The Smashing Pumpkins 2012-08-14

August 14, 2012 – Seoul, KR
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Oceania tour
Date	August 14, 2012
Festival	Super!Sonic festival
Venue	Olympic Gymnastics Arena
Coordinates	37°31′9″N 127°7′39″E
Location	Seoul, KR
Venue type	Arena
Capacity	14,730
Personnel	Billy Corgan, Jeff Schroeder, Mike Byrne, Nicole Fiorentino
Order of bands	Idiotape, Gym Class Heroes, Soulwax, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Super!Sonic festival, 2012.

Setlist[edit | edit source]

Encore[edit | edit source]

"Pinwheels"
"Stand Inside Your Love"
"Black Diamond" [Kiss]
1. "Love Gun" [Kiss] (tease)

Banter[edit | edit source]

Zero
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Today
BC: Thank you very much, thank you. Thank you so much. We’d like to play a song for you from our new album, Oceania. This is a song called The Celestials.
The Celestials
My Love Is Winter
One Diamond, One Heart
BC: Thank you so much, thank you. Thank you.
Guy in crowd: Billy, play whatever the fuck you want!
BC: Thank you, thank you. ‘Cause that’s just what I’m gonna do, heh heh.
Tonite Reprise
> Tonight, Tonight
> Ava Adore
Cherub Rock
BC: Thank you so much, thank you.
Guy in crowd: [unintelligible but possibly “I love you ass, Billy”] [sic]!
BC: Thank you. Is today Independence Day? (crowd cheers) Yes, is this true? Independence Day or tomorrow? Tomorrow? Oh, okay. Never mind. Thank you so much, thank you. Korea’s a special place, we really like coming here. Jeff’s mom was born in Korea. (crowd cheers) Yeah. And I was thinking, today I was walking around and I saw some um –- I was down by the palace and the museums and I saw some photos of the U.S. soldiers that were here during the Korean War. And uh, I was thinking I –- I don’t always, you know, ‘cause I didn’t know him, but one of my uncles died in the Korean War, so I just.... (collective crowd gasp) So, I just want to say a prayer to my uncle. Say a prayer for Jeff’s mom. And thank you so much, we love you, we appreciate you being here with us, thank you, thank you. So we’d like to play you a song now from Oceania, this is the title track, Oceania.
Oceania
1979
> Space Oddity
> X.Y.U.
(BC alt lyrics: And in the eyes of the jackal...! I...say...fuck you. KABOOM!)
(where X.Y.U. would usually end, the band goes into a 30 second jam similar to The Beautiful People)
BC: What in the name of Sam Hill was that?! Was it three times? Thank you.
Disarm
BC: Thank you.
The Chimera
> Inkless
Starla
BC: God bless you all.
[encore break]
Pinwheels
BC: Thank you very much, thank you. Well, we’ve got just a few more songs, so thank you so much for coming tonight. Thank you. Yes, hopefully we can come back and play our Oceania show for you.
Guy in crowd: Fuckin’ [unintelligible 2 words]!
BC: Hahahahahaha! It’s always the American in the crowd...or the Brit.
Same guy in crowd: I’m from New Zealand!
BC: Whatever. Whatever, dude, peace. Hahahaha. I can hear.
Stand Inside Your Love
Black Diamond
(BC over intro: This is a song by the band Kiss.)

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