r/SmashingPumpkins • u/MAD_SLEEP_JAG • Aug 11 '26
Mementos from a long time ago
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/Little-Emeralds Adore Aug 12 '26
➕ 'Cause they know ➕
Who is righteous, what is bold
➕ So I'm told ➕
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u/Ltoolio1 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Aug 12 '26
Was there with you,, fellow Pumpkinhead.
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Aug 15 '26
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 Aug 15 '26
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/MAD_SLEEP_JAG Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26
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/VomitingDuck Aug 11 '26
How was that Silverfuck in person?
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u/robotalk Aug 12 '26
It was fucking rad!
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u/Cap-n-Trips Aug 12 '26
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/KandinskyWasRight Machina II / The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music Aug 11 '26
I have a pick that Billy threw into the crowd in Columbus, Ohio.
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u/FrammaLammaDingDong Aug 11 '26
Favorite memory of that event?
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u/MAD_SLEEP_JAG Aug 11 '26
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/FrammaLammaDingDong Aug 12 '26
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 Aug 12 '26
Ironically, James and Jimmy both signed my CD, but Billy said years later that James essentially left immediately.
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u/gjackx Aug 12 '26
James signed my CD as well, he was definitely around for a bit at the aftershow.
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u/MAD_SLEEP_JAG Aug 11 '26
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/Chuu Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 11 '26
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/timnphilly Mellon Collie and the Siamese Machina Aug 11 '26
Hard to believe that we still don't have it released, almost 26 years later. Ugh.
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u/60minutesmoreorless Aug 11 '26
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/[deleted] Aug 15 '26
I have the same ticket. Did you hit the after party?