Tsp2000-05-20

The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	2000-05-20
Venue	Open Air Theatre
Location	San Diego, CA, US
Venue Type	Amphitheater
Capacity	5100
Lineup	Corgan, Iha, Chamberlin, Auf der Maur
Order of Bands	The Smashing Pumpkins
Surfaced Recordings
AUD #1
Source	AUD
Format	DAT
Equipment	CSBMod > TCD-D7(32k)
Length	35m (soundcheck) 129m (show)
Complete?	Yes
Lowest Circulating Generation	DDC-? > CDR (soundcheck) DDC-1 > FLAC (show)
Live Music Archive	16-bit download (soundcheck) 16-bit download (show)
Notes	Soundcheck taped from balcony behind stage, show 50 feet from left stacks.
Unsurfaced Recordings
SBD #1
Source	SBD
Format	DAT
Equipment	M1
Length	~130m
Complete?	Unknown
AUD #2
Source	AUD
Format	DAT
Equipment	CSHEB > M1
Length	132m
Complete?	Unknown
Notes	Second row.
AUD #3
Source	AUD
Format	MD
Equipment	CSBmod > MZ-R90
Length	~130m
Complete?	Unknown
Notes	Front of board, brickwalled.
AUD #4
Source	AUD
Format	ANA
Equipment	Radioshack Tie-Clip Mic
Length	~130m
Complete?	Yes
Notes	~30 rows back.
AUD #5
Source	AUD
Format	MCS
Equipment	Unknown
Length	~105m
Complete?	No
Notes	Includes ten seconds of soundcheck, then show up to partway through Once in a Lifetime. Glass and the Ghost Children cuts.
AMT #1
Source	AUD
Format	Hi8
Equipment	Unknown
Length	10m
Complete?	No
Notes	Soundcheck, Snail only.

Setlist

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Soundcheck:

• Snail (take one)
• Snail (take two)
• The Everlasting Gaze
• Heavy Metal Machine (take one)
• Heavy Metal Machine (take two)
• Porcelina of the Vast Oceans

Set:

• Pale Scales
• The Everlasting Gaze
• Heavy Metal Machine
• Pug
• Blew Away
• Stand Inside Your Love
• Glass and the Ghost Children
• Tonight, Tonight
• I of the Mourning
• To Sheila
• Muzzle
• 1979
• Ava Adore
• Rock On [Essex]
• Zero
• Today
• Snail
• Blue Skies Bring Tears
• Bullet with Butterfly Wings
  • Once in a Lifetime [Talking Heads] [4:52]

Encore One:

• Mayonaise

Encore Two:

• With Every Light (false start)
• With Every Light
• Drown [8:58]

Notes

• To Sheila, Muzzle, 1979, and Ava Adore performed acoustic
• soundcheck version of Porcelina of the Vast Oceans is the new riff that was used on the fall European tour

Banter

Pale Scales
> The Everlasting Gaze
> Heavy Metal Machine
Pug
BC: Good evening, good evening, thank you very much. Thank you very much for coming tonight.
Iha: Thank you.
BC: Like to (trips over his words and makes noises for a moment). I’d like to introduce a friend of mine to you. He’s originally from San Diego, where he won the World Surfing Championship in 1992, Mr. James Iha.
Blew Away
Stand Inside Your Love
Glass and the Ghost Children
BC: Thank you.
Tonight, Tonight
I of the Mourning
Le Deux Machina (tape)
To Sheila (Billy acoustic w/Iha)
BC: Thank you. You know, when I was, uh....can you hear me?
Iha: Yes.
BC: I’m not very good with talking anymore so...excuse me. Um, when I was a little boy, you know I used to go out in the backyard and stare up at the stars and imagine that it was all these people out there, you know, and it’s sort of the same feeling playing for you, it’s like you’re out there and it’s up there. But then again at the age of 14 if I’d imagined about 4,000 people in my backyard listening to me sing, it would have terrified me and I probably wouldn’t have started playing guitar so sort of counterintuitive if you think about it. I’d like to play, uh - this, wait, you want to marry me? Wait, what’s this sign? No no no no, no no, you do not want to marry me, trust me. The sensitive songwriter part only comes out in the band. But this is to the girl who wants to marry me. And in fact, some of this song has to do with somebody that I was married to back in the old days. ‘Course she’s in jail now and um.... She’s serving 20 years for grievous misuse of my love.
Muzzle (Billy solo acoustic)
BC: Thank you. Like to take this moment, seeing as we’re at the halfway point at the concert, to introduce you to the members of the band that are on stage. On lead guitar, Jake “The Snake” Iha. On the lead bass, Tammy “She’ll Go Far” Auf der Maur. And on lead acoustic and lead drums, Fred “What Was Your Name Again?” Chamberlin!
Iha: And ladies and gentlemen, on lead vocals, Barry “The Wombat” Corgan.
1979 (acoustic, Jimmy plays guitar)
Ava Adore (acoustic)
Rock On
> Zero
Today
Snail
Blue Skies Bring Tears
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> Once in a Lifetime
BC: Thank you. Goodnight.
Iha: Thanks.
[encore break]
Iha: Thank you very much, thank you. How are you guys doing?
Mayonaise
Iha: Thank you.
BC: Thank you.
[encore break]
With Every Light (acoustic)
BC: Thank you, thank you. Before we play our last song...yes, it’s the last song, I’m sure. I used to lie and say it was the last song but I really didn’t mean it but I mean it now.
Iha: Don’t say that!
BC: It’s the last song, James.
Iha: Oh, say it ain’t so, Billy.
BC: But before we play our last song tonight....
Iha: No! Don’t say it. Don’t say those words!
BC: If I really....
Iha: Noooooo! No, no.
BC: Alright.
Iha: Noooooo!
BC: Before we play what is possibly our last song...I’d like to say, I’d like to shout to all the people living down here in the San Diego area.
Iha: Word, word, word.
BC: Ever since the first time we played down here in, I think it was 1991, we’ve always had great shows and great support, so we thank you and say love you, thank you so much. Now we’ve got to hurry because we have an expensive jet waiting and we have to go back to our rich, expensive homes. James has a meeting with Donald Trump in the morning and he absolutely has to get some sleep.
Iha: (British accent) I’m actually going to Morocco tomorrow, don’t you forget? I’ve got to meet the shah there. And for cry - for fuck’s sake, don’t say it’s the fucking last song.
BC: I can’t believe you’re still working this angle.
Iha: (normal voice) Noooo!
BC: Anyway, so thanks everybody, thanks for a great night.
Drown
[bow]
BC: God bless, thank you, god bless.

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