Tsp1998-06-07

The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	1998-06-07
Venue	Gradinata dell'EUR
Location	Rome, IT
Venue Type	Unknown
Capacity	Unknown
Lineup	Corgan, Iha, Wretzky, Aronoff, Garson, Morris, Hodges
Order of Bands	The Smashing Pumpkins
Surfaced Recordings
AUD #1
Source	AUD
Format	ANA
Equipment	Unknown
Length	123m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	ANA-1 > dEdit > FLAC
Live Music Archive	16-bit download
Notes	Overdriven, some tape warble in the loudest parts of the show. People sing into the mic occasionally. Tape flips between Daphne Descends and Thru the Eyes of Ruby, during Tonight, Tonight, and between Stumbleine and Bullet with Butterfly Wings. ANA-?>CDR transfer also circulates. ANA-1>dEdit>FLAC transfer is missing To Sheila through Daphne Descends due to a tape error.
AMT #1
Source	AUD
Format	VID
Equipment	Unknown
Length	93m
Complete?	No
Lowest Circulating Generation	VHS-? > DVD
Notes	Video ends during Shame; also includes brief footage of fans meeting the band earlier in the day.
Unsurfaced Recordings
AUD #2
Source	AUD
Format	MD
Equipment	Unknown
Length	Unknown
Complete?	Unknown
SBD #1
Source	SBD
Format	ADAT
Equipment	Unknown
Length	~125m
Complete?	Yes
Notes	Vault copy.

Setlist

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Set:

• To Sheila
• Tear
• Once Upon a Time
• Crestfallen
• Ava Adore
• Daphne Descends
• Let Me Give the World to You
• Thru the Eyes of Ruby
• Perfect
• (blues jam)
• Tonight, Tonight
• Stumbleine
• (percussion solo)
  • Bullet with Butterfly Wings
• Shame
• For Martha

Encore:

• 1979
• Summertime [Gershwin/Heyward] (tease)
  • Blank Page
• Transmission [Joy Division] [17:22]
  • Let's Dance [Bowie] (tease)

Notes

• Perfect, blues jam, Tonight, Tonight, and Stumbleine performed acoustic

Banter

To Sheila
Tear
Once Upon a Time
Crestfallen
Ava Adore
BC: (raspy voice) Grazie bella. (normal voice) Hi hi hi hi hi hi hi. Hola! Thank you very much, thank you. Thank you so much for a beautiful evening, it's a full moon. El a uh, full le luna. We'd like to do another song about Italy, heh heh.
Daphne Descends
Let Me Give the World to You
(BC over intro: Like to dedicate this next song to all of you.)
> Thru the Eyes of Ruby
Perfect (acoustic)
blues jam (acoustic)
(BC a few seconds after starting: Yes, now we play some blues for you. Straight from Chicago.)
Tonight, Tonight (acoustic)
Stumbleine (acoustic)
> drum/percussion solo
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> Shame
BC: Grazie [unintelligible word].
For Martha
(BC at 12:06: (Italian accent) God-a bless you, Roma, god-a bless you! (normal voice) We are the Smashing Pumpkins, thank you.)
BC: Grazie, grazie, god bless you.
[encore break]
Iha: How is everybody, okay? In my broad American accent...
BC: I think everyone is tired!
Iha: ...I say okay. What?
BC: I think everyone is tired.
Iha: Tired? Well, you [3 unintelligible words].
BC: You know, we've found - we know this, we’ve been doing this European tour and the way we look at it is whichever crowd is the loudest, that country will win the World Cup. ... You're not tired?
Iha: You want to dance?
BC: Okay, you should show 'em how to dance though. (slight pause) Again.
1979
Summertime (tease)
> Blank Page
BC: You're not too tired? Okay, goodnight, thank you. ... Before we play this next song, we'd like to thank you again, it's been a wonderful concert, wonderful night, thank you so much. Uhhhhhhhhh, we love Italy, we love Italian people very much. You know we come from America where everyone is dead in the brain, you know? Feels good.
Transmission / Let’s Dance
[tape cuts before the end]

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