Smashing Pumpkins opened their Splendour In The Grass set with a cover of Kiss ‘Black Diamond’ and also performed ‘Space Oddity’ by David Bowie in the encore.
Smashing Pumpkins - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
The 16 song set showcased four tracks from their new album ‘Oceania’ but that was balanced with five from the classic ‘Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness’ including ‘Zero’ and ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’ in the opening end of the set.
The Smashing Pumpkins closed the Splendour In The Grass Festival and the band heads to Melbourne for more shows.
The Splendour setlist was a cut down version of the show the 23-song setlist that Smashing Pumpkins performed last week in Perth.
At Splendour In The Grass Smashing Pumpkins played:
Black Diamond [KISS cover]
Zero [Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, 1995]
Bullet With Butterfly Wings [Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, 1995]
Today [Siamese Dream, 2012]
The Celestials [Oceania, 2012]
Oceania [Oceania, 2012]
Tonight, Tonight [Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, 1995]
Ava Adore [Adore, 1998]
Quasar [Oceania, 2012]
Panopticon [Oceania, 2012]
Soot and Stars [Judas 0, 2001]
1979 [Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, 1995]
Cherub Rock [Siamese Dream, 1993]
Muzzle [Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, 1995]
Encore:
Space Oddity [David Bowie cover]
XYU [Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, 1995]
