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June 24, 1998 – Hachioji, JP
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Adore tour
Date	June 24, 1998
Venue	Koyakuin University
Coordinates	35°37′30″N 139°20′22″E
Location	Hachioji, JP
Venue type	Parking lot
Personnel	Billy Corgan, D'arcy Wretzky, James Iha, Dan Morris, Kenny Aronoff, Mike Garson, Stephen Hodges
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The June 24, 1998 performance at Koyakuin University, Japan, was a surprise show for university students. The band played on a flatbed truck in the campus parking lot.

Setlist

Banter

To Sheila
> Ava Adore
D’arcy: [Japanese word that sounds like “oh-neto”]
Iha: [unintelligible]
BC: (Japanese accent) Thank you very much. This is a new song, it is called A Perfect.
Perfect
> Tear
BC: I only have one thing to say to you, one thing to say to you: Iha.
Iha: [Japanese word that sounds like “kin-ki” twice], [unintelligible].
Once Upon a Time
BC: Konnichiwa. Thank you very much for coming to our sort of secret gig. How many people were at the Budokan last night? You weren’t there? You didn’t go to the Budokan? It was a good show.
D’arcy: [unintelligible word].
BC: So since this is a super secret...we’d now -
D’arcy: Do not tell anyone you were here...
BC: Yeah.
D’arcy: ...or we will have to kill you all.
BC: True. She knows karate. We’d now like to do a song that is super secret unreleased. This is called Let Me Give the World to You.
Let Me Give the World to You
> Shame
BC: I’m doing this show for you right now, Mark. Thank you very much, domo arigato, ohayo gozaimas. Thank you very much for coming, this is our last song. We are very old, we have to go home and go to bed to get some rest.
For Martha
Transmission

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 {{infobox live show
 | artist = The Smashing Pumpkins
-| date = June 23, 1998
+| date = June 24, 1998
-| venue = Nippon Budokan
+| venue = Koyakuin University
-| location = Tokyo, JP
+| location = Hachioji, JP
-| venue_type = Sumo Wrestling Hall
+| venue_type = Parking lot
-| lat =
+| lat = 35.62497
-| lng =
+| lng = 139.33932
-| capacity = 10000
+| capacity =
-| lineup = Corgan, Iha, Wretzky, Aronoff, Garson, Morris, Hodges
+| personnel = Billy Corgan, D'arcy Wretzky, James Iha, Dan Morris, Kenny Aronoff, Mike Garson, Stephen Hodges
-| bands = The Smashing Pumpkins
+| bands =
 | tour = Adore
-| poster = 980623-Poster.jpg
+| splra_page =
 }}
+The '''June 24, 1998''' performance at Koyakuin University, Japan, was a surprise show for university students. The band played on a flatbed truck in the campus parking lot.
 == Setlist ==
-=== Soundcheck ===
-# {{live song|I Want You to Want Me|cover=[[w:Cheap Trick|Cheap Trick]]|soundcheck=1}}
-=== Set ===
 # {{live song|To Sheila}}
-# {{live song|Behold! the Night Mare}}
+# {{live song|Ava Adore}}
-# {{live song|Pug}}
+# {{live song|Perfect}}
 # {{live song|Tear}}
 # {{live song|Once Upon a Time}}
-# {{live song|Ava Adore}}
+# {{live song|Let Me Give the World to You}}
-# {{live song|Annie-Dog}}
-# {{live song|Daphne Descends}}
-# {{live song|Thru the Eyes of Ruby}}
-# {{live song|Perfect}}
-# {{live song|Tonight, Tonight}}
-# (percussion solo)
-## {{live song|Where Boys Fear to Tread|tease=1}}
-## {{live song|Bullet with Butterfly Wings}}
 # {{live song|Shame}}
-# {{live song|For Martha}}
+# {{live song|Transmission|cover=[[w:Joy Division|Joy Division]]}}
-# {{live song|I Want You to Want Me|cover=[[w:Cheap Trick|Cheap Trick]]}}
-# {{live song|1979}}
-## {{live song|I Want You to Want Me|tease=1|cover=[[w:Cheap Trick|Cheap Trick]]}}
-# {{live song|Summertime|tease=1|cover=[[w:George Gershwin|George Gershwin]]}}
-## {{live song|Blank Page}}
-=== Notes ===
-* "Perfect" and "Tonight, Tonight" performed acoustic
-* First performance of "I Want You to Want Me"
 == Banter ==
@@ Line 51: / Line 30: @@
 {{banter|1=
 '''To Sheila'''
-> '''Behold! The Night Mare'''
+> '''Ava Adore'''
-> '''Pug'''
+D’arcy: [Japanese word that sounds like “oh-neto”]
-'''Tear'''
+Iha: [unintelligible]
+BC: (Japanese accent) Thank you very much.  This is a new song, it is called A Perfect.
+'''Perfect'''
+> '''Tear'''
+BC: I only have one thing to say to you, one thing to say to you: Iha.
+Iha: [Japanese word that sounds like “kin-ki” twice], [unintelligible].
 '''Once Upon a Time'''
-'''Crestfallen'''
+BC: Konnichiwa.  Thank you very much for coming to our sort of secret gig.  How many people were at the Budokan [[The Smashing Pumpkins 1998-06-23|last night]]?  You weren’t there?  You didn’t go to the Budokan?  It was a good show.
-> '''Ava Adore'''
+D’arcy: [unintelligible word].
-BC: Thank you very much, thank you.  I am D'arcy, it's very good to be here, thank you.  Uhhh....
+BC: So since this is a super secret...we’d now -
-'''Daphne Descends'''
+D’arcy: Do not tell anyone you were here...
-(BC as Aronoff counts in to the song: Daphne Descends.)
+BC: Yeah.
-'''Thru the Eyes of Ruby'''
+D’arcy: ...or we will have to kill you all.
-BC: Domo arigato [unintelligible].  That’s all I really know how to say: domo, sayonara, [Japanese word sounding like “seemosain”] and uh...ohayo gozaimas.  Heh heh heh heh.  Hello to everybody upstairs there, heh.  We send our kisses to you, ''(blows two kisses)''.  ''(blows two more kisses)''  James is sick though, he cannot kiss you, he is sick.  He has uh, some sort of virus, he can’t kiss you but he sends you his love.
+BC: True.  She knows karate.  We’d now like to do a song that is super secret unreleased.  This is called Let Me Give the World to You.
-'''Perfect''' (acoustic)
+'''Let Me Give the World to You'''
-BC: By the way uh, sorry about your World Cup soccer team.  They tried...but uh, hey, the U.S., ''(makes clicking noise)'', no good either.  Heh heh heh heh.  Maybe...the Smashing Pumpkins will play the Japanese soccer team for the World Cup.  James is better than Ronaldo.  That's it, that's the end of the concert, thank you.  Sayonara, sayonara.  Heh.  Anyway, uh, we would like to dedicate this next song to all of you for coming to our concert tonight.  We are forever in your...we are forever in your debt.
-'''Tonight, Tonight''' (acoustic)
-'''drum/percussion solo'''
-> '''Where Boys Fear to Tread''' (tease)
-> '''Bullet with Butterfly Wings'''
 > '''Shame'''
+BC: I’m doing this show for you right now, Mark.  Thank you very much, domo arigato, ohayo gozaimas.  Thank you very much for coming, this is our last song.  We are very old, we have to go home and go to bed to get some rest.
 '''For Martha'''
-D’arcy: Domo arigato.
+'''Transmission'''
-[encore break]
-D’arcy: *unintelligible* (don't go away?)
-Iha: Arigato.  Kin ki.  Kin ki?  Kin ki zaimas?
-D’arcy: You know, this is a very special, special show for us because this, this venue and Japan together is legendary to us in the United States because it’s here and we've always wanted to play here and so now this is a special song for you.
-BC: I want ''you'' to want ''me''!
-'''I Want You to Want Me'''
-'''1979'''
-(BC during short pause before final verse: I want ''you'' to want ''me!'')
-> '''Summertime''' (tease)
-> '''Blank Page'''
-BC: Thank you, god bless you, we love you.
-D’arcy: [unintelligible]
-Iha: Thanks a lot, thanks a lot everybody, take care.
-}}
-== Photos and memorabilia ==
-{{live show gallery|
-File:Tsp-1998-05120808-TourShirt back.jpg
 }}