Tsp1996-12-16

The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	1996-12-16
Venue	San Jose Arena
Location	San Jose, CA, US
Venue Type	Arena
Capacity	14,000
Lineup	Corgan, Iha, Wretzky, Walker, Flemion
Order of Bands	Garbage, The Smashing Pumpkins
Surfaced Recordings
FM #1
Source	FM
Format	DAT
Equipment	ALD
Length	139m
Complete?	Yes
Lowest Circulating Generation	DAT-M > CDR
Notes	Static during middle 15 minutes of Silverfuck.
AMT #1a
Source	AUD
Format	Hi8
Equipment	Unknown
Length	8m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	Hi8 > VHS-? > DVD
Notes	Drown and a clip of Silverfuck. Shot from left front balcony. Circulates on Vieuphoria 2 fan compilation.
Unsurfaced Recordings
AMT #1
Source	AUD
Format	Hi8
Equipment	Unknown
Length	144m
Complete?	Yes
Notes	Shot from left front balcony, wobbly.
SBD #1
Source	SBD
Format	ADAT
Equipment	Unknown
Length	~140m
Complete?	Yes
Notes	Vault copy.

Setlist

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Set:

• Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (over PA)
• Where Boys Fear to Tread
• Zero
• Fuck You
• By Starlight
• Tonight, Tonight
• Today
• Cherub Rock
• Thru the Eyes of Ruby
• Drown [5:44]
  • Hummer (tease)
• Thirty-three
• Take Me Down (one verse)
• Disarm
• Bullet with Butterfly Wings
• Farewell and Goodnight (tease)
• Muzzle

Encore One:

• Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
  • Rocket (tease)

Encore Two:

• Blissed and Gone (tease)
• X.Y.U.

Encore Three:

• The Aeroplane Flies High
• Silverfuck [31:35]
  • Dose [Filter] (tease)

Notes

• Rescheduled from 1996-08-18
• Thirty-three, Take Me Down, and Disarm performed acoustic

Banter

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Intro
> Where Boys Fear to Tread
> Zero
Fuck You
BC: Good evening. Thank you very much.
By Starlight
“Thank you for participating” tape
> Tonight, Tonight
Iha: (weird voice) Good evening, good evening, ladies and gentlemen. (normal) How are you? We're glad you could all rock out with us tonight. We just would like to invoke some safety, please don't crush any people up here in the front and don't step on anybody. Because today is a heck of a day.
BC: Yes. Now...we only have one, one, one thing to ask you. That is please do not throw objects at the stage. If you throw objects at the stage, we will not play. If you want to be the one who stops the concert because you must throw your shoe at me, then let everyone around you hate you.
Iha: (over Billy saying “hate you”): ...beat you up.
Iha: Because today could be such a nice day. Let’s have one of those.
BC: Yeah and uh, to the guy in the back pointing the gun sight at my head, go fuck yourself ‘cause I'm sick of that shit. Do not make me come out there and kill you myself.
Iha: Heh heh heh. We have resorted to these tactics before.
BC: That's it, have a good time, enjoy the show. Do not throw objects at the Smashing Pumpkins! Or you may found - you may find the, heh, we aren't so smashing.
Today
Cherub Rock
> Planet of the Apes clip
> Thru the Eyes of Ruby
BC: Thank you.
Drown
> Hummer (tease - about 35 seconds)
BC: Thanks a lot. Like to play our new single, this is called Thirty-three.
Thirty-three (acoustic)
Take Me Down (acoustic, verse 1 only)
> Disarm (acoustic)
Circus tape
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
BC: Thank you very much for your response to our hit song.
Iha: (screams) ... So what do you guys want to hear? Do you want to hear Bush? Heh. Do you wanna hear No Doubt or something? We aim to please. What do you want to hear? Rock and roll.
BC: Hasn't anyone told you that rock and roll is (laughing) dead?
Iha: Oh my god. You heard it here on the stage first: rock and roll is dead.
BC: We're very happy to have help killed it. And uh...now just when the ship’s about to go under, we're about to jump off like some African rats and just find another ship.
Iha: Yes. We're going to another land after this tour. We're going to the other side of the moon where that uh - they found that water.
BC: Thank you for your support. Just remember, the boos sound just like cheers to us.
(crowd boos)
Iha: Yes.
BC: Ah, come on, have a sense of humor.
Farewell and Goodnight (partial, mostly Iha solo)
> Muzzle
BC: Thank you, thank you.
[encore break]
BC: Thank you. Put your space helmets on.
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
> Rocket (tease - most of verse 1)
BC: Thank you.
[encore break]
Iha: (howls) Heh. I'm sorry, I just lost my mind for a second there. How is everybody? Good? Are you still with us? Southern California, are you still with us? Yes? Rockin’. Ooh, ho ho, you guys....
BC: James, we're not in (laughing) Southern California
Iha: Oh! Detroit! Put your (trails off laughing).... Alright, uh, Nevada.
BC: Most people don't know this but he is a robot. He's not a real human being, hence his mistake, it's a program area. It's not a uh...you can't hold him accountable for anything.
Iha: Yeah.
BC: That's why he smells so bad ‘cause you can't even put him in the shower.
Iha: Yeah. I'm sorry.
BC: And as you can tell the night, his batteries are low.
Iha: I can only offer up a complete rock and roll cliche apology.
BC: (over “complete rock and roll”): Yes, please boo.
Iha: How about this, how about I rock you on this next song as an apology?
Blissed and Gone (tease - basically one verse + chorus with interruptions from Iha)
BC: The sun has gone / the rays have left / all the kids have left their ears and gone home (Iha: Ooh.) / sweet 17 (Iha: Yeah.) / sour 29 (Iha: Know where you’ve been) / and I can’t explain myself what I hoped to find / you’re all so kind without her here (Iha: Been there, done that.) / baby I need you around / baby I need you around (Iha: Come on!) / maybe I need you / maybe I need you for myself / baby I need you around.
BC: Alright! Cover your ears...young ones. We're about to hurt you.
X.Y.U.
[encore break]
Iha: Thanks, thanks a lot, you guys have been great. We will now travel off into outer space. Thanks for everyone or thanks - thanks to everyone. I gotta go back to college one of these days and uh, I’ll see you on the other side of the moon.
The Aeroplane Flies High
> Silverfuck / Dose
BC: Thanks for stickin’ around, thanks a lot.

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