I know there has to be other people that know about this one, is anyone here going? I bought my tickets in early june. I had to, as I stay in NC and missed out on all 9 shows.... I'm flying and all that, but was wondering if anyone else possibly near me had other plans.


BTW: Fuck mtv.

i am going to the vfest show. however i am driving down to baltimore from
ithaca, ny (ithaca is way cooler than ashville and almost any other city in the US for that matter). i will be staying in baltimore for the weekend of the show.

i wouldn't mind meeting up with some fellow netphorians down there. any takers?
-spkid

Yeah. I am going alone. Pumpkins all over the world, join hands...

BTW: I already have my ticket. What is the seating like, or whatever they have going on? ME: ROW GA1, Seat 6.

I'm pretty sure it's general admission.

I'll be at VFest both days. Looking forward to seeing the Pumpkins again and the Beastie Boys and Fountains of Wayne and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs!

I'm goin both days, me and my buddy are driving from chicago and meeting up w/ some of my friends from baltimore

I will enjoy it either way, but I will enjoy it more with other pumpkin fans. 9 times the pumpkins played here last month, 9 shows i missed. I have a disease, and the only cure is more pumpkins...

I'll be at VFest both days. Looking forward to seeing the Pumpkins again and the Beastie Boys and Fountains of Wayne and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs!
see you there on sunday


im driving from nyc for the sunday show

Anyone care to take a guess at how long their set will be? I was originally planning on going to this, but the 20 minute Live Earth set kind of ruined me for festivals for the time being. I mean, I know Live Earth was a whole different kind of deal, but I still don't want to spend a whole bunch of money on hearing five or six songs...

Eh, what am I saying. I'll end up there anyway, no matter what.

it will be a general admission show
i went last year, it was amazing, i said i would go again this year even if i didnt like any of the bands.
it was the most well put together festival i had ever been to and ive been to all of the major ones.

i say we have a sunday morning breakfast for netphoria people.

i live about 10 minutes from pimlico, so i will try to find someplace good, we will get a head count of all of those interested as it gets closer.

it will be a general admission show
i went last year, it was amazing, i said i would go again this year even if i didnt like any of the bands.
it was the most well put together festival i had ever been to and ive been to all of the major ones.

i say we have a sunday morning breakfast for netphoria people.

i live about 10 minutes from pimlico, so i will try to find someplace good, we will get a head count of all of those interested as it gets closer.
sounds like a plan

I wanted to go, but I can't now. I am trying to sell my pair of 2-day(Sat and Sun) for $350. That is less than face value If anyone is interested please let me know.

Who here is going to Virgin Fest. I'm getting my tickets for both days today. It's going to be fun.

I posted a thread like this, can't find it though... We need to reminisce. And all that...

Breakfast, yeah. I'll be there sat and sun, but I'm only going to the sunday show. Anybody else free sat? I'm clueless about baltimore anyway.

Anyone care to take a guess at how long their set will be? I was originally planning on going to this, but the 20 minute Live Earth set kind of ruined me for festivals for the time being.

yeah, 20 minutes was kind of a joke . i wonder who thought that was a good idea ... :rolleyes:

. m

i'm hoping they play at least two hours... anybody know when they go on, i think the festival ends at ten.

does anybody know what the set up is like for the vip seats? i'm thinking of buying vip tix but don't know if it will be worth it.

I wouldn't spend that much money on tickets if all four original band members were there... (maybe)

Hey. One week from today i'll finally get to see the band i've been obsessed about for almost 10 years. I've seen Zwan and BC solo and that was alright. I some how get the feeling i'll be disappointed though.

Anyways...do you think they'll play for at least an hour? -any predictions on how long they get to play?

I am kind of expecting a shorter, more generic set :noway:

so who else is going? there was talk of having breakfast before the show, anyone still down?

-spkid

I'm going to V-fest in Toronto in September. Let us know how it was!

not sure how long they're playing, but they're like headlining, right? So probably at least an hour. But yeah, you'll definitely get "Bullet" and "Today" and "Tarantula" and all their greatest hits. But it's better than nothing! I'm sure you'll have a good time =)

you'll definitely get "Bullet" and "Today" and "Tarantula" the residencies got them every show
they aren't likely to cut them from a festival show

I'm guess they'll play for an hour. If they play United States and Gossamer in Toronto I will be more than happy!

Hey Will, long time no talk.

They are scheduled to play from 8:30-10:00, the full schedule is on the virgin festival website.

I'm hoping for:

Aeroplane
Hummer
Fuck You
Stand Inside Your Love

At least 2 of those would be nice anyways.

I think we are going to see a very similar setlist to the festivals already played in Europe. I saw them already at the 9:30 club so really the only three songs that I can think that I would love to hear that they are already playing are Muzzle, SIYL and Silverfuck.

Jeremy

Does anyone think they'll break out gossamer?

Pumpkins are scheduled to play from 8:30PM till 10PM on the main stage, closing out the festival.
Not sure what they will play, but RHCP had the same slot last year and played for an extra 45 minutes, over 2 hour set. Hopefully the Pumpkins will give us the same treat.

The noise curfew for Baltimore's outside venues is 11, so in theory, they can go over.

I am going to this. I bought tickets before Asheville and the 930 club show were announced, so this will be show #4 of TSP2 for me.

I'll be sick for work that day :)

This coming sunday is going to be the shit. I'm flying down there and booking a hotel, but will have no ride. Anybody hook me up? I have a ticket to the columbus show, and I'm not able to go, so we can work something out. And if there is to be a breakfast, what does baltimore have that serves good breakfast?

I believe that there is either a double t diner or Towson diner not to far from the venue. Either one of those diners has great breakfast food.

Jeremy

My friend and I both got tickets for it. Now he tore his acl and for some reason has decided to go into surgery the friday before the show. So not sure what's going to happen now, do I really feel like going to a festival alone?

Not only will this be my first pumpkins "concert", but I will most likely be surrounded by people who are almost as equally obsessed with the pumpkins as I am.

I have a friend who's looking for a ticket to 8/5 only. I know they're still for sale but I figured I'd see if anyone needed to unload one before eating the cost before we went to ticketmaster.

Anyone want a columbus ticket? I need a ride (while I'm in Baltimore)...

i am going to the vfest show. however i am driving down to baltimore from
ithaca, ny (ithaca is way cooler than ashville and almost any other city in the US for that matter). i will be staying in baltimore for the weekend of the show.

i wouldn't mind meeting up with some fellow netphorians down there. any takers?
-spkid
I went to Ithaca and thought Asheville had a lot of similarities with Ithaca.

Anyone want a columbus ticket? I need a ride (while I'm in Baltimore)...
Dude you should use the Baltimore metro. $3.20 for an all-day pass, very convenient.

Doesn't baltimore subway stop running before the show is over? I'm in DC and Baltimore "Metro/Light Rail/Whatevertrain" is pretty worthless.

Doesn't baltimore subway stop running before the show is over? I'm in DC and Baltimore "Metro/Light Rail/Whatevertrain" is pretty worthless.

Dude, I live in Sterling. That is neat. I'll be there.

How weird is it that I am more stoked for Regina Spektor than the Pumpkins?


Pretty fucking weird.

Doesn't baltimore subway stop running before the show is over? I'm in DC and Baltimore "Metro/Light Rail/Whatevertrain" is pretty worthless.
Light rail, yes. Metro, no.

So perhaps I could take a taxi to the light rail, or a shuttle to the light rail or metro. I wonder if they go near pimlico...

I'd never even heard of the Baltimore Metro Subway before looking at the site. Baltimore has two subway systems? That is odd. Does anyone use them?

I live in Herndon hooray! Hooray for Parcher Ave!

Hi everyone!
I'm familiar with Netphoria for tabs and stuff but I had to sign up for the forums since I'm going to see them for the first time Sunday!!!
(the VM Festival site says they're booked to play from 8:30-10pm)

Anyways, I'm driving down from NY State Saturday to see them!
(plus, a friend just bailed out on me :( so I'm desperately looking for someone to come with me at the last minute)

I know I'm new, but anyone interested in meeting a lonely Pumpkinhead who's been waiting almost a decade for this?
(goes back to looking for friend to come with)

Any tapers going to the show... I can not find my old MD player so unfortunately will most likely not tape.

Jeremy

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I'll be there tomorrow! I needs a ride to the show from baltimore...

^^^I'm going to the show Sunday and I'll have a car.
(I *might* be able to help)

Still working out all my plans though.

anyone have a parking pass to spare?

How weird is it that I am more stoked for Regina Spektor than the Pumpkins?


Pretty fucking weird.


Pfft. Go on then. I'll be dancing away to Dieselboy.

On the lookout for Pumpkins stuff today... looks like they have the merchandise you would expect, I did not see the $90 hoodie however.
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/9143/1001348cy9.jpg

There is a Virgin store set up there selling cds... Zeitgeist is going for $16 though pretty much everything else is $10. The book version of Zeitgeist is $25.
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/9663/1001350ok3.jpg

Saw a LOT of people wearing SP t-shirts. Many of them looked like the shirts they are selling at the festival. I saw a quite a few people in Machina era t-shirts and met a couple people who had seen them at the Fillmore. Found 2 people that were in SF with me just a couple days ago :)

See ya tomorrow at the show!

Gotta get up in a few hours for that and fight a potential hangover.

Should be good though, first time I'll get to see them play.

I saw one guy wearing a smile 93'-94' tour shirt that that was all tattered and quite visably a 14 year old t-shirt.

I did not see the $90 hoodie however.

Thats because it was a hundred and ten fucking degrees outside.. Almost unbearable. I saw dozens of people faint and get carried away by EMTs all day

i'll be there.

had a good laugh yesterday...

you can text message the main statge an it will show up for all to see...

so someone wrote:

"D'arcy and James Iha, Where are you?"

saw a few pumpkins shirts out there. should be more today!

The virgin megastore tent has MCIS for $14. The cheapest I've ever seen it in a retail setting was like $28. Seemed like a good deal and I need a new copy...might have to pick that up. See you guys there!

Just because it's hot doesn't mean they wouldn't sell it. But I know what you mean about the heat. I saw the people fainting as well. DRINK WATER PEOPLE :)

I'll be there too. Thinking of wearing my Zeitgeist 420 shirt for laughs :D

how long till they take stage

They go on at 8:30 eastern time.

OFF TOPIC: I just wanted to find a nice short soon to be closed thread to say - thank christ that bullshit with that crazy girl got worked out.

I was really starting to get worried.

ON TOPIC: Hope you guys had fun at the virginfest.... ;)

hmm, no setlist relayers

what crazy girl? did i miss some gossip? damn! 'splain!

alrighty.. they stopped at 10pm eastern.. 45 minutes ago.. guess people are stuck in the parking lot.. monte's blackberry spoiled me.. and I was at the friggin shows

what was played?

They played what you would expect. I didn't write it down, here's what I remember (not all of them are in order):
United States
Today
SIYL
Hummer
Superchrist (surprised me)
DFA
Starla
To Sheila
Tonight, Tonight
Zero
Bullet
Doomsday Clock
Tarantula
That's the Way
HMM

thats the songlist, but thats not in order

i didnt write it down either.

but i think zero was after superchrist
starla was before DFA then To Sheila
and Doomsday clock was also earlier in the set

man that HMM was fucking mindblowing.

they had full control of the crowd the whole time, was an amazing set.

Yeah, I was in the front about 3 rows back, right near to Billy... god the crowd was crazy and I loved it :) Definitely a big difference from the residencies in that regard (as I expected, no Hoped, it would be).

no cherub rock, no an ode to noone...what a terrible setlist

costumes or residency wear?

residency clothes... I wanted to see the capes too, dammit!!
BC: white shirt with fake suspenders
Jeff: the white outfit, no cape :(
Gingy: the short dress with the black embroidery or whatever it is
Lisa: different white outfit than I have noticed her in before
Jimmy: all white

Show was fucking awesome, a tad disappointed that there was no encore though. The band was in a great mood and really playing off the crowd. Much better performance then the 9:30 club show. I ended up finding my old recording rig so I taped the show. Listening to it now, not too bad. Pretty decent recording so far seeing as it was an open air festival setting. There was a lot of talkers and singers around me, but hey at least it got recorded. I hope some one else taped it as well. The recording has a couple of skips in it due to the rough crowd and crowd surfers. I will hopefully transfer it and upload it to the archive sometime this week not sure when I will get a chance. Anyways here is the exact setlist according to my recording:

United States
Today
SIYL
Zero
Hummer
Super Christ
Doomsday Clock
Starla
BWBW
DFA
To Sheila (Full Band) hell fucking yea probably best song of the night....
Tonight Tonight
Tarantula
1979
Thats the way my love is
HMM

It pretty much rained the whole set but it felt so good. It was really pouring during tarunrual and Bolly kept laughing during the pouring rain parts of the song. Defiantly worth the money, and I am so glad I found my recording rig because it didn't turn out half that bad. Not as good as some of the residency high end rigs but defiantly good for a festival other then the singers I had around me for the popular songs like zero, tonight tonight bwbw etc. . HMM was defiantly probably the best version i ever heard. My only gripe is no muzzle, silverfuck, untitled or cherub rock. I think the rain kept them from the encore. It was coming down pretty hard then. Oh well I will post again when I get the recording up. I hope every one had a great time...

Rock On...

Nice job. Glad it got recorded :) I just came back because I remembered they played 1979 but you got it covered. Cool...

It was all great except for the ending. I wish they would never play HMM again. Such a let down to hear them close with that. I know it's generic, but I was hoping for Cherub Rock to close.

First time I've ever been able to see them. I wasn't thinking it was going to be that good since it was a festival, but damn was I wrong. We were able to get right up front and in the center. Crowd was amazing, really into it with a lot of energy. A lotttt of jumping around and pushing into each other. And it seemed like everyone knew the words to every song and was singing, especially Today. Seemed totally different from all of the standing still crowds I've seen in all the videos from the concerts since Paris. The total intensity level just jumped a 100 notches when the pumpkins were on compared to all of the other acts. The crowd was no where near into anyone like they were the Smashing Pumpkins.

Highlights:
-Finally coming out onto stage and getting into United States. It was so great that the moment of finally seeing them live had arrived and I was right in front of the stage.
-When Billy said, "The next song is an old song, I wrote it when I was on mushrooms." I immediately yelled out, "Yeahh!! Starla!!" My favorite song period, not just smashing pumpkins, but favorite song. The one song that I have wanted to see played live at least once in my life. And then he started to play it was just greatness.
-I was yelling at Ginger calling her name for a few songs. Finally I ended up near 3-4 other guys who were also yelling for her, and one of them said, "Ok on 3 everyone yell her name." We did it and finally got achknowledged by her. And speaking of Ginger, holy fucking shit. She looked amazing tonight, flat out amazing. She was wearing her really nice outfit where you can see her ass, and she was riding her bass, it was one of the sexiest things I have ever seen in my life.



adflkaskdlfsadlk so good.

I was really hoping for Cherub rock followed by an encore of untiled and muzzle, but this was defiantly the best HMM that I have ever heard....

Show was fucking great. First time I got to see them live. Crowd was also great. I was right up in the front/center, no more than a few rows from the front. Ginger looked amazingly good tonight.

glad to hear they played Superchrist

"Seemed totally different from all of the standing still crowds I've seen in all the videos from the concerts since Paris."

Um, maybe those "Standing still crowds" wanted to watch the band instead of jumping around like retards?

Glad you had fun banana!

What other good ones did they play? Were you on any drugs?

I much prefer crowds that act like they are actually into the music as opposed to just standing there still. And it seemed like the band was feeding off the energy of the crowd.

And all the songs were good, only one I didn't really like that much was DFA.

I fucking got stuck with DFA all three times i went. Ugh.

And yeah, starla was just amazing live, one of my favorite they played. I wish I could see them again when they start playing Geek USA!!!

Are you going to try to see them again or are you good now?

glad you got a hard on yelling ginger's name.

I wish I could see them again, my friend took too long in deciding on whether or not he wanted to go and now tickets for the Philadelphia shows are sold out.

aaaah had to of loved the crowd surfers. I dragged 1 of them down, and punched 4 others in the kidney. And then there was the big black guy smoking pot who wouldnt put down his umbrella, and his abnormally large girl friend sporting a giant obtrusive hat..... oh and the frat boys who charged up to the front only to discover they needed the bathroom....and the 200 or so folks who "mysteriously" left during death from above.... Dont forget I was there hitting drunk people. Real great crowd :)


Pumpkins were the best act that i saw there.....wu tang clan was 2nd best :rofl:


As for billy, it seemed as though he was making fun of the crowd in heavy metal machine. Id rather of seen them at a club.

Id rather of seen them at a club.

Understatement in general??

I was at Pearl Jam at Lollapalooza tonight in Chicago, constantly bombarded by crowd surfers, people talking, yelling stupid shit, etc.

Made me appreciate 100x more the fact that I was able to see SP 6 times at the FILLMORE. Wow. Seriously we are so lucky.


But glad to read good reviews of Virgin Fest... who else?

awesome man. im going to see them at the vfest in toronto. explosions in the sky played there no? theyre playing at toronto as well. do tell man.

-I was yelling at Ginger calling her name for a few songs. Finally I ended up near 3-4 other guys who were also yelling for her, and one of them said, "Ok on 3 everyone yell her name." We did it and finally got achknowledged by her.

are you 12 years old?

the dance tent is guaranteed fun for those of you going to other v fest shows. There was no surfing, or serious moshing, very respectful of one another in there.

And this was the the first pumpkin show ive seen, and likely the last at a festival.... they were awesome though.

do we have a setlist yet?

We were able to get right up front and in the center. Crowd was amazing, really into it with a lot of energy. A lotttt of jumping around and pushing into each other. And it seemed like everyone knew the words to every song and was singing, especially Today.
that's because you're up front, in the center. there's no difference with any of the other festivals.

do we have a setlist yet?

Show was fucking awesome, a tad disappointed that there was no encore though. The band was in a great mood and really playing off the crowd. Much better performance then the 9:30 club show. I ended up finding my old recording rig so I taped the show. Listening to it now, not too bad. Pretty decent recording so far seeing as it was an open air festival setting. There was a lot of talkers and singers around me, but hey at least it got recorded. I hope some one else taped it as well. The recording has a couple of skips in it due to the rough crowd and crowd surfers. I will hopefully transfer it and upload it to the archive sometime this week not sure when I will get a chance. Anyways here is the exact setlist according to my recording:

United States
Today
SIYL
Zero
Hummer
Super Christ
Doomsday Clock
Starla
BWBW
DFA
To Sheila (Full Band) hell fucking yea probably best song of the night....
Tonight Tonight
Tarantula
1979
Thats the way my love is
HMM

It pretty much rained the whole set but it felt so good. It was really pouring during tarunrual and Bolly kept laughing during the pouring rain parts of the song. Defiantly worth the money, and I am so glad I found my recording rig because it didn't turn out half that bad. Not as good as some of the residency high end rigs but defiantly good for a festival other then the singers I had around me for the popular songs like zero, tonight tonight bwbw etc. . HMM was defiantly probably the best version i ever heard. My only gripe is no muzzle, silverfuck, untitled or cherub rock. I think the rain kept them from the encore. It was coming down pretty hard then. Oh well I will post again when I get the recording up. I hope every one had a great time...

Rock On...
......

set list was

similiar to grand rex

they entered with that cool spacey track
may not be in order perfect order:
united states(better than studio)
today
siyl
zero
hummer
(unfamiliar song)
doomsday clock (better than studio)
death from above
bwbw
starla
to shiela
tonight tonight
1979
tarantula
thats the way
heavy metal machine

So now what, they have a week off?

man that HMM was fucking mindblowing.

yeah the new version rips!!! Jeff!!!!!!

they had full control of the crowd the whole time, was an amazing set.

Great to hear this... during Pearl Jam at Lollapalooza tonight I was pondering how well SP could/would control a crowd of that size even in Chicago...

Thanks for taping glued_on_wings!!

Yeah, I was in the front about 3 rows back, right near to Billy... god the crowd was crazy and I loved it :) Definitely a big difference from the residencies in that regard (as I expected, no Hoped, it would be).

Tell more... lots of crowd surfers, or people actually going crazy for the music? Either way good to have high energy for sure

they also did superchrist that was the unfamiliar song

I keep hearing how badass the new HMM is.., no way is it better than the version like the '99 metro on youtube version

I keep hearing how badass the new HMM is.., no way is it better than the version like the '99 metro on youtube version

I loved it because it seemed as though he was taunting the crowed, yet half the people left before he was through with it... when he played 1979 he sung "justine never knew the rules; hung down with YOU freaks and the ghouls"

sounds pretty deadly wish i could have found a way to toronto to catch that show

... the '99 metro on youtube version 10,000X better.

... when he played 1979 he sung "justine never knew the rules; hung down with YOU freaks and the ghouls" Uhh.

they also did superchrist that was the unfamiliar song
Awesome, thanks for the update, I hadn't heard.

sounds pretty deadly wish i could have found a way to toronto to catch that show Yeah, me too. I heard the show in Toronto was pretty rockin last night.

Thanks for the info guys. And yeah, the new HMM is great. Go Jeff!

Nice they are keeping starla for their festival sets.

set list was

similiar to grand rex

they entered with that cool spacey track
may not be in order perfect order:
united states(better than studio)
today
siyl
zero
hummer
(unfamiliar song)
doomsday clock (better than studio)
death from above
bwbw
starla
to shiela
tonight tonight
1979
tarantula
thats the way
heavy metal machine

great setlist for the crowd. i had some idiot near me talking thw hole time when he didn't know the songs.

superchrist was awesome, but no one knew it so it fell on deaf ears a little. DFA was great, but the crowd was so pumpked that it was a big "speed bump". loved the HMM ending, but wished they capped it off with a song everyone knew, or maybe Starz or something fun.

overall, GREAT show. my friend is a huge Police fan and she was blown away by the performance. having the extra lights on stage was great too. they really blew the top off of that place!

A lot of people around me thought Superchrist was a new version of Silverfuck, I did too briefly during the first 'drum break.' It definitely kicks ass.

Tell more... lots of crowd surfers, or people actually going crazy for the music? Either way good to have high energy for sure

The whole crowd was rocking/pushing back and forth together... I have never been to a festival show before but I knew to expect it to be pretty intense at the front. If I hadn't watched the show so many times at the residencies I wouldn't have liked it, but at this point I've seen them a lot and I was there last night for different reasons ;) Since I am so small I didn't even have to stand up. The crowd was pushed in so tight I just let my weight rest on all the people around me and got jostled all around. Good times :smoke: There were a few crowd surfers until Tonight, Tonight... then it was just a steady stream of them it seemed like. I got kicked in the head and ducked down, but when I went to stand back up my space was gone, LOL. I went out to the edge and watched the rest of the show from there and danced around like a crazy person. Especially during HMM... GO JEFF!!

The only annoying thing about HMM was that the camera guys kept shooting Billy during all of Jeff's solo's. Most people probably didn't know that Jeff was playing them.

Here is the review from the local paper (http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/bal-to.virgin06aug06,0,7561136.story?page=2)
Relevant parts excised for your convenience (also, the reviewer is a douche):

"The Smashing Pumpkins closed Virgin Festival on the north stage with a rambling, disjointed show whose sonic template was pulled from the bloated Zeitgeist, the band's latest album, released last month. For all intents and purposes, it was the Billy Corgan show, as he led the newly re-formed group through songs that were little more than overcooked, interlocking guitar riffs and pummeling drums.

Even songs from the Pumpkins' golden era, such as 1993's "Today," were given the Zeitgeist treatment, in which Corgan and his band- mates buried the melody beneath a web of showy, wailing riffs.

But the band pulled back toward the middle of the show on the stark piano ballad, "Death from Above," the B-side of the latest single, "Tarantula." Corgan whined his way through the song. It was almost insufferable, but it was still better than the overreaching rock grandiosity of the show's earlier half."

email him at rashod.ollison@baltsun.com :cool:

I fucking got stuck with DFA all three times i went. Ugh.

Oh, please. I saw them 6 times in Asheville and then in DC. I still haven't seen DFA and I'm dying to -- what is wrong with you?!

"Gee, I'm so whiny and pissed off they didn't play The Beginning is the End is the Beginning."

*rolls eyes*

Here is the review from the local paper (http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/bal-to.virgin06aug06,0,7561136.story?page=2)
Relevant parts excised for your convenience (also, the reviewer is a douche):

"The Smashing Pumpkins closed Virgin Festival on the north stage with a rambling, disjointed show whose sonic template was pulled from the bloated Zeitgeist, the band's latest album, released last month. For all intents and purposes, it was the Billy Corgan show, as he led the newly re-formed group through songs that were little more than overcooked, interlocking guitar riffs and pummeling drums.

Even songs from the Pumpkins' golden era, such as 1993's "Today," were given the Zeitgeist treatment, in which Corgan and his band- mates buried the melody beneath a web of showy, wailing riffs.

But the band pulled back toward the middle of the show on the stark piano ballad, "Death from Above," the B-side of the latest single, "Tarantula." Corgan whined his way through the song. It was almost insufferable, but it was still better than the overreaching rock grandiosity of the show's earlier half."

email him at rashod.ollison@baltsun.com :cool:

Holy crap. What a massive douche!

sounds like a great show. the only clips on youtube so far are from some guy named banana with a cellphone. hopefully rashod ollison's inbox will be overflowing by noon.

email him at rashod.ollison@baltsun.com :cool:
omg im like so mad right now i gonna email him right away and tell him how i feel and call him names hahaha that will teach him lol

It was an incredible show, crowd (at least everyone around me) was really into it. I was on Ginger's side of the stage and fairly close up. There were tons of crowd surfers, got kicked several times and had two people practically fall on me. They sounded incredible, HMM was mindblowing!!! Sure I wish they had done an encore but I think it would have been hard to top HMM the way they played, I was blown away by both Billy and Jeff's performances and loved it when they played back to back, I could see Billy smiling and having a good time with it. I would be interested to find out what the size of the crowd was overall because I was too close to see how big it was and if a lot of people were really into it instead of just all the hardcore fans toward the front.

That guy from the Baltimore Sun has no idea what he's talking about, clearly he wasn't watching the same show I was. This really doesn't bother me too much though because I know The Washington Post pans pretty much everything so it's hard to take them seriously. I will be pissed if Interpol for example got a great review, I seriously felt like taking a nap during their set.

Great show overall, enjoyed it much more than the 930 show. Got there around one oclock, checked out matisyahu and explosions in the sky (who were fucking incredible), then chilled out, waited for the yeah yeah yeahs to finish and tried to jostle up as far as i could for interpol and the pumpkins.

crowd was predictably pretty crazy, not so much moshing as just pushing into each other and a LOT of crowd surfing. highlights for me were definetly starla and to shelia. REALLY wanted an encore, while HMM was really fucking kickass (probably the best version i've heard) i didn't want it for the close. great show.

I'm glad you all had fun, and the band too! =)

I'm so happy they're still playing residency-written songs!!

That review is so amazingly ridiculous. I was about 50 feet back from Billy. I gotta say this is the best I've seen the band. They were literally perfect! The sound was perfect at Pimlico. They sounded better than they did at the Orange Peel. This version of Heavy Metal Machine was a great ending I thought. The crowd was really into it, the band was into it. Billy wasn't even complaining about lack of sales or anything it was just a really great show. Superchrist blew me away. It was my first time hearing it. Also I didn't mind DFA and 1979 was great to hear they didn't play that when I saw them in Asheville. What do these reviewers want? Is it just cool to rag on Billy every chance you get?

Other highlights for me were Fountains of Wayne, very short set but fun. The Beastie Boys tore it up, they were really great. The Police were on top of things, sounded great. Panic! believe it or not were pretty good too. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs were amazing! Great 2 days.

Yeah Yeah Yeaaaaahs! Lucky =P

This sounds like a great show... was there much banter at all?

In introducing Starla, Billy said he wrote this song at a time when he was doing a lot of mushrooms. Then he said, "not that I condone drug use, but if you're on mushrooms right now, this song should sound good to you." There seemed to be a good crowd response at the mention of mushrooms. There were several people smoking weed near me.

heh, well that's funny I s'pose.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2007/08/virgin-fest-on-.html

Final act Smashing Pumpkins started with the Star Spangled Banner sample that bled into United States, from their latest album, then launched into crowd favorite Today and new song For God and Country. They sounded extremely distortion-heavy -- screeching guitars, weighty reverb, energetic. While they did not connect with the Live Earth crowd, they connected to this crowd.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/08/06/smashing-pumpkins-and-the-wu-tang-clan-deliver-the-hits-at-virgin-festival-day-two/

then migrated to the North Stage for Smashing Pumpkins’ headlining slot, which was a great reminder that Billy Corgan and Co. are still built to rock hard and loud in front of tens of thousands at epic outdoor concerts. The set, which *******d Corgan’s chilling version of “The Star Spangled Banner,” was powerful and striking, and classics like “Bullet with Butterfly Wings,” “Today,” “Tonight, Tonight” and “1979” served as reminders of the Pumpkins enduring dexterity and power on the big stages.

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/entertainment_living/music.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-08-06-0189.html

The second 10-hour day of music was wrapped under soggy conditions with the recently revived Smashing Pumpkins.

The band's two originals -- chrome-domed singer Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin -- were joined by Jeff Schroeder and Ginger Reyes on guitar and bass, and opened its set with the cacophonous "United States" just as the rain tapered off. The song eventually trailed into a screeching guitar solo of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Corgan's familiar throaty croak and heavy, squealing guitars rendered "Zero" almost unlistenable, but "Today" sounded clear and bright.

Though the Pumpkins just released "Zeitgeist," their first new album since 1999, Corgan and Co. didn't neglect the oldies. "Siamese Dream," "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" and "Tonight, Tonight" were met with thousands of raised beer cups and whoops from the damp crowd.


http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2007-08-05-virgin-fest_N.htm

Musical highlights:

The Smashing Pumpkins closed the show Sunday night, combining songs from their reunion album, such as United States and For God and Country, with such old favorites as Today.

USAToday is wrong they did not play For God and Country

http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2007/08/virgin-fest-on-.html

Final act Smashing Pumpkins started with the Star Spangled Banner sample that bled into United States, from their latest album, then launched into crowd favorite Today and new song For God and Country. They sounded extremely distortion-heavy -- screeching guitars, weighty reverb, energetic. While they did not connect with the Live Earth crowd, they connected to this crowd.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/08/06/smashing-pumpkins-and-the-wu-tang-clan-deliver-the-hits-at-virgin-festival-day-two/

then migrated to the North Stage for Smashing Pumpkins’ headlining slot, which was a great reminder that Billy Corgan and Co. are still built to rock hard and loud in front of tens of thousands at epic outdoor concerts. The set, which *******d Corgan’s chilling version of “The Star Spangled Banner,” was powerful and striking, and classics like “Bullet with Butterfly Wings,” “Today,” “Tonight, Tonight” and “1979” served as reminders of the Pumpkins enduring dexterity and power on the big stages.

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/entertainment_living/music.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-08-06-0189.html

The second 10-hour day of music was wrapped under soggy conditions with the recently revived Smashing Pumpkins.

The band's two originals -- chrome-domed singer Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin -- were joined by Jeff Schroeder and Ginger Reyes on guitar and bass, and opened its set with the cacophonous "United States" just as the rain tapered off. The song eventually trailed into a screeching guitar solo of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Corgan's familiar throaty croak and heavy, squealing guitars rendered "Zero" almost unlistenable, but "Today" sounded clear and bright.

Though the Pumpkins just released "Zeitgeist," their first new album since 1999, Corgan and Co. didn't neglect the oldies. "Siamese Dream," "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" and "Tonight, Tonight" were met with thousands of raised beer cups and whoops from the damp crowd.


http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2007-08-05-virgin-fest_N.htm

Musical highlights:

The Smashing Pumpkins closed the show Sunday night, combining songs from their reunion album, such as United States and For God and Country, with such old favorites as Today.

Hmm what show were these reviewers at two of them mentioned they played for god and country. :erm:

But those are nice reviews other then that.

The thought of the band playing the song "Siamese Dream " at a big festival is rather amusing

I wonder if he had a copy of the setlist, maybe it was on there and they decided to skip it? Good call IMO... If only they'd replaced HMM.

the squealing guitars are the reason zero is a good song

http://www.archive.org/details/sp2007-08-05.AKGck93.cabbage.flac16

Smashing Pumpkins
Virgin Festival
Pimlico Race Course
Baltimore, Maryland
August 5th, 2007

Taper: Cabbage <cabbage@jimmieschickenshack.net> <craigkabis@gmail.com>
Location: 50' back about 10' from center align with Ginger. Mounted in my hat about 6' 3" high.
Source: AKG ck93 hyper-cardioid capsules (mod) > RM 3-wire battery box > iRiver H120 > .wav @ 44.1Khz / 16 bit
Lineage: .wav > Amadeus Pro 1.0.3 > FLAC
Flaws: I got nailed by a crowd server in the middle of Zero and several other times later in the show

Setlist
01 - intro [02:19]
02 - United States [10:40]
03 - Today [03:34]
04 - Stand Inside Your Love [03:54]
05 - Zero [02:17]
06 - Hummer [06:34]
07 - Superchrist [06:03]
08 - Doomsday Clock [04:17]
09 - Starla [08:03]
10 - Bullet With Butterfly Wings [04:50]
11 - Death From Above [04:34]
12 - To Sheila [04:14]
13 - Tonight, Tonight [04:44]
14 - Tarantula [04:00]
15 - 1979 [05:01]
16 - That's The Way (My Love Is) [03:46]
17 - Heavy Metal Machine [10:01]
Total Running Time [01:28:52]

Death From Above was Billy on vocals and Lisa on keys.
To Sheila was the whole band with Billy on acoustic.

sweet. i hope hummer stays in the setlists forever...

http://www.archive.org/details/sp2007-08-05.AKGck93.cabbage.flac16

Smashing Pumpkins
Virgin Festival
Pimlico Race Course
Baltimore, Maryland
August 5th, 2007

Taper: Cabbage <cabbage@jimmieschickenshack.net> <craigkabis@gmail.com>
Location: 50' back about 10' from center align with Ginger. Mounted in my hat about 6' 3" high.
Source: AKG ck93 hyper-cardioid capsules (mod) > RM 3-wire battery box > iRiver H120 > .wav @ 44.1Khz / 16 bit
Lineage: .wav > Amadeus Pro 1.0.3 > FLAC
Flaws: I got nailed by a crowd server in the middle of Zero and several other times later in the show

Setlist
01 - intro [02:19]
02 - United States [10:40]
03 - Today [03:34]
04 - Stand Inside Your Love [03:54]
05 - Zero [02:17]
06 - Hummer [06:34]
07 - Superchrist [06:03]
08 - Doomsday Clock [04:17]
09 - Starla [08:03]
10 - Bullet With Butterfly Wings [04:50]
11 - Death From Above [04:34]
12 - To Sheila [04:14]
13 - Tonight, Tonight [04:44]
14 - Tarantula [04:00]
15 - 1979 [05:01]
16 - That's The Way (My Love Is) [03:46]
17 - Heavy Metal Machine [10:01]
Total Running Time [01:28:52]

Death From Above was Billy on vocals and Lisa on keys.
To Sheila was the whole band with Billy on acoustic.

You, my friend, are awesome.

AWESOME! Man, this show really looked liek it kicked some ass. Thanks for the quick audio too...now if only those that went to the Fillmore were this quick, haha. Thanks guys!

Sweet, thanks a lot!! This show kicked ass!!!

Has archive.org been painfully slow for anyone else? The last few shows I've gotten from there have been downloading a lot slower than they had been before.

Oh well... I'll know this show sounds like in a couple hours.

I just got back today from Baltimore.
It was my first time seeing the Pumpkins and it was FUCKING AWESOME!!!

(that's one huge strike-through on my list of "things to do")
^^^but it definitely won't be the last time :D

There were several people smoking weed near me.
Near you??? Wow, that's like so hardcore, like you know!

Also, several?!? Like whoa!

woooo thank you so much for the audio!!! I've been trying to gather all the residency-written songs, but SF audio-tapers are slooooow. Thanks for the Superchrist! Definitely checking out HMM, too, after all this hype over how cool it was ;)

Thanks again, so very much!

See at around 3:40 (after Yeah Yeah Yeahs & interpol)

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The version of HMM is indeed pretty cool.

Look at the Zero vid from Paris and look at this vid and see how much more comfortable Jeff is becoming. He's grown a lot over the past few months... really opened up. I'm so impressed. He really made that solo his own.

Cool as Ice Cream, I was just pointing out that there were probably a ton of people smoking weed by the fact that there were quite a few just in my vicinity. While it was the first festival I've ever been too, I was definitely expecting to smell weed the whole time and for the most part I did.

I was up in the front but way over on the right side, and when they were setting up they brought out 3 huge lights on both sides of the stage which completely blocked our view. The crowd chanted "move the lights" for about 15 minutes and finally the stage crew came out and moved them further to the side. Score. It was a great performance, very energetic. I was happy to see the crowd get really into it and all of the people around me were singing along. I wasn't sure if it was just because I was right up in the front with all of the hardcore fans but I had friends who watched from way in the back and said the whole crowd was going crazy. And everyone cheered for an encore for a while but I'm sure the rain had a lot to do with them not coming back out. Overall I was really impressed, the band seemed like they were having a great time. I thought seeing them in Asheville was incredible and it was fun to see them at a much different type of show this time (I also went to Live Earth but I'm not even going to compare that to a real SP set.) I'm even more excited for the fall tour now.

there was no encore because virginfest made deal with the neighborhood to have no music past 10. it was shitty that 311 was still playing when the pumpkins finished...i must admit.

i do have to say this about encores at festivals: when you know a band has a time slot and they finish 15 minutes early, they don't put on the stage lights, and none of the crew comes out, you know you are getting an encore!

the police and beastie boys were guilty of this and it was more than a little cheesy. you already knew they were coming back, so what was the point of cheering?! i liked how the pumpkins melted your face for their time slot and then ended it. why stop the ride for a dumb break? i figure we got an extra song or two by them not wasting time for encores. besides what could top the HMM ending?!

http://www.archive.org/details/sp2007-08-05.AKGck93.cabbage.flac16

Smashing Pumpkins
Virgin Festival
Pimlico Race Course
Baltimore, Maryland
August 5th, 2007

Taper: Cabbage <cabbage@jimmieschickenshack.net> <craigkabis@gmail.com>
Location: 50' back about 10' from center align with Ginger. Mounted in my hat about 6' 3" high.
Source: AKG ck93 hyper-cardioid capsules (mod) > RM 3-wire battery box > iRiver H120 > .wav @ 44.1Khz / 16 bit
Lineage: .wav > Amadeus Pro 1.0.3 > FLAC
Flaws: I got nailed by a crowd server in the middle of Zero and several other times later in the show

Setlist
01 - intro [02:19]
02 - United States [10:40]
03 - Today [03:34]
04 - Stand Inside Your Love [03:54]
05 - Zero [02:17]
06 - Hummer [06:34]
07 - Superchrist [06:03]
08 - Doomsday Clock [04:17]
09 - Starla [08:03]
10 - Bullet With Butterfly Wings [04:50]
11 - Death From Above [04:34]
12 - To Sheila [04:14]
13 - Tonight, Tonight [04:44]
14 - Tarantula [04:00]
15 - 1979 [05:01]
16 - That's The Way (My Love Is) [03:46]
17 - Heavy Metal Machine [10:01]
Total Running Time [01:28:52]

Death From Above was Billy on vocals and Lisa on keys.
To Sheila was the whole band with Billy on acoustic.


dude you are awesome. what were you wearing, i was in the same area.

besides what could top the HMM ending?!
Um, Cherub Rock (or Disarm) -> Muzzle. Place would've been floored.

there was no encore because virginfest made deal with the neighborhood to have no music past 10. it was shitty that 311 was still playing when the pumpkins finished...i must admit.



Such a shitty neighborhood though. We didn't feel like paying 20 bucks for parking so we parked about a block or two into it in this free parking lot. No lie, once crossing the street saw some guy pull his girlfriend out of the mini van on the street and start yelling at her and pushing her around. And than have another random ass guy follow us to our car asking for a dollar for a slice of pizza. That race course is built in the middle of a huge shit hole.

Yeah, I heard that it wasn't in the best of neighborhoods, but I was kind of surprised that it just seems that the race course is just surrounded by really sketchy rundown neighborhoods.

I was there and they played well. Kinda sounded like something was messed up on the first couple of sings though. Good crowd to. Death from Above and the HMM medley was pretty cool.

You, my friend, are awesome.


Fucking great!!! I had a good time at this show. Lots of energy and billy rocked as usual.

Glad you had fun banana!

What other good ones did they play? Were you on any drugs?


Percocets and budweiser mother fucker!

It is a sketchy part of town. We walked from the venue to the bus station, it was a mistake to not wait for the shuttle. People were heckeling us white boys from inside their houses. "White boys coming thru thist negiborhood to hang some niggas" was definitely yelled at us a few blocks from the show... Atleast there were 4 of us walking together...

That race course is built in the middle of a huge shit hole.
That shithole is called Baltimore. The entire city is that way.

Down by the harbor baltimore isn't that bad.

Electron were you walking with one other guy and 2 girls, and you past a Fried Chicken store on the corner?

holy shit! this was my first pumpkins show and the greatest concert i've ever been to! it was amazing, me and my fiance were to the right side, up in the very front pushed against the baracade for most of the set. i couldnt believe we were so fucking close! billy was like 20some feet away it was insane!!! it was so great to see him smile so much. and the RAIN! oh so pretty :) i loved it when he giggled during turantula too! to sheila was great and doomsday clock blew my mind! zero and that HMM ending!! oh and SIYL, and tonite tonite!!! oh man everything was great. the crowd, although freckled with the occasional asshole, was awesome! everyone sang along and rocked out, im glad it wasnt a seated show, and im sure the band is too, wouldnt you wanna see your audience's physical reaction to your music?!? every song was so damn powerful! i was like screamin and cryin and belting out every word to every song. yea, i've been waitin for that for a long time.... ive tripped soo many times to a playlist of 4000+ live SP mp3s and flacs for hours and hours for years, and now, we finally got to see them! oh my life is complete. it was magical. :) all i can do is smile! and i got tix to 2 of the philly shows (so far) I CANT WAIT!!!!!
if you wanna see the short video i took during HMM heres a link ->
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=15166143
and theres some good pics of billy in my pics there
and wutang clan rocked the place, beastie boys were nuts, incubus as good as i expected, police were awesome, Panic at the disco mentioned something about "all the zero shirts" :) and those explosions in the sky guys were really good, made it a point to check them out since i'll be seeing them again ;) overall the whole festival was awesome, very chill atmosphere, no asshole security, you were allowed to bring in all kinds of stuff. it was hot, but that meant tits and ass everywhere! it rained only at the ideal moments, and that mile long stretch of food vendors and bars was incredible haha tons of stuff to do and 70,000+ cool people to do it with. best damn vacation of my life!!!!

definitly best HMM ive ever heard.
thanks so much for the quick boot. great work, cant wait to hear it.

and yes

baltimore is a huge shithole and pimlico is in a really bad spot, but thats not the worst of it. there are parts that you wouldnt drive through. its still home tho.

oh yea i forgot, thanks to mr.cabbage for the recording ive been sitting here listening to it all nite, its crazy to know i was there! :)

I have to say, it is nice to read such overwhelmingly positive reviews for a festival set. Usually whatever happens at a fest show is "well the crowd was too drunk, and it was too hot, etc, so I don't really blame them for [whatever]". Sounds like SP owned it old school

That shithole is called Baltimore. The entire city is that way.

that's a pretty arrogant statement.

baltimore has its bad spots, many of which are worse than other areas. but the best spots of the city are just as good, if not beeter than most towns.

that's a pretty arrogant statement.

baltimore has its bad spots, many of which are worse than other areas. but the best spots of the city are just as good, if not beeter than most towns.
It's not arrogant, I've been to Baltimore easily 15 times and been all over the town. Outside of the Inner Harbor/Little Italy, it's an awful, awful place. Mind you, I have no problem hanging out in Washington DC, but Baltimore is more sketchy by-and-large then any other major metropolitan area I've ever been in, and I'm from Detroit. No offense intended to any Marylanders, there are many nice areas in Annapolis, Howard County, or Montgomery County, but Baltimore itself is really terrible. There's a reason it's jokingly named "Charm City."

LOL at Baltimore getting called shitty by someone from Detroit. You just got called out MD.

The pumpkins were soooooooooooooooooo fucking bad ass. I was wearing a green zeitgeist tour shirt, blue jeans, and white shoes that turned brown very quickly. I was next to this foreign guy who wasn't wearing a shirt and let me drink some of his water. I am nothing short of absolutely fucking amazed at the time I had. I was about 3 rows from the front (towards the middle of the set), and I probably got kicked in the head by at least 15 crowd surfers, but my heart was beating so fast as this was the first time I had seen the pumpkins live. I knew they were going to open with united states, I love that song. The crowd was monstrous, though if you had asked anybody if they were an sp fan earlier in the day, it was hard to point them out.... It was definetly worth the flight. See u in atl!!!!!

Did anyone else see billy play with his teeth?

Down by the harbor baltimore isn't that bad.

Electron were you walking with one other guy and 2 girls, and you past a Fried Chicken store on the corner?

I was with two other dudes, but saw a small group with some females walking too. They are nuts.

Good things about Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins Hospital - They saved my brother's life.
The Aquarium
8X10 Club & Fletcher's
Nacho Mamma's

That's it. RamsHead is the worst live music venue in America. It's impossible to see. I feel safer in Anacostia than most of Baltimore.

It is a sketchy part of town. We walked from the venue to the bus station, it was a mistake to not wait for the shuttle. People were heckeling us white boys from inside their houses. "White boys coming thru thist negiborhood to hang some niggas" was definitely yelled at us a few blocks from the show... Atleast there were 4 of us walking together...

Herndon is better?

/born in Leesburg, grew up in Sterling

I feel safer in Anacostia than most of Baltimore.

Nice, thats funny and sadly true. Saw a pimp and some hos (stereotypical as hell) outside the last Orioles game I was at.

did they come out to the suspiria theme?

did they come out to the suspiria theme?

YES

cool -- glad thats back in action after the residency.

?? They came out to it most nights of the residencies ...

?? They came out to it most nights of the residencies ...

I think he meant he wasn't sure if it was going to be a residency-only thing.. and he's glad it continues

I like the circus music too.. I want mp3's of both.. lapis? :)

I only have the flacs... I'm sure you could find Suspiria from one of the Asheville shows at the archive though

I only have the flacs... I'm sure you could find Suspiria from one of the Asheville shows at the archive though

I was half joking.. so most of the bootlegs that have come out inclu_de the intro music as the first track? good to know.. I haven't paid attention

Most of them... one night in Asheville they came out acoustic and didn't use it, but then when they came out for the second set it played. I think it was the last night in Asheville Billy came out with an acoustic guitar and played along to it. Hard to hear on the bootleg, but if you are listening for it you can tell...

Really excited about seeing the Pumpkins at Reading now :)

I really hope none of my shifts clash with their performance... I don't want to lose my £155 deposit!!

?? They came out to it most nights of the residencies ...
maybe so, but not when i went and he started the set acoustic.

I think he meant he wasn't sure if it was going to be a residency-only thing.. and he's glad it continues

I like the circus music too.. I want mp3's of both.. lapis? :)

:noway: i went to Paris and they played it there...not to mention all the recordings, etc. that are available. c'mon mark, give me a little more credit than that. ;)


anyway, here's suspiria: http://www.sendspace.com/file/vfpyiv

maybe so, but not when i went and he started the set acoustic.


:)

Really excited about seeing the Pumpkins at Reading now :)

I really hope none of my shifts clash with their performance... I don't want to lose my £155 deposit!!

what do you mean, are you working the festival?

anyway, maybe i'll see you there ;)

:noway: i went to Paris and they played it there...not to mention all the recordings, etc. that are available. c'mon mark, give me a little more credit than that. ;)

anyway, here's suspiria: http://www.sendspace.com/file/vfpyiv

ah, yeah I forgot it was played before the residencies also. So you were just commenting that it continues to be played post-residencies, which is a good thing. Thanks for the suspiria!

Indeed I am, I'm working as a steward for the charity Oxfam :) I did it last year and met a few girls who were also stewarding and are doing it this year. So if my work clashes with the Pumpkins then there's the chance I could try and get them to swap shifts with me. If I'm terrifically unlucky and can't manage that then well... we'll see how it goes! Won't find out till I get there anyway :) Not fussed about missing all the other bands on the other two days really.

Make sure you bring wellies Davin or see how the conditions are on site before you go... the weather is nicer now, but this summer has been very wet, and the river next to the site broke its banks a few weeks ago meaning 30% of the campsites ended up underwater! I don't know if you've been to an English festival before, but you should be prepared for the possibility of mud! Always a pleasure to meet a fellow fan, if you fancy a pint then give me a shout

-I was yelling at Ginger calling her name for a few songs. Finally I ended up near 3-4 other guys who were also yelling for her, and one of them said, "Ok on 3 everyone yell her name." We did it and finally got achknowledged by her. And speaking of Ginger, holy fucking shit. She looked amazing tonight, flat out amazing. She was wearing her really nice outfit where you can see her ass, and she was riding her bass, it was one of the sexiest things I have ever seen in my life.

adflkaskdlfsadlk so good.

i was right next to those guys. and her little groove dance she did to the tunes about made me cream. so hot.


and hmm was the motherfucking shit. my friend said hell remember billy's scream forever. and hes not a fan of theirs but got owned by the set.

that's a pretty arrogant statement.

baltimore has its bad spots, many of which are worse than other areas. but the best spots of the city are just as good, if not beeter than most towns.
um no it was a shit hole.

we befriended this cab driver and he was saying baltimore, not per capita but by the numbers has more murders than new york city. we drove in some neighborhoods that i've only heard about.

and i by no means am inexperienced with cities.

shithole.

um no it was a shit hole.

we befriended this cab driver and he was saying baltimore, not per capita but by the numbers has more murders than new york city. we drove in some neighborhoods that i've only heard about.

and i by no means am inexperienced with cities.

shithole.

my parents are both from right outside baltimore.

they have never lived within 250 miles of the place since leaving home.

its a shit hole, as cigarski put it.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2007/08/virgin-fest-on-.html

Final act Smashing Pumpkins started with the Star Spangled Banner sample that bled into United States, from their latest album, then launched into crowd favorite Today and new song For God and Country. They sounded extremely distortion-heavy -- screeching guitars, weighty reverb, energetic. While they did not connect with the Live Earth crowd, they connected to this crowd.



http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2007-08-05-virgin-fest_N.htm

Musical highlights:

The Smashing Pumpkins closed the show Sunday night, combining songs from their reunion album, such as United States and For God and Country, with such old favorites as Today.
yeah so my mom saw the usatoday article and gave it to me today, whomever wrote that must really have their head up their asses or where not even at the festival. amy whinehouse sucked balls and baltimore paper's headline was "at least she showed up"

and they seem hellbent on insisting that the pumpkins played god and country.




"are you ready? ARE YOU READY!!!?!!!!! :rockon:"

we befriended this cab driver and he was saying baltimore, not per capita but by the numbers has more murders than new york city.



Sorry, but New York City has one of the lowest murder rates of any city in the country, and is currently considered "the safest" large city in America.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aHWGwSJjpbOU&refer=us

So it would be pretty hard for Baltimore (or any city) to not have a higher murder rate.

For the completest out there:

http://www.archive.org/details/tsp2007-08-05.DAB.flac
Dynamic Audio Binarial -> Dynamic Audio 120hz low cut batt box (Filter) -> Sharp MS-722 (Mic In)

Have at it, not quite as good as cabbage's recording, but this one is load at any volume.

Rock On...

Indeed I am, I'm working as a steward for the charity Oxfam :) I did it last year and met a few girls who were also stewarding and are doing it this year. So if my work clashes with the Pumpkins then there's the chance I could try and get them to swap shifts with me. If I'm terrifically unlucky and can't manage that then well... we'll see how it goes! Won't find out till I get there anyway :) Not fussed about missing all the other bands on the other two days really.

Make sure you bring wellies Davin or see how the conditions are on site before you go... the weather is nicer now, but this summer has been very wet, and the river next to the site broke its banks a few weeks ago meaning 30% of the campsites ended up underwater! I don't know if you've been to an English festival before, but you should be prepared for the possibility of mud! Always a pleasure to meet a fellow fan, if you fancy a pint then give me a shout

i'm definitely up for a pint! i have been keeping up with the Reading Fest message boards and a lot of people are making the same reccommendations. i also talked at length with some folks from liverpool at Bonnaroo, and got some of their advice as well. so while i have not been to an English festival I feel I am somewhat well prepared.

We won't be camping on-site, but rather will be staying at a B&B in Reading about 15min walk from the Festival's Red Gate. This is part of a 2-week holiday for my GF and I in the UK, so I am only going to be in Reading for 1 day/night to see NIN & Pumpkins...not attending the whole fest.

We leave for the UK 1 week from today. :cool:

Sorry, but New York City has one of the lowest murder rates of any city in the country, and is currently considered "the safest" large city in America.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aHWGwSJjpbOU&refer=us

So it would be pretty hard for Baltimore (or any city) to not have a higher murder rate.

no.


the shocking thing, is baltimore is ranked 18th biggest city by population. and new york to be 1st.

you're thinking about how this reflects on new york. think about how it reflects on baltimore and thats absolutely shitty.

no.


the shocking thing, is baltimore is ranked 18th biggest city by population. and new york to be 1st.

you're thinking about how this reflects on new york. think about how it reflects on baltimore and thats absolutely shitty.

....but "per capita" eliminates any consideration of size, since it's... uh... "per person". So, no, it doesn't really say anything about Baltimore, other than it's less safe than the absolute safest big city in the country. Think about that. You are basically calling every city except New York a shithole, because by default they are all smaller and all have higher crime rates. Until you come back and say, "look, Baltimore has the worst per capita crime rate" and not "it's worse than New York," all you are proving is that you don't understand statistics.

Hey someone recommend me the best seafood restaurant around Camden Yards. I'm a Legal's fan from my Boston days, but would like a local joint along the harbor/Pratt area.

yeah so my mom saw the usatoday article and gave it to me today, whomever wrote that must really have their head up their asses or where not even at the festival. amy whinehouse sucked balls and baltimore paper's headline was "at least she showed up"

and they seem hellbent on insisting that the pumpkins played god and country.




"are you ready? ARE YOU READY!!!?!!!!! :rockon:"


oh and they also said wu tang requested a moment of silence for ODB.

false.

they said they wanted no silence and wanted everyone to throw it up and scream for him as they tore through "shimmy shimmy ya". sick.


but usa today fucked up that article. and i don't understand why.

best seafood in baltimore is this little hole in the wall spot just outside of the downtown area in fells point called DUDA'S. Its on Thames St.

google it.

"It's not arrogant, I've been to Baltimore easily 15 times and been all over the town. Outside of the Inner Harbor/Little Italy, it's an awful, awful place. Mind you, I have no problem hanging out in Washington DC, but Baltimore is more sketchy by-and-large then any other major metropolitan area I've ever been in, and I'm from Detroit. No offense intended to any Marylanders, there are many nice areas in Annapolis, Howard County, or Montgomery County, but Baltimore itself is really terrible. There's a reason it's jokingly named "Charm City.""

wow .... 15 times ... all over the whole city ya say .... im guessing that you are white and you are scared of black people? just a wild hunch.

its about a 3 minute drive or 10 min walk from camden

Thanks, I searched Chowhound and they recommend Faidley's. Haven't been there yet - we usually don't eat in the city.

i'm definitely up for a pint! i have been keeping up with the Reading Fest message boards and a lot of people are making the same reccommendations. i also talked at length with some folks from liverpool at Bonnaroo, and got some of their advice as well. so while i have not been to an English festival I feel I am somewhat well prepared.

We won't be camping on-site, but rather will be staying at a B&B in Reading about 15min walk from the Festival's Red Gate. This is part of a 2-week holiday for my GF and I in the UK, so I am only going to be in Reading for 1 day/night to see NIN & Pumpkins...not attending the whole fest.

We leave for the UK 1 week from today. :cool:

Good stuff, I'll sure you'll have a great day. It's a shame the band aren't playing Glastonbury as that blows Reading out of the water in terms of music, vibe, decor, etc, but there we go! Reading is a fun time, a very 'rock' festival (if you will) in terms of atmosphere... Good call on the B&B as well - the campsite gets quite rowdy for the last night, in previous years they've had problems with people getting severely injured after blowing up gas canisters, etc...

wow .... 15 times ... all over the whole city ya say .... im guessing that you are white and you are scared of black people? just a wild hunch.
The person I went to VFest with is black. :rofl:

For the completest out there:

http://www.archive.org/details/tsp2007-08-05.DAB.flac
Dynamic Audio Binarial -> Dynamic Audio 120hz low cut batt box (Filter) -> Sharp MS-722 (Mic In)

Have at it, not quite as good as cabbage's recording, but this one is load at any volume.

Rock On...

Thx for sharing! I think it rocks!

pzane

Thx for sharing! I think it rocks!

pzane

better than cabbage's?

Thx for sharing! I think it rocks!

pzane

If I go to any other SP shows coming up here I will need you to service my DAC's i did some testing with them and they have tons of static due to a loss connection to the capsule. :cry:

better than cabbage's?

I personally think cabbage's sounds more crisp if you will, but the sound on mine defiantly sounds closer and not as distant especially the acoustic set. The tape itself is flawed with skips in a couple of spots due to being pushed around, and there are load singers near by most notably on BWBW. Stream it and decide for yourself that is how I have been picking what recordings to download off of archive. :)

Jeremy

Did anyone else see billy play with his teeth?

YES!

he pulled that shit with thefutureembrace. rox still

I bought one of those disposable cameras they were selling, got good shots of how massive the crowd was, but you can barely see the band. Wish I had a better shot of ginger, and her theighs.....

http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/gallery/pics/8_5_baltimore_virginfest.jpg

i wish i could relive that. i would probably remember it better and enjoy it more without the throbbing headache after getting rocked in the head by some asshole crowd surfing.

Yeah, I think everyone got what they paid for in terms of billy and his guitar, and jimmy and his drums...

First shot of crowd, it's me waving my arm frantically....

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I don't remember them playing Disarm, did they?

nope.. the fun part about the setlists posted on sp.com is that you get to see how incorrect they are

Setlist
01 - intro [02:19]
02 - United States [10:40]
03 - Today [03:34]
04 - Stand Inside Your love [03:54]
05 - Zero [02:17]
06 - Hummer [06:34]
07 - Superchrist [06:03]
08 - Doomsday Clock [04:17]
09 - Starla [08:03]
10 - Bullet With Butterfly Wings [04:50]
11 - Death From Above [04:34]
12 - To Sheila [04:14]
13 - Tonight, Tonight [04:44]
14 - Tarantula [04:00]
15 - 1979 [05:01]
16 - That's The Way (My Love Is) [03:46]
17 - Heavy Metal Machine [10:01]