The Smashing Pumpkins 2008-08-12

August 12, 2008 – Louisville, KY, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
20th Anniversary tour
Date	August 12, 2008
Venue	Palace Theater
Coordinates	38°14′52″N 85°45′28″W
Location	Louisville, KY, US
Venue type	Theater
Capacity	2,800
Personnel	Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Ginger Pooley, Lisa Harriton, Kristopher Pooley
Order of bands	The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. (Intro) (prerecorded)
2. "Tarantula" 
3. "G.L.O.W." 
4. "Kill Your Parents" 
   1. "Siva" [9:23] 
5. "Eye" 
6. "Mayonaise" 
7. "Tonight, Tonight" 
8. "Speed Kills" 
9. "Transformer" 
10. "Superchrist" 
11. "United States" [12:23] 
    1. "The Star-Spangled Banner" [Francis Scott Key] (tease) 
12. "Once Upon a Time" (acoustic) 
13. "Again, Again, Again (The Crux)" (acoustic) 
14. "The Rose March" (acoustic) 
15. "Today" 
16. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
17. "The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning" 
18. "Heavy Metal Machine" [10:08] 
    1. "White Rabbit" [Jefferson Airplane] (tease) 
    2. "White Horse" [Laid Back] (tease) 
19. "Glass' Theme" 
20. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" [Pink Floyd] [16:58] 

Encore

21. "We Only Come Out at Night" 
22. "In the Summertime" [Mungo Jerry] 

Notes

• "We Only Come Out at Night" and "In the Summertime" with Kris Pooley on accordion

Banter

2008 Intro
Tarantula (abandoned fairly quickly after entire band kicks in and one of the guitars isn't working right)
> Tarantula
> G.L.O.W.
> Kill Your Parents
> Siva
Eye
Mayonaise
> Tonight, Tonight
> Speed Kills
BC: Thank you.
Transformer
Superchrist
> United States / Star Spangled Banner
BC: Thank you. Thank you very much for coming tonight, thank you. Yeah. Let’s have some lights on there, Greg. Let’s see some peoples. Yeah. Keepin’ it real. Keepin’ it real in ‘08. Keepin’ it real. How you doin’ up there, you okay? Yeah. Go Cubs. Last time I checked, Kentucky didn’t have a baseball team, did it? Do you have a baseball team? The Seattle Mariners, which, heh heh...don’t get so mad, it’s just a joke, my friend, it’s just a joke. Nothin’ you don’t see on reality TV every day. Heh heh heh. Like to introduce this great band I get to play in, I’m a very lucky man. On guitar, Mr. Jeff Schroeder, the Shredder. Shreddin’ it to-night. On the bass, freshly married, Ms. Ginger Pooley. Yeah. On the keys, Ms. Lisa. I’m not sure what your last name is anymore, I get confused with all the....
Lisa: Lisa’s good, I guess.
BC: Heh heh heh heh. And on the drums, my main man, Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin.
Once Upon a Time (acoustic)
Again, Again, Again (acoustic)
BC: Thank you very much, thank you.
The Rose March (acoustic)
BC: Thank you very much. Thank you. Before we start the second half of the show...this is usually where I say something stupid. Heh heh, something really stupid, this guy says. Here, why don’t you say something really stupid?
Guy in crowd: (singing poorly) I wanna go for a ride.
BC: You wanna go for a ride? My friend, what kinda ride do you wanna go for? There’s only a couple rides a man and a man can go on together, you know what I’m sayin’? You wanna go on that kinda ride, I don’t fly that way. I’m just kiddin’, I’m just kiddin’. I’ll fuck you just the same.
Today
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
The Beginning is the End is the Beginning
Heavy Metal Machine / White Rabbit / White Horse
> Glass’ Theme
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
[encore break]
We Only Come Out at Night (with Kris Pooley)
> In the Summertime (with Kris Pooley)
(BC during Kris accordion solo: Put your hands together! Help this man. You think it’s easy to play accordion?)
(BC at beginning of piano outro: Thank you very much, thank you!)