The Smashing Pumpkins 1998-05-16

Before the show, the band was interviewed for Italian television. The concert took place on a boat docked at Genova's Porto Antico. Tickets cost $25 U.S. and were being scalped for three times that. 2,500 tickets were available and sold out in less than 12 hours.

May 16, 1998 – Genova, IT
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Adore tour
Date	May 16, 1998
Venue	Piazza Delle Feste
Coordinates	44°24′33″N 8°55′36″E
Location	Genova, IT
Venue type	Boat
Capacity	2,500
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Kenny Aronoff, Mike Garson, Dan Morris, Stephen Hodges
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pre-show interview

Setlist

Soundcheck

1. "For Martha" 
2. "For Martha" (abandoned) 
3. "Pug" 
4. "Perfect" 
5. "Perfect" (abandoned) 
6. "Appels + Oranjes" 

Set

1. "To Sheila" 
2. "Tear" [7:42] 
3. "Once Upon a Time" 
4. "Crestfallen" 
5. "Pug" (live debut)
6. "Daphne Descends" 
7. "Let Me Give the World to You" 
8. "Tonight, Tonight" (acoustic) 
9. "Appels + Oranjes" (acoustic) (live debut)
10. (percussion solo)
    1. "Space Jam" (tease) 
    2. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" [10:00] 
11. "Shame" [7:37] 
12. "Rock You Like a Hurricane" [Scorpions] (tease) 
13. "1979" 
14. "Ava Adore" 
15. "For Martha" [12:29] (live debut)

Encore

16. "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" [11:13] 

Notes

• At the end of "Thru the Eyes of Ruby", Billy lifted Iha onto his shoulders while Iha finished the song

Banter

To Sheila
Tear
D’arcy: Hello. It's very nice to be here in your city...for the very first time, it's very beautiful and you're a very nice audience, thank you.
Once Upon a Time
> Crestfallen
BC: Thank you, good evening, hi. Buena sera! Thank you so much for coming tonight, it's wonderful to see you. Tonight we're mostly playing - I'll speak really slowly, (speaks really slowly) tonight we're mostly playing songs from our new album...which is titled Go, Ferrari, Go. No no, it's called Adore. This is a little song called Pug, P-U-G, Pug.
Pug
Daphne Descends
Let Me Give the World to You
BC: Thank you so much. (Billy and Iha soundcheck their guitars) Okay. (Italian accent) What is this-a feedback shit? (normal voice) Heh heh, you ready over there?
Iha: Oh yeah.
BC: Hey uh, the low mids are really bad on this. On the vocal mostly. Okay, this next song, we know that you know it. It's a beautiful night, thank god. So simultaneously, we dedicate this song to you...but at the same time we want you to dedicate it back to us. Capisce?!
Tonight, Tonight (acoustic)
BC: God bless you, thank you.
Appels + Oranjes (acoustic)
> drum/percussion solo
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings (tease)
> Space Jam (tease)
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
BC: I'm gettin' old, I can't quite scream like that anymore, but sorry but I tried.
Shame
BC: We'd like to now take you back to a simpler time in our life (trails off laughing). Like to take you back all the way to 1976. No no no, 1976. Hit it, James, 1976.
Rock You Like a Hurricane (tease - about 8 notes)
1979
> Ava Adore
(D’arcy immediately after song starts: Thank you, grazie.)
For Martha
D’arcy: Grazie.
[encore break]
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
(BC at 8:34: We thank you so much, Genoa. God bless you, thank you, goodnight.)

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