The Smashing Pumpkins 2023-08-13

August 13, 2023 – Albuquerque, NM, US
Official poster by Deyan Peshev
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
The World Is A Vampire tour
Date	August 13, 2023
Venue	Isleta Ampitheater
Coordinates	34°59′55″N 106°37′51″W
Location	Albuquerque, NM, US
Venue type	Amphitheater
Capacity	15,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Jack Bates, Katie Cole
Order of bands	Rival Sons, Interpol, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "Atum" (prerecorded) 
2. "The Everlasting Gaze" 
3. "Doomsday Clock" 
4. "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] 
5. "Today" 
6. "Perfect" 
7. "Disarm" (acoustic) 
8. "The Celestials" 
9. "Purple Blood" 
10. "Ava Adore" 
    1. (drum solo)
11. "Tonight, Tonight" (acoustic) 
12. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
13. "This Time" 
14. "Spellbinding" 
15. "Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)" [Manfred Mann] 
16. "Jellybelly" 
17. "Empires" 
18. "Hummer" 
19. "Beguiled" 
20. "1979" 
21. (unknown) (tease)
22. "Cherub Rock" 
23. "Zero" 
    1. "Love Gun" [Kiss] (tease) 

Banter

(incomplete due to lack of full show source)

Atum Intro
The Everlasting Gaze
> Doomsday Clock
> Once in a Lifetime
Iha: Thank you so much...Albuquerque. We are the Smashing Pumpkins, we are glad to be here, thank you so much.
Today
Perfect
Disarm (acoustic)
The Celestials
Purple Blood
> Ava Adore
(BC after Jimmy solo: Ow! Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin on the drums! Ow! Gettin’ hot up here in the ABQ. Ow!)
Iha: [cuts in] They're those very small, black and orange lizards and I'm fascinated by them. Alright, you got your ears back on.
BC: How you feelin' tonight, James?
Iha: I feel great. How you doin'?
BC: You know, you've known me for about 36 years now.
Iha: Oh my god. Yes.
BC: The space cowboy and I started this band about 36 years ago. And from the bottom of our hearts, we can only thank you for supporting us, coming to see us play, being here for this beautiful evening [3 unintelligible words], thank you so much, thank you. And then if that wasn't enough, you've got Rival Sons.
Iha: Rival Sons.
BC: Kickin' some ass. Deep cosmic blues.
Iha: Yes.
BC: And then you've got Interpol.
Iha: Thank you to Interpol.
BC: What would you call Interpol's music?
Iha: Uhhh....
BC: Deep self reflection?
Iha: I'd say it's a dark fantasy gemstone.
BC: Both bands, so awesome, we're so heartened to play with these great artists. They're backstage in catering right now but they can hear you. Fried gila, green fried gila. They stay in the 'que, right? Do they come here? Heh heh heh heh heh! This is where I gotta stop. I gotta stop right here.
Iha: Well, you could keep talkin' but I think they wanna hear...
BC: You know what the problem is?
Iha: ...the acoustic--
BC: Let the [unintelligible] of these beautiful people vote. You likin' this shit?
(crowd cheers)
Iha: Want more freestyle...off the top of our head nothingness?
(crowd cheers)
BC: That's pretty close!
Iha: It's pretty close.
BC: I know how to break this tie, I know how to break this tie. If you encourage him, he will rap for you. (beatboxing)
Iha: Gila monster. They bite, it hurts. It hurts when you bite on my finger. You're a gila monster, you're out in the desert. Aliens from outer space...in the next state. I'll keep going. I'll keep going with everything you guys [unintelligible]. But let's get back to the music.
(Billy stops beatboxing)
BC: Like ta, heh heh heh heh heh. We'd like to dedicate this song to everybody here, it's a little song we wrote back in 1994, it's called Tonight, Tonight!
Tonight, Tonight (Billy/Iha acoustic)
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
This Time
Spellbinding
Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)
> Jellybelly
Empires
Hummer
> Beguiled
1979
Iha: [cuts in] ...Australia, Miss Katie Cole! Katie Cole. And now, you know him, you love him, on the bass guitar, from Manchester, England, Mr. Jack Bates. He’s a good man. And now, from Hollywood, California, on the guitar, Mr. Jefff Schroeder! Jeff, this -– this looks like a...‘80s...music video, why don’t you play a riff that goes along with this wind blowing hair?
unknown (tease - Jeff)
Iha: (high pitched) Alright!! (normal voice) Alright. From Hollywood, California. And now, on the drums, you know him, you love him too, Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin! Lead vocals, lead guitar, Mr. Billy Corgan! Thank you guys so much, I’m James Iha, this is called Cherub Rock!
Cherub Rock
> Zero
(BC immediately after final lyrics: Thank you very much! Thank you very much, thank you!)
> Love Gun (tease)