
Iha: Heh heh!
BC: So thank you again, we love you, we appreciate you, we see you tomorrow night.
Silverfuck
Iha: Muchos gracias. Thank you so much. 'Night.

Photos and memorabilia

Videos

"1979"

"Disarm"