The Smashing Pumpkins 2023-09-09

September 9, 2023 – Noblesville, IN, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
The World Is A Vampire tour
Date	September 9, 2023
Venue	Ruoff Music Center
Coordinates	40°0′19″N 85°55′52″W
Location	Noblesville, IN, US
Venue type	Amphitheater
Capacity	24,790
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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Full performance

Setlist

1. "Atum" (prerecorded) (final performance)
2. "The Everlasting Gaze" (final performance)
3. "Doomsday Clock" (final performance)
4. "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] [5:43] (final performance)
5. "Today" 
6. "Perfect" (final performance)
7. "Disarm" (acoustic) 
8. "The Celestials" 
9. "Purple Blood" (final performance)
10. "Ava Adore" (final performance)
    1. (drum solo)
11. "Tonight, Tonight" (acoustic) 
12. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" (final performance)
13. "This Time" (final performance)
14. "Spellbinding" (final performance)
15. "Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)" [Manfred Mann] (final performance)
16. "Jellybelly" (final performance)
17. "Empires" (final performance)
18. "Hummer" 
19. "Beguiled" (final performance)
20. "1979" (final performance)
21. "Symphony of Destruction" [Megadeth] (tease) 
22. "Photograph" [Def Leppard] (tease) 
23. "Cherub Rock" 
24. "Zero" (abandoned) (final performance)
25. "Zero" (tease) (final performance)
26. "Zero" (final performance)
    1. "Love Gun" [Kiss] (tease) 

Notes

• Augustus and Philomena Corgan dance on stage while NWA wrestlers Mercurio and May Valentine perform a short routine during "Beguiled"; following the song, Valentine hits Mercurio over the head with a giant flower bouquet while Billy takes a photo

Banter

Atum Intro
The Everlasting Gaze
> Doomsday Clock
> Once in a Lifetime
Iha: Noblesville, Indianapolis. How the hell are you? We are the Smashing Pumpkins, we are very glad to be here, thank you so much for coming!
Today
Perfect
Disarm (acoustic)
The Celestials
Purple Blood
> Ava Adore
(BC after Jimmy solo: Ow! Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin on the drums! (long evil laugh), oh Jimmy.)
Iha: Thank you. Thank you so much, how are you guys doin’? Indianapolis, how the hell are you doing? Thank you so much for coming out to the show, this is uh, the last night of a –- a seven week tour. We've been doing it with, uh, Interpol and Rival Sons, we’d like to thank them a lot. They are very nice guys, awesome guys. And now, uh...I don’t know, what do you guys wanna hear? (crowd screaming) We can’t do that acoustically, sorry. We'll do another song, we got.... What do you think?
BC: James?
Iha: Yes?
BC: First off, before we get back to the idea of music....
Iha: This is a rowdy crowd.
BC: Like to thank the Rival Sons and the Interpols.
Iha: Rival Son and Interpol.
BC: Fine young lads.
Iha: They're pretty cool, they're pretty bitchin'.
BC: Bright, bright futures. It’s so nice to be with you tonight on the last night of our World is a Vampire tour. We started in Mexico City and we went to Australia! And now we’ve toured America. We’ve had wrestlers...we’ve had...space cowboys.
Iha: Yes. Our next gig will be on the pyramids of Egypt. It’s an incredible show.
BC: We've had rock operas, we have had, um, well, it doesn’t matter. We’re here with you tonight. We’re so blessed to be with you, playing with these great bands. Thank you to the great fans of Indianapolis, the area here. Supporting us for, well, good 30...30 some years, right?
Iha: Oh my god.
BC: Heck, James, when we started...
Iha: Yes?
BC: ...Larry Bird was still playing in the NBA, that’s how long ago we started.
Iha: Super long time ago. I gotta...
BC: In fact, James...
Iha: ...I gotta take a nap.
BC: ...James?
Iha: Yes?
BC: This is probably not the place to admit this to you...
Iha: Alright...
BC: ...it’s a little awkward...
Iha: ...let’s do it.
BC: ...but uh, I feel safe, safe space, right?
Iha: I don’t give a fuck.
BC: Our song Thirty-three was named for Larry Bird, I’ll admit it now.
Iha: Hoof!
BC: Total bullshit but it sounds good, doesn't it? I named it for our lord and savior Jesus Christ, okay, uh, heh heh heh. That’s a true story. Anyway, we’d like to dedicate this song to you. It’s a song we wrote back in 1994.
Iha: Oh my god.
BC: And no, it is not named after a condiment! It’s named after a particular phase of the day. Condiments are all the rage right now, James, did you know that, condiment songs are all the rage?
Iha: Alright, let’s–-
BC: If only we could ketchup.
Iha: We're gonna get--
BC: Cut the mustard.
Iha: We’re gonna get right back to music. I know you came here for music, not comedy.
BC: It’s a little song we dedicate to everyone here, especially all you people way in the back, thank you so much, way people way in the back [sic], we love you! You make us proud, thank you. This is a little song we wrote back in 1994, this is called Tonight, Tonight.
Tonight, Tonight (Billy/Iha acoustic)
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Iha: Ow!
This Time
Spellbinding
Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)
> Jellybelly
Empires
(BC after final lyrics, before Jeff outro solo: Indiana!)
Hummer
> Beguiled
1979
Iha: Thank you guys so much. You’re the best! I’d like to do a quick introduction of the band. On vocals and acoustic guitar, all the way from Australia, singer/songwriter, Miss Katie Cole, everybody. Katie Cole. You know him, you love him, on the bass guitar, all the way from Manchester, England, Mr. Jack Bates.
Symphony of Destruction (tease - Jack)
Iha: You take a mortal man.... And now, on guitar, all the way from Hollywood, California, Mr. Jeff Schroeder! Alright, Jeff, what do you got to rile these people up?
Photograph (tease - Jeff)
Iha: Ooh! (singing) I’m outta luck, outta love. Gotta photograph, picture of. Passion killer, you’re too much. You’re the only one I wanna touch, oh! You’ve got some kinda hold on me, you’re all wrapped up in mystery. (Jeff stops) You’re all I want, a fantasy -– (speaking) and now, from the great state of Illinois, on the drums, Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin! Jimmy’s been beatin' up those drums every goddamn night. And now on lead vocals, lead guitar, Mr. Billyyyyy Corgan! Thank you guys so much, you’re the best! I’m James Iha and this is called Cherub Rock!
Cherub Rock
> Zero (abandoned after 8 seconds - Jimmy wasn’t ready to start)
Zero (tease - Billy plays the riff once and briefly stops)
> Zero
(BC immediately after final lyrics: Thank you very much!)
> Love Gun (tease)
Iha: Thank you! Goodnight. Get home safe. Sorry, hope you're alright.