Last night (2nd), The Smashing Pumpkins celebrated their 30th Anniversary at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ. It was a remarkable evening that included guest performances from Deftone’s Chino Moreno, Courtney Love, Peter Hook and more. Luckily, Metal Insider contributing photographer Melinda Oswandel was there to capture the event.
Check out the amazing photos below of The Smashing Pumpkins and Metric:
Metric/ Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins Setlist:
Rocket
Siva
Rhinoceros
Zero
The Everlasting Gaze
Stand Inside Your Love
Thirty-Three
Eye
Soma
Blew Away
Mayonaise
Bodies (with Chino Moreno) (First performance since 2008)
Snail (with Chino Moreno) (First full band performance since 2000)
Tonight, Tonight
Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin cover)
Cherub Rock (with Dave Keuning and Mark Stoermer of The Killers)
1979 (with Dave Keuning and Mark Stoermer of The Killers)
Fly (Sugar Ray cover) (with Mark McGrath) (Live debut by SP)
Breaking the Law (Judas Priest cover) (with Mark McGrath) (Live debut by SP)
Today
Celebrity Skin (Hole cover) (with Courtney Love) (Live debut by SP)
Malibu (Hole cover) (with Courtney Love)
Bullet With Butterfly Wings (with Courtney Love)
Age of Consent (New Order cover) (with Peter Hook) (Live debut by SP)
Transmission (Joy Division cover) (with Peter Hook and Davey Havok)
Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division cover) (with Peter Hook, Davey Havok, and Courtney Love) (Live debut by SP)
Encore:
Solara
Baby Mine (Betty Noyes cover)
