Smashing Pumpkins - 1994-02-25 - Astoria Theatre - [Previously Uncirculated] - London, UK

Smashing Pumpkins - 1994-02-25 - Astoria Theatre - London, UK
00:00:00 Rocket
00:04:30 Quiet
00:07:42 Today
00:11:01 Disarm
00:14:19 I Am One (with rant 17:30)
00:22:10 Hummer
00:28:32 Soma
00:35:35 Geek U.S.A.
00:41:10 Spaceboy
00:44:56 Siva
00:49:52 Cherub Rock
Encore One:
00:55:03 Luna
00:58:42 Starla
Encore Two:
01:06:45 Banter w/ Crowd "D'Arcy smile? What's that mean?"
01:07:18 (instrumental)
01:10:07 (Never Let Me Down) [Depeche Mode]
01:12:18 Silverfuck
01:20:37 Jackboot
Notes
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Previously uncirculated. Sourced from the Hi8 master (shared by TravisBickle1963)
Synced audio is a mix of AUD1a/AUD2. "Soma" is only AUD2 (missing on other source).
Lossless Hi8 cap, NeatVideo5.2, QTGMC (50fps interpolated).
First full performance of Jackboot.
Stay well everyone.
Compiled by @Copperpot5 (Alt Copperpot)
-March 12, 2020

[@francisqchristopher8684]

Finally getting to SEE the incendiary guitar solo in this performance of "Starla" after 25 years is really terrific.

[@fosterweyand]

I got the cd bootleg of this show back in 1995. I've listened to it so so many times I have every musical nuance memorized. Now to see the band, and see how much fun it looks like they (or at least Billy) is having really makes me happy. Bless you Dr. Copperpot. You are doing the Lord's work. Thank you.

[@williamanthony175]

That and Billy picking up for D'Arcy as well.

[@JamesWilson01]

I remember hearing this Starla solo decades ago and being blown away. Never thought I'd actually get the chance to see it! Thanks so much 🙏

[@leroycrumble8168]

Seeing this exact Starla performance in visual after all these years is almost surreal. Never expected I would see a video of this one. Just W O W .

[@georgealonso119]

I think James Iha and D'Arcy never switched places on stage... I wonder why....may be its part of the blissful magic of their harmony

[@brianthompson1485]

Off the top of my head I know of one show where James was on the left and D’arcy on the right - at the Boardwalk in Manchester, 1992. No idea the reasoning but I do know James played bass during soundcheck though that could have been a regular occurrence.

[@TheHowingFantods]

I was there. Still one of the best live shows of my youth. Amazing atmosphere.

[@travistravinyle4207]

Thats the best version of I Am One I have ever seen incredible

[@danellae.perezschmieloz5958]

And extra points for the rant!!!!!!!!!

[@User-jk8wq]

1:03:59 Possibly the best guitar solo Billy ever played live

[@JohnWilliams-us8ke]

100%. I dare anyone to find one better. He’s totally in a zone. I’ve had this bootleg CD since the late 90’s but never saw the video until now. Fantastic.

[@danellae.perezschmieloz5958]

I came her from reddit. Did you post this there?

[@danellae.perezschmieloz5958]

Starla is just wonderful. Can't believe it's a b-side. Easily a top 10 SP song for me

[@User-jk8wq]

@@danellae.perezschmieloz5958 Nope, but glad to see this recording getting more attention anyway!

[@danellae.perezschmieloz5958]

@@User-jk8wq cool. And yeah the Starla solo is exceptional

[@dynjarren7523]

Thanks for stabilizing this video. Now it’s at least watchable. God, this is like a lifetime ago! Billy with a full head of hair. He looked normal here. What a great tour this was! It was over 23 years ago. Man, time is flying. The decades fly by! Fine but what really bugs me is I can’t tell the difference between years half the time. The years are all bundled up. 2001, 2002, 2003. What’s the difference there?. I can’t recall any individual year. It’s all a blur and a block of years. 94 I remember because Kurt Died. 2004 I don’t recall or 2014. See what I mean. They were all nondescripts years that flew by. 👏🏻🎸😎

[@DT24K]

What a friggin’ gem! Why in the unholy world does someone have something like this over all these yrs and just now decide to share it w/the rest of us...?! Anyways, thx so much for doing so!

[@canadianrailfan1532]

Fuck yeah! I just got back into the smashing pumpkins a couple days ago and I've been really into the Siamese dream era

[@gatroe49]

This is amazing. Thank you so much for putting this together and posting it publicly.

[@Orieus]

At their Prime, rocking so fucking Hard! Thanks for this! brings me back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@blueheaven1477]

Siamese Dream tour nice!

[@chrislong1377]

Oh I yearn for these days again

[@megabaneen8057]

thanks for this post.. good camera work and quality for the day

[@TheAndrewmcnelis]

I was there!

[@danellae.perezschmieloz5958]

Nah this is too good. Happy Saturday everyone. Here having my morning coffee, watching SP rock while reading the lyrics out of the CD booklets (I know the don't come with the cds but I had them printed separately). SP and particularly Billy Corgan fan for life.

[@mookatie1]

Amazing gig and play set, to watch smashing pumpkins live on Valentine’s Day was sweet af I couldn’t believe it, 2014 was a great Valentine’s Day! ⭐️ This time was an amazing gig, your lucky a bugger if you were there! (got Astoria music cd from this gig I’m such a fandom geek)

[@RosePorto]

Thank you for sharing, Jason!!

[@Higgins8]

i miss this so much. thank you.

[@baileyreynold6190]

Amazing footage!

[@GabrielLeFrancois]

Thank you, Copp! I love you brother.

[@dukermoon]

Unreal. Thank you so much for posting

[@archivosrockchile]

Thank you so much!!!! 😌⚘

[@ghostdriver7558]

I was there, one of the greatest gigs to be sure........

[@_rootsman]

amazing to see this - i was there, used to absolutely love the band around this time.

[@danellae.perezschmieloz5958]

Do you still love it???

[@neilltobin397]

I was there as well, incredible two nights

[@lichtfilme]

When I get to heaven, I get to play in a band with 90s D’arcy

[@mathieuleroy6360]

Excellente setlist !

[@Kurmudgeon]

this is so great

[@1220b]

I was there that night. Aged 19. I'm now 48. Shit on stick time flies

[@rodneyfrothingham2579]

Great job all around. Video looks great and it’s just 26 years old (wow). Sync on all sources looks & sounds EX. I saw SP in New Orleans three months before this show. The set list is almost the same. Probably closest thing I’ll ever get to reliving that show. Bravo 👏🏻

[@stefanocogoni9740]

Oh my gosh I was there for two nights gig)))🤟🏻

[@incarnateTheGreat]

Fucking GREAT audio! Good job synching up!

[@simi-fk7xd]

1:12:15 THAT TRANSITION WAS SO SMOOTH AND UNEXPECTED HOLLYYYYY

[@simi-fk7xd]

1:10:25 one of my favourite pumpkin songs!! thank you so much ive never seen it live

[@ottoprentice1905]

its a depeche cover tf

[@georgealonso119]

...and the magical touch of D'arcy....I shiver intoxicated by this Masterpiece.....1 of the best songs ever so underrated

[@blueshock]

YAY YOUR BACK

[@ninohergotic1]

Starla is awesome! Everything is brutal🤘🏻

[@chrislong1377]

The original band !

[@ROSCO969]

Thank you.

[@danellae.perezschmieloz5958]

Wow Geek USA is great here

[@davescanlon6873]

My first gig. Down the front 15 years old

[@alexfrance500]

Jealous! Always thought seeing Beastie boys on the Ill communication tour was hard to beat as a first gig, but I would swap with you any day ;P

[@davescanlon6873]

@@alexfrance500 Pretty equal in my world. Sadly, I Never got to see the Beasties live. The Ill Communication tour would be my era too 😎

[@silverfck]

my absolute favourite concert ever. thank you so much

[@danellae.perezschmieloz5958]

This Siva performance is only topped by the Metro 93 one

[@michaelschweitzer6718]

Interesting they opted to not play Mayonaise.

[@Kurmudgeon]

James Iha looks like a sculpture

[@VinMetal666]

I'M ALL BY MYSELF

[@electromuff7870]

AS I'VE ALWAYS FELT

[@sgt.thundercok4704]

He really had it at the time. The confidence, and his hands could play whatever he wanted. Too bad D'arcy was your classic ego that never figured out they weren't really the talent. Noel Redding redux. And no, internet drones. Corgan isn't Hendrix. It was just a comparison of fairly vanilla talent not really understanding who they're playing for. Like when the CCR boys wanted THEIR songs and to SING on a CCR album. And that foray of the ego is documented as 'Mardi Gras'.

[@neilltobin397]

I was at this show

[@DT24K]

My Everlasting God... is D’Arcy just looking oh so hot at this show! Have always had such the biggest crush on that woman! Espcly at the 56:32 mark.... holy oh my everlasting God!

[@luizberg6849]

Tá bom ? ou quer maissssssssssssssss ?

[@coatedslushie1667]

did I hear redbone in the beginning

[@JustDatBoi]

Yes, you did!

[@coatedslushie1667]

​@@JustDatBoi wowie

[@ButBigger42]

Looks like I'm first.

[@analogaudiorules1724]

I'm assuming you taped this yourself, and that this was like vhsc, and you used handbreak to touch it up. More of a backstory on how you did this, what you used to tape it, or how you touched it up would be much appreciated.

[@DavidLightman5]

It was recorded w/ a Hi8 camcorder + tripod (not by me / some UK guy). TravisBickle1963 (KZbin: kzbin.infovideos) recently acquired a batch of Hi8/MiniDV concert master tapes from the filmer of this. He captured it to lossless UT and sent me the 30gb AVI. I processed: Virtualdub(QTGMC > 25 field/sec to 50 frames/sec), Neat video 5.2 for video noise, created an audio matrix using the 2 sources and audio VSTs, synced the audio to the video by frame/song, rendered to high bit-rate MP4 (~11gb), uploaded to youtube. I don't use handbrake.

[@fortcraftpodcast6589]

Stop assuming shit and just watch nerd boy

[@tom1957]

@@fortcraftpodcast6589 you realize he is asking for information that could possibly help him figure out how to make some old footage look decent to people to watch? Its convenient and helpful. Nerds and smart people are the foundation and built the structure that allows cretins like yourself to enjoy such art. Billy himself is a nerd in music. He is pretty damn intelligent. Adios.

[@elliott316]

In all likelihood I was there

[@ktakyon]

lmao billy jealous of all the attention darcy’s getting or she’s just protecting her

[@danellae.perezschmieloz5958]

When???? Time stamp please?