Venue: Madison Square Garden (Z-100’s Acoustic Christmas)
Location: New York, NY
Hole Lineup: Courtney Love (Guitar/Vocals), Eric Erlandson (Guitar), Melissa Auf der Maur (Bass/Background Vocals), and Patty Schemel (Drums).
Courtney walks up to the mic.
CL: (Singing) Shot through the heart and you’re too late, baby you give love a bad name.
She takes off her coat.
CL: FUCK YOU!
-PLUMP
-NEVER GO AWAY
-BEAUTIFUL SON
Guy in Crowd: I love you!
CL: Wanna fight?
Audience: Yeah!
CL: Alright, let’s get it over with. On three, say bitch really loud. One…two…three –
Audience: BITCH!
CL: Oh, come on. Mean it. Again, one…two…three – BITCH!
Audience screams.
CL: Alright. On three say c*nt really loud, if you can. One…two…three – C*NT!
Audience screams.
CL: That’s good, white people. Now, on three say n*gger really loud. One…two…three – N*GGER.
Audience screams.
CL: Oh, we can’t say it. Do you feel less politically correct now? ‘Cause I do.
Guy in Crowd: I love you!
-MISS WORLD
CL: Thank you.
Audience screams.
CL: Um, what? Um, what?
Guy in Crowd: Play Teenage Whore!
CL: This is Melissa Auf der Maur.
Audience cheers.
CL: LOUDER!
MADM: I did see people yell louder for Michael Jackson when I saw him here a few years ago. It was fun.
CL: Did you see Michael Jackson here?
MADM: Yeah, I sat right there. It was like a VIP seat.
CL: How did you get such good seats?
MADM: Pepsi people are friends with my father.
CL: You’re connected. I see.
Guy in Crowd: I thought she didn’t speak English.
CL: Why can’t you say the bad words, huh? ‘Cause you’re New York white intellectuals and you can’t say the bad words? F*ggot, n*gger, c*nt, whore, bitch – can’t say those words? Well, lighten up a little.
CL: This song is about getting the shit beaten out of you and liking it.
-JENNIFER’S BODY
-BIBLE BELT
Guy in Crowd: ??
CL: Is what true?
Guy in Crowd: ??
CL: About who?
Guy in Crowd: ??
CL: Say that louder.
Guy in Crowd: ??
CL: I don’t know who that is.
-ASKING FOR IT
Guy in Crowd: I love you, Courtney! I love you, Courtney!
CL: Um, we’re called Hole.
Guy in Crowd: I love you!
CL: You guys, I’m not gonna…you know, read about it in The New York Post. I’m not gonna talk about my, uh, alleged sex life at Madison Square Gardens.
Guy in Crowd: I love you! And you can too!
CL: Hey, you wanna tear up the seats and get in a fight and stuff?
Guy in Crowd: YES! YES!
Audience cheers.
CL: Well, you can’t, ’cause I’m gonna be all sensitive now, so shut up.
Guy in Crowd: That sucks!
-SOFTER SOFTEST
CL: Thank you.
-HE HIT ME (AND IT FELT LIKE A KISS) (TEASE)
-CREDIT IN THE STRAIGHT WORLD
CL: What are you guys talking about?
Guy in Crowd #1: You!
Guy in Crowd #2: Not you!
-BEST SUNDAY DRESS
CL: Thanks. We just kinda wrote that.
Someone in Crowd: ??
CL: She is asleep – it’s late.
CL: What are you guys talking about?
Audience screams.
CL: What?
Audience screams.
CL: What? You wanna get fucked, you love me, what?
Guy in Crowd: YES! YES!
Melissa comes over and says something inaudible to her.
CL: Oh, she said we all want to get fucked, but we have to hurry. Right?
CL: Are you that fast? Shh. Shh.
-DOLL PARTS
CL: Should we play one more or do you want to see Green Day?
Audience screams.
CL: Ok, well I’ll say one more and then I’ll say Green Day, then you say what you want. Ok, one more…
Audience cheers.
CL: Green Day.
Audience cheers.
CL: Well, they win, so goodnight.
Courtney walks away from the mic.
Guy in Crowd: Oh, what the fuck!
Courtney walks back to the mic.
CL: Thanks a lot.