Tsp1996-04-07

The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	1996-04-07
Venue	Philipshalle
Location	Düsseldorf, DE
Venue Type	Convention Center
Capacity	6400
Lineup	Corgan, Iha, Wretzky, Chamberlin, Melvoin
Order of Bands	Unwound, The Rentals, Filter, The Walkabouts, Headcrash, Chumbawamba, The Afghan Whigs, Garbage, Cypress Hill, Sonic Youth, The Smashing Pumpkins
Surfaced Recordings
TV #1
Source	TV
Format	DAT
Equipment	TCD-D8
Length	74m
Complete?	Yes
Lowest Circulating Generation	DDC-1 > DVD
Live Music Archive	16-bit recording
Notes	Circulates synced to PRO #1a. Multiple commercial bootlegs also circulate from the broadcast audio.
PRO #1
Source	PRO
Format	DVD
Equipment	Unknown
Length	25m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	"Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" official release (deluxe reissue)
Notes	Fuck You, Muzzle, Cherub Rock, X.Y.U. only
PRO #1a
Source	PRO
Format	DVD
Equipment	Unknown
Length	74m
Complete?	Yes
Lowest Circulating Generation	VHS-M > DVD
Notes	Circulates with TV #1 synced to it. Includes post show interview with Jimmy and Billy. VHS-M > CDR audio transfer also circulates.
PRO #1b
Source	TV
Format	SVHS
Equipment	Panasonic NV-SF88
Length	75m
Complete?	Yes
Lowest Circulating Generation	SVHS-M > DVD
Notes	Superior to above version but does not include post show interview with Jimmy and Billy.
PRO #1c
Source	dTV
Format	DVB
Equipment	Hauppauge Nova-S CI
Length	3m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	DVB-M > DVD
Notes	Today only.
PRO #1d
Source	HDTV
Format	DVB
Equipment	SkyStar HD2
Length	49m
Complete?	No
Notes	Omits officially released tracks; synced with "We Salute You Naked Man" commercial bootleg. DVD also includes post show interview with Jimmy and Billy from PRO #1a source.
PRO #1e
Source	dTV
Format	DVB
Equipment	Unknown
Length	74m
Complete?	Yes
Notes	From simultaneous SD broadcast of PRO #1d
Unsurfaced Recordings
PRO #1b
Source	TV
Format	VHS
Equipment	Phillips VR 665
Length	74m
Complete?	Yes
Notes	VHS-M > dEdit > CDR-M > FLAC audio transfer circulates.

Setlist

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Set:

• Tonight, Tonight
• Zero
• Fuck You
• Today
• To Forgive
• Bullet with Butterfly Wings
• Thru the Eyes of Ruby
• Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
• Disarm
• Muzzle
• Cherub Rock

Encore:

• 1979
• X.Y.U.

Notes

• Annual "Osterrocknacht" festival.
• The Pumpkins' headlining set was broadcast live on German public television channel WDR as part of the "Rockpalast" TV show.
• The singer of Chumbawamba walked on stage naked during Fuck You.
• The Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness intro was not used at this show.

Banter

Iha: Hi. Are you still awake?
D’arcy: Hello.
Tonight, Tonight
Zero
Fuck You
Iha: We would like to thank the naked man. (laughing) Alright.
D’arcy: Now that's show biz, folks.
Iha: Um...
D’arcy: Doesn't get any more exciting than that.
Iha: The naked man is a genius to show himself. A free man, free of clothes. We salute you, naked man.
Today
BC: Thank you.
To Forgive
> “Welcome to our circle of friends” tape
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Iha: Danke.
BC: Hi. We are the Smashing Pumpkins.
Iha: And how are you?
BC: It's very nice to be in your country again. It looks a lot like Illinois, which is where we're from, so...it's almost like we're at home. Almost.
Iha: That's uh, that’s right.
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
“Thank you for participating” tape
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
D’arcy: Thank you.
Iha: What? What was that?
Guy in crowd: Don’t like those lights, do you?!
Iha: Heh heh! We do not light the lights, um.... Thanks. Why's everyone so quiet?
Disarm (acoustic)
Iha: Thanks. ... Is everyone having fun? Heh. Reasonably fun, I hope?
Muzzle
Circus tape
> Cherub Rock
BC: Thank you, you guys are great.
D’arcy: Danke, gute nacht.
Iha: Thank you very much, you've been very kind. Bye.
[encore break]
Iha: Thanks. I'm glad you guys are still here 'cause we're very tired. I know you should be more tired than we are.
BC: Thanks for staying to see us.
Iha: We'd again like to thank the naked man for making an appearance. He's part of our crew. We pay him handsomely, heh heh, to appear. All right, groovy! Here's another song.
1979
BC: Thank you so much. We'd like to play one more song for you. We're just beginning our tour of Germany so uh, to those of you in TV land, we'll see you soon.
Iha: Where we appear on our new sitcom, The Smashing Pumpkins and their Crazy Apartment. We'd like to thank the dancing man.
BC: That's the naked man's cousin...Heinz, heh.
Iha: He's another great friend of ours and we bring him on every tour we can. He follows the [unintelligible word] man.
D’arcy: Give him a good hand, we paid him a lot of money.
BC: Yeah, but the insurance when those big wrestler guys tackle him, that's tough.
Iha: That's part of the act as well, don't worry, he's not hurt, he's just - that's part of the show.
BC: How's it go, uh...Deutschland? Deutschland? Yeah? What happened to Rudi, the striker on the World Cup team, that's what I wanna know. Rudi? I saw Rudi in Chicago, he was no good, he - he couldn't kick anymore. I was at the World Cup. Rudi, he couldn't - I saw him, I'm sorry.
Iha: Alright, well, we'll just play another song.
D’arcy: We don't know this man.
BC: He has an afro. He's Rudi. Right? Alright. I'm not crazy. We dedicate this song to Rudi the striker.
X.Y.U.

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