Venue: Ericsson Stadium
Location: Auckland, NZ
Hole Lineup: Courtney Love (Guitar/Vocals), Eric Erlandson (Guitar), Melissa Auf der Maur (Bass/Background Vocals), and Samantha Maloney (Drums).
-BIGGEST SCAR
Guy in Crowd: (During song) Nice pants, Courtney!
CL: Hey. This set is dedicated to my, um, adopted brother Joshua, that my mother abandoned in this country. He’s a New Zealander. This set is dedicated to the fact that, um, I’m mad at my mother for doing that.
CL: Come on, Melissa, let’s kick that punk Marilyn’s ass!
Audience screams.
CL: ??
-VIOLET
CL: So I was a citizen in this country once! Yeah, I really was. I went to Nelson (CUT)
-AWFUL
CL: Thank you. I need a fag.
CL: Are you screaming for Frances? She’s not here. Do you think I’d bring her around this environment? (Laughs).
CL: So how was Korn? They’re great, right?
Audience screams.
CL: Alright. They’re white trash from Bakersfield. I like that. And how was, fucking, that Manson bitch?
Audience screams.
CL: It was great. (Laughs)
CL: Why are there so many guys in the front? You guys should move. We’re not a guy band. You had Korn, let the girls in the fucking front.
Audience screams.
CL: You had fucking Korn, like, I’m sure you came already.
CL: I’m so wanting to stage dive…
Audience screams.
CL: That’s Melissa Auf der Maur!
Audience cheers.
CL: Oh honey, she’s worth more of a scream than that, believe me. I’m not playing until you give Melissa a scream.
Audience screams.
-PRETTY ON THE INSIDE
-HEAVEN TONIGHT
CL: You know why we wrote some pop songs? It’s because of you fuckers. ‘Cause when I lived here, I used to listen to the Auckland station in Nelson, in my room, in my shack, and I would hear all of the New Zealand ABBA music – so it’s your fucking fault, if you’re mad about it! It’s just so good, the ABBA thing. What if ABBA was made up of really smart people? (Gasps) It’d be a perfect band. Excuse me…
Audience screams.
CL: What are you saying? You son of a bitch. C’mere, little fucking guy.
CL: You’re cute.
CL: Let’s do, uh…let’s do Reasons first. I need my guitar.
-REASONS TO BE BEAUTIFUL
CL: (During song) Come up!
CL: Thank you. Thank you. You know, why is it when we play that guys always have some fucking thing to say? Like some little chant. We are the first rock chick band to headline shit since, like, Heart, ok, like, be grateful. For every dollar you make, a woman makes 62 cents, you asshole. Ok. We are changing that concept. For every 62 cents the other bands made today, we make a dollar. Whether you like me or not, that is a good thing.
Audience cheers.
CL: But I know that you like me.
Courtney pants heavily into the mic.
CL: (Orgasmic voice) Oh God, oh God, you’re so good.
CL: That’s what they do, right? They’re never coming, they’re faking it.
-DYING (FADES OUT)
-USE ONCE & DESTROY (FADES IN)
CL: (Singing) Just do it, baby. Just no one cares. Just do it, baby. Just no one cares. Just do it, baby, don’t talk about it all the time. Just do it, baby, ’cause no one’s watching you. Just do it, baby, just pull the fucking thing. Just do it, baby, stop making me breathe. Just do it, baby, for the rest of my life. I will carry you like my back and a knife, like a fish hook in the side of my mouth, just do it, you bitch, get it over with now.
CL: And if you’re gonna hit me, don’t talk about it, just fucking do it. But, um, I like a good spank, so it doesn’t bother me at all. Is that not feminist? A dollar and 62 cents? I think I am allowed to get spanked.
-DOLL PARTS
CL: I didn’t bring…mean to bring that up, I just felt like it, ’cause you’re sweet New Zealanders and you’re not evil English people and I can bring that up, right? It’s ok. It happened. How fucked was that that happened though? I mean…oh, it’s a terrible thing.
CL: What, sweetie? I hear a girl voice, it’s so much more relieving than some guy saying whatever. What did you say though? Where was that girl? Very loud girl. I’m just in love with this one right here. She needs some liberation. No, you, with the blue shirt, you. Do you want to come sit up here? No, her. Yeah. C’mere, come just come up here, just c’mere. Hey, dude, security guy, see that chick I’m pointing at. Right in front of me, guy. Um.
CL: Then, they’ll just…she’ll tell you about it later. Just one. Just come here and sit behind Sam.
CL: Just relax. Sit. Sit. ?? Yo, go, Eric.
-CELEBRITY SKIN
CL: (Singing) I’m not selling cheap, you have to pay me, one dollar for every 62 cents someone with testicles makes. I’m not selling cheap, fuck you, you have to pay me, you can burn me like a witch, you can call me a bitch, but you have to pay me one dollar for every 2…62 cents that anyone with testicles makes. HA.
CL: This is our little Australian tribute about our little friend, Evan. You know, I kind of went out for five seconds with that guy from Bush (Laughs) and that song Awful was about him, a little bit. I don’t admit it much, but you know, he is fucking cute. Right, I know, he’s really kind of – you know what, guys that think that they’ve…that they’re lame – he’s really smart. Um, Melissa, did you go out with a guy from Bush too?
MADM: Oh, no.
CL: Yeah, but we have very similar dating patterns.
MADM: New Zealand, you’re real sweet.
CL: What?
MADM: New Zealand is sweet. I’m…I’m getting a warm feel…
CL: You’re what?
MADM: (Sternly) New Zealand is sweet.
Audience screams.
MADM: Thank you.
CL: Look at that.
MADM: That’s what I thought.
CL: They’re New Zealanders. You’re some kind of cool, I’ve gotta say…
MADM: So this is a song…
CL: We’ve gotta go to Australia.
MADM: …from Down Under. Do it.
CL: They fucking think they’re in Texas and they’re not. You guys are so cool, ’cause you know you’re in New Zealand and that is a good thing. I gotta tell you that as an 11 and 12 year old, this was a really boring place to live…no…no offense. Sheep and you know, ABBA, I know. It fucked me up. So when you get mad about the pop thing, you can blame yourselves.
-INTO YOUR ARMS
CL: Thank you, New Zealanders. Thank you so much.
Audience screams.
CL: If you want us back, you have to let us know.
(FADE OUT)
CL: Do you actually want us to play an encore or do you just want to go home?
Audience screams.
CL: Sue, stick my monitor on darling. So, sit back there, I want you to learn and start a band. So, could you fix the monitor while we’re doing this?
CL: There you go.
CL: Want to do some Karaoke? We fucking thought it would be ?? it’s kind of funny. Go. Ready? Do it, dude.
-PARADISE CITY (CUT)
-NORTHERN STAR (CUT)
-SHE WALKS ON ME
CL: Sing it, sing it, sing it. Eric, play it.
Courtney and a female fan sing the beginning of the next song together.
-BIGGEST SCAR (CUT)