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Installations
Smashing Pumpkins in concert
“That all ended up being a real rush in the last
week, in true rock and roll fashion.” — Jon Lemon
from the tour manager that the band wanted to
lay sheets of plywood over the carpeted stage.
Then there was the lighting rig. “That’s
the biggest pile of lights I’ve ever allowed
in this room,” Pitman reports laughing. “I
had structural engineers come out and
redo my stage and spec it all out for me. I
don’t normally put 6,000 pounds worth of
lighting on the stage.”
At the end of it all, that goal was
achieved. “The band wanted to make these
shows special for the audiences, because
they were using them as experimental
writing sessions and extending jams to
tighten up as a band,” Lemon says. In part,
he adds, this is the sound of the Smashing
Pumpkins in 2007. “There’s so much more
texture now. There’s no doubt that all of
them are better players, and the new ones
are great players. It’s a natural progression
and it’s quite good.”
Pitman was happy with the end result
as well, adding with a laugh: “I’m sure this
was a great learning experience for everyone
to take an arena-sized production and
cram it into a small little club.”
Billy Corgan