The Smashing Pumpkins 2008-03-22

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March 22, 2008 – Auckland, NZ
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
ArtistThe Smashing Pumpkins
DateMarch 22, 2008
VenueVector Arena
Coordinates36°50′50″S 174°46′37″E
LocationAuckland, NZ
Venue typeArena
Capacity12,000
PersonnelBilly Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Ginger Pooley, Lisa Harriton
Order of bandsQueens of the Stone Age, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Earlier the same day, the band was signing autographs at Atwaters Music Works.

Setlist[edit | edit source]

  1. "Superchrist" 
  2. "Doomsday Clock" 
  3. "Hummer" 
  4. "Bring the Light" 
  5. "Tonight, Tonight" 
  6. "Mayonaise" 
  7. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" 
  8. "Perfect" (acoustic) 
  9. "Lily (My One and Only)" 
  10. "Today" 
  11. "Tarantula" 
  12. "Stand Inside Your Love" 
  13. "Ava Adore" 
  14. "Drown" 
  15. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
  16. (blues improv) (acoustic)
  17. "1979" (acoustic) 
  18. "That's the Way (My Love Is)" (acoustic) 
  19. "My Blue Heaven" [Walter Donaldson / George A. Whiting] 
  20. "The Everlasting Gaze" 
  21. "Cash Car Star" [6:36] 
    1. "For What It's Worth" [Buffalo Springfield] (tease) 
  22. "Crush" 
  23. "United States" [16:33] 
    1. "The Star-Spangled Banner" [Francis Scott Key] (tease) 

Encore[edit | edit source]

  2. "Muzzle" 

Notes[edit | edit source]

  • Last performance of "Doomsday Clock" until 2023-07-28

Banter[edit | edit source]

Superchrist
> Doomsday Clock
> Hummer
Bring the Light
Tonight, Tonight
Mayonaise
BC: Thank you!
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
BC: Thank you very much, thank you! I’d like to bring out Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin.
Perfect (Billy acoustic w/Jimmy tambourine)
Lily
BC: How’s everyone doing, you okay? You sure you’re alright over there, you okay? You okay? I don’t care if you’re okay! Alright? I don’t care if you’re okay, I’m just asking.
Today
> Tarantula
Stand Inside Your Love
> Ava Adore
BC: Thank you very much, thank you! Where am I, who am I, who are you? Let’s try that again. Where am I? (crowd shouts “Auckland!”) Yee, yee. Who am I? The devil, thank you. What are we doing? Heh. Thank you very much for coming tonight, thank you! The devil thanks you. The devil thanks you. Like to play an old old old song for you now if that’s alright. Yes. Yeah, yeah, that’s right. It’s a Split Enz song, thank you.
Drown
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
blues jam (Billy solo acoustic)
> 1979 (Billy solo acoustic)
That’s the Way (Billy 12-string w/Lisa)
My Blue Heaven (Billy w/Lisa)
> The Everlasting Gaze
> Cash Car Star
> For What It’s Worth (verse 1, chorus, verse 4, chorus, BC original spoken verse)
(BC spoken verse: Everyone’s gonna be a big star / Everyone’s gonna know who you are / Everyone's gonna wanna know everything about you / What you want, who you fuck and everything you do / Oh it's gonna be great / Fame is its own immortality)
> Crush
> United States / Star Spangled Banner
(encore break)
BC: (imitating a festival announcer) Thank you. Thank you. The Smashing Pumpkins would like to thank you for your participation in tonight’s show. Thank you. Please, no moshing or stage diving, thank you. As you leave the venue, visit the authorized merchandise stands to purchase your T-shirts and hats, thank you. Jimmy wants to buy a new Ferrari and he needs you to buy the T-shirts so he can buy his new Ferrari, thank you. (normal voice) Heh heh heh. Some guy just yelled “Play the fuckin’ song,” you know what, go fuck yourself. Just go back to high school, my friend. I’m just kiddin’, I’m just kiddin’, I love you, you can state your opinion, it’s fine. I don’t agree with it but it’s alright. ‘Cause I’ll play the song when I fuckin’ wanna. I’m 41 fuckin’ years old, I think I’ve earned the right to do what the fuck I wanna do. (announcer voice) Thank you. (normal voice) I love you, I love you, I love you, we love you, we thank you very much. We’re very happy to be here in New Zealand, it’s one of the most beautiful countries in the world, you’re very lucky. You got beautiful white women, you got beautiful Maori women, you got beautiful space alien women. You got all sorts of beautiful everythings, heh heh. (announcer voice) Thank you. (normal voice) Heh heh. Jeff, you got beautiful Asian women here. Haha! You’re over the Asians?
Jeff: No, I ain’t. (Billy cracks up)
BC: (announcer voice) Thank you. (normal voice) Alright, we’re gonna play the song and go home now. God bless you. Namaste.
Muzzle

Photos and memorabilia[edit | edit source]

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