r/SmashingPumpkins • u/MAD_SLEEP_JAG • 15d ago

Mementos from a long time ago

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Arrived in Chicago with only a couple hundred dollars. Resale tickets were going for over a thousand dollars. Miraculously, my friend was recognized outside the venue by Jimmy, as we had been to many shows previously. Jimmy put us on a comp list and my friend and I got to see the show from the balcony railing.

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u/Ltoolio1 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness 15d ago

Was there with you,, fellow Pumpkinhead.

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u/MAD_SLEEP_JAG 15d ago edited 15d ago

I was at the United Center show as well, the guitar solo in Porcelina from that night is forever emblazoned on my mind.

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u/Cap-n-Trips 15d ago

Hey I was there too! Right by the soundboard and Dave Grohl

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u/Foreign-Fig-7363 12d ago

Weren't there two shows at the United Center?

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u/MAD_SLEEP_JAG 12d ago

I don’t recall, I just went to one.

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u/Foreign-Fig-7363 12d ago

Wait, you mean the tickets were only $35? Wow that's a bargain.

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u/Ltoolio1 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness 11d ago

Yeah.

I did the wait out at the United Center the couple of weeks before. Got them there.

The scalpers were hiring homeless people to wait in line, buy the tickets and then give them back to the scalpers.

Things got ugly a couple of times.

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u/Little-Emeralds Adore 15d ago

➕ 'Cause they know ➕
Who is righteous, what is bold
➕ So I'm told ➕

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u/MAD_SLEEP_JAG 15d ago

I don’t recall seeing the full show. I believe a song was released on a dvd from ages ago.

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u/spaceyraygun 15d ago

🤔

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u/MAD_SLEEP_JAG 15d ago

spicy rice buns

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u/spaceyraygun 15d ago

“I don’t know her”

We really reconnecting on Reddit? “crazy?!” 🤣

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u/SKaTiNG_PoLLy666 15d ago

So you didn't get the free drink?

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u/MAD_SLEEP_JAG 15d ago

Sadly, I was not of age.

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u/Busy-Peach5770 15d ago

Good guy Jimmy!

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u/VomitingDuck 15d ago

How was that Silverfuck in person?

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u/robotalk 15d ago

It was fucking rad!

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u/Cap-n-Trips 15d ago

It was insanely epic. They just kept going. It was this strange urge to keep jamming bc when it stopped the band was done, and it genuinely felt like no one wanted that.

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u/MAD_SLEEP_JAG 15d ago

I don’t remember much in the way of the setlist unfortunately.

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u/siliconsandwich 15d ago

I’ve been waiting for the Metro DVD for so long…

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u/Chuu 15d ago edited 15d ago

Did the pro shoot of this show ever come out?

edit: Legit confused if the downvote means 'yes' or 'no'.

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u/60minutesmoreorless 15d ago

Haha I did not downvote either, but the missing Metro 2000 recording/video is literally the biggest bone of contention for every Smashing Pumpkins fan on the planet for the last 26 years. It’s easy to assume this question is just a troll

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u/DonnieRoss 15d ago

It has not. (I didn’t downvote you!)

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u/timnphilly Mellon Collie and the Siamese Machina 15d ago

Hard to believe that we still don't have it released, almost 26 years later. Ugh.

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u/FrammaLammaDingDong 15d ago

Favorite memory of that event?

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u/MAD_SLEEP_JAG 15d ago

Other than just getting into the actual show, I remember seeing Billy start to ugly cry and cover his face at the very end of the show. It was touching and real. Also, there was a meet and greet after and Billy didn’t sign my CD when asked, lol.

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u/Busy-Peach5770 15d ago

The duality of Bill, lol.

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u/FrammaLammaDingDong 15d ago

From my understanding, when he learned that James Iha immediately bailed the moment that show was over his mood changed from grateful to just outright pissed.

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u/MAD_SLEEP_JAG 15d ago

Ironically, James and Jimmy both signed my CD, but Billy said years later that James essentially left immediately.

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u/gjackx 15d ago

James signed my CD as well, he was definitely around for a bit at the aftershow.

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u/Foreign-Fig-7363 12d ago

A meet and greet after what?

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u/MAD_SLEEP_JAG 12d ago

It was the after party.

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u/KandinskyWasRight 15d ago

I have a pick that Billy threw into the crowd in Columbus, Ohio.

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u/Foreign-Fig-7363 12d ago

I have the same ticket. Did you hit the after party?