The Smashing Pumpkins 1999-04-15

April 15, 1999 – Washington, DC, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
The Arising! tour
Date	April 15, 1999
Venue	9:30 Club
Coordinates	38°55′5″N 77°1′26″W
Location	Washington, DC, US
Venue type	Club
Capacity	1,200
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
Order of bands	Queens of the Stone Age, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist[edit | edit source]

Encore one[edit | edit source]

"Muzzle"
"Soma"

Encore two[edit | edit source]

"Home"
"If There Is a God" (acoustic)
"With Every Light" (acoustic)

Encore three[edit | edit source]

"Geek U.S.A."
"Siva" [7:30]
1. "Who Do You Love?" [Bo Diddley] (tease)
2. "Space Jam" (tease)

Notes[edit | edit source]

First performance of "Siva" since 1997-02-05

Banter[edit | edit source]

I Am One
BC: Hi.
Iha: Oh, we're having guitar difficulty. The guitar's a very interesting instrument, there are many, many difficulties with it. Now as you see, we have our own guitar scientist on board and he is going to straighten out the problem and we shall be back to space. How does it go there, guitar guy? Alright, momentarily we will rock. Old school style.
BC: I am now satisfied.
Zero
Pug
BC: Good evening! It's nice to be back in our nation's capital. Every time we come here, there seems to be some huge, uh...you know, last year it was Monica, this year it's a war. Hopefully when we come back, there'll still be a planet. Thank you very much for coming tonight, we are the Smashing Pumpkins, we're very proud to be in front of you tonight. A fearsome foursome or a...heh heh, oy.... A fearsome foursome! We'd now like to take you back into our sundried past. Way back before the land of Gish.
La Dolly Vita
Stand Inside Your Love
> Glass and the Ghost Children
Speed Kills
BC: Thank you very much, thank you. Unh. Are you feeling it? Are you feeling it?
Iha: Are you feeling it? Are you feeling it out there? I'm not sure exactly what you should feel except a euphoric rock and roll alternative experience.
BC: You ready? I don’t know if I can play it this time you wanna hear it.
Glass' Theme
The Imploding Voice
Dross
Wound
Cash Car Star
Ava Adore
Today
BC: God bless you, thank you. Thank you. Thanks, peace.
[encore break]
Iha: Grazie, grazie. You people have been a rocking audience, we appreciate you coming here tonight, very nice of you. And uh, well, backstage, we deduced that you want to rock. Heh heh. You wouldn't want any of that soft mellow Fleetwood Mac stuff. Although I myself like Fleetwood Mac Rumours era but that's a whole ‘nother story. We're gonna go back to our second album produced by the ubiquitous Butch Vig. Oh no wait, no we're not.
BC: Hahaha. Third album, James.
Iha: The third album. Well, this one was produced by some guy. It's called, an older song. It's a hell of a band, here it is, Muzzle.
Muzzle
Soma
BC: Thanks.
[encore break]
Iha: Thanks, thanks, thanks, you guys are great. Is everybody having a reasonable time here?
Home
If There is a God (Billy solo acoustic)
With Every Light (acoustic)
BC: God bless you. Thank you. Thank you.
[encore break]
Iha: Thank you thank you thank you. Thank you thank you thank you. One last rock jam.
Geek U.S.A.
BC: One more, you wanna hear one more? You ready there, James?
Iha: What are we playing?
BC: Hahahaha.
Siva
(BC before normal hard ending: (laughing) No, wait, let’s kick it down a notch for a second. I don’t remember the lyrics, does anyone remember the lyrics? One at a time, I - heh heh.)
> Who Do You Love? (tease)
> Space Jam (tease)
(BC: We are the Smashing Pumpkins, we bid you goodnight. Ready? Freak out! (Jimmy goes crazy on the drums))
BC: Alright, god bless you.

Photos and memorabilia[edit | edit source]