The Smashing Pumpkins 2016-04-20

In Plainsong: An Acoustic-Electro Evening.

April 20, 2016 – Houston, TX, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
In Plainsong tour
DateApril 20, 2016
VenueCullen Performance Hall
Coordinates29°43′13″N 95°20′35″W
LocationHouston, TX, US
Venue typeConcert hall
Capacity1,544
PersonnelBilly Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Katie Cole, Sierra Swan, Liz Phair
Order of bandsLiz Phair, The Smashing Pumpkins

SetlistEdit

Pre-setEdit

  1. "Something" [The Beatles] (VIP) (acoustic) 
  2. "Red Dirt" (VIP) (acoustic) 
  3. "My Life and Times" (VIP) (acoustic) 

SetEdit

  1. "Cardinal Rule(acoustic) 
  2. "Stumbleine(acoustic) 
  3. "Tonight, Tonight(acoustic) 
  4. "The World's Fair(acoustic) 
  5. "Space Oddity" [David Bowie(acoustic) 
  6. "Thirty-Three(acoustic) 
  7. "Jesus, I" [traditional] (acoustic) 
    1. "Mary Star of the Sea(acoustic) 
  8. "Mayonaise(acoustic) 
  9. "Soma
  10. "Rocket
  11. "Spaceboy(acoustic) 
  12. "Today(acoustic) 
  13. "Whir(acoustic) 
  14. "Disarm
  15. "Sorrows (In Blue)
  16. "Eye
  17. "Saturnine
  18. "Identify
  19. "1979(acoustic) 
  20. "Stand Inside Your Love(acoustic) 
  21. "Pinwheels(acoustic) 
  22. "Lily (My One and Only)(acoustic) 
  23. "Malibu" [Hole
  24. "The Spaniards
  25. "La Grange" [ZZ Top(final performance)

EncoreEdit

  1. "Angie" [The Rolling Stones(acoustic) 

NotesEdit

  • "Thirty-three" with Liz Phair on vocals
  • "Something" is a duet between Sierra Swan and Billy
  • Sierra Swan on lead vocals for "La Grange", which was not on the setlist
  • "Amarinthe" was on the setlist as the second encore song but not played

BanterEdit

(incomplete due to lack of full show source)

Cardinal Rule (Billy solo acoustic)
Stumbleine (Billy solo acoustic)
> Tonight, Tonight (Billy solo acoustic)
The World’s Fair (Billy solo acoustic)
Space Oddity (Billy/Jeff acoustic)
Thirty-three (Billy/Jeff acoustic w/Liz Phair)
BC: Liz Phair, everybody.
Jesus, I / Mary Star of the Sea (Billy/Jeff acoustic)
BC: Alright, alright. Welcome to the show. We now go into a, uh–-we now go into a section of the show where we look back on a particular era of the band’s history. Yeah, we aren’t gonna need light. Ahhhh. Where we be, light? So uh...tonight we’ll be doing songs from the Siamese Dream era. So uh, please enjoy what we like to call the Siamese Suite.
Mayonaise (Billy/Jeff acoustic)
Soma
Rocket
Spaceboy
> Today
Whir
Disarm (Billy solo Mellotron)
Sorrows in Blue
Eye
> Saturnine
Identify
1979
Stand Inside Your Love
Pinwheels
Lily
Malibu
> The Spaniards
> La Grange
[encore break]
Angie
BC: Thank you very much.

Photos and memorabiliaEdit