Venue: Patriot Center (WHFS Holiday Nutcracker)
Location: Fairfax, VA
Hole Lineup: Courtney Love (Guitar/Vocals), Eric Erlandson (Guitar), Melissa Auf der Maur (Bass/Background Vocals), and Samantha Maloney (Drums).
CL: Hi, you guys.
-CELEBRITY SKIN
Guy in Crowd: I love you!
CL: Thank you very much, goddamit.
-AWFUL
CL: How are you?
Audience screams.
CL: How was Garbage? They’re great, right? We love them.
Guy in Crowd: I love you!
CL: Samantha’s Mom and Dad are here (Laughs). Samantha Maloney. Clap for her fucking Mom and Dad or I’m walking off this stage!
Audience cheers.
CL: Thank you! Alright.
-MISS WORLD
The song stops abruptly.
CL: Wait. Goddamit, I’ll start it again. (Laughs). We haven’t played for very long, ’cause you know, I just go to movie premieres. That’s all I do with my life.
Audience cheers.
CL: Oh yeah. Ok.
-MISS WORLD (RESUMES)
CL: Thank you.
CL: Is this live on the radio? So I can’t say ‘fuck’ and stuff? (Laughs). Ok, wait. On three, we’re all gonna say it, ready? One, two, three – FUCK!
Audience: FUCK!
CL: (Laughs) Oh, I’m in trouble now.
-REASONS TO BE BEAUTIFUL
CL: Thank you. I learned a French phrase today, Melissa, are you ready? (Courtney speaks in French). Do you know what that means? Life is a battle! ?? Ok, so, on three, let’s do it again, one, two, three – FUCK! Do you know how mad that’s gonna make people? It’s good. Oh, you guys are bored of us, we’ll leave, fuck you. Bye.
Audience screams.
Guy in Crowd: Fuck you!
CL: Ok.
-DYING
CL: Thank you.
CL: Oh no, let’s do a rock one now. We have time, right?
Guy in Crowd: I love you!
CL: I like it without the guitar. I get to rest.
CL: Well, then it has to be on for me to play it though. Thank you.
-VIOLET
CL: Thank you. Are you bored?
Audience screams.
CL: Oh, come on, put it on. If I can be a retard. See, she’s so much more fashionable than me, Melissa. I’m gonna copy her now. Hi, cute little boy in paisley shirt. What are you doing? Oh, you’re so confident and cocky. Yeah? What? What do you want? What?
Guy in Crowd: Courtney!
CL: Oh, should I stage dive? How ’91.
-MALIBU
CL: What are we doing? I want to hear a really loud cheer for Melissa and Eric.
Audience cheers.
MADM: Hello, hello.
CL: Oh my God, they have a catwalk.
MADM: Be careful out there, they’re all wolves. They will tear your clothes off.
CL: I just gave a fourteen year old boy a drink. Um, who used that tonight? Is that a rap thing?
Audience screams.
CL: Ok.
-PRETTY ON THE INSIDE
-HEAVEN TONIGHT
CL: See, there’s no difference between those two songs. One puts you in a bad mood and one puts you in a good mood!
Audience screams.
CL: What? How do you know you love me? You don’t even know me. I can be a real bitch.
Audience screams.
CL: Do you want to come play guitar with us? No, I don’t know, you don’t have one. Just…we’ve gotta go back to work, I’m sorry. And I’m not even gay – Go away, go away. I’ll make out with anyone.
MADM: This is our rock drum roll solo ’cause Samantha Maloney happens to be the greatest drummer in the house.
CL: It’s Melissa that will make out with anybody really.
MADM: But we won’t touch tongues ever.
CL: I do tongues.
MADM: Ok.
CL: Let’s shut up, ok, just go.
-BOYS ON THE RADIO
CL: Think you could love that song?
Audience cheers.
CL: Yeah, really? I like that song. Did you think it sounded like The Bangles?
MADM: Do you know these new songs? Are you gonna know these new songs?
CL: I read somewhere someone said it sounded like The Bangles.
MADM: Are you gonna go buy the record tomorrow? It’s called Celebrity Skin.
CL: What did you just say, Melissa?
MADM: I just want to know if they know the new songs.
CL: Of course they do. They just…
MADM: Yes?
Audience cheers.
MADM: Ok good. How about an oldie?
CL: You have to enunciate. (Laughs) No, no, no, you talk. You’re a better talker than me.
CL: Um, we have to get off the stage now. Well, we are doing the other one, but now you have to go…thing…
Guy in Crowd: It’s a shame. It’s a damn shame.
-NORTHERN STAR
CL: I wrote that song when I was in a really good mood.
-DOLL PARTS
CL: Thank you very much. Thanks a lot. Have a happy holiday.