The Smashing Pumpkins 2008-08-17

August 17, 2008 – Raleigh, NC, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
20th Anniversary tour
Date	August 17, 2008
Venue	Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
Coordinates	35°46′17″N 78°38′22″W
Location	Raleigh, NC, US
Venue type	Auditorium
Capacity	2,277
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" [9:49] 
5. "Eye" 
6. "Mayonaise" 
7. "Tonight, Tonight" 
8. "Speed Kills" 
9. "Transformer" 
10. "Superchrist" 
11. "United States" [13:04] 
    1. "The Star-Spangled Banner" [Francis Scott Key] (tease) 
12. "Once Upon a Time" (acoustic) 
13. "Again, Again, Again (The Crux)" (acoustic) 
14. "Smoke on the Water" [Deep Purple] (tease) (acoustic) 
15. "The Rose March" (acoustic) 
16. "Today" 
17. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
18. "The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning" 
19. "Heavy Metal Machine" [11:49] 
    1. "White Rabbit" [Jefferson Airplane] (tease) 
    2. "White Horse" [Laid Back] (tease) 
    3. "Stranglehold" [Ted Nugent] (tease) 
    4. "Wild Thing" [The Troggs] (tease) 
20. "Glass' Theme" 
21. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" [Pink Floyd] [20:46] 

Encore

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

Notes

• "We Only Come Out at Night" and "In the Summertime" with Kris Pooley on accordion
• Billy Corgan comes out shirtless for the encore, only wearing a scarf and skirt
• Jeff Schroeder plays drums during the second half of "In the Summertime"

Banter

2008 Intro
Tarantula
> G.L.O.W.
Kill Your Parents
> Siva
Eye
Mayonaise
> Tonight, Tonight
Speed Kills
BC: Thank you very much, thank youuuu. Welcome to our show, thank you very much.
Transformer
Superchrist
> United States / Star Spangled Banner
BC: Thank you. Don’t be afraid, we’re just a band. Heh heh. Just a band. How much damage can one band do? Apparently a lot, heh heh. How y’all doin’ in the back, you alright? Rockin’ rally, rockin’ rally? Yeah. What do y’all do up here? Heh heh. What goes on over here? Beautiful women, what else? Guys with beards, what else, come on. Lots of weed, what goes on here? Yeah, heh heh. Yeah, heh heh. What are you gonna do, man? But thank you very much for coming tonight, thank you, thank you. Thank you, we’re happy to be here with you tonight. ‘Course we’re missing the badminton final but.... Michael Phelps going for his 900th medal. And by the way, I fuckin’ hate Bob Costas, okay? Fuck Bob Costas. Why do I have to deal with Bob Costas’s Olympic vision, that’s what I wanna know. I just wanna watch the fuckin’ Olympics. Fuckin’ Bob Costas. Plus he’s from St. Louis, that pretty much seals it right there. Of the Cardinals. Anyway, I’d like to introduce the band. On the geetar, Father Jeff Schroeder. On the bass, Sister Ginger Pooley. On the keys, Sister Lisa Harriton. Pieth? And on the drums, my main man, Brother Jimmy Chamberlin.
Once Upon a Time (acoustic)
Again, Again, Again (acoustic)
BC: Thank you kindly...neighbor. Top shelf. Top shelf entertainment. World class. With no attitude. Well, since you’re all so quiet, I’m gonna have a drink of water. Here’s to you. ... Without water, where would we be?
Smoke on the Water (tease - Billy poorly plays the riff a few times, likely on purpose)
The Rose March (abandoned after 3 seconds when Billy hits a wrong note)
The Rose March (acoustic)
BC: Thank you. Thank you for listening to that, thank you.
Today
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
The Beginning is the End is the Beginning
Heavy Metal Machine / White Rabbit / White Horse / Stranglehold / Wild Thing
> 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 verse 2 alt lyrics: Spin around the lake / Go and kill yourself twenty-five)
(Billy to Jimmy towards end of his kazoo solo: Aw, you look mighty sexy.
(Jimmy stops soloing because he's laughing)
Jimmy: 20 years of rock and roll without a dream.)
(BC verse 3 alt lyrics: In the summertime when the weather is high / You can reach right up and fuck the sky / When the weather is fine / You got men, you got men on your mind (Jeff: I have ‘em on my mind) / Have a smoke, have a pie / Do what you want when you want to)
(Jeff starts playing the drums during Ginger's solo)
(during the second-to-last round with everyone except Jeff kazooing, Jimmy shakes his tambourine at Billy, who cracks up laughing on mic)
(BC to Jeff during final round of everyone kazooing: You gotta go U2, just four on the floor right now.)
(BC at beginning of piano outro: Thank you very much, thank you!)