Billy Corgan 2024-10-23 (early show)

October 23, 2024 – Highland Park, IL, US
Live performance by Billy Corgan
Artist	Billy Corgan
Date	October 23, 2024
Venue	Madame ZuZu's
Coordinates	42°11′11″N 87°48′2″W
Location	Highland Park, IL, US
Venue type	Teahouse
Capacity	300
Personnel	Billy Corgan
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Songbook by WPC

“ I consider the gift of song to be the greatest gift of all in music; for the writer is able to crystallize a moment in time and, in turn, share that same gift with others in an act of endless revelation. So whether I choose the song of another or, selfishly, one hewn from my own hands and heart, the Songbook series is meant to celebrate the art in its native and most personal form. ” — Billy Corgan

Setlist

1. "Dancehall" (acoustic) 
2. "Don't Change" [INXS] (acoustic) (live debut)
3. "Zowie" (acoustic) 
4. "Stumbleine" (acoustic) 
5. "The Spaniards" (acoustic) 
6. "Shine On, Harvest Moon" [Ruth Etting] (acoustic) (live debut)
7. "Wrath" (acoustic) 
8. "Landslide" [Stevie Nicks] (acoustic) 
9. "Pony Express" (acoustic) 
10. "Age of Innocence" (acoustic) 
11. "1979" (acoustic) 
12. "ToLoveSomebody" [Bee Gees] (acoustic) 
13. "Travels" (acoustic) 
14. "Cri de Coeur" (acoustic) 
15. "To Scatter One's Own" (acoustic) 
16. "A Satisfied Mind" [Red Foley] (acoustic) (live debut)
17. "The Long Goodbye" (acoustic) 

Notes

• First performance of "Pony Express" since 2001-12-14
• First performance of "ToLoveSomebody" since 2005-08-05
• First performance of "Stumbleine" since 2016-05-29
• First performance of "Landslide" since 2018-12-07
• First performance of "The Spaniards" since 2019-11-18
• First performances of "Dancehall", "Zowie", "Age of Innocence", "Travels", "To Scatter One's Own" and "The Long Goodbye" since 2019-11-20
• First performance of "Cri de Coeur" since 2020-10-30
• First performance of "Wrath" since 2022-07-27

Banter

(incomplete due to lack of full show source)

Dancehall
Don't Change
Zowie
Stumbleine
The Spaniards
Shine On, Harvest Moon
Wrath
BC: [cuts in] There’ll be no way to record another song, they wanted to get out of there -- they’re not the nicest people -- and um, I don’t know if it’s a British thing or it’s a BBC thing or maybe a bit of both, but um...I said, “Well, I think I can do this song in 20 minutes” and they said “There’s no way.” And I did the guitar in one take, the solo in one take and the vocal in two, still had time to go into the control room and listen to the vocal and say “Take the first half of this one and the second half of this one.” And uh, our record company wanted to put it on a compilation record, which we put out called Pisces Iscariot in 1994. And uh, yeah, and uh, and uh, and much to our surprise, it became a hit song and turned a album track into a perennial single. Um, of course it got me to Stevie Nicks’s house...uh, heh, yes, and that’s a good part. And uh, and uh, the best part of the story is, uh, she was showing me her beautiful piano and uh, so she encouraged me to sit down and play the piano. I can’t play piano very well, and then she sat down next to me and started playing Rhiannon. (a few jealous noises from the audience) Um, yeah, so, uh, so this song’s, uh, brought a lot of gifts to our life. So I hope you enjoy it.
Landslide
Pony Express
Age of Innocence
1979
To Love Somebody
Travels
Cri de Coeur
To Scatter One's Own
A Satisfied Mind
The Long Goodbye