Tsp1998-05-23

The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	1998-05-23
Venue	Shepherd's Bush Empire
Location	London, UK
Venue Type	Converted Live-Action Theater
Capacity	2000
Notes	Billy dedicates Tonight Tonight to Northern Ireland, as the Belfast agreement was signed the day before. Only performance of "Nightboat". Also one of the few shows where Shame was not played directly following Bullet with Butterfly Wings.
Surfaced Recordings
AUD #1
Source	AUD
Format	MD
Equipment	Unknown
Length	122m
Complete?	Yes
Lowest Circulating Generation	MD-M>ANA-?>CDR
Notes	From a tape bought in London just after the show. Assuming the taper was the seller, it shouldn't be more than 2nd gen (MD>Safety Copy>Dubbing Copy>Sold Tape), and if the taper didn't erase his master MD after taping, it should be first gen (MD>Dubbing Copy>Sold Tape).
PRO #1a
Source	TV
Format	AVI
Equipment	PC
Length	12m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	AVI-M>SVCD
Notes	Bullet with Butterfly Wings and Transmission, both are edited.
PRO #1b
Source	TV
Format	VHS
Equipment	Unknown
Length	53m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	VHS-M>DVD
Notes	Tear, Once Upon a Time, Crestfallen, Ava Adore, Daphne Descends, Shame, Perfect, Tonight, Tonight, and Stumbleine. Bootlegs "Five Night Stand", "Adoration", and "Enter Adore" are all sourced from this broadcast.
PRO #1c
Source	TV
Format	Unknown
Equipment	Unknown
Length	43m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	Unknown Media/Gen>DVD
Notes	To Sheila, Ava Adore, Daphne Descends, Once Upon a Time, Perfect, Bullet with Butterfly Wings (edited), 1979, and Transmission (edited). This is probably a VHS transfer. This is the only broadcast to include 1979.
Unsurfaced Recordings
FM #1
Source	FM
Format	Unknown
Equipment	Unknown
Length	~90m
Complete?	No
TV #1
Source	TV
Format	DAT
Equipment	Aiwa HD-S100
Length	68m
Complete?	No
TV #2
Source	TV
Format	DAT
Equipment	Unknown
Length	68m
Complete?	No
PRO #1d
Source	TV
Format	VHS
Equipment	Unknown
Length	81m
Complete?	No
PRO #1
Source	PRO
Format	VID
Equipment	Pro-Cams
Length	~120m
Complete?	Yes

Setlist

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Set:

• To Sheila
• Tear
• Once Upon a Time
• Crestfallen
• Ava Adore
• Daphne Descends
• Shame
• Perfect
• Tonight, Tonight
• Stumbleine
• Bullet with Butterfly Wings
• Thru the Eyes of Ruby
• 1979
• For Martha

Encore:

• Night Boat [Duran Duran] (with Simon LeBon on vocals)
• Theme From James Bond [Norman] (tease)
• Transmission [Joy Division]
  • Help [The Beatles] (tease)

Banter

To Sheila
Tear
Once Upon a Time
Crestfallen
Ava Adore
Daphne Descends
Shame
Wretzky: My goodness, you're all so endurant!
Perfect
Corgan: thank you very much...thank you, how's everybody doin'? we'd like to dedicate this next song to our friends in Northern Ireland....our friends in Northern Ireland, you remember them....well, the band would like to dedicate this song to our friends in Northern Ireland, we hope you find the peace that you're looking for.
Tonight, Tonight
Stumbeline
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
1979
For Martha
(encore break)
Iha: grazi, thank you very much, thanks a lot, you guys have been awesome, you guys have been cool.
Corgan: cheers, thank you.
Iha: I hate to be totally cliche, but how is everyone? Is everyone rocking? keepin' the faith?
Nightboat
Wretzky: thank you, Simon
Iha: thank you, thank you
LeBon: thank you
Iha: Simon Bond!
Theme From James Bond (tease)
Corgan: thank you one and all, goodnight children.
Transmission

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