The Smashing Pumpkins 2008-01-30

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January 30, 2008 – Prague, CZ
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Europe 2008 tour
DateJanuary 30, 2008
VenueT-Mobile Arena
Coordinates50°6′25″N 14°26′1″E
LocationPrague, CZ
Venue typeArena
Capacity10,500
PersonnelBilly Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Ginger Pooley, Lisa Harriton
Order of bandsTata Bojs, The Smashing Pumpkins

Setlist[edit | edit source]

  1. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
  2. "Behold! the Night Mare
  3. "Bring the Light
  4. "Tonight, Tonight
  5. "Mayonaise
  6. "Try, Try, Try
  7. "Superchrist
  8. "(Come On) Let's Go!
  9. "Stellar(live debut)
  10. "Perfect(acoustic) 
  11. "Lily (My One and Only)
  12. "The Rose March
  13. "Today
  14. "Tarantula
  15. "Stand Inside Your Love
  16. "Ava Adore
  17. "Drown
  18. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings
  19. "1979(acoustic) 
  20. "That's the Way (My Love Is)(acoustic) 
  21. "My Blue Heaven" [Walter Donaldson / George A. Whiting(live debut)
  22. "The Everlasting Gaze
  23. "Cash Car Star" [9:06] 
    1. "Easy Livin'" [Uriah Heep(tease) 
    2. "Foreplay" [Boston(tease) 
    3. "For What It's Worth" [Buffalo Springfield(tease) 
    4. "Wasted Years" [Iron Maiden(tease) 
  24. "Daydream
  25. "Wound
  26. "United States" [12:41] 
    1. "The Star-Spangled Banner" [Francis Scott Key(tease) 

Encore[edit | edit source]

  1. "I Don't Mind(live debut)
  2. "Cherub Rock

Notes[edit | edit source]

  • First performance of "Lily (My One and Only)" since 1996-12-10
  • First performance of "Behold! the Night Mare" since 1998-08-19
  • First performance of "Wound" since 2000-05-29
  • First performance of "Try, Try, Try" since 2000-10-30
  • First performances of "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans", "Mayonaise", "The Everlasting Gaze" and "Cash Car Star" since 2000-12-02

Banter[edit | edit source]

Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
> Behold! The Night Mare
> Bring the Light
Tonight, Tonight
Mayonaise
BC: Thank you!
Try, Try, Try
> Superchrist
> (Come On) Let’s Go!
Stellar
BC: Thank you. ... Thank you very much, thank you. Like to bring out my main man, Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin. How’s everybody feeling, you alright? (faux serious) Are you okay?
Perfect (Billy acoustic w/Jimmy tambourine)
(after "that lovers make amends," Billy accidentally skips to "so far...")
(BC: I forgot the lyrics. What are the lyrics, Jimmy? Hahaha! He wasn't even around for that album. (singing) We are reasons to believe / I can't help but see / That something has been lost / Please / I can't remember the lyrics now now / But now, da da da da, perfect...)
Lily
The Rose March
Today
> Tarantula
> Stand Inside Your Love (abandoned - Billy stops about 4 seconds in and restarts)
> Stand Inside Your Love
> Ava Adore
BC: Thank you very much.
Drown
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
BC: Thank you so very much, thank you.
1979 (Billy solo acoustic)
That’s the Way (Billy 12-string w/Lisa)
My Blue Heaven (Billy w/Lisa)
BC: Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Ginger!
Ginger: Thank you.
Jeff: Thanks.
BC: Thank you very much, Jeff. Thank you, Lisa. Thank you, Jimmy. Thank you, people of Prague. You know my managers tell me not to talk, heh heh. Heh heh heh heh heh. Every time I open this mouth: trouble. But I think what I’d like to say next is applic - (cut off by Jimmy kick drum) - appli, heh heh heh...(Jeff laughs loudly off mic)...is applicable to this song. This band, this band, this band, we will not fucking die. We made that mistake one time, we made that mistake one time and it won’t happen again. We are with you ‘til the end.
The Everlasting Gaze
> Cash Car Star
> Easy Livin’ (2 verses and choruses)
(BC before lyrics: This is a little song called Easy Livin’.)
> Foreplay (partial, instrumental)
> For What It’s Worth (verse 1, chorus, verse 4, chorus, BC original spoken verse)
(BC spoken verse: Everyone’s gonna be a big star / Everyone’s gonna know who you are / Even your mom’s gonna care / Don’t want your underwear / And all your gold records too / But when you’re alone, what are you gonna do? / What are you gonna do? / What are you gonna do?)
> Wasted Years (tease/intro only)
BC: Yeah!
Daydream
> Wound
> United States / Star Spangled Banner
BC: Thank you.
[encore break]
I Don’t Mind
BC: Ha! Thank you very much, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. We’ve come to the end of the concert, we hope you’ve had a great, great time. We hope you go home and fuck...and love and suck, fuck, love...fuck suck love, love fuck suck love. Good lovin’!
Cherub Rock

Photos and memorabilia[edit | edit source]