The Smashing Pumpkins 1998-06-18

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June 18, 1998 – Sydney, NSW, AU
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Adore tour
DateJune 18, 1998
VenueSydney Entertainment Centre
Coordinates33°52′42″S 151°12′10″E
LocationSydney, NSW, AU
Venue typeArena
Capacity8,000
PersonnelBilly Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Kenny Aronoff, Mike Garson, Dan Morris, Stephen Hodges
Order of bandsJebediah, The Smashing Pumpkins

Setlist[edit | edit source]

  1. "To Sheila
  2. "Behold! the Night Mare
  3. "Ava Adore
  4. "Once Upon a Time
  5. "Tear" [8:42] 
  6. "Daphne Descends
  7. "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" [10:15] 
  8. "Perfect(acoustic) 
  9. "Tonight, Tonight(acoustic) 
  10. (percussion solo)
    1. "Zero(tease) 
    2. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" [9:00] 
  11. "Shame" [8:55] 
  12. "For Martha" [13:04] 

Encore[edit | edit source]

  1. "1979
  2. "Galapogos(tease) 
    1. "Transmission" [Joy Division] [23:51] 

Notes[edit | edit source]

  • Audience members are brought on stage towards the end of "Transmission" to play instruments

Banter[edit | edit source]

To Sheila
> Behold! The Night Mare
Ava Adore
Once Upon a Time
Tear
BC: Thank you. Good evening. How y'all doin’? Thank you very much for coming to our concert tonight.
Daphne Descends
(BC over Iha intro: This is a song about a girl who goes to hell for loving a guy. It’s a horror story.)
> Thru the Eyes of Ruby
Perfect (abandoned after a loud noise, likely from Mike’s keyboard)
BC: Excuse me?
Perfect (acoustic)
BC: Thank you very much, thank you, thank you. So we'd like to dedicate this next song to all of you. And uh, also to a...a friend of mine, Michael Hutchence, who passed away this past year. He liked a good rock concert, so...so here's to you and to him.
Tonight, Tonight (acoustic)
drum/percussion solo
> Zero (tease)
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> Shame
For Martha
(BC at 11:50: Thank you very much. Goodnight, thank you. Thank you for being a great audience. Love to you, thank you.)
[encore break]
Iha: Thank you very much, you guys have been really cool. And now, are you people ready to...dance? We don't have many dance songs but this next one could uh, you can shake your butt to.
1979
Transmission (w/Galapogos tease in intro)
(BC at 16:50: Thank you very much, that’s the end of the concert. We bid you adieu, (blows kiss), thank you very much. Thank you for helping get our us get have the number one album in Australia [sic], it’s pretty fuckin’ cool, thank you. Now if anyone would like to come play guitar, I’m not interested anymore, heh heh.)

Photos and memorabilia[edit | edit source]