September 17, 2021 was The Smashing Pumpkins first live performance since August 31, 2019 (the 2020 Tonight Show appearance was prerecorded). The band rehearsed at Chicago's Patio Theater for a week before the show.[1]
| September 17, 2021 – Chicago, IL, US | |
|---|---|
| Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| Artist | The Smashing Pumpkins |
| Date | September 17, 2021 |
| Festival | Riot Fest |
| Venue | Douglass Park (Riot Stage) |
| Location | Chicago, IL, US |
| Personnel | Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, James Iha, Jeff Schroeder, Jack Bates, Michael Angelo Batio, Meg Myers |
| Order of bands | others, Dirty Heads, Coheed and Cambria, The Smashing Pumpkins |
Setlist
- "Sarabande" [George Frideric Handel] (prerecorded)
- "The Colour of Love"
- "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
- "Today"
- "Crush"
- "Drown"
- "Quiet"
- "Cyr"
- "Wyttch" (live debut)
- "Solara"
- "Eye"
- "Ava Adore"
- "Tonight, Tonight" (acoustic)
- "Stand Inside Your Love"
- "Cherub Rock"
- "Zero"
- "Ramona" (live debut)
- "1979"
- "Disarm" (acoustic)
- "Shame"
- "United States" [13:15]
- "Dazed and Confused" [Led Zeppelin] (tease)
Notes
- "Eye" with Meg Myers on vocals
- "United States" with Michael Angelo Batio on guitar
- First full-band, in-person performances of "The Colour of Love", "Cyr", "Wyttch", and "Ramona"
- "The Colour of Love" was live-streamed by Corgan on October 20, 2020
- A prerecorded "Cyr" was live-streamed by the band on December 1, 2020
- First full-band performance of "Crush" since April 14, 2008
- First full-band performance of "Shame" since November 27, 2010
- First performance of "Quiet" since October 2, 2012 and first outside of a VIP performance since September 4, 1994
- First performance of "United States" since August 9, 2015
- Corgan's daughter, Philomena Clementine, was on stage with him for the first half of "Eye"
Banter
(incomplete due to lack of full show source)
Sarabande Intro
The Colour of Love
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Today
Crush
Drown
> Quiet
Cyr
Wyttch
Solara
Eye (with Meg Myers)
(BC during outro: Give it up for the rain!)
Ava Adore
BC: [cuts in] ...you can’t explain.
Tonight, Tonight (acoustic)
Stand Inside Your Love
Cherub Rock
> Zero
> Ramona
Radio Intro tape
> 1979
Disarm (acoustic)
Iha: Aaah!!
Shame
> United States / Dazed and Confused (with Michael Angelo Batio)
(Iha over opening drums: Ladies and gentlemen, we have a special guest. Mr. Michael Angelo Batio. Michael Angelo Batio, please welcome him.)
(Iha after Batio’s first solo: Mr. Michael Angelo Batio!)
Iha: Hey, thank you so much! Thank you so much, Chicago, Riot Festival. You are the best, the best of the best, thank you so much!
