The Smashing Pumpkins 2010-07-12

July 12, 2010 – Baltimore, MD, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Rock 'n' Roll Party tour
Date	July 12, 2010
Venue	Rams Head Live
Coordinates	39°17′20″N 76°36′26″W
Location	Baltimore, MD, US
Venue type	Club
Capacity	2,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, Jeff Schroeder, Mike Byrne, Nicole Fiorentino
Order of bands	Bad City, Kill Hannah, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

Soundcheck

"Tristessa"
(unknown: "Shadowland")

Set

"Astral Planes"
"Ava Adore"
"Hummer"
"As Rome Burns"
"A Song for a Son"
"Today"
"Bleeding the Orchid"
"Eye"
"Stand Inside Your Love"
"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
"United States"
1. "The Star-Spangled Banner" [Francis Scott Key] (tease)
"Widow Wake My Mind"
"Perfect"
"Purple Haze" [Jimi Hendrix] (tease)
"Who Knows" [Jimi Hendrix] (tease)
"Little Wing" [Jimi Hendrix] (tease)
"Eruption" [Van Halen] (tease)
"Cherub Rock"
"That's the Way (My Love Is)"
"Owata"
"Tarantula"
"Tonight, Tonight"

Encore

"Freak"
"Moby Dick" [Led Zeppelin] (tease)
"Gossamer" [18:20]

Notes

soundcheck is incomplete

Banter

Astral Planes
> Ava Adore
> Hummer
> As Rome Burns
A Song for a Son
BC: Thank you very much, thank you! Thank you, Baltimore, thank you. Nice to see you, thank you for coming to the show. Like to say hello to all the new Smashing Pumpkins fans. Who’s never seen us before? Thank you for coming, thank you, we really appreciate it. We love to see young faces getting into the band and all the old school fans. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you for sticking with us, thank you, thank you. Thank you. You might recognize this song. You know this one, Jeff?
Jeff: I just learned it today.
Today
> Bleeding the Orchid
Eye
Stand Inside Your Love
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> United States / Star Spangled Banner
BC: Thank you very much, thank you! To the rock power. To the nth power. You’re still rockin’ the headband, huh? You like it? Samurai Mike. Alright, alright, alright. What year is it? Yeah, it ain’t motherfuckin’ 1993, I can tell you that. (stoner voice) Yeah, dude. (normal) Still flyin’ the flannel though. You flyin’ the flannel up there? Ahhhh, heh heh. You’ll let your freak flannel flag fly. Alright, like to play a song for you now, it’s a new song. You can find it on smashing pumpkins dot com for free. You know, you think in a world like this, no one would argue with free but somebody argues with it, Jeff.
Jeff: Oh really?
BC: Free’s not good enough. Actually, you gotta pay someone to listen now. It’s the new thing.
Jeff: Okay.
BC: Gotta pay ‘em. Corn Flakes. Hahaha. This song called Widow Wake My Mind.
Widow Wake My Mind
Perfect
BC: Jeff, Jeff, come over here for a second. Look through that - look through that crack there, can you see those really sad girls over there? We’re just looking at some sad girls. Heh. It helps to play Smashing Pumpkins music. Alright, well that’s the end of the show, thanks for coming. Been a lot of fun. How quickly they boo, Jeff, how quickly they boo, but you know, maybe they’re not booing, they’re yelling “Uke.” Uke moooo. I think they want me to get the ukulele out.
Jeff: Ohhh yeah, let’s get it out, let’s get it out. Come on, come on, come on, you wanna hear it? I do.
BC: No no no...
Jeff: Come on!
BC: ...I haven’t practiced for a day.
Jeff: It’s really, it’s really....
BC: Now, they think - they think they want the uke but they don’t really want the uke. No. Look at the world around you, you obviously don’t know what you want. The uke won’t solve no oil spill. It won’t solve no fascist government. All it is is just a little guitar. And hey, when it comes to guitar, size matters.
Jeff: Yeah, you better not bring it out, you better not bring it out.
BC: You know what they said about Jimi Hendrix....
Jeff: What’s that?
BC: That he was a good guitar player.
Jeff: Not bad, not bad.
BC: He was alright.
Purple Haze (tease - 4 notes)
Who Knows (tease)
BC: Live at the Fillmore, Jeff.
Jeff: Fillmore East, I know, I know, I know.
(band continues jamming on Who Knows)
BC: Ah, we got it. (band stops) Yeah.
Jeff: They don’t know....
Purple Haze (tease - 8 notes)
BC: But can you play Little Wing?
Little Wing (tease)
BC: Yeah. This is one badass guitar player right here, Mr. Jeff Schroeder!
Eruption (tease)
Jeff: Hahahahaha.
BC: Ahhhh. That was Eddie Van Halen throwing that drink.
Jeff: Hey, hey, where’s the tough guy? Yeah, now he’s hiding. Now he’s hiding. Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. Yep.
BC: Tough guy with water.
Jeff: I know. Getting fucking electrocuted.
BC: At least throw some piss or something. You cheap bastard. You know if this was Iraq, you know what would happen?
Jeff: I don’t know, what?
BC: There wouldn’t even be a fucking show.
Jeff: Yeah, that’s true.
BC: In America, you get to act like an idiot and pay for it.
Jeff: Come on, come on.
BC: Seriously.
Jeff: Let me fucking slug you, hahaha, haha.
BC: Oh, he’s.... No. He’s got that cut from uh, Sam’s. He’s got the bowl cut from Sam’s going. It’s rage, he’s got the hair rage. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for a fun time, we hope you’re having a good time. Over here on the bass, Nicky Fiorentino. Just lookin’ at cha, I ain’t gonna say nothin’.
Nicole: Not Nicky, for the record.
BC: What now?
Nicole: Am I a cheerleader? Am I a cheerleader, Nicky?
BC: Nicole Fiorentino!
Jeff: You’re not - you’re not that tough. You’re a fuckin’ pussy, come on, you know you’re a pussy. You know - hey, hey, then come here. Come on.
BC: Don’t get him mad, man. Don’t get him mad. ... On the drums, Mr. Mike Byrne. And my name is Dick Cheney. Here we go.
Cherub Rock
> That’s the Way
Owata
Tarantula
Tonight, Tonight
BC: God bless you everybody, thank you very much, thank you!
[encore break]
Freak
> Moby Dick (tease)
Gossamer