The Smashing Pumpkins 2024-06-22

June 22, 2024 – Berlin, DE
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
The World Is A Vampire 2024 tour
Date	June 22, 2024
Venue	Parkbühne Wuhlheide
Coordinates	52°27′43″N 13°32′43″E
Location	Berlin, DE
Venue type	Amphitheater
Capacity	17,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Kiki Wong, Jack Bates, Katie Cole
Order of bands	Interpol, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

"Atum" (prerecorded)
"The Everlasting Gaze"
"Doomsday Clock"
"Zoo Station" [U2]
1. (drum solo)
"Today"
"Thru the Eyes of Ruby"
"Spellbinding"
"Tonight, Tonight"
"That Which Animates The Spirit"
"Ava Adore"
"Disarm" (acoustic)
"Springtimes"
"Mayonaise"
"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
"Empires"
"Beguiled"
"1979"
"Birch Grove"
"Gossamer" [12:16]
1. "The Spaniards" (tease)
"Jellybelly"
"Master of Puppets" [Metallica] (tease)
"Cherub Rock"
(unknown) (tease)
"Zero"
1. "Love Gun" [Kiss] (tease)

Banter

Atum Intro
The Everlasting Gaze
> Doomsday Clock
> Zoo Station
Today
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
Iha: Guten abend. Danke schoen, [1-2 unintelligible words]. Thank you so much. How are you guys doin’? We are the Smashing Pumpkins and we are so happy to be here, thank you so much for coming out.
Spellbinding
Tonight, Tonight
That Which Animates the Spirit
Ava Adore
(BC before bridge: Berlin! We love you so much, thank you so much, thank you.)
Disarm (acoustic)
Iha: Miss Katie Cole, everybody, Katie Cole.
Springtimes
BC: Heh heh! ...
Iha: Danke schoen.
BC: Thank you so much, thank you. It’s so nice to see so many...young faces and familiar faces.
Iha: A lot of faces. Who the hell are you?
BC: Seventeen thousand plus faces.
Iha: It’s a lot of people. Damn! Heh.
BC: Now, James...
Iha: Yes?
BC: ...I’m realistic.
Iha: Yes, yes.
BC: Because we all know if Germany was playing tonight, there’d be nobody here.
Iha: That’s right, heh heh. I mean, football or music, which is it gonna be? I heard they’re doing pretty well.
BC: James....
Iha: Yes?
BC: Heh heh. I’d like to take you back to a time of innocence.
Iha: Alright. What’s that?
BC: Do you remember laughter?
Iha: (high pitched) Do you remember laughter? (normal voice) Uh....
BC: 1992.
Iha: Oh my god. That was a long -- long time.
BC: You don’t remember 1992?
Iha: Well...no.
BC: You had a dog.
Iha: Yes, oh, heh, he was a great one, he was a great one.
BC: Bugg Superstar, and uh...
Iha: Right, I love Bugg.
BC: ...in 1992, we wrote this little song together for the Siamese Dream album.
Iha: [unintelligible].
BC: Do you remember writing this song?
Iha: No. But I -- yeah, I know it. We’re gonna play it! We’re just gonna play it.
Mayonaise
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Empires
(BC before Kiki outro solo: Kiki!!)
Beguiled
1979
Iha: How are you guys doin’? Okay.
Birch Grove
Gossamer / The Spaniards
Jellybelly
Iha: Danke schoen, thank you so much, Berlin. You guys are awesome, as we said, [unintelligible]. I’d like to introduce the band real quick. The latest member of the Smashing Pumpkins, all the way from Texas and California, Miss Kiki Wong! Kiki.
Master of Puppets (tease)
Iha: And that’s a good one from way back when. On vocals and acoustic guitar, all the way from Down Under, Australia, Miss Katie Cole again, Katie Cole, everybody. Katie Cole. And now, you know him, you love him, all the way from Manchester, England, on the (pronounced like the fish) bass guitar, Mr. Jack Bates! Would you care to talk about football, Jack? He’s not gonna talk about football. And now, all the way from Illinois, the rock, the sound rock of the band, on the drums, Mr. Jimmyyyy Chamberlin! Lead vocals, lead guitar, Mr. Billyyyyyy Corgan! Thank you guys so much, you’re the best, I’m James Iha and this is called...Cherub Rock!
Cherub Rock
> unknown (tease - during Billy's transition solo)
> Zero
(BC immediately after final lyrics: Danke schoeeeeen!)
> Love Gun (tease)
Iha: Thank you guys so much. Danke schoen, thank you. You guys are the best. Best of the best.

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