Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer, Three Arena, 10th June 2024

Plus crowd surfing was perfectly fine back then along with stage diving

"Don't you f***ing boo. There's a girl backstage, dying. Don't you care?"

For me, the return of James while Jeff was still there was a bit like the Adrian Smith/Janick Gers situation in Iron Maiden. We've now got three guitarists and one of them is going to end up surplus to requirement, so Janick can just throw his guitar around all night.

Billy probably got used to the three guitar arrangement (some have commented that it allowed him concentrate on the vocals more), so when Jeff left, he evidently felt a replacement was required. I think Kiki is now definitely surplus to requirement.

Katie used to do keyboards and backing vocals. I don't know why she's not still on keyboards, as it would give her a more rooted standing in the band (figuratively and literally), rather than have her standing around like a Yellow Pack Stevie Nicks.

Musically it’s hard to see what Kiki brings to the band. I get that she’s still only new but there seemed times when she didn’t know what she was doing. Last night was my first time seeing the Pumpkins live despite being a fan for nearly 30 years (Christ) and I had no idea that they had Katie Cole touring with them, my guess was that she is there to sing some of the female backing vocals that D’Arcy used to do.

Overall thought it was a really good gig. Obviously the newer stuff isn’t a patch on the classics and it was noticeable how quickly the bars and toilets got busy when they’d play something off the new album. Highlights for me were Mayonaise, Rhinorceros, Jellybelly, Bullet, Today, Cherub Rock. Didn’t see the point in playing Zoo Station, it could have been replaced by one of their own like I Am One. Jimmy Chamberlin remains an incredible drummer, I spent most of the gig just watching him in awe.

Yeap. It'll stick with me for life. It must have been horrible for them as a band. We did ourselves no favours as fans that night.

just Mcd being cheap last night and not paying for one to be installed

no, most bands touring arenas nowadays bring their own custom screens/display set up and house screens would just get in the way. Or promoter/artist just rent boy standard ones for specific shows when needed.

Ha. When she sang solo I had flashbacks of Fleetwood mac.

Highlight for me was Iha's solo guitar during Ava Adore and chamberlin's drumming throughout. Outstanding.

A very enjoyable night

Not sure how long Teen Mortgage played for, got in just after 18.40 expecting to hear some songs but nope all over

Weezer was the main reason I went and truly enjoyed the set. The opening few notes of 'my name is jonas' is a bit spine tingling. 'Hash Pipe', 'Buddy Holly' and the cover of 'celebrity skin' other highlights. A bit of a guitar masterclass for parts too. Did we get a bit of 'Thin Lizzy' ?? . Rivers has a very odd but oddly attractive stage presence 😄

Pumpkins we're great and the setlist was paced well. 'Tonight Tonight' was spectacular as was 'Today', 'Disarm' and 'Spellbinding'. Rather meh about 'the kids on stage' stuff but every memeber of the band delivered. Looking forward to seeing them again at Mad Cool

Wasn't a major production by any means and one of the rare gigs with no 'big screens' etc. The lights were cool

Take back about Block P been good value. The views were grand but people been people constantly up and down, coming in mid may through Weezer trying to find there seats and a really pissed off staff memeber standing at the glass part for almost the full Smashing Pumpkins set

Billy has joined the priesthood has he, what was he wearing a priests tunic ?

I didn’t think Weezer were great. The big singles were good but I agree with you, a lot of their music is very samey - naughties ere frat-boy stuff

Was at the gig last night. Wouldn't be a big fan of either but my friend had a spare ticket. I thought it was a cracking gig.

Weezer were really good. Took 2/3 songs for the sound to get sorted. Credit to the crowd, the arena was largely full at 7:15. Great to see. Recognised more songs than I thought I would.

I thought the SP were brilliant. Again, 2/3 songs before the sound was sorted and after that it was 100%. It was a joy to see a band playing with 3 loud guitars going at it. I was watching it thinking "what I wouldn't give to see Radiohead play the The Bends live in full".

I would only have known the more popular songs but they were all class. I think Tonight Tonight was my favourite. I thought that song Spellbinding was brilliant as well. Jimmy Chamberlain did a solo towards the end of ZooStation (I think) and it blew me away. Amazing to see that level talent and skill!

I enjoyed seeing BC with his kids on stage. Life is too short to be whinging about that stuff. I can't get over the amount of young people who were at it with parents. I was incredibly jealous of those parents! I think it's the first time in my life I felt "middle aged" (43).

Still can't get over the size of Billy Corgan. He's a big man!

I was surprised there was no screen but I do wonder was my experience all the better but for it? In fairness to the Point, while you might be a bit away there's no really a bad view upstairs. As someone else alluded to above, air con was great too!

Certainly one of the more memorable concerts I've been to in recent years.

Got a couple of resale tickets for this concert the other day. Really went to see Weezer, and Smashing Pumpkins were a bonus for me. Was about 100 quid per ticket and less when you deduct the Ticketmaster shenanigans. Excellent value as ...

Weezer were brilliant. Great set of songs. Really underated band. Didn't know what to expect from SP. Was expecting them to be pretentious, overrated ... But they were brilliant too. Definitely got them on a good night. Didn't need to hear Zoo Station though.

We were centre left of stage near the front and the sound was excellent except too loud. Glad I had some cheap foam ear plugs to turn that down for periods.

You really can't beat standing. If people are annoying you, you can move. Except I was literally standing/walking from 6pm to 11:30 pm. So, lots of good leg exercise thrown in too. 🤣 There are much less distractions and a much better atmosphere. There were a load of "young" people 🤣 who were definitely not there with their parents and we're really into it. Wide spread of ages to be honest.

Fantastic night in Dublin.

Most people are seeing her 2 inches tall, has she done any tv performances?

Melancholy and the infinite crankiness

…ooh here's a popular song let me hold my phone up to block the view of people behind me…