Billy Corgan 2021-12-22
| December 22, 2021 – Highland Park, IL, US | |
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| Live performance by Billy Corgan | |
| Artist | Billy Corgan |
| Date | December 22, 2021 |
| 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 |
On December 22, 2021, Billy Corgan did a live stream of Christmas songs on his private Instagram account. It was streamed from Madame ZuZu's but no one was in attendance.
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Welcome to the 2021 Corgan family Christmas spectacular! There's no Corgan family. They're all at home making dinner. Thank you very much for joining me on this live special. I think this is the first time I've ever done a live thing like this so thank you for inspiring it. I got to thinking after I did a few shows here at Madame ZuZu's that I wanted to share with you, no string attached. I wanted to share with you the spirit of Christmas. I'll talk about what's been going on with me lately, and a few songs or so. But what's most important is that you're here, and that we're here together. To share the spirit of Christmas I want to play some of my favorite Christmas songs, which for historical or biographical context, I started preparing a few years ago as we were working on Smashing Pumpkins Christmas album, which never really got off the ground, but we had sort of prepared these materials. And so I went back to those and found that I really liked what we were doing, and I'm still hopeful that at some point we can do something. I was actually talking to Jimmy Chamberlin the other day about how we would actually figure out how to record these at some point without it taking six months in the middle of the summer. Anyway, that's for another day. I hope you're warm, wherever you are. I hope you're getting ready for the Christmas season, the holiday season, everyone of every faith, every background, I hope this is a special time for you and that you're with your loved ones. One quick thing... I've added PAWS Chicago to a charitable function here. I see we've already raised a little bit of money with some donations. And I don't mean to say a little bit, I'm in awe of anybody donating. Thank you. Every dollar counts PAWS Chicago. If you don't know, for those of who you maybe are outside the States, PAWS Chicago is a no-kill shelter here in the Chicago area. I've worked with them for over ten years. It's our favorite charity. We're very close to the people who run the charity. My first cats that I got way back when, 20 years ago or so, were from PAWS when it was just a small little storefront, now it is this massive operation. And it's a no-kill shelter; whether the animal is at the end of their life, or if they've gone mad, unfortunately as it does happen sometimes, they'll do everything in their power to place these animals with a loving home. So thank you to everyone donating. Every penny counts, every dollar counts. For those of you who are having a hard time, I realize this is a really hard time for many people. There's lot of issues going on with the economy/inflation, so please, I want you here. Please don't feel any obligation to donate. This is my gift to you, and I hope you receive it as such. For those of you who donated, thank you, and for those who can't, just being here is part of that spirit. I know the PAWS family very well, and the fact that they know you're here in support of PAWS Chicago, even in spirit, means the world to them. So thank you to everybody for being here. Hope you have a wonderful time. I'll talk a little bit between songs but for the most part I'm just going to play some songs. And for those of you who are time-conscious, it's probably going to about an hour or so. Have a great time. The microphone which is not obviously connected to that [points at camera], is I figured I might as well record. So even though I'm here at ZuZu's, we've got a little bit of a recording setup to record. Hopefully one day it can be an archival release in the future for The Smashing Pumpkins archive. So anyway, merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone, and please sit back and enjoy, and I'll talk to you this weekend.