Tsp1996-03-09

The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	1996-03-09
Venue	Entertainment Centre
Location	Melbourne, VIC, AU
Venue Type	Arena
Capacity	15,000
Notes	Suspect actual venue was Rod Laver Arena (it is within Entertainment Centre), listed venue type/capacity are for that venue.
Surfaced Recordings
AUD #1
Source	AUD
Format	DAT
Equipment	SS-DSM-6S>D7
Length	130m
Complete?	Yes
Lowest Circulating Generation	DAT-?>ANA-3>CDR
Notes	DAT-?>ANA-?>CDR transfer also exists. On this version, hiss levels go up alot as Porcelina starts and then back down in the start of 1979, indicating a splice of two different generations.
Unsurfaced Recordings
AUD #2
Source	AUD
Format	MD
Equipment	Built In Mic
Length	~110m
Complete?	No

Setlist

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Set:

• Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
• Tonight, Tonight
• Zero
• Fuck You
• Today
• To Forgive
• Where Boys Fear to Tread
• Geek U.S.A.
• Thru the Eyes of Ruby
• Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
• Bodies
• Mayonaise
• Bullet with Butterfly Wings
• Cherub Rock

Encore One:

• 1979
• Muzzle

Encore Two:

• X.Y.U.
  • Paranoid [Black Sabbath] (tease)

Encore Three:

• By Starlight
• Silverfuck
  • Space Jam (tease)
  • Drown (tease)
• Farewell and Goodnight

Banter

MCIS
Tonight Tonight
Zero
Fuck You
Corgan: good evening...we are the smashing pumpkins. who was here last night? thats it? ok. thank you for coming.
Today
To Forgive
Where Boys Fear To Tread
Geek U.S.A.
Corgan: most people don't know this, but uh, our bandmate James here is uh, he's racing in the grand prix tomorrow and uh, we'd like to wish him some luck...he uh, in the time trial today he nearly escaped the poll, he's racing second.
Iha: that is correct.
Corgan: he's racing for the matador, indie, uh racing team.
Iha: yes, come on
Corgan: they're sponsored by scratchie records.
Iha: thank you...wow
Corgan: you do know there's a grand prix here tomorrow, right?
Iha: is everyone going to be there?
Corgan: who's going to the grand prix? that's it? I'll see you there. you like to take the time to throw things at us, so we'd like to stop the show so you can throw things at us, now...so go ahead
Iha: no, don't.
Corgan: ah, there comes another one.
Iha: tomorrow I am in search of the great Koala Bear...I will find this thing...and I will cuddle it...tell him stories from America...I will tell the Koala Bear, I have come all the way from America, how are you Koala Bear? are you not cute? are you stoned?
Thru The Eyes Of Ruby
Corgan: thanks a fuckin' lot
Iha: you're very quiet
Corgan: i have to tell you that the crowd last night was much louder!
Iha: you were wrong! we have the loudest crowd!
Corgan: psychedelic lighting please...thank you.
Iha: lets go.
Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans
Bodies
Corgan: thank you.
Mayonaise
Iha: are uh...are you still with us? good, good.
Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Cherub Rock
(encore break)
Iha: oooooow! oooooooow! ow!
1979
Corgan: uh, thank you, thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you, thank you.
Iha: thank you!
Corgan: thank you!
Iha: thank you very much, thank you very much, thank you very much.
Corgan: thank you so much, uh, this uh, this other song we're gonna play here is uh, i always forget the words, so if i forget the words im sorry...someone will yell at me like three years from now for forgetting the words, so im apologizing in advance.
Muzzle
(encore break)
Iha: thank you...(unintelligible)
Wretzky: (unintelligible)...i wanna hear a little bit more about this koala bear thing...
Iha: I think the uh, koala bears, right, I wanna know whats behind them, I wanna know whats going on in their minds.
Corgan: what?
Iha: they're just thinking about eucalyptus? I think these bears are sinister, there is more than meets the eye with the koala bear. I think, i think and I'm from america, yes, i think they're really just kinda cute. Oh, and theres also this thing about a koala bathing...does that mean that they get all a bunch of koala bears and bathe them? you don't care, you just want water, I understand...*screams*
Corgan: thank you very much.
Iha: ...broke her heart, we can do that.
Corgan: alright, we'd like to play one final song for you, from our new cyber metal collection, it goes like this...
X.Y.U.
(encore break)
Corgan: thank you.
By Starlight
Silverfuck/Space Jam/Drown
Farewell and Goodnight
Corgan: god bless you, thank you, goodnight
Iha: thank you
Wretzky: goodnight
Corgan: we have jonathan melvoin on keyboard, yeah uh, thank you, thank you so much.