Smashing Pumpkins 2008 Australia tour!

[love police]

so this kicks off next week in sydney on 27th march.

I'll be going to 7 of the 8 shows over here!! I sooo can't wait! i got a tour blog up: http://sptour.studioprisoner.com so if you're a fan, check it out over the next 2 weeks :)

Shows i'll be going to:

27/03/08 - Sydney
29/03/08 - Sydney V Festival
30/03/08 - Gold Coast V Festival
31/03/08 - Brisbane
02/04/08 - Adelaide w/ Queens of the Stone Age
04/04/08 - Melbourne
05/04/08 - Melbourne V Festival

Other bands that are playing at V Festival are: Duran Duran, Queens of the Stone Age, Jesus and Mary Chain, Modest Mouse, Hot Hot Heat, AIR and some others which will be cool too (http://www.vfestival.com.au)
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[Templarian]

wow. Thats amazing, I mean not only do you get to see Smashing Pumpkins but QotSA and Modest Mouse (they seem like they are everywhere).

[Digitalosophy]

That's huge - most of the bands I like don't come to the east coast of the states.

[love police]

wow. Thats amazing, I mean not only do you get to see Smashing Pumpkins but QotSA and Modest Mouse (they seem like they are everywhere).

yeh i'm really looking forward to modest mouse, i love their last album!! probably my fav out all of theirs

[love police]

ohhhh my gosh, i fly out tomorrow morning for sydney, i'm so excited!!

[love police]

I'm on the Gold Coast at the moment waiting to go to the next V festival.

1st Sydney show was great, briefly met Richard after the show. met Billy before hand (was a bit drunk at the time lol, he told me i should have more beer, was pretty finny. and told him to have a great night, and did a fist pump and said: "It's gonna be AWESOME" Then i hung out with kristin burns interviewing all the people lining up for a doco they're making, so that was fun!

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here's the setlist (replace muzzle with Cherub Rock though):

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Next day Jimmy did a signing, got there at a decent time and was actually first in line, and pretty much stayed at the signing table the whole time while everyone met him, just stood there with kristen burns, while she was filming stuff and talking to her. and then saw jimmy off at the back of the venue and said thanks for this and shook his hand again.

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Then we found out they were doing something with MTV that night so we headed to where that was being filmed that night. it was a List only thing, and you HAD to be on the list to get in. Kristin tried to get me on but said they wouldn't give her any tickets. so we hung around and the nice security dude let us in after a bit, and we later found that that people who were ACTUALLY on the list didn't get in, cos they reached capactiy, so that was on live that night on MTV in australia, i got on TV :) they did 3 accoustic songs:

That's The Way My Love Is
Rose March
And a cover of a song called: Lips Like Sugar, and billy danced around in his crazy dress without a guitar, was pretty cool. I was right infront of Ginger like 2 feet away or something close to that :P

And then yesterday went to V festival in Sydney, they played an awesome set, was super squishy in there i got pulled out in Superchrist cos i was gonna pass out. then watched the rest of the set from afar. Here's the setlist:

Today
Tarantula
Hummer
Tonight, Tonight
Stand Inside Your Love
Superchrist
Cash Car Star > Pieces of Me [Spears] > For What It’s Worth [Buffalo Springfield] > Let There Be Rock [AC/DC] (tease)
1979 (accoustic)
That’s The Way My Love Is (acoustic)
Bullet With Butterfly Wings
United States

Encore
Reptile [The Church]
Cherub Rock

and tonight i got the next V festival and tomorrow night i have the next solo sideshow in Brisbane. woo

[Templarian]

You are gonna be so messed up by the 6th its not even funny.

Sounds like loads of fun though.

[love police]

nah man! this is rock n roll camp!!! can't get tired! haha. i got a day off tomorrow to relax :)

V Fest in Gold coast was amazing last night!

[grimdeath]

Me is so envious right now, seriously though enjoy it I know I would

Tonight, Tonight FTW :love: :fab:

[love police]

Im relaxing ikn Brisbane at the moment, my day off, then i fly to Adelaide tomorrow morning at 6.25am, 3 hour flight!

here's the setlists from the past 2 shows. GC V fest was awesome!! way better than sydmey, cos i didn't get crushed!! lol

Gold Coast V Festival:

Today
Tarantula
Hummer
Tonight, Tonight
Stand Inside Your Love
Superchrist
Cash Car Star > Pieces of Me [Spears] > For What It's Worth [Buffalo Springfield] > Let There be Rock [AC/DC]
1979 (accoustic)
That's the Way (accoustic)
BWBW
United States

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Disco Town Jam
Porcelina

Brisbane Show:

Porcelina
Behold the Nightmare
Bring the Light
Tonight Tonight
Mayonaise
Superchrist
Come On Let's Go
Stellar
Perfect
Lily
Today
Tarantula
Stand Inside Your Love
Ava Adore
Drown
Bullet
1979 (acoustic)
That's the Way
My Blue Heaven
Everlasting Gaze
Cash Car Star
Crush
United States

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I Don't Mind (acoustic)
Rose March (acoustic)
Zero - not played
Cherub Rock - not played

[love police]

Well i'm back home now. 8 shows done. man i'm tired. but it was ever so awesome!!

Adelaide:

Porcelina
Superchrist
Come On (Let's Go!)
Tonight, Tonight
Mayonaise
Lily
Today
Tarantula
Stand Inside Your Love
Ava Adore
Drown
Bullet With Butterfly Wings
1979
That's The Way (My Love Is)
My Blue Heaven
The Everlasting Gaze
Cash Car Star > Pieces of Me [Spears] > For What It’s Worth [Buffalo Springfield] > Let There Be Rock [AC/DC] (tease)
Crush
Set the Controls (Pink Floyd)
United States
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If All Goes Wrong

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Melbourne:

Porcelina
Behold! The Night Mare
Bring the Light
Superchrist
Tonight, Tonight
Mayonaise
Lily (My One and Only)
Today
Perfect - (Billy acoustic, Jimmy on tambourine)
Tarantula
Stand Inside Your Love
Ava Adore
Drown
Bullet With Butterfly Wings
1979 - (Billy solo, acoustic)
That's the Way (My Love Is) - (Billy acoustic and Lisa)
My Blue Heaven - Billy walked off stage after this song, house lights came on, freked me out.)
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The Everlasting Gaze
Cash Car Star (Piece of Me, What it's Worth, Let There Be Rock)
Set the Controls to the Heart of the Sun
Crush
United States

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Jesse is standing near the drum kit:

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This show, the crowd was terrible, talking A LOT during songs they didn't know and that... hence him walking off stage. We were meant to get Muzzle as the Encore but he didn't play one. Was a great show though. I enjoyed it. Jesse came on stage for the Sert the Controls cover again and totally rocked it out. He's such an awesome guy.

On the day of the V Fest, a mate an I were walking through melbourne, and i saw Billy and Jesse eating lunch, waved to them, they waved back. We were going to meet some others. and it turned out they were all eating at the same place that BC was at (they were there first :P ) so met them there, and we paid for his lunch as a thankyou for the tour. Then he came up and said: "So you're the guys that paid for our lunch". So yeh he came up to us and we talked to him for a good 30 minutes about the tour, future of the band, touring logistics and issues with warner. It was awesome.

V Fest Set list for Melbourne:

Today
Tarantula
Stand Inside Your Love
Hummer
Tonight, Tonight
Superchrist
Cash Car Star > Pieces of Me [Spears] > For What It’s Worth [Buffalo Springfield] > Let There Be Rock [AC/DC] (tease)
1979 (accoustic)
That’s The Way My Love Is (acoustic)
Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Set the Controls (Pink Floyd) *Performed with Billy’s brother Jesse.
United States

Encore:
Zero
Cherub Rock

(Zero was not planned on the setlist)

Crowd was soooo good at this V Fest, the band performed great, billy was in a great mood (maybe cos of the free lunch :p ) Easily one of the best shows of the tour, and it was a festival set :o

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[directory_guy]

You guys are all having a blast out there. I wish I was there too!!