upcoming tour

[themadcaplaughs]

Well I suppose the illness was why he sounded so rough in Birmingham. When they played those two festival shows a few months back, I could tell his voice had lost a little power, but he still seemed to be able to sing with ease, so I was surprised at how much he seemed to be suffering in Birmingham. On the 20th Anniversary tour, they had to cancel one of the Chicago shows for the same reason. At the show before, Billy was talking about how hard it was to sing, but still turned in a really great performance.

[vitaldust]

Originally Posted by TheAlter

Tbh looks like it's getting smaller and smaller these days [that's what she said]

every show i've been to has been completely full.

[paranoid]

Originally Posted by Spaldz

Looks like a couple of audience recordings of 2022-05-25 have surfaced. Leopheard's doesn't appear to be on archive.org (only youtube currently)



and

https://archive.org/details/tsp2022-...shynomi.flac24



Also full video of the concert

lol at guy after starla "too many guitar solos man what the fuck?!?!

[vitaldust]

Originally Posted by themadcaplaughs

Well I suppose the illness was why he sounded so rough in Birmingham. When they played those two festival shows a few months back, I could tell his voice had lost a little power, but he still seemed to be able to sing with ease, so I was surprised at how much he seemed to be suffering in Birmingham. On the 20th Anniversary tour, they had to cancel one of the Chicago shows for the same reason. At the show before, Billy was talking about how hard it was to sing, but still turned in a really great performance.

yeah i think so, too.

I was in front of james for that show and he was coughing most of the night between songs.

Maybe they'd been sick for a little while at that point.

[TheAlter]

Originally Posted by vitaldust

every show i've been to has been completely full.

Don't know what you mean by "completely full", looks like there aren't many sold out shows.

[slunken]

Going to the show tonight. Just hanging out until stage time. Not especially looking forward to it but got a free ticket via reddit. Got about an hour to go.

[slunken]

Potential Highlights: might see ugly electric and quiet and also...

...

...

[slunken]

Wearing a $250 Adore tour shirt and a 24k gold chain

[slunken]

If it doesn't stop raining I'm not going

[Ram27]

I'm here. amidst the rain

can't wait to hear them open with a CYR song and kill the mood

[Ram27]

it rained at pinkpop 94 and that's one of the best gigs they've played

it's

a

sine

[Joey Goldberg]

it rained at the Tears for Fears concert I was at on Tuesday & that was a great concert

sine 2 (return of the sine)

[slunken]

They played Starla

Quiet was the highlight IMO

[slunken]

What cracked me up was the giant video monitor to the left of the stage I guess for the people in the back. It was nothing more than a static shot of the stage. I’ve seen better aud bootleg footage.

[slunken]

There was some guys head blocking the entire 2/3 middle of the screen. Very funny.

I got there about ten minutes before SP started. No problem finding a good spot the equivalent of 5-6 people back of center

[slunken]

We need to talk about how Jeff is dressing like Adrian Belew in baggy sweatpants and a plain cotton long sleeve. Really leaning into that Jeff “the shredder” nickname.

[Ram27]

lol also noticed the very lame video board. it was so zoomed out it didn't seem any more useful than your real eyes

waited in line at 5:30 [got in at 6, waited T W O hours for the opening band to start]. barricade James' side.

i HATE all the insecurity surrounding getting spots at gigs. i'd SO much rather everything just be seated like at sports games. if i want to be front row i'd rather pay than have to dick around waiting around for ages

[Ram27]

notes from my phone:

- guy next to me got interviewed for SP Instagram [or something like that]. she asked when he became a fan, why he likes the band. bitches don't know I have 8k Netphoria posts

- spotted Doug and Augustus at the side of the stage

- Corgan and ihas guitar techs look vaguely like them. like body doubles for a film

- loud annoying drunk next to me

- JC is effortless. if you think he's lost a step, that's just him being even more effortless. it is godly.

- James is the coolest man in the world. he came out wearing that suit and looked...so fucking cool.

- Corgan was complaining off mic about stuff between songs for the first half or so.

- Saw on the side of the stage the guitar techs wiping off every guitar with a cloth. germ thing? corgan standard thing? just for the rain?

[Ram27]

The best show I've seen them play irl, easy. [first SP gig was 2018 arena tour]. Little jams between songs, classic Corgan/Iha banter ['happy to be playing in the Marriott inn parking lot'], good vibes all around

we didn't get any cool deep cuts. no Ugly, HKK, XYU, Hummer... Starla was pretty fuckin lit

the silverfuck jam genuinely has MCIS tour level parts - both in terms of how similar they sound, and how high quality they are

[teh b0lly!!1]

Originally Posted by slunken

Quiet was the highlight IMO

lol

truly says it all

[teh b0lly!!1]

['happy to be playing in the Marriott inn parking lot']

- Corgan was complaining off mic about stuff between songs for the first half or so.

Jeff is dressing like Adrian Belew in baggy sweatpants and a plain cotton long sleeve.

So happy to be with y'all here tonight to celebrate the past together

Once in a lifetime

Please buy a t-shirt on your way out

[D.]

Originally Posted by Ram27

The best show I've seen them play irl, easy. [first SP gig was 2018 arena tour]. Little jams between songs, classic Corgan/Iha banter ['happy to be playing in the Marriott inn parking lot'], good vibes all around

we didn't get any cool deep cuts. no Ugly, HKK, XYU, Hummer... Starla was pretty fuckin lit

we got ugly and if there is a god/xyu but no hummer or starla or silverfuck

[enthusaroo]

so no new songs? what's the point of the tour then?

[Fonzie]

Originally Posted by enthusaroo

so no new songs? what's the point of the tour then?

Rock Invasion 2 is all about living in the pass.

[incubator]

It’s about reintroducing people to the Smashing Pumpkins brand to build some hype for the announcement of the announcement of the album.

[teh b0lly!!1]

this is the most painfully obvious and transparent attempt by the band yet to play directly into what they think the public's expectations of them are, and milking the CASH TITTY as fully and as thoroughly as possible

what are we talking about here

[TheAlter]

"Rock invasion" must have sounded so cool and relevant in 1993 but now it feels more like a SNL parody.

#livinginthepass

[ninsp]

Originally Posted by teh b0lly!!1

this is the most painfully obvious and transparent attempt by the band yet to play directly into what they think the public's expectations of them are, and milking the CASH TITTY as fully and as thoroughly as possible

what are we talking about here

Yeah except Billy still wears ridiculous makeup and stupid dresses

[T&T]

Originally Posted by ninsp

Yeah except Billy still wears ridiculous makeup and stupid dresses

he's playing the heeeeeeeeel!



why must great aaurtists always be misunderstood?
he even says it and explains it in interviews, like a heeeeel should.
Being a heel is the original of "it's just prank bro" that everyone loves.

[ninsp]

Originally Posted by T&T

he's playing the heeeeeeeeel!



why must great aaurtists always be misunderstood?
he even says it and explains it in interviews, like a heeeeel should.
Being a heel is the original of "it's just prank bro" that everyone loves.

It’s like he doesn’t understand there’s a middle ground from Oceania where his ass was hanging out to this ridiculous costume he’s been on since the first Shiny tour.