The Smashing Pumpkins 1994-07-07
| July 7, 1994 – Las Vegas, NV, US | |
|---|---|
| Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| Rock Invasion tour | |
| Date | July 7, 1994 |
| Festival | Lollapalooza 1994 |
| Venue | Sam Boyd Stadium |
| Coordinates | 36°5′10″N 115°1′1″W |
| Location | Las Vegas, NV, US |
| Venue type | Stadium |
| Capacity | 32,000 |
| Personnel | Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin, Eric Remschneider |
| Order of bands | Boredoms, L7, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, A Tribe Called Quest, The Breeders, George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars, The Last Poets, The Beastie Boys, The Smashing Pumpkins |
July 7, 1994 was the first date of the Lollapalooza tour '94, which The Smashing Pumpkins headlined. Before the show, Billy Corgan interviewed James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, and MCA of Beastie Boys as MTV cameras followed him around.
Setlist[edit | edit source]
- "Geek U.S.A."
- "Rocket"
- "Disarm"
- "Quiet"
- "Cherub Rock"
- "Drown" [5:23]
- "Hummer"
- "I Am One" (with rant) [6:13]
- "Today"
- "Soma"
- "Silverfuck" [9:54]
- "Over the Rainbow" [Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg] (tease)
Encore[edit | edit source]
Banter[edit | edit source]
Iha: Hello.
Geek U.S.A.
(BC alt last line: I fuckin’ love the U.S.A.!)
(Rocket intro begins)
BC: Hello! Good evening, thank you for being here.
Rocket
> Disarm
> Quiet
BC: Hi! We're very sorry -– we're very sorry this is the first time we've ever come to Las Vegas. We know –- we know that it’s really lame and we’re very sorry.
Iha: We've been very intimidated by Siegfried and Roy and just the implications of playing in their city is just unfathomable. But we'd like to make an open challenge to Siegfried and Roy tonight saying we've got a better show than you!
Cherub Rock
Drown
> Hummer
> I Am One
(BC midsong: What you want is what you’ll get and that’s nothing! What you want is what you’ll get and that’s nothing. What you want is what you’ll get and that’s nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. And nothing can be taken from me that has not already been taken. Nothing can be taken from me that has not already been taken. And all I ever wanted was everything and all I got was shit! All I ever wanted was everything and all I got was shit. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing, nothing, nothing. And there’s nothing in this world that is left for me. Nothing in this world that is left for me! Cut the shit! Cut the shit! (Iha stops, D’arcy and Jimmy continue) Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! Ow!! Nothing! Nothing, nothing, nothing, there’s nothing, there’s nothing, there’s nothing, there’s nothing, there’s nothing, there’s nothing, there’s nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing! (Iha joins back in) Nothing! Nothing! Nothing!!!)
Today
Soma
(Silverfuck intro begins)
BC: Thank you very much again for coming, I hope you had a good time today. We're happy to be your doom metal band of the day.
> Silverfuck / Over the Rainbow
[encore break]
Iha: [cuts in] Let me see some evil hands! Evil hands in the air. Alright, people. Heh heh. I'm sorry, I won't -– I won’t keep going on with this bad, cliched rock, arena rock talk, but uh, we thank you very much for comin' out and enduring the heat and uh, we hope everyone enjoyed everything. (hits first note of Siva) Oh yeah.
Siva
Starla
BC: Thank you.