The Smashing Pumpkins 2022-10-22

October 22, 2022 – Pittsburgh, PA, US
Poster by 12sketches
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Spirits On Fire tour
Date	October 22, 2022
Venue	PPG Paints Arena
Coordinates	40°26′22″N 79°59′21″W
Location	Pittsburgh, PA, US
Venue type	Arena
Capacity	14,536
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Jack Bates, Katie Cole
Order of bands	Meg Myers, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "Atum" (prerecorded) 
2. "Quiet" 
3. "Empires" 
4. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
5. "Today" 
6. "We Only Come Out at Night" (acoustic) 
7. "Cyr" 
8. "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] [5:51] 
9. "Solara" 
   1. (drum solo)
10. "Eye" 
11. "Ava Adore" 
    1. (drum solo)
12. "Tonight, Tonight" (acoustic) 
13. "Starla" [7:59] 
14. "Stand Inside Your Love" 
15. "I of the Mourning" 
16. "Cherub Rock" 
17. "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" [Van Halen] (tease) 
18. "Zero" 
    1. "Love Gun" [Kiss] (tease) 
19. "1979" 
20. "Beguiled" 
21. "Silverfuck" [11:09] 
22. "Neophyte" 
23. "Disarm" (acoustic) 
24. "Harmageddon" 

Notes

• Jane's Addiction again canceled their set before showtime
• "If There Is a God" and "X.Y.U." were on the printed setlist but not played

Banter

Atum Intro
Quiet
> Empires
(BC after lyrics, before Jeff outro solo: Pittsburgh!)
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Iha: Thank you so much. How are you guys doing? Thank you so much for coming out, we are the Smashing Pumpkins.
Today
We Only Come Out at Night (acoustic)
Cyr
Once in a Lifetime
Solara
Eye
(BC after 2nd chorus: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the rock show. We’re so happy you’re with us tonight, we appreciate you so much. Thank you so much, thank you, thank you, thank you.)
(BC over outro singalong: Sing it with us! Come on, come on. Ow! One more time, one more time.)
Ava Adore
(BC after Jimmy solo: Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin! Ow! Ow!)
Iha: Thank you. How are you guys doin'? Thumbs up? You still rockin'? Alright, well, now we got acoustic guitars, so...bring it down.
BC: You know, James, before I ask you how you are tonight....
Iha: I'm good.
BC: I didn't even ask you yet, how you were.
Iha: Oh, okay.
BC: I wanted to draw a comparison between you and the city of Pittsburgh.
Iha: I [2-3 unintelligible words].
BC: He's very shy, he's very humble...but what I know and what the band knows, is that like Pittsburgh, he forged of steel.
Iha: Heh. I--
BC: Hahahahahaha!
Iha: Normally I'd question where you're going with this, but uh, it's uh...forged of steel.
BC: Higher metal. You get it: the metal, metal.
Iha: I'm from the Midwest, but I'll go with -- I'll go with this because uh, I like Pittsburgh a lot. There's steel here.
BC: Thank you so much for being with us tonight, we're having a great time with you. You bless us with your presence, we're so lucky to have great fans like you. 34 years and counting.
Iha: Oh my god.
BC: And uh...this is my favorite part of the show because I get to thank everyone personally. Thank you. Thank you. So this song...written about twentyyyy-eight years ago? Give or take a decade. A little song we like to call –- and is dedicated to each and every one of you –- it’s called Tonight, Tonight.
Tonight, Tonight (Billy/Iha acoustic)
Starla
Iha: Alright alright.
Stand Inside Your Love
I of the Mourning
Iha: Thank you so much. Thank you. I’d like to introduce the band. On vocals, all the way from Australia, Ms. Katie Cole. Ms. Katie Cole. And now, on the bass guitar, all the way from Manchester, England, Mr. Jack Bates. And now, from Hollywood, California...the Hollywood, California, Mr. Jeff Schroeder. What do you wanna play tonight, Jeff? Heh. You’re wearing white, you could rock anything. Skid Row, Van Halen. Alright. Drummer extraordinaire: Mr. Jimmyyyy Chamberlin! On lead vocals, lead guitar, Mr. Billyyyy Corgan! Alright, what do you guys wanna do? What do you wanna hear? Alright. Let’s do Cherub Rock then.
Cherub Rock
> Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love (tease - during Billy's transition solo)
> Zero
> Love Gun (tease)
1979
Beguiled
Silverfuck
Neophyte
BC: Have you had a good time? What is it, Saturday night in Pittsburgh? It’s Saturday night in Pittsburgh!
Iha: The hell else are you gonna do in Pittsburgh on a Saturday night?
BC: But rock?
Iha: I don’t give a shit, I’m gonna come here...where the Bruins play [sic], watch a goddamn rock concert.
BC: You’re gonna fall in love, you’re gonna fall outta love, you’re gonna fall back in love all in the same night. Some brewskis....
Iha: You only live once.
BC: But do you? Hahahaha! Thank you so much again, we hope you’ve had a great time.
Iha: Thank you so much, we appreciate it.
BC: Now this uh, here song...is we bring you down to a beautiful ending. Sending you out the door with love and...mild affection.
Iha: Heh heh.
BC: Heh heh. Okay, a lot of affection, but um.... I can’t believe I wrote this song about 30 years ago.
Iha: OMG.
BC: But I did. I think you know this one; if you do, please sing along. (faux serious) If you don’t, get the fuck out of here!
Iha: Heh heh heh heh.
BC: (normal voice) That’s old school, right? That’s like ‘92 style, right?
Iha: “I don’t care!” No, I’m not gonna go into it.
BC: Lil’ grunge for you.
Disarm (acoustic)
> Harmageddon
(BC after verse 2: Pittsburgh! We thank you so much! We love you!!)
(BC immediately after final lyrics: Thank you very much! Thank you very much! Thank you very much!)
Iha: Thank you guys so much. Have a good night, get home safe, thank you.