Tsp1996-10-25

The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	1996-10-25
Venue	Assembly Hall
Location	Champaign, IL, US
Venue Type	Arena
Capacity	16,667
Surfaced Recordings
AMT #1
Source	AUD
Format	VHS
Equipment	Unknown
Length	141m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	VHS-1>DVD
Notes	Circulates mixed with AMT #2. Tape cuts between Today and Thru the Eyes of Ruby, as well as during Silverfuck. VHS-2>CDR audio transfer also circulates.
AMT #2
Source	AUD
Format	VHS
Equipment	Unknown
Length	140m
Complete?	Unknown
Lowest Circulating Generation	VHS-1>DVD
Notes	Circulates mixed with AMT #1.
Unsurfaced Recordings
AUD #1
Source	AUD
Format	DAT
Equipment	Unknown
Length	Unknown
Complete?	Unknown
AUD #2
Source	AUD
Format	MCS
Equipment	Unknown
Length	Unknown
Complete?	Unknown

Setlist

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Set:

• Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (over PA)
• Where Boys Fear to Tread
• Zero
• Cherub Rock
• To Forgive
• Tonight, Tonight
• Today
• Thru the Eyes of Ruby
• Siva
• Take Me Down (tease)
• Disarm
• Bullet with Butterfly Wings
• Fuck You
• Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
  • Rocket (tease)

Encore One:

• X.Y.U.

Encore Two:

• 1979
• Muzzle

Encore Three:

• The Aeroplane Flies High
• Silverfuck
  • Hummer (tease)

Banter

Tape Intro
Where Boys Fear to Tread
Zero
Cherub Rock
To Forgive
Tonight, Tonight
Corgan: Hello there...thank you for coming to the dome thingy, see us play. I wanna know what happened to Lou Henson, thats what I wanna know.
Iha: Controversy.
Corgan: They're not booing, they're yelling "Lou".
Iha: Oh. You're spreading controversy again.
Corgan: Lou was the coach with that haircut.
Iha: Oh, right. Right on.
Corgan: So, thanks very much for coming, we hope you have a good time. We uh, we hope you stupid fuckers down here don't hurt yourself...hey man, of course we dont, we came to be in the moshpit man, we know what we're doing, its cool.
Iha: We're cool.
Today
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
Iha: Whoa.
Corgan: Kinda psychic.
Iha: Tell us psychic.
Corgan: You know we're just like a fuckin' jukebox, we'll just play whatever you want.
Iha: Wanna hear any uh, other songs by other notable alternative rock bands, we'll just play 'em. Bush, Everclear...Better Than Ezra, we play their songs.
Corgan: Maybe we can do some Black Crowes, they're kinda alternative. Well actually we're gonna play an old that was kinda like, when we were another band, so its almost like covering someone's song, but actually we're playing our own song. But considering the current guise we're in, its kinda like a cover, so please enjoy.
Iha: Lets rock.
Corgan: For those of you six or seven year students, you probably heard us play this back in the old days, so uh, you'll appreciate this return to your youth.
Siva
Iha: Thank you, very much. We have now uh, reached the small acoustic portion of our show. So we'll all give you time to breathe and let it all out.
Take Me Down (tease)
Disarm
Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Fuck You
Corgan: Thank you.
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
(encore break)
Iha: What is uh, the university here, is it Northern? Just kidding, just kidding.
Corgan: Thank you very much. You know I actually almost came to college at this place.
Iha: And uh, pray tell what happened.
Corgan: Do you wanna know the real story?
Iha: Yeah, why didn't you go, come out to this fine institution?
Corgan: Should I tell you the real story why I didn't come out to U Of I? Well after uh...and I know here we go, you're not gonna like me after this story.
Iha: Was it a uh, college counselor?
Corgan: No um, no a college counselor did not try to rape me, um...although he did try to recruit me, whatever that means. Um, no I knew some people down here and I came for...some I don't know, fuck off weekend, whatever the fuck you people do down here.
Iha: Right, so you took your car...
Corgan: Right and uh, and I drove down with this friend of mine and, we knew some people down here from school--high school--I'm telling my story, what, you wanna hear it or not?
Iha: How you almost went to the U Of I...
Corgan: Alright so, I came down here and I was contemplating whether I should go into music...or, go to college...those were my choices, music or college.
Iha: I think you should've went to...
Corgan: Alright so I came down here and the people I met were so fuckin' lame, I thought, fuck college, I'm playin in a rock band!
Iha: And here, we squandered what could've possibly been the greatest accountant in American history. So, we salute you all, you are educated, we are but dumb rock people, and uh, we hope to bring you to our world of insane, mindless rock.
X.Y.U.
Corgan: We love you all, goodnight.
(encore break)
Iha: Merci. Danke Schoen. Uh, we've a, brought a special guest. Yes, we've got a special guest. He may be quite shocking to you. But to us, he is a friend to all of our families. He is uh, poet laureate, valedictorian of his high school, of The Frogs, Jimmy Frog! A nice round of applause for Jimmy. Christmas man gives Jimmy the finger, we salute you. And his brother, on the keyboards, Dennis Frog! Hey! Oh my god, you people are crazy. And uh, on the drums, savin' our ass, Matt Walker. Play that demon riff, keep those demons where they belong, in the guitar. So um, now I'm gonna ask something all of you have perhaps been thinking about in your classes today, I don't know if you've had class today I'm just guessing, 'cause this is a college town. But I bet you uh, just wanna like, throw those fuckin' pens and paper away and you wanna dance! Yeah! I wanna dance too, but I gotta play guitar.
Corgan: No, not necessarily, you could dance.
Iha: Alright.
Wretzky: What do you mean you cant dance and play guitar?
Iha: Alright, I will try my best to dance and play guitar.
Wretzky: Come on, after ten year, I'd think you could dance, and play guitar.
Iha: Well, I've been watching Sign O The Times. Er not Sign O The Times, Sign O The Times Tour, and uh, I was watching Prince, he dances really well. I'm gonna try, alright? I'm gonna try and dance, I want you to all dance with me though.
1979
Iha: Ladies and gentlemen, a round of applause for Jimmy Frog! Jimmy um, is also a, he's also a teacher. He taught at Northeastern and um, he comes around here every once in a while to do seminars on biogenetics and fission. So if you can all come out to 'em, he loves the attention. I think, we have another song. What it is, we know not. We can only guess.
Corgan: Now we've come to the end of the concert. Well this is usually the point where the uh, the people who've heard the songs they want to hear have heard them, so usually leave after this song. So, it seems like its the end of the concert.
Iha: But is it? Will we play Freebird after this?
Corgan: Thanks again very much for coming. We appreciate your patience, patronage, persistence, pessimism, and...
Iha: Predilection.
Wretzky: Peculiarity.
Corgan: Peculiarity, thank you very much. So everyone's had a good time?
Iha: (unintelligible)...come on. Yes, and to the people to the right...ya'll put those hands in the air, like you just don't mother fuckin' care.
Muzzle
(encore break)
The Aeroplane Flies High
Silverfuck
Corgan (over intro): I'd like to say good bye to those of you leaving to go study. I do realize its really important. Have a good night.
Silverfuck continues and ends, including a tease of Hummer.
Corgan: Thanks.