The Smashing Pumpkins 1994-05-23

May 23, 1994 – Landgraaf, NL
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Rock Invasion tour
Date	May 23, 1994
Festival	Pinkpop Festival
Venue	Megaland
Coordinates	50°52′48″N 6°1′22″E
Location	Landgraaf, NL
Venue type	Race track
Capacity	60,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
Order of bands	Daryll-Ann, Morphine, Levellers, Afghan Whigs, Soul Asylum, Arrested Development, Breeders, Urban Dance Squad, Crowded House, The Smashing Pumpkins, Björk, Rage Against The Machine, The Orb
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May 23, 1994 was The Smashing Pumpkins first appearance at the Pinkpop Festival. The band took to the stage at 6:20 PM local time.

Full performance

Setlist

1. "Cherub Rock" 
2. "Rocket" 
3. "Today" 
4. "Disarm" 
5. "I Am One" (with rant) [7:45] 
6. "Drown" [4:37] 
7. "Hummer" 
8. "Geek U.S.A." 
9. "Silverfuck" [10:01] 
   1. "Over the Rainbow" [Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg] (tease) 

Banter

BC: Hi!
Cherub Rock
(feedback intro to Rocket begins)
BC: Sorry you have to be so far away.
> Rocket
BC: Thank you very much. We're very happy it's no longer raining...if that means anything to anybody. We're sorry Pearl Jam couldn't be here this year but they got us instead, so I hope you like it.
Iha: It's not as -- it's not as good though, heh heh.
BC: If the show goes real well, we'll do Alive, okay?
Iha: And then Jeremy.
Today
> Disarm
> I Am One
(BC midsong: All I ever wanted was everything. All I ever wanted was everything. All I ever wanted was everything and all I got was shit. What you want is what you’ll get and that’s nothing. What you want is what you’ll get and that’s nothing. And there’s nothing that can be taken from me that has not already been taken. Hooooo-ow. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing, no. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! I got the blues. (Iha doodles for a moment, then band stops) Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing. What have you got? Nothing...and a cloudy day. Hey, all you people buying popcorn, what have you got? Nothing. And if you’re at the falafel stand, you’re a dick. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! Gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing. Yeah, Death Trip ‘94, here we go. Fresh.
Iha: Thank you, thank you.
BC: Not so new. For 27 years I have lived with pain in my heart. 27 years I have lived with a jealous heart...but no more. No more! What have you got? Eh, you haven’t been paying attention. It’s alright. As they say, you’re relatively beautiful. Gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, what’s it all about?, nothing! Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! (band starts again) Nothing! Nothing! Nothing!!! Yeah!!)
BC: Thanks a lot! We're from Amsterdam. We took the train in to play the show.
(audience is chanting something)
Iha: I beg your pardon?
BC: All right, shut the fuck up. Just kidding. Go ahead, sing, go ahead, sing whatever you want to sing. Lord knows we don't have any better songs than that one.
Drown
> Hummer
Geek U.S.A.
(BC alt last line: I fucking love the U.S.A.!)
BC: Thank you very much. ... We'd like to, uh, play you Songus Enternalus. The final number of our little European tour here. Hope you like it. If you don't, we're very, very sorry, as usual.
Iha: Wait, I see a banner out there for us. You see?
BC: It's just like U2, but it's not. If only I could do the...the U2 with the flag, then.... If only, um....
Silverfuck / Over the Rainbow
Iha: Merci.

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