Latest Pumpkins Concert Drama Ends With "James Iha" Cameo
Since Billy already invited a heckler onstage to ridicule him in NYC, he had to pull out a different gimmick at Constitution Hall, D.C. This time when faced with a heckler who didn't like the "Everything Is Beautiful" encore, which as mentioned "mixes disingenuous hippy-dippy 'everyone is beautiful!' lyrics with improvised sarcastic rants that outright diss the city you're playing in, mock the fans for paying to see your band, and tell your visibly disappointed audience that you'll see them in hell," or the band's earlier remake of Pink Floyd's "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun," Corgan brought "James Iha" on stage to set the record straight:
During Billy Corgan's rant-remake encore of "Everything Is Beautiful" tonight at Constitution Hall in Washington, the audience member pictured -- who was agitated following the Smashing Pumpkins' set-closing post-rock take on "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" -- extended two middle fingers toward the singer.Called upon by Corgan to express his dissatisfaction, the young man yelled something to the effect that the band no longer rocks. A question as to the whereabouts of James Iha was also raised. Corgan's response was to bring a young female fan on stage, referring to her as "James Iha" and asking her what she was doing since having left the band.
There's no video so far, but you can read the rest of the (positive) show recap at Hipsters United.
[Photo via www.jamesiha.org]
Posted at 9:38 AM by brandon
Tags: Billy Corgan | James Iha | The Smashing Pumpkins
did he take his dick out of his ass and put it in his mouth?
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Leave it out of your shows Billy. You looked like a little bitch having a temper tantrum.
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This is by far the saddest reunion I've ever seen. And Corgan is by far the baldest toddler I've ever seen.
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James Iha says "Hello from The Love Boat"
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worst concert ive ever beento
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This may go down as one of the worst reunion tours ever. They must be bad to make us pine for the days of Zwan.
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"Leave it out of your shows Billy. You looked like a little bitch having a temper tantrum"
yeah......and I'm sure you're the same person who got on Corgan for being homophobic at the NYC show.
That's some fine irony if true.
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i know i haven't been to any of their shows lately, but remember: neither has anyone from this site. you guys have had it out for the pumpkins since billy started posting blogs 4 years ago, so it's no surprise to me that this site would playing this whole debacle from the perspective of the heckler
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For a detailed account written by a friend of mine and the heckler, go to DC's "Brightest Young Things" website.
www.brightestyoungthings.com/live-dc/it-happened-last-night-a-smashing-pumpkins-show
This was not an act. Dude was really pissed off.
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DC101 interviewed the heckler. He is apparently in a band called The Dance Party.
http://www.dc101.com/cc-common/mediaplayer/player.html?redir=yes&mps=&mid=http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/28925/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/28925/2079/richmedia/pumpkin_heckler.mp3?CCOMRRMID=22203052&CPROG=RICHMEDIA&MARKET=WASHINGTON-DC&NG_FORMAT=aor&NG_ID=wwdc101fm&OR_NEWSFORMAT=&OWNER=2079&SERVER_NAME=www.dc101.com&SITE_ID=2079&STATION_ID=WWDC-FM&TRACK=heckler_2
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You gotta love the publicity he's getting on the tour from all of this. Can't wait to see what he does when I go in LA.
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