Zwan 2002-12-12

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December 12, 2002 – Uniondale, NY, US
Live performance by Zwan
ArtistZwan
DateDecember 12, 2002
FestivalClaus Fest
VenueNassau Coliseum
Coordinates40°43′22″N 73°35′26″W
LocationUniondale, NY, US
Venue typeArena
Capacity18,511
PersonnelBilly Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Matt Sweeney, David Pajo, Paz Lenchantin
Order of bandsTaproot, New Found Glory, Box Car Racer, Kelly Osbourne, Queens of the Stone Age, The Jimmy Fallon Band, Coldplay, Zwan, Audioslave

The December 12, 2002 performance was at KROCK's Claus Fest. It was also Paz Lenchantin's birthday.

Full performance

Setlist[edit | edit source]

  1. "Jesus, I" [traditional] [9:12] 
    1. "God's Gonna Set This World on Fire
  2. "Declarations of Faith
  3. "Settle Down
  4. "Happy Birthday" [Patty Hill / Mildred J. Hill
  5. "Honestly
  6. "Of a Broken Heart
  7. "Mary Star of the Sea" [12:31] 

Notes[edit | edit source]

  • To fit in the shortened set, "Jesus, I / God's Gonna Set This World on Fire" is played without the usual lengthy guitar solo from Billy Corgan in the middle

Banter[edit | edit source]

Matt Pinfield: Nassau Coliseum, [unintelligible as Booker talks over him].
Booker: Look at this man! Look at that man! It’s Matt Pinfield, how ‘bout that?
Pinfield: Yeaahhhh. What’s going on? Booker! Yeah.
Booker: Matt, we have a great band that we have the ultimate privilege of introducing to these fine people. Why don’t you tell ‘em about the band?
Pinfield: All I can say, guys, is there’s great people in this band from a bunch of other different bands that you’ll recognize but you’re gonna see them for the first time tonight! This is gonna be their debut to New York area! Get ready for something special! Let us introduce...please make some noise for...
Booker / Pinfield: ...Zwan!
Jesus, I
> God’s Gonna Set This World on Fire
BC: Whoops! Thank you.
Declarations of Faith
Settle Down
BC: Good!
Sweeney: You know, when we got asked to play the, uh, K-ROCK Christmas, [cut off by noise].... Hahahaha!
BC: No one can hear you. How’s everybody doing? Woo!!!
Sweeney: Now that’s how you do it, dude.
BC: Yeah. Thanks very much, everybody having a good time? Some fine alternative rock and roll? We’d like to say happy birthday to Paz here.
Happy Birthday
Sweeney: (screams)
Honestly
Of a Broken Heart
BC: Thank you very much, we’d like to play one more song for you if that’s alright. Thank you very much, we are Zwan. Appreciate it, see you down the road. This is a song, uh, from our new album called Mary Star of the Sea.
Mary Star of the Sea
(BC after lyrics end, before coda: Thank you very much, we are Zwan.)