The Smashing Pumpkins began their Rats in a Cage tour last night in Columbus, Ohio, at the Value City Arena.
The North American tour includes two different sets marking 30 years of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and other “unruly hits and dark treasures.”
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They opened with “1979” before launching into “Bullet with Butterfly Wings.” Vocalist Billy Corgan was joined by Mellon Collie-era members James Iha on guitar and Jimmy Chamberlin on drums, along with newer Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Kiki Wong.
They also performed “Tonight, Tonight,” “Zero,” and a handful of songs they haven’t touched live in years, including “Cupid de Locke” and “Fuck You (An Ode to No One).”
After they wrapped the Mellon Collie set, they sang 16 other songs from their discography, including live debuts of “Sojourner” and “Jesus Is the Sun.”
See the full setlist, courtesy of Setlist.fm, below.
Smashing Pumpkins fall 2026 tour – September 30, 2026 setlist
Set 1:
- “1979”
- “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”
- “Cupid de Locke” (First time since 2008)
- “Porcelina of the Vast Oceans”
- “Jellybelly”
- “Bodies”
- “Galapogos” (First time since 2008)
- “Thirty-Three”
- “Tonight, Tonight”
- “Here Is No Why”
- “To Forgive”
- “Fuck You (An Ode to No One)” (First time since 2007)
- “Zero”
- “Muzzle”
- “By Starlight” (First time since 2010)
- “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” (First time since 2018)
Set 2:
- “Le Deux Machina” (First time since 2000)
- “Sojourner” (Live debut)
- “Edin”
- “Pentagrams”
- “Disarm”
- “Ava Adore”
- “War Dreams of Itself”
- “Mayonaise”
- “Dorian”
- “As Rome Burns” (First time since 2010)
- “Stand Inside Your Love”
- “Today”
- “Cherub Rock”
- “Jesus Is the Sun (Live debut)
- “The Everlasting Gaze”
- “Superchrist” (First time since 2019)
