I personally think that secert acoustic gig in berlin so far was the coolest thing that's happend.

Other than that i'd say the 18th at the fillmore but that's probably just because i was thier.

I haven't been to any show but speaking somewhat impartially*, I felt the June 27 Asheville show was the best... at least from what I've heard. Is there any show that tops this? If there is please tell me and I will download it.

*I'm also trying to take in a consideration that the sound quality of a bootleg is not necessary contingent upon the quality of the show.

is the 27th when they busted out both TAFH And Fuck You the same show? had to be that one

how about your favorite gossamer?

is the 27th when they busted out both TAFH And Fuck You the same show? had to be that one

Yea, it was. It was a great show but it seemed the energy level was even a little higher the night before. I'm not sure what kind of recordings are available, but don't overlook the 26th.

Hey icculus,

Are you going to reply to my (unrelated) PM? Give me a heads up. :2thumbsup

I'm kind of biased, but I want to the the June 30th Asheville show. The PA system went out, so the band just started jamming and playing a ton of teases.

I think the Rock Am Ring show was the best that I saw. Maybe it was the professional production that made it seem better, but they sounded awesome at that show.

I was at the 6/30 Asheville show too, and the tease jam was cool, but I can't really say that I think it was the best.

I'll go with Rock Am Ring because the band sounded good and we could all watch the show online together. Secret gig in Berlin is a close 2nd.

I dont know which show was the best...Paris, Brussels, Madrid secret show, berlin secret show, Asheville-27

But the worst... Live Earth

how about whose your favorite dick that keeps reminding you that the pumpkins dont come within more than 150 miles from where you live :D

It only takes me a few hours to get to asheville. I missed all nine shows. I know how you feel. Sort of...

I was at 6/27 with the debuts of Fuck You/TAFH/Rotten Appels... not only was the setlist awesome, the band was ON, and they had no sound problems at all.
Maybe I'm biased, but if this show isn't #1 it's top 3.

Only saw the first four Asheville shows and DC, so I'm unqualified to answer this. But the best of those five was, IMO, 6/27. (I thought 6/26 stunk, personally. The start to the setlist just killed the show for the crowd.)

Only saw the first four Asheville shows and DC, so I'm unqualified to answer this. But the best of those five was, IMO, 6/27. (I thought 6/26 stunk, personally. The start to the setlist just killed the show for the crowd.)
I was at 6/26 and 27 and DC and DC was when the crowd was dead-est.

The 27th was amazingly high energy and the band was on as everyone said.

I havent listened to many boots, but i really enjoyed the show i was at - Fillmore night 2. The energy seemed great, billy was hilarious, and they played With Every Light

Yea, it was. It was a great show but it seemed the energy level was even a little higher the night before. I'm not sure what kind of recordings are available, but don't overlook the 26th.

I totally agree with this statement, I was at both of these shows, they were the two, and only two shows I saw in Asheville. Everyone was raving about the 27th show because of the set list, which was definetly better than the night before...TAFH, Ode To No One, and Rotten Apples were played for the first time, not to mention that the show was started with three of the new songs: The Best I Can, If Only In A Dream, and Mama. During the 26th show, the band seemed to have a lot of energy, which was because they were comin' off of their first off day in Asheville.

I still have to give the edge to the 27th show, the 26th had more energy, but all those songs they hit us with on the 27th was a huge surprise. I remember making that "premature ejaculation-type "Oh, ohhh" when TAFH started, I was thinkin' it was just a tease until the full band kicked it, then I just went nuts.

In my opinion the first Asheville show was tops.

the 22nd fillmore.

corgan said himself "this has been one of my favorite crowds" "great crowd" etc

just ask monte, he might have been there

ah yes the 22nd was majik

i read all these threads about billy seeming unhappy..and for the first 5 minutes of united states on the 22nd i thought "this is what they mean" but by the end he was smiling, laughin, and the show rocked.

something about HMM made me feel like a little kid...it was a special night

6/27

I was at 6/26 and 27 and DC and DC was when the crowd was dead-est.

Yep. DC crowds also are dead generally. I have been here for two years and I haven't seen one show with a good crowd. Then I'll go up to Baltimore to see the same artist and the crowd will be great. This town sucks.

the dc show was teh ghey

dc did suck. and the crowd sucked, but i've seen worse crowds in dc.

Yep. DC crowds also are dead generally. I have been here for two years and I haven't seen one show with a good crowd. Then I'll go up to Baltimore to see the same artist and the crowd will be great. This town sucks.
I've seen many good shows in DC where the crowds went wild. This year alone: LCD Soundsystem and the Dismemberment Plan reunion.

is the 27th when they busted out both TAFH And Fuck You the same show? had to be that one
They did this 7/2 also

I have been to four shows. Asheville 6/24 and 7/2, and Fillmore 7/15 and 7/16. The Asheville shows were better, and 7/2 was the best of the two I attended. Whatever thats worth :)

They did this 7/2 also

well, and in dc too, but as was mentioned, dc wasn't that great.

Also, 6/27 there was a point near the end of the show where Billy asked them to turn on the lights so he could see the crowd... is this a normal thing Billy does? I listen to to live stuff pretty frequently but not usually whole shows.

It just seemed like when he said it was because he really appreciated the crowd... but again he may have done it often and I just don't know. I have a video if anyone is interested, I didn't tape it just downloaded it, it has like 4 minutes of banter, talking about Geek USA, Bill Clinton, the drum circle, etc. Also BC says he knows he's not funny but it never stops him (something along those lines). Actually, it's pretty good banter. At about 2:20 Billy does the turn the lights on thing and the camera person pans around, you can see the crowd going pretty nuts.
Anyway, just sayin'. If anyone wants this I can up it to mediafire or something.

edit: er, I just opened it to see the quality and it has livepumpkins.net stamped on it, so I'm sure a decent amount of people have seen it.. it's good quality too

the berlin electric show, asheville 27th

what the fuck is livepumpkins.net?

I gotta throw in my vote for 6/27. I was there, so I admit that I'm biased. But TAFH and Fuck You, plus the banter and Billy being in such a good mood, made it pretty hard to beat.

the acoustic berlin was pretty b.a.

I have never heard of it before now, I guess that's why I didn't remember the stamp. I was just assuming anyone who went through the trouble of making the videos and hosting them probably advertised it. Maybe not though. I'm pretty sure I got the videos I have of 6/27 from a torrent though, I have never been to the site... going to check it out... also, it's only 7 songs (plus the banter one), I wish it was the whole concert. I have some hope for the guy who said he shot the whole thing in HD.

Here's the video I was talking about:
http://www.mediafire.com/?b2q1l1d29zn

The have a small but nice collection of video on the site, all from Asheville. The page is kind of annoying, the background is all images that are links to the fullsized ones. Also, I'm only getting about 30kbps downloading from them. Anyway, off topic.

edit: there's been a few posts since I've been uploading, I'm talking about livepumpkins.net

From the shows I went to (9 Asheville, 3 Fillmore, Virgin Festival) I'd have to say that while overall Asheville provided more generally awesome experiences, the next to last night as the Fillmore (July 31) was the best show to me. Everyone's going to have their own opinion of course...

I would have to say from the shows I have heard plus the two I have seen my favorite/best so far was Virginfest on 8-05. The band was in such a good mood and played so well. The crowds reaction was great as well. Much better then the dead crowd at the 9:30 club show.

Jeremy

i guess neither was actually the best show, but paris and the acoustic berlin gig were pretty amazing events to attend, apart from the actual performance quality. it's quite hard to beat the excitement and uniqueness of these shows... and most of that you can't really capture on a bootleg....

7/31

6/27...hands down best pumpkins show I've ever seen. that *******s adore/machina era shows

In my biased opinion I say V-Fest

I vote 7/30 Billy talked a lot and although there are some songs I would like to have heard it was pretty surreal. Is it 1997 or 2007 who knows...

I vote for 7/27. It was high energy and before I started to get the vibe that the band was getting a bit worn out... (I went to 7/26-27, 8/2-5).

The last Filmore gig was superb! 8/01 all the way. The 2 different sets... All I can say is WOW!

7/31

After watching almost all of the show on Youtube, I gotta go with the 8/1 Filmore show.

London damnit!

Oeiras Alive 07 @ Lisbon -- Was definitly the best performance I've seen of 1979, 33, Tonight Tonight and To Sheila.

The London gig. Easy. Rocket, Hummer, Silverfuck and Gossamer were completely standout compared to almost every other gig. The singalong on every single song alone was worth it.