Billy Corgan has performed with his newly reactivated and assembled Smashing Pumpkins for the first time on stage since December 2000 in Paris.
The show last night (May 22) at the Grand Rex showcased the band's forthcoming album 'Zeitgeist' and introduced new members Jeff Schroeder (guitar) and Ginger Reyes (bass). The band also included touring muso Lisa Harriton on keyboards.Corgan covered pretty much all of the Pumpkins career minus the debut album 'Gish'. Surprises were 'Gossamer', a song recorded for but not used on 'Zeitgeist'. Simon Mateljan of Ozphoria.com tells Undercover News it will most likely be a b-side. 'Winterlong', he says was released on the b-sides collection 'Judas O which was a part of the double disc version of 'Rotten Apples'. It was a left-over demo from 'Machina. 'Unititled was the last song the band recorded before their 2 final shows in 2000. It was their farewell gift to fans.
Smashing Pumpkins live from Paris looked like:
United States (from Zeitgeist, 2007)
Today (from Siamese Dream, 1993)
Stand Inside Your Love (from Machina/The Machines of God, 2000)
Bleeding The Orchid (from Zeitgeist, 2007)
Doomsday Clock (from Zeitgeist, 2007)
Home (from unreleased Machina II, 2000)
Hummer (from Siamese Dream, 1993)
Starz (from Zeitgeist, 2007)
Tarantula (from Zeitgeist, 2007)
Bullet With Butterfly Wings (from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, 1995)
Gossamer (leftover from Zeitgeist sessions)
For God and Country (from Zeitgeist, 2007)
Thirty-Three (from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, 1995)
Rocket (from Siamese Dream, 1993)
Winterlong (from Rotten Apples, 2001)
To Sheila (from Adore, 1998)
The Glass and the Ghost Children (from Machina/The Machines of God, 2000)
Cherub Rock (from Siamese Dream, 1993)
1979 (from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, 1995)
Tonight, Tonight (from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, 1995)
Neverlost (from Zeitgeist, 2007)
That's the Way (My Love Is) (from Zeitgeist, 2007)
Disarm (from Siamese Dream, 1993)
Zero (from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, 1995)
Untitled (from Rotten Apples, 2001)
Encore 1:
Shame (from Adore, 1998)
Silverfuck (from Siamese Dream, 1993)
Encore 2:
Annie Dog (from Adore, 1998)
Muzzle (from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, 1995)
(thanks to Simon Mateljan from Ozphoria.com for the additional information)
