The Smashing Pumpkins 2008-03-03

March 3, 2008 – Helsinki, FI
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Europe 2008 tour
Date	March 3, 2008
Venue	Helsingin Jäähalli
Coordinates	60°11′21″N 24°55′20″E
Location	Helsinki, FI
Venue type	Arena
Capacity	4,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Ginger Pooley, Lisa Harriton
Order of bands	Snipe Drive, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

Soundcheck

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

Set

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" 
15. "Stand Inside Your Love" 
16. "Ava Adore" 
17. "Drown" 
18. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
19. (blues improv: "I'm sick") (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" 
    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) 

Encore

25. "Cherub Rock" 

Notes

• Last performance of "Try, Try, Try" until 2017-10-01

Banter

(incomplete due to lack of full show source)

Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
> Behold! The Night Mare
Bring the Light
Tonight, Tonight
Mayonaise
Try, Try, Try
> Superchrist
> (Come On) Let’s Go!
BC: Thank you.
Stellar
BC: [cuts in] Yeah, exactly, (coughs), I’m sorry, I just, uh....
Girl in crowd: I love you!
BC: I love you more.
Guy in crowd: I love you, Billy!
Perfect (abandoned after first two chords)
BC: No, I don’t love you.
Same guy in crowd: Aw shit!
Perfect (Billy acoustic w/Jimmy tambourine)
Lily
The Rose March
BC: Thank you.
Today
> Tarantula
Stand Inside Your Love
> Ava Adore
Drown
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
blues jam (Billy solo acoustic)
BC: (over blues riff) I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. Of myself. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. (raspy) I’m sick. (Satanic voice, progressively slower) I’m sick. I’m sick. I’m sick. Of my life, urrrr. Urrrr. (normal) I just came from Norway, that’s what they do in Norway: Urrrrrrrr, urrrrr, urrrr, urrrr. (blues jam stops) How you feelin? Urrrrrrrr!! Urrrr. Heh heh heh. I’m so funny. (starts blues riff again) Funny. I’m funny. I’m funny. Funny lookin’. Funny cool. Funny sad. Funny dumb. Funny fucked. Funny funny. But I got more money than you. (blues riff ends) That’s how funny I am: urrrrrrr.
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)
> Wasted Years (tease/intro only)
[encore break]
Cherub Rock

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