Venue: SDSU Open Air Theater
Location: San Diego, 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
CL: Right, so…turn on the lights. Turn on the lights. Ok. This is what happened…shh, be quiet. Coca Cola bought a bunch of the fucking seats and they’re empty ’cause Coca Cola doesn’t offer them to our fans. So what I want, because I can’t play like this, it’s retarded, is all this empty space down here, I will protect you from the Elite Security ’cause they like me, I got…I want you guys to come down here and we can play a really good small show…
Audience screams.
CL: Let ’em in, let ’em in, let ’em in. I’ll control them, alright you guys have to trust me. Goddamn Coca Cola needs to learn a little bit of a lesson because otherwise I’m gonna be turning to Pepsi. Melissa, what do you think? I think Coca Cola has a real fucking marketing issue. If you want to come down here…it’ll be much funner, let’s just play to each other and then I can play a good show, we can play a good show for you. They’re not gonna fuck with you, these Elite guys – they know ??
Opening chords to Awful.
CL: COME ON!
-AWFUL
CL: Turn that light on again, baby. Let me see them, I want to make sure they’re up. Come on up. If you’re here, just come up. If you don’t fuck with each other, just come up. ‘Cause I can’t…we…we’re…we’re a good band.
Audience screams.
CL: You know, I mean…I don’t mean to be a bitch, but we are kind of a really…we’re not…we’re not a fake band, are we?
MADM: No ??
CL: We’re like the last of the good bands for a while and the thing is that if Coca Cola has done this…fine, fuck ’em or whatever, you know, Pepsi ?? come down here so I can rock for you, ’cause if you ain’t close to me, I don’t want to…I don’t want to know you. If you’re a 35 year old rock critic and you’re a cynic, you can stay, but if you want to come down here and you want some goddamn entertainment, I’ll give it to you.
CL: Is that for Melissa? Is that for Samantha? Or is it Eric’s flowers? Melissa gets flowers every day. Move up closer. Listen, if they fuck with you, I will come out there and make them stop, so just come close…please I can’t play like this, really I can’t do it. Oh wait, I think those people are in college and they’re having their little ?? period, yeah whatever, dude. Deconstruct it, you know. Deconstruct this, right? I got the silicone removed, it’s all real now. Tits are my ??
CL: HA. So on, um…what’s the worst word we can say? What’s a really dirty word? Fuck isn’t good enough. On three, let’s say a really dirty word. What’s a dirty word? Pipe bomb. Jock. Freak. I want you jocks and I want you freaks to learn how to get along. If I can be friends with Ben Affleck, you can fucking be friends with each other (Laughs). ??
CL: Ok, I’m gonna shut up and we’re gonna play some songs, but if I see one person up in the Coca Cola seats, I’m gonna get annoyed, so come closer. Dude, I’m not playing until I see some movement. Come close. Not you guys…you, you. Come close. I’ll…I’ll walk off stage. Take four steps forward, all of you. I can see…I…I..I owe you all money and I probably had sex with your boyfriends, come home, come here. Four steps or I leave the stage right now, one, two, three, come on do it. Come here, come here. That’s it, that’s it, I like you, I’m coming out to give you my guitar, come here, show some enthusiasm to your cynical college friends, come here you little fucking Rage Against the Machine shithead, come here (Laughs). Ok. ??
-PRETTY ON THE INSIDE
-HEAVEN TONIGHT
CL: (During song) You’re nasty.
CL: (During song) Where’s that punker? Here, you little punk rock girl.
CL: (Laughs) Oh my God, sit down and be quiet. Right here, in front of Sam, you’ll learn to drum. Where’s that little girl in the pink? Come here, honey. Come here, you’re getting squishy, come here. You’re gonna sit and learn how to drum, it’s a good career, come on. You know what, I don’t care about the empty Coca Cola seats, let’s just have fun, alright, ok. (Laughs) Y’all…so, here’s the deal. If you’re not a fucking jock redneck who beats up people who are gay and…and weird, you can come on to my stage and Melissa and Eric’s and Sam’s…but you have to make it up, we’ll let you up if you can come.
MADM: It took us four years to get back to you in the rain.
CL: Is that right?
MADM: Four years and now…
CL: Doesn’t Jewel live here though? I’m sure she provides them with a lot of entertainment.
MADM: But the water is cleansing all of us and we all need it, I’m sure.
CL: We can pretend we’re in Seattle…it’ll be like a really…I’ll start crying a lot, but let’s just do it, ok…Melissa, you ready? Melissa, I’m gonna pretend I’m in Seattle. Eric, let’s pretend we’re in Seattle. ‘Cause it’s raining. I want to pretend I’m in Seattle, ok.
CL: Come on. Let them up. Just sit there and learn how to be a rock star. It’s so easy, I know you can do it. There’s no point with all those empty Coca Cola seats, you know, we might as well do a little rock ‘n roll high school thing. You know, you look like a jock who beats people up. I’m not letting you up here.
CL: Shut up. Alright. You guys get up there and we’re gonna play.
MADM: ??
CL: We’re not gonna fucking fuck around, ok. I won’t talk anymore. Be…be quiet or I’m kicking you off. Shut up. You’re gonna learn, this is education.
-MISS WORLD
CL: (During song) You can come up.
Courtney stops singing.
CL: You’re a jock…stop Eric, stop. Stop.
The song stops.
CL: You’re totally the kind of guy that fucking picks on gay people. I fucking hate you, get off this stage. Fuck you. Alright, go build a pipe bomb…or please don’t, please don’t build a pipe bomb. We’re gonna start this song again. This is enough, ok. I’m sorry.
MADM: Ok, this is enough. We have all of our fans there and here.
CL: Fucking guys like that, you know. They don’t even know how to have sex. Can we start this song again, be quiet, no one’s coming up for this song, stop even trying. We’ll do it on the next one. Be quiet.
-MISS WORLD
MADM: So basically the secret is you have to really like us and I thank you. Thank you for tolerating mother nature’s touch on our show.
CL: You guys, be quiet, this is an education. It’s so easy to be a rock star. If you’re not in college – two chords, that’s all you need to know, but be quiet for the rest of the show, just, just…
Opening chords to Reasons to Be Beautiful.
CL: Watch this…
-REASONS TO BE BEAUTIFUL
CL: Isn’t Samantha a great drummer?
Audience screams.
CL: She’s so fucking good. She’s one of the best drummers in North America and guess what, she has ovaries too. That’s like being the best fucking quarterback in North America and having breasts. Samantha…
CL: It ain’t easy ??
CL: We’re not talking right now, we’re not having a discussion. Thank you. You guys are just getting an education…and I need more fat girls up here, because, um, I am a fat girl so just get up here if you’re fat. (Funny voice) Fat by their standards.
CL: Just kidding…I like…I’m fat and I need some fat, so don’t come up here if you’re skinny, you can come up if you’re fat. (Laughs) Or if you think you’re fat ’cause you read a female magazine – that I was on the cover of (Laughs).
CL: Shit, you wanna do a cover? ‘Cause I’m just a little bored and loose and whatever…you wanna do a cover? Later? Ok. We’ll do this song now.
-MALIBU
CL: Merci. Merci beaucoup.
-MALIBU OUTRO
-…BABY ONE MORE TIME (TEASE)
CL: Hi, San Diego, are you having an alright time?
Audience screams.
CL: So fuck the Coca Cola seats, now I like it here. You wanna come up? Yeah. Isn’t it kind of funny to come up? So it’s really dorky and you’re just gonna learn how easy this job is. You could do your thesis on deconstructing celebrity, ’cause celebrity is just concept art. Come on…come on…only if you’re fat or you hate yourself, come on. You like yourself. Hi, what are you doing up? I need you to…
CL: See, put her over here, you’re five, you need to go to bed. Oh shit, she’s only five…I don’t let my daughter watch me. You need to like The Spice Girls. You shouldn’t be here. Oh, do you want to sit over there ?? Put her over there. I don’t want…I don’t want a five year old up here. Five. Don’t let your kids see us when they’re five. I’ve got six…she don’t fucking do it…she don’t even like us. Oh yeah, let’s go.
-DYING
CL: Hi. Thank you.
Opening chords to Playing Your Song.
MADM: Rock in the rain, please.
-PLAYING YOUR SONG
-WE NEED THE TRUTH
CL: You all are getting one of those special shows where we feel it. I DARE YOU to get it from anyone else! I would love it if you could get it from someone else lately. You’re so desperate, you kids. You don’t even know what it looks like anymore, they’ve manipulated you…ugh, shut up.
-DOLL PARTS
Courtney holds the mic out to the audience after she sings, “Someday you will…”
CL: BETTER!
She does it again, letting the audience finish the lyric.
Opening chords to Boys on the Radio.
CL: ??
-BOYS ON THE RADIO
CL: (During song) ?? Move.
CL: Thank you.
MADM: You’re troopers in San Diego. Thank you.
CL: ?? Just jump up ?? Come on. How come there’s so many white people here? If you’re not white, I want you on my stage, please (Laughs). White and…and…yeah. Too many white people. You come here and…girl, come here. Is it hard to not be white in San Diego? It’s kind of weird, right? Fuck them, right? Alright. Goodnight. In fucking San Diego…you fucking stop being so right-wing, right?
(Encore break)
(FADE OUT)
The audience is chanting, “We want Hole!”
(FADE OUT)
CL: I’m drinking Pepsi now.
Audience screams.
CL: What the fuck is this with the…you know, this could have been all full. I’m just annoyed with Coke, it’s not you guys’s problem. (Funny voice) Corporate soda, it’s really good for you. (Normal voice) Corporate soda, it’s so excellent for your health – come on, you Coke fuckers, go ahead and do your job. Ok, look, I don’t mind that there’s not that many…you know, it’s not full, I totally love you guys. This is all about corporate, weird…they’re auditioning for a sponsorship and then it just failed, ok, so it’s not about you. There’s one Coke spy in the audience and I’m totally talking to him, so let’s just say…how many of us drink soda?
Audience screams.
CL: ‘Cause we know what health is now. HAHA. Fuck with me Coke and like you die. I got the biggest mouth in the world. Ok, shh, now we’re gonna be very serious and play a really serious song and if I’m gonna start to get upset about it, you better be quiet. Be quiet.
-NORTHERN STAR
CL: Would you want to, just ’cause we’re fuck…can we do a B-side from, like, Seattle era?
MADM: It’s a rarity.
CL: We’re just gonna try it, right? I don’t know if I remember the words…why do I have a guitar? I can’t remember how to play it. I wrote it.
MADM: We’re doing one obscure and then one hit.
CL: You didn’t write this, I wrote it – oh, excuse me, I never write anything. Cameron Diaz wrote this song and then Matt Dillon took credit.
Opening chords to 20 Years in the Dakota.
CL: ?? Yo, I don’t need a guitar for this song. It’s just, I forgot.
–20 YEARS IN THE DAKOTA
-HOLIDAY (TEASE)
-DEAR PRUDENCE
-CELEBRITY SKIN
CL: (During song) I want fifty of you up here! C’mon, riot! NOW!
MADM: ?? Thank you!
CL: Hey, you guys. Are you having a good time? I kind of did. I hope you have fun at the next ?? Look, I’m Oprah. Who wants to be the leader? You want to be the Oprah, girl? Ok, I’ll give you the mic. You want to do it? You’ve got something to say? Who has something to say – I’ll give you the mic. Who’s a leader? Be a goddamn leader. Here you go…here you go, it’s your mic.
Girl: Hi.