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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 46,769
    given2fly23 said:
    elvistheking44 said:
    Billy doing a solo acoustic set at Zuzus today, 3pm. First come first serve.
    I was there.

    Billy Corgan (of The Smashing Pumpkins)
    May 29, 2023
    Madame ZuZu's Teahouse; Highland Park, IL

    Setlist:

    01 -intro-
    02 If I Were a Carpenter [Tim Hardin]
    03 Today
    04 The Colour of Love
    05 Aeronaut
    06 Space Age
    07 Summer Rain [Johnny Rivers]
    08 Cotillions
    09 1979
    10 Beautiful
    11 The Gold Mask
    12 Tonight, Tonight
    13 -outro-



    really like if I were a carpenter. how did his rank next to robert plants version?
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • ZoSoTim
    ZoSoTim Posts: 1,542
    Saw them last night for the first time. They were great on the songs I knew but the last couple decades of stuff was almost unbearable for me. Mostly just of bunch of noise with no discernable melodies.
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  • DE4173
    DE4173 Posts: 3,450
    1993: 11/22 Little Rock
    1996; 9/28 New York
    1997: 11/14 Oakland, 11/15 Oakland
    1998: 7/5 Dallas, 7/7 Albuquerque, 7/8 Phoenix, 7/10 San Diego, 7/11 Las Vegas
    2000: 10/17 Dallas
    2003: 4/3 OKC
    2012: 11/17 Tulsa(EV), 11/18 Tulsa(EV)
    2013: 11/16 OKC
    2014: 10/8 Tulsa
    2022: 9/20 OKC
    2023: 9/13 Ft Worth, 9/15 Ft Worth
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 32,030
    Just saw them live. $7 at the amusment park here in town. Their set dressing matcher the venue. 

    Great fun show. Billy a bit sloppy with the singing. 


    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 10,991
    New mix of Machina is great. I really wish this was the mix they used back in 2000.


  • Attaway77
    Attaway77 Posts: 4,486
    Tim Simmons said:
    New mix of Machina is great. I really wish this was the mix they used back in 2000.


    Love this album... Went ahead and got this version for vinyl.

    https://shop.capitolmusic.com/products/machina-the-machines-of-god-2lp?variant=51505574183096&country=US&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22284344563&gbraid=0AAAAApH6_6oTPgrlHehEDbnJIYIHOnQf6&gclid=Cj0KCQjwzaXFBhDlARIsAFPv-u8xr3jmnkSKQHZdTeOzZQbO3CNa1p0797FoQC9J_Sey0-paX2_53-waAqL9EALw_wcB
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  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 10,991
    I got the big box set. But this sounds so good, I got the 2LP set as well despite having the OP. 
  • We All Believe
    We All Believe Eastchester, NY Posts: 1,198
    edited September 2025
    I'm meh on the remixes so far. I'm going to do a deep dive into both album versions.

    So much fuzz was taken off that things sound newly recorded, especially the vocals.

    I didn't necessarily think anything was wrong w/the original.

    Should have kept the AOI fade-in, and it absolutely should have stayed as the last track.

    And fortunately he didn't make wholesale changed to SIYL or I would have flown to Chicago to fight him lol.

    I still might for not releasing M2 to streaming. Hopefully it comes soon. Properly mixed versions of Real Love and Home would be amazing.
    Post edited by We All Believe on
    May your days be long, til kingdom come.
  • We All Believe
    We All Believe Eastchester, NY Posts: 1,198
    An odd birthday present for me from Billy lol:



    A Private Requiem
     
    In the brisk and heady Autumn, ZERO appeared without warning as mirror, wound, joke, threat, prayer and then, a reflection in glass.
     
    Countless souls understood. Countless others did not, and yet, the lonely kept him alive far longer and into some greater influence than anyone might have intended. For that, we know ZERO and those who loved him are grateful.
     
    A private requiem with The Smashing Pumpkins will be observed this Sunday at 5pm PT
     
    You are welcome to witness and from a distance at https://www.youtube.com/smashingpumpkins
    May your days be long, til kingdom come.
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 10,991
    wut
  • We All Believe
    We All Believe Eastchester, NY Posts: 1,198
    Billy's alter ego Zero was buried last night, then they announced a Mellon Collie 30th anniversary tour...even though it came out 31 years ago lol. They played a short set afterwards.

    He said years ago that he had to change the way he sings, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sing anymore, so I get the new vocal inflections and quirks, but last night he sounded terrible. Way, way off key a bunch of times. I don't know if he wasn't wearing an IEM or if he just didn't care, but it was bad.
    May your days be long, til kingdom come.
  • DL136722
    DL136722 Posts: 917
    Great band but BC is insufferable
    Tweeter Center - Aug 29, 2000;Tweeter Center - Aug 30, 2000;Allstate Arena - Oct 09, 2000;Pepsi Arena - Apr 29, 2003;Bryce-Jordan Center - May 03, 2003;Bell Center - Jun 29, 2003;Tweeter Center - Jul 02, 2003;Tweeter Center - Jul 03, 2003;Tweeter Center - Jul 11, 2003;Tweeter Center at the Waterfront - Jul 05, 2003;Tweeter Center at the Waterfront - Jul 06, 2003;Madison Square Garden - Jul 08, 2003;Madison Square Garden - Jul 09, 2003;TD Banknorth Garden - May 24, 2006;TD Banknorth Garden - May 25, 2006;Fleet Center - Sept 28, 2004;Fleet Center - Sept 29, 2004;Pepsi Arena - May 12, 2006 New England Dodge Music Arena - May 13, 2006;Grant Park - Aug 05, 2007;Bonnaroo - Jun 14, 2008;Dodge Music Center - Jun 27, 2008;Tweeter Center - Jun 28, 2008;Tweeter Center - Jun 30, 2008; XL Arena - May 15, 2010;TD Garden - May 17, 2010;Alpine Valley Music Theatre - Sept 03, 2011;Alpine Valley Music Theatre - Sep 04, 2011 Corel Centre - Sep 16, 2005;Colisee Pepsi Arena - Sep 20, 2005; Wrigley Field - July 19, 2013; DCU Center - Oct 15, 2013; DCU Center - Oct 16, 2013; Fenway Park - August 5, 2016; Fenway Park - August 7, 2016;  NOS Alive Festival - July 14, 2018; Boston - September 02, 2018; Boston - September 04, 2018;  Boston - September 15, 2024; Boston - September 17, 2024

    Oh Dude!
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,878
    Billy is difficult to take most times for me. I love the original albums before the break. But I haven’t really liked anything a lot since Oceania and Monuments to an Elegy.

    I really like Oceania though.

    I saw them on the Green Day tour a year or so ago, and it was good, but I’m not sure I’ll travel for this tour. 
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 11,110
    I saw them in Vancouver a few years back, and even though he was sick, it was a pretty good and fun show.   

    Unfortunately I think I'm skipping the new tour.   Mostly because it's a Thursday, so it means money on tickets, hotel, and missing work to get there.  Last time it was on a Stat holiday, which was great :smile:

    I saw the original Melon Collie tour and it was pretty good.  If they did a Siamese Dream tour, I'd play hooky to go to that :)
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,844
    Just glanced at presale, Billy be going for the big bucks. 
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,948
    Yeah this is definitely a wait until day of show situation 
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,844
    pjl44 said:
    Yeah this is definitely a wait until day of show situation 
    Absolutely.
    When they played the Garden (Boston, the real Garden) in 2018, I nabbed a front row ticket midafternoon the day of the show at face, which at the time was $165.90 and a tad expensive in that market. Would be a bargain now. That's the price for a reasonable but not great lower this time around.
    I suspect there will be a lot of unsold tix and hopefully they can dynamically lower the prices some.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,948
    Poncier said:
    pjl44 said:
    Yeah this is definitely a wait until day of show situation 
    Absolutely.
    When they played the Garden (Boston, the real Garden) in 2018, I nabbed a front row ticket midafternoon the day of the show at face, which at the time was $165.90 and a tad expensive in that market. Would be a bargain now. That's the price for a reasonable but not great lower this time around.
    I suspect there will be a lot of unsold tix and hopefully they can dynamically lower the prices some.
    They had Janes last time and tickets were plentiful. I'd be shocked if they were even 75% sold by this time next week. 
  • perfectlefts14
    perfectlefts14 California Posts: 2,114
    I will never pay to see this band indoors again. They are so much better at an outdoor venue, where the sound doesn’t get so muddy. The last time I saw them in an arena, I left half way through their set, the sound was sooo bad. Then I saw them about a year later at an amphitheater, and it was a 100% better. Just my 2 cents.  
    Tell the captain
    'This boats not safe
    And we're drowning.'
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 10,991
    I'm the opposite, the one time I saw them outdoors, it was fine (Adore tour).

    Anytime they were indoors was great. 



    I'm waiting until I see the setlists before attending. 

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