The Smashing Pumpkins 2008-03-01

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March 1, 2008 – Stockholm, SE
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Europe 2008 tour
DateMarch 1, 2008
VenueHovet
Coordinates59°17′41″N 18°4′55″E
LocationStockholm, SE
Venue typeArena
Capacity8,000
PersonnelBilly Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Ginger Pooley, Lisa Harriton
Order of bandsMoto Boy, The Smashing Pumpkins

Setlist[edit | edit source]

Soundcheck[edit | edit source]

  1. "Geek U.S.A.
  2. "I Am One
  3. "Bury Me

Set[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
  10. "Perfect(acoustic) 
  11. "Lily (My One and Only)
  12. "The Rose March
  13. "Today
  14. "Tarantula
    1. "Für Elise" [Beethoven(tease) 
  15. "Stand Inside Your Love
  16. "Ava Adore
  17. "Drown
  18. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings
  19. (blues improv) (acoustic)
  20. "1979(acoustic) 
  21. "That's the Way (My Love Is)(acoustic) 
  22. "My Blue Heaven" [Walter Donaldson / George A. Whiting
  23. "The Everlasting Gaze
  24. "Cash Car Star" [12:12] 
    1. "Easy Livin'" [Uriah Heep(tease) 
    2. "Foreplay" [Boston(tease) 
    3. "For What It's Worth" [Buffalo Springfield(tease) 
    4. "We've Only Just Begun" [The Carpenters(tease) 
    5. "Wasted Years" [Iron Maiden(tease) 

Encore[edit | edit source]

  1. "United States" [19:04] 
    1. "The Star-Spangled Banner" [Francis Scott Key(tease) 

Banter[edit | edit source]

Porcelina of the Vast Oceans (abandoned after 3 notes)
> 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!
(drum intro to Stellar begins)
BC: Thank you very much, thank you. Thank you, heh heh. How’s everybody doin’, you okay? You okay, Jeff?
Jeff: [unintelligible because his mic’s not on].
BC: Lisa?
Lisa: Cool, yeah.
BC: Ginger? (Ginger’s not at her mic but gives him two thumbs up) Double thumb! JC? Well, as usual, I’m the only one with a problem. Heh heh. But uh, thank you very much for coming. (decent crowd reaction) I’m sorry, I can’t hear you. (larger crowd response) Oh no, I wasn’t talking to you! I was talkin’ to this guy down here, sorry, heh heh. (pauses for a bit to let the guy yell) Oh okay, okay. I got it now, I understand, wait...let me get this straight, I’m 40 years old and you want me to do what you want me to do? You want me to do what...you want me to do? Why don’t you do what I want you to do? See, you didn’t think about that, did you? I want you to shave your head and move to India. Maybe there you can find you a god. (off mic) I’m just k--(on mic) I’m just kidding, I’m just kidding, that’s the old me, this is the funny new me. Anyway.
Stellar
BC: Like to bring out Mr. Jimmy...Chamberlin.
Perfect (abandoned - Billy stops after 3rd chord is wrong)
> Perfect (Billy acoustic w/Jimmy tambourine)
Lily
The Rose March
BC: Thank you very much.
Today
> Tarantula / Für Elise
Stand Inside Your Love
> Ava Adore
BC: Thank you very much, thank you.
Drown
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
blues jam (Billy solo acoustic)
> 1979 (Billy solo acoustic)
That’s the Way (Billy 12-string w/Lisa)
My Blue Heaven (Billy w/Lisa)
> The Everlasting Gaze
> Cash Car Star
> Easy Livin’ (2 verses and choruses)
> Foreplay (partial, instrumental)
> For What It’s Worth (verse 1, chorus, verse 4, chorus, BC original spoken verse)
> We’ve Only Just Begun (one line teased during spoken verse)
(BC spoken verse: Everyone’s gonna be a big star / Everyone’s gonna drive a fast car / Everyone’s gonna know who you are / Everyone’s gonna wanna fuck you good / Just like they should! / Don’t they know who you are? / (instrumental break) / (speaking) You can’t kill us. You can’t kill us. Heh, we’re only just getting started. (singing) We’ve only just begun...to love from our hearts. (speaking) We know what’s good for ya. ... Even when I’m wrong, I’m right. Even when I’m right, I’m wrong. I just can’t find a place to belong. Nothing I want more. Nothing I want more, I just wanna rock. I just wanna rock, just let me rock, don’t get in my way, I just wanna rock, I just wanna rock. (screams))
> Wasted Years (tease/intro only)
(BC near beginning: Thank you, goodnight, we love you.)
[encore break]
United States / Star Spangled Banner

Photos and memorabilia[edit | edit source]