The Smashing Pumpkins 2022-11-18

November 18, 2022 – Phoenix, AZ, US
Poster by Rhys Cooper and Beatriz Mariano
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Spirits On Fire tour
Date	November 18, 2022
Venue	Footprint Center
Coordinates	33°26′45″N 112°4′17″W
Location	Phoenix, AZ, US
Venue type	Arena
Capacity	12,565
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Jack Bates, Katie Cole
Order of bands	Poppy, Jane's Addiction, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "Atum" (prerecorded) 
2. "Empires" 
3. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
4. "Today" 
5. "We Only Come Out at Night" (acoustic) 
6. "Cyr" 
7. "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] 
8. "Solara" 
   1. (drum solo)
9. "Eye" 
10. "Ava Adore" 
    1. (drum solo)
11. "Tonight, Tonight" (acoustic) 
12. "Starla" 
13. "Stand Inside Your Love" 
14. "Mountain Song" [Jane's Addiction] (tease) 
15. "Living After Midnight" [Judas Priest] (tease) 
16. "Cherub Rock" 
17. "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" [Van Halen] (tease) 
18. "Zero" 
    1. "Love Gun" [Kiss] (tease) 
19. "1979" 
20. "Beguiled" 
21. "Silverfuck" 

Notes

• Augustus and Philomena Corgan are on stage dancing during "Beguiled"

Banter

(incomplete due to lack of full show source)

Atum Intro
Empires
(BC after lyrics, before Jeff outro solo: Phoeniiiix!)
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Today
We Only Come Out at Night (acoustic)
Cyr
Once in a Lifetime
Solara
Eye
(BC after 2nd chorus: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the rock show! We’re so pleased you’re with us tonight, we cannot thank you enough, thank you, thank you, thank you!)
(BC during outro singalong: Sing it with us! Sing it! Yow! Phoenix in the house! Good, love it, I love it! Last one, last one!)
Ava Adore
(BC after Jimmy solo: Ow! Mr. Jimmy Chamberliiiin! On the drums, on the drums. Boo-yeah.)
Iha: [cuts in] And we really appreciate you being here tonight, thank you.
BC: What you said.
Iha: That’s what I said.
BC: (high pitched) Ja –- James, (normal voice) heh heh heh.
Iha: (high pitched) What’s up?
BC: (high pitched) It’s easier to talk like this (normal voice) than my normal voice.
Iha: This is where the show goes off the rails.
BC: No, this is where the show becomes interesting!
Iha: Alright, well, [unintelligible]. I say that right? Is it a spiel?
BC: These are hardy people, James, these are hardy people, they face the desert!
Iha: They’re sunbaked. They’ve been attacked by gila monsters. Every one of them.
BC: See, that’s where the show goes off the rails, right there.
Iha: We have to admit it, the gila monsters are prevalent here. All across Phoenix, they come after people. Just have to talk about it. I mean, we don’t have to talk about it, let’s get back to the show. Thank you again. Gonna do an acoustic jam as you can see by the acoustic guitars here.
BC: Ladies and gentlemen, 34 years ago, we started this band in Chicago.
Iha: Oh my god.
BC: So we can only thank you for 34 years of the Smashing Pumpkins, thank you. Heh heh heh. Fun aside, fun aside, (clears throat), sorry, (deep voice) fun aside...(normal voice) like to dedicate this song to you. It’s my favorite part of the show ‘cause it’s my way of saying thank you. It’s a little song we wrote about 1994. A song we like to call Tonight, Tonight.
Tonight, Tonight (Billy/Iha acoustic)
Starla
Stand Inside Your Love
Iha: [cuts in] ...band. On vocals, all the way from Australia, Ms. Katie Cole. Katie Cole. On the bass guitar, all the way from Manchester, England, Mr. Jack Bates. He’s a good man. All the way from Hollywood, California, on guitar, Mr. Jeff Schroeder. Alright, Jeff, what do you wanna bust out, you wanna play some Van Halen or some Ratt? No one gives a fuck.
Mountain Song (tease)
Iha: Alright. On the drums, Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin. On lead vocals and hot guitar, Mr. Billyyyyy Corgan!
Living After Midnight (tease)
Iha: Alright! Living After Midnight! We’ve all done that before, especially in Phoenix.
BC: Because Rob Halford lives here.
Iha: Oh, does he?! Wait...
BC: We love Rob Halford.
Iha: ...I didn’t know that.
BC: We love Rob!
Iha: Shoutout to--
BC: Rob’s the greatest, he lives in Phoenix!
Iha: Shoutout to Rob.
BC: At the height--
Iha: And the gila monsters that live here.
BC: At the height of Rob’s metal powers, he moved to Phoenix! How’d you not know that?
Iha: Well...you know, no one gives a fuck. Heh. Alright, you’re gonna like this next one. I’m James Iha, this is called Cherub Rock!
Cherub Rock
> Ain’t Talkin’ ‘bout Love (tease – slow, during Billy’s transition solo)
> Zero
> Love Gun (tease)
1979
Beguiled
> Silverfuck
(BC immediately after final lyrics: Phoenix, thank yooooou!!)
Iha: Thank you so much. Thank you so much, Phoenix. Goodnight, thank you, get home safe.