The Smashing Pumpkins 2023-04-19

April 19, 2023 – Sydney, NSW, AU
Poster by Ben Brown
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
The World Is A Vampire tour
Date	April 19, 2023
Festival	The World Is A Vampire festival
Venue	Hordern Pavilion
Coordinates	33°53′38″S 151°13′27″E
Location	Sydney, NSW, AU
Venue type	Exhibition center
Capacity	5,500
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jeff Schroeder, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jack Bates, Katie Cole, Lisa Origliasso, Jessica Origliasso
Order of bands	Battlesnake, RedHook, Amyl and The Sniffers, 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. "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] [6:33] 
7. "Solara" 
   1. (drum solo)
8. "Eye" 
9. "Ava Adore" 
   1. (drum solo)
10. "Spellbinding" 
11. "Under the Milky Way" [The Church] (acoustic) 
12. "Chicken Salt Rap" (acoustic) (improv) (live debut)
13. "Tonight, Tonight" (acoustic) 
14. "You're the Voice" [John Farnham] (tease) 
15. "Cherub Rock" 
16. "Zero" 
    1. "Love Gun" [Kiss] (tease) 
17. "1979" 
18. "Beguiled" 
19. "Silverfuck" 

Notes

• "Eye" with The Veronicas on backing vocals
• NWA wrestlers Mercurio and May Valentine perform a short routine during "Beguiled"

Banter

(incomplete due to lack of full show source)

Atum Intro
Empires
(BC after lyrics, before Jeff outro solo: Sydneeeey!!)
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Today
We Only Come Out at Night (acoustic)
Once in a Lifetime
Solara
Eye (with The Veronicas)
(BC after 2nd chorus: Sydney! Welcome to the rock show! Please welcome Jess and Lisa from the Veronicas as special guests tonight. We can only say on behalf of the ladies and ourselves: thank you, thank you, thank you.)
(BC during outro singalong: Sing it with us! Come on, come on, you can sing! Sydney, Sydney!! (high pitched voice) I can’t hear you! (normal voice) Last time, give me a good one, give me a good one! Ow!)
Ava Adore
(BC after Jimmy solo: Ow! Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin on the drums! (high pitched voice) My god, my god, my god, what’s happening?)
Spellbinding
Under the Milky Way (Billy/Iha acoustic)
Chicken Salt Improv
BC: (cuts in) I present this humble song of appreciation, it’s a little song we like to call Tonight, Tonight.
Tonight, Tonight (Billy/Iha acoustic)
You're the Voice (tease)
Cherub Rock
> Zero
> Love Gun (tease)
1979
Beguiled
Silverfuck
(BC immediately after final lyrics: Sydney, Australia, we love you!!)
Iha: Thank you so much. Thanks a lot, Sydney. Get home safe. Have a nice night, thank you so much.