Feelin’ the GLOW: Mohegan Sun Wrap-Up
November 17th, 2008 by jillysptags: tour, live
Returning my rental car to Wall Street in lower Manhattan this morning was a beast. But it was worth it, for it transported us to Uncasville, Connecticut for last night’s latest stop on the Smashing Pumpkins 20th anniversary tour.
Contrary to the recent audience-heckling-the-band incidents in DC and NYC, the audience at Indian reservation-and-casino Mohegan Sun was polite and respectful - I might even say they were borderline enjoying themselves (shocking!), at least around where I sat.
The setlist should appease those looking for singles, with the seven-song run from Landslide through Bodies inspiring deafening applause in the arena. Bullet with Butterfly Wings, however, was strangely absent.
Oh, don’t you worry - there was plenty of jamming too. I joked yesterday morning, wondering if it was an “I Am One, pt II” or a HOTS kind of day: we got both. They brought on the wall of noise with Superchrist and United States. Billy Corgan tried to incite the audience with seething ‘jokes’ during Heavy Metal Machine, but I was too blissed out from Gossamer to do anything but laugh.
Sure, there were folks leaving during the encore, but the band played for a marathon 3+ hours last night. In my opinion, they were tighter than ever — even more impressive than mere days ago at the United Palace.
Those in Chicago this week, you’re definitely in for a treat!
November 17th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Is it really a Smashing Pumpkins show w/o Bw/BW? W/o that devil’s bassline? I say NO!
November 17th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
According to a query run by 34 on the SPFC database: outside of the Arising! tour, this was basically the second completely ‘normal’ SP show with neither Bullet nor 1979 since the release of MCIS, with the other being the next-to-last residency show at the Fillmore.
November 17th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
What, pray tell, defines a ‘normal’ SP show?
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November 17th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
i think he means normal as in not something like Bridge School Benefit, or a Kimmel/letterman appearance, or an AOL Sessions type thing….but an actual ful SP tour date show.
Pretty awesome setlist arrangement in Conneticut, I must say. But hmmm…..so other than Columbus, none of the other S.S. setlists have actually included anything not on the 2-day setlists so far, eh?
November 17th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
That is what I am trying to say… not a Special Acoustic Performance or even a special acoustic performance. Just, the Smashing Pumpkins, at 8pm or whatever.
As to your second point, no, Davin, that is not correct. Remember my text that said “Today, Nowhere Man”?
November 18th, 2008 at 12:11 am
And it was totally awesome without Bullet and 1979.
November 18th, 2008 at 12:52 am
ah, right nowhere man.
November 18th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
it was amazing. I was 2nd row center. How about those peeping chicks?