The Smashing Pumpkins 2023-05-25
| May 25, 2023 – Napa, CA, US | |
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| Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| Artist | The Smashing Pumpkins |
| Date | May 25, 2023 |
| Venue | JaM Cellars Ballroom |
| Coordinates | 38°17′58″N 122°17′8″W |
| Location | Napa, CA, US |
| Venue type | Ballroom |
| Capacity | 650 |
| Attendance | 650 |
| Personnel | Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Jack Bates, Katie Cole |
| Order of bands | Great Northern, The Smashing Pumpkins |
Setlist[edit | edit source]
- "Atum" (prerecorded)
- "Starla" [8:37]
- "Rocket"
- "Solara"
- (drum solo)
- "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] [5:49]
- "Eye"
- "Ava Adore"
- (drum solo)
- "Spellbinding"
- "Silverfuck" [12:36]
- "To Sheila" (final performance)
- "Tonight, Tonight" (acoustic)
- "Today"
- "Empires"
- "Space Age"
- "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
- "Beguiled"
- "1979"
- "Beautiful"
- "Round and Round" [Ratt] (tease)
- "Cherub Rock"
- "Zero"
Notes[edit | edit source]
- First performance of "Beautiful" since 1996-11-19
- First full band performance of "To Sheila" since 2019-06-13
- "Muzzle" was on the setlist after "Zero" but not played
Banter[edit | edit source]
Atum Intro
Starla
> Rocket
Iha: Thank you. Thank you, Napa, how are you guys doing? We’re very glad to be here, we are the Smashing Pumpkins, thank you so much.
Solara
Once in a Lifetime
Eye
(BC after 2nd chorus: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the rock show. We are the Smashing Pumpkins. Thank you so much for being with us tonight, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.)
(BC during outro singalong: Sing it with us. Napa! Ow, I love it! That’s right!)
> Ava Adore
(BC after Jimmy solo: Ow! Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin on the drums. I think I gotta go somewhere and get me a sip of wine. Do you know where I can get any wine around here?)
Iha: Alright alright alright, thank you so much. How are you guys doin’? We’re very happy to be here in the wine country. I’ve never –- I’ve never played a rock concert here. Uh...it seems like a great place to play a rock concert, uh, I hope...I hope you’re having a reasonable time tonight. This is a new jam. It’s called Spellbinding.
Spellbinding
Silverfuck
To Sheila
BC: Miss Katie Cole on the vocals. James, how you doin’ tonight?
Iha: I am doin’ great. How are you doin’?
BC: You know, I’ve never been to Napa before.
Iha: It’s a...it’s a beautiful place. Uh, for uh...wool manufacturing and sheep, that’s what somebody told me today.
BC: You know, the thing about Napa....
Iha: I thought you hadn’t been here before.
BC: It’s like, 7-Eleven, wine shop...
Iha: Yeah.
BC: ...clothing, wine shop...
Iha: There’s a lot -– a lot of wine shops.
BC: ...wine shop...kid store, wine shop.
Iha: Drunk all day.
BC: What I don’t see...it shocked me and I don’t get shocked anymore.
Iha: Heh heh! Uh huh.
BC: I’m past shock...
Iha: Yes.
BC: ...it shocked me to the core.
Iha: Yes?
BC: No AA centers.
Iha: Heh heh heh heh.
BC: No AA, it’s all wine.
Iha: Well....
BC: Bacchus...
Iha: ...this is responsibly elite drinking out there.
BC: ...isn’t that Jim called it? Jim Morrison, my friend, Jim Morrison. Bacchus, right, the god of wine? You’ve drunk some wine in your time.
Iha: Yes, uh, I had a -- a great Cabernet.
BC: These people don’t give a fuck about what we’re (laughing) saying.
Iha: No, they’re, heh...they’re...they’re not even from here. What do you guys wanna hear? Well, we’re not gonna play it, we’re gonna play the song that’s on the setlist.
BC: I believe they’re shouting for wine.
Iha: Ahhhhh!
BC: Wine, they want wine. Heh. But seriously...says the man in the vampire outfit, seriously, thank you so much for being with us tonight, we’re having a great time. We’ve prepared a very special set for you tonight. We’re about one fifth of the way through.
Iha: We have 17 more songs to go.
BC: Well, there’s your whole jazz set that you do.
Iha: Yeah, I love jazz, you guys like jazz?
BC: And wine! They love jazz and wine.
Iha: Jazz and wine. That’s kind of the new direction. Since we’ve been out here, we’ve decided on it. Jazzy wine.
BC: Shocking as this may be, I want to play a song, James.
Iha: No, let’s keep talking, I don’t give a fuck. Heh, wait, I...
BC: I wanna play a song.
Iha: ...I just, actually I just saw, I looked at somebody out here and they were like...they were like, “This sucks. Whatever, heh, whatever they were doing was great and then they started talking.” Heh heh heh.
BC: James, they’re so drunk on wine, they think we’re speaking French, okay?
Iha: Alright.
BC: Parlez-vous Français? Anyway, this is one of my favorite parts of the show because we get to dedicate this next song to everyone here, it’s our way of paying tribute for 35 years of the Smashing Pumpkins. 35 years! 35 (trails off laughing)....
Iha: Oh my god.
BC: 35 years of song, wine, happiness...praying together.
Iha: What are you talking about?
BC: No arguments! Just love and wine...and cheese! Cheese.
Iha: Sure, cheese.
BC: You like cheese?
Iha: Yeah, I love cheese. As much as the next person.
BC: Anyway, this is a little song we uh...whipped up, back in my dad’s bedroom. 1994, a little song we like to call Tonight, Tonight.
Tonight, Tonight (Billy/Iha acoustic)
Today
> Empires
(BC after lyrics, before Jeff outro solo: Ow!)
Space Age
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Beguiled
1979
Beautiful
Iha: Thank you very much. Thank you very much, I’d like to introduce the band. On vocals and acoustic guitar, Miss Katie Cole, Katie Cole. You know him, you love him, all the way from Manchester, England, Mr. Jack Bates. How’d your team do today, Jack? Four to one. And now, from Hollywood, California, on guitar, Mr. Jeff Schroeder! What from uh...what riff do you wanna play from the L.A. catalog, Jeff?
Round and Round (tease - Jeff)
Iha: Round and round it goes. On the drums, from Illinois, Mr. Jimmyyyy Chamberlin! On vocals, guitar, Mr. Billyyyyy Corgan! I’m James Iha and this is called Cherub Rock!
Cherub Rock
> Zero
(BC after final lyrics: Thank you so much! Thank you, Napa Valley, thank you! We love you, thank you, see you tomorrow!)
> Love Gun (tease)
Iha: Thank you so much! Thank you so much. Drive safe.