The Smashing Pumpkins 1996-05-02
| May 2, 1996 – Lisbon, PT | |
|---|---|
| Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| Infinite Sadness tour | |
| Date | May 2, 1996 |
| Venue | Cascais Bullfight Arena |
| Coordinates | 38°41′52″N 9°26′6″W |
| Location | Lisbon, PT |
| Venue type | Bullring |
| Capacity | 12,000 |
| Personnel | Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jonathan Melvoin |
| Order of bands | Filter, The Smashing Pumpkins |
The May 2, 1996 performance was once cited by Billy Corgan as The Smashing Pumpkins' best show ever.
Setlist
- "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (over PA)
- "Where Boys Fear to Tread"
- "Zero"
- "Fuck You"
- "To Forgive"
- "Tonight, Tonight"
- "Today"
- "Thru the Eyes of Ruby"
- "The Girl from Ipanema" [Antônio Carlos Jobim] (tease)
- "Disarm"
- "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
- "Cherub Rock"
- "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans"
- "Rocket" (tease)
Encore one
Encore two
Encore three
- (jazz improv)
- "Bodies"
- "Silverfuck" [24:00]
- "Farewell and Goodnight"
- "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (tease)
Notes
- "Disarm" performed acoustic
- "1979" with Kerry Brown on drums, Jimmy Chamberlin on guitar
- "Silverfuck" with Kerry Brown on second drum kit
Banter
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Where Boys Fear to Tread
Zero
Corgan: Viva la rock
Fuck You
Corgan: Thank you we're the Smashing Pumpkins, thank you for coming
Wretzky: We hope, I hope you like the rain...every show we play people
scream "water! water" so we though we'd give ya some water tonight to
help ya
To Forgive
Tonight, Tonight
Today
Corgan: Thank you so much, this is our first time in Portugal, I promise
you it won't be our last...Thank you so much now, no wait Filter already
played their set, they can't come back on, sorry, well we'd like to play
another song off our album...I don't know why we wouldn't want to,
but.... this is called 'Thru the Eyes of Ruby'
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
By Starlight
[Spanish Guitar Improv, James sings, totally incomprehensible due to recording]
Disarm
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Cherub Rock
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
[encore break]
Iha: You fuckin' crazy motherfuckers, fuckin' Portugal style
Corgan: We'd like to introduce a special guest on the drums that is
Mr Kerry Brown...Kerry plays in the most famous american band,
catherine
[Melvoin messes with effects]
Corgan: Whoa Jonathan, um, I'd like to introduce the band at this time...over there on rhythm guitar, Julio Iglesias! On drums, and on for this
song acoustic guitar, Luciano Pavarotti! On the bass guitar, Placido
Domingo
Iha: And on the microphone, Bryan Adams, we do it all for you
Corgan: He cuts like a knife, let me tell you
Iha: I want you to dance on this next fuckin' song
1979
[Radio interference/someone messing with effects?]
Corgan: Uh, thank you
Blues Jam
X.Y.U.
[encore break]
Iha: Thank you
Corgan: Obrigado? Obrigado!
Iha: Muy gato
Corgan: Obrigado
Iha: Como estas
Corgan: Obrigado, we'd like to play a song from our album, Siamese Dreamy
Mayonaise
Corgan: Uhhhh....whadda ya wanna hear? Did it stop raining? It has stopped
Iha: The rain has stopped
Corgan: See, we can stop the rain people!
Iha: We can make it happen
Corgan: If you put your minds together you can make it stop
Iha: The fucking power of music, i fucking tell you
Corgan: We'd like you all to join us in this raindance here
Iha: Whooo!
Corgan: God bless Freddie Mercury, that just occured to me, so let's say hi to Freddie Mercury
Iha: A show of hands for Freddie
Corgan: We dedicate this song to you and to Freddie
Iha: Freddie Mercury
Corgan: I just wanted to throw that in it's one of our favorite songs, we hope you like it
Iha: Freddie Mercury
Muzzle
Corgan: God bless you, thank you you guys are the best, thank you
[encore break]
Corgan: Hello over there
Iha: Hello
Corgan: Hello over there
Iha: Hi
Corgan: Hello over there
Iha: Ahoy hi
Corgan: Hello over there
Iha: You crazy! You crazy!
Corgan: D'arcy had to go to the bathroom, so it'll just be a moment, if you excuse us
Iha: Damn
[Jazz Jam, James mumbles lyrics, yet again unintelligible due to recording]
Wretzky: Tell the sick person goin' to the bathroom
Corgan: They couldn't wait
Wretzky: Neither could I
Iha: These people want to rock
Corgan: Well.
Wretzky: We gonna play 'em, what are we playing?
Corgan: We're playing 'The Rattler'
Wretzky: OK, wait, let me tune down
Corgan: Un momento please ok, my stupid voice is totally shot, so
please sing along so you can't hear me singing this is a little song we
like to call... The Rattler!
Bodies
Silverfuck
Farewell + Goodnight
Wretzky: Obrigado
Iha: Goodnight
Corgan: Thank you, god bless you
Iha: Goodnight everybody, bye bye, have a nice night
Corgan: You guys are the best. Voila! Fantastique!
Iha: Bonjour, warum
Corgan: Of all the concerts we've played so far, this is the best one we've had thank you, you guys are the fuckin' best
