Smashing Pumpkins at the Orange Peel
Posted on June 24, 2007 at 11:55 PM EST
It’s been almost seven years since the Smashing Pumpkins played a live show since they broke up in December, 2000. Last month, they completed a 15-show tour in Europe and are started off their U.S. Zeitgeist tour with a sold-out 9-show residency at the Orange Peel in Asheville, NC, which has been dubbed Smasheville.
I was extremely lucky to have been able to purchase a pair of tickets before TicketWeb’s server crashed right after they went on sale a few weeks ago. A couple days later the tickets went up on Ticketmaster and they ended up selling out in just over two minutes.
My wife and I arrived about two hours before the show started and there was around a hundred people ahead of us in line. We ended up standing about six people back from the stage and had a really great spot.
The band took the stage at 10:00 p.m. during a Japanese music intro and played for nearly three hours. They opened with “United States”, which incorporated the national anthem in the guitar solo, and it sounded amazing. Billy Corgan barely spoke with the crowd then eventually loosened up about a third of the way through the show. He joked about a local offering him some weed about one minute after he arrived in Asheville and also said the local tried to explain that the city was built on a crystal.
Mid-set, the band left the stage and left Billy alone to play an acoustic set that included “Rocket”, “Gish”, “Daydream”, and “It’s a Song I Sing”, a tune he had written the night before the show.
The Orange Peel as well as the city of Asheville were both great locations for the Smashing Pumpkins to host their East Coast residency. I had a great time and feel very fortunate that I was able to make it to their opening show.
Setlist for June 23, 2007
- United States
- Doomsday Clock
- Bleeding the Orchid
- Today
- Bullet with Butterfly Wings
- Glass and the Ghost Children
- Home
- Hummer
- Lucky 13
- (Come On) Let’s Go
- Blue Skies Bring Tears
- For God and Country
- Daydream
- Rocket
- 1979
- Question Mark
- Translucent
- Starla
- Tonight, Tonight
- Tarantula
- Starz
- Zero
- Disarm
- Gossamer
Encore 1
- Shame
- Silverfuck > The End (tease)
Encore 2
- With Every Light
On July 10, their comeback album, Zeitgeist, debuts and I have already pre-ordered it from iTunes.
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Video in iTunes 6
Posted on October 12, 2005 at 04:44 PM EST
Apple released iTunes 6 today, which includes support for videos. Over 2,000 music videos and select TV shows can now be purchased through the iTunes music store. Each video costs $1.99, which is certainly worth the price to be able to download high-quality TV shows that have the commercials edited out. I can see this being useful when my TiVo ends up missing a show that I regularly watch. Usually, I’d end up missing the show since many of them don’t come on again until long after the season has ended.
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Win 4,400 iTunes Songs & an iPod!
Posted on June 01, 2004 at 12:45 PM EST
The USA Network is offering a promotion for its new series ”The 4400”. One Grand Prize Winner will receive 4,400 iTunes songs and a 40 GB iPod. Five First Place winners will receive a 20 GB iPod and five Second Place winners will receive a 15 GB iPod. The contest ends on July 12 and one entry can be submitted per person per day. Good luck!
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