Venue: Great Western Forum
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Hole Lineup: Courtney Love (Guitar/Vocals), Eric Erlandson (Guitar), Melissa Auf der Maur (Bass/Background Vocals), and Samantha Maloney (Drums).
-OLD AGE INTRO
-VIOLET
-AWFUL
CL: Thank you.
-PRETTY ON THE INSIDE
-HEAVEN TONIGHT
CL: It’s…it’s scratchy. I’m gonna give it to someone.
CL: Hey, Los Angeles.
Audience screams.
CL: Really? We love you. We love you! We are so happy to be here. Ok, we love you, um, hi.
Audience screams.
CL: And I don’t mean to be a narcissist, I just need a little more. Hi!
Audience screams.
CL: (Laughs) Ok, that was ok. Here’s a song about Lilith (Laughs).
-MISS WORLD
-BLESS ME FATHER
-REASONS TO BE BEAUTIFUL
CL: Hi. Thank you for those pretty beads…that’s very nice of you. Um, to…oh my God, you guys. We’re The Dixie Chicks…oh yeah, we are. You fucking think we can’t do country? We can fucking do country.
Eric plays a country riff.
CL: (Laughs) Um, you are a hot little bitch, throwing me this jewelry.
-MALIBU
MADM: That song was basically for you in this city – you know that, right? It’s yours.
CL: That song was for a lot of my boyfriends (Laughs) that are from, you know, here.
-DYING
CL: No, no, no, no, Eric. No, no…we’re playing a song, we’re playing a song.
CL: Hi, fucking, L.A., my home. This is our last night on this tour.
Audience screams.
CL: Well, you’re seeing it, so you shouldn’t be sad. I mean, this is the last one. It’s, you know, Orlando, Florida that’s gonna miss out (Laughs). We’re not that sad about that, believe me. I don’t know, I just don’t want to deal with the burning crosses outside the venue and inside the venue and…want me to stage dive? You think I can still stage dive? I bet you think I don’t even…I can’t stage dive. Do you think I’m too much of a pussy? I could still stage dive if I wanted to. If you guys hold up a lot of lighters during the ballad, I might stage dive…we’ll see.
Opening chords to Playing Your Song.
CL: Not a ballad – put it down.
-PLAYING YOUR SONG
CL: Stop reading magazines, stop reading magazines, think for yourselves. Stop, I beg you, stop reading fucking magazines. I’m an asshole, I sold out a long time ago, I’m advising you now, with my knowledge and my age, stop fucking reading magazines, just knock it off, just stop. Please, ’cause we’re gonna have a generation of retards.
CL: Here’s a song that Melissa Auf der Maur (Coughs) – could we hear it for Melissa Auf der Maur, please?
Audience screams.
CL: Wrote about fucking – which is not something that you can experience from reading a magazine. Alright, Melissa, let’s play your song about fucking.
-USE ONCE & DESTROY
CL: Do you like that song?
Audience screams.
CL: Do you like that song?
Audience screams.
CL: Alright. What do you want? What?
Guy in Crowd: Doll Parts!
CL: You’re cute. Yeah. What? I wish I was Oprah, I would totally come down with my mic. Why don’t I? ‘Cause I’d get my hair pulled out. ‘Cause you guys can’t control yourselves – and also, ’cause it’s not just about you guys, it’s about them too. They came later and they deserve a good show, so it’s important to talk to them. Hi! I can see you fuckers. Yeah, hi!
CL: Um, I wrote this song (Laughs) as…we wrote every one of these songs. One of us on this stage did.
-DOLL PARTS
MADM: Do you want to do Boys on the Radio now?
CL: What?
MADM: Do you want to do Boys on the Radio now? There’s still time.
CL: No ?? Celebrity Skin.
MADM: Celebrity Skin. Alright, whatever.
CL: Are you…are you thinking about money while you’re on stage? You little brat.
CL: Oh, you guys, when we’re gone and we take our history and our intellect with us, you’ll get your burning cross, you’ll get your tearing up ?? from The Bible, you’ll get it, you’ll get to see the crack of someone’s ass, in fact. It’ll be fun. Meanwhile, I’m gonna tell you the story of my life…
-CELEBRITY SKIN
(Encore break)
-HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY
-NORTHERN STAR
CL: You want one more?
Audience screams.
CL: You want one more?
Audience screams.
CL: You get a pop song or a punk song. I’m doing a pop song, I don’t know why I asked for your opinion. Pop, ok. The brothers…the mothers.
MADM: The mothers.
CL: One of these band’s mothers.
MADM: It’s for the mothers.
CL: Was that a yes?
MADM: It’s about boys, but it’s for the mothers.
Girl in Crowd: Go, Melissa!
CL: And it can be dedicated to John Barrymore. John Barrymore and Douglas Fairbanks. I’m in that mood.
MADM: Hollywood and mothers. Old Hollywood.
CL: (Laughs) Go Melissa, you little minx. Just start.
-BOYS ON THE RADIO
MADM: Thank you, Los Angeles. Thank you. Goodnight. ??
Courtney laughs.
The following is Courtney’s version of Baudelaire’s Le Vampire, with her own twist on it.
CL: Thou like a vampire thrust into my complaining soul, thou like a host of demons came wild and beautiful, oh my heart cast on the ground into your bed and your domain, wretched ?? to whom I’m bound, like a convict to a chain, a gambler to his dice, a drummer to his revelry, carrion of worms and lice, cursed, cursed may thou be, I implore the rapid sword to support my timidity, alas the poison ?? to secure my liberty, alas the poison and the sword, only show contempt for me, you deserve not the reward of freedom from your slavery, fool in thou resolution, save you from your world of clay, you would kiss alive again the vampire cadaver of fucking clay!
CL: Goodnight, goodbye.