Venue: Cow Palace
Location: San Francisco, 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: Hey.
-AWFUL
CL: Hi. Hey.
-PRETTY ON THE INSIDE
Courtney takes off her black sweater.
-HEAVEN TONIGHT
Courtney jumps around on the monitors during the song. She takes off her shoes and tosses them aside, then she goes over and stands next to Eric.
CL: Thank you.
CL: Hi.
Audience screams.
CL: I was born here (Laughs).
-MISS WORLD
Courtney walks over and stands behind Melissa.
MADM: Oh, bonsoir, San Francisco, you’re a very sexy town. Romantic, to say the least. Romance in San Francisco. All kinds of big hearts here.
-REASONS TO BE BEAUTIFUL
During the song, Courtney stands on a monitor by Melissa, then goes over and does the same thing by Eric.
CL: Hey.
CL: Hey. I’m sorry if we don’t have any pyrotechnics…it’s sort of all about, um, the music with us (Laughs).
-MALIBU
During the song, Courtney stands on a monitor by Melissa.
-BLESS ME FATHER
CL: You know what? Ani DiFranco is right (Laughs).
CL: Hey, San Fran-415-fucking-cisco. Do I owe anybody here any money from when I lived here?
Audience screams.
CL: Really? Yeah, that’s what I hear all the time, you liar. We like you guys. You’re pretty goddamn good.
-DYING
Confetti pours down during the song.
CL: Thank you.
CL: Hi. Want my lighter? Here. Ok, so this is kind of an old song.
Audience screams.
CL: Yeah, from when we were punk…not. Ok, here’s a new rock move. This is my one guitar lead I’ve ever done in my entire life.
-SHE WALKS ON ME
-BIGGEST SCAR
CL: Thank you. Someone bet me a thousand dollars that I could get through a show without sassing off, so this is my night. I’m trying really hard…I’m not gonna sass off tonight, I’m just gonna play music.
Opening chords to Use Once & Destroy.
CL: HI!
-USE ONCE & DESTROY
-PALE BLUE EYES (TEASE)
CL: Ok, what? House lights. Hi. I’m not mo…I’m not stage diving, I don’t do that anymore. Are you..do you want a guitar? You have to get up there. It’s smart that you have a sign though, I might even give it to you. Hi. Ok, so who do I owe money to?
Audience screams.
CL: That little goth right there? And, um, who is my ex-boyfriend that I fucked over really bad? Right. (Laughs) I hear so much shit out of this town about me, it’s crazy. Not any of it’s true.
CL: Alright, turn ’em off now.
-DOLL PARTS
CL: ??
Eric comes over and has an inaudible conversation with Courtney. Melissa walks over and says something.
Courtney goes back to the mic.
CL: (To the audience) Are you…are you guys sort of waiting for the pyrotechnics show? ‘Cause we’ll just leave.
Audience screams.
CL: You can have him, you know. It’s a good show – he comes in on a cross and there’s fuckin’ fire and stuff. We don’t know how to do fire and stuff – we’re just sort of a rock band, ya little shit!
Eric makes some guitar noise.
CL: I’d feel like a dork with a costume change – that’s just me though, no offense to the other band, ’cause they’re really good, but I’d feel like a dork, that’s all. If you guys want ’em, we… we’ll stop now. Do you…
Audience screams.
CL: That’s not really that loud. I’ll…we’ll leave, honestly. Ok, we’ll stay. Thank you. Alright, we’ll play…I’ll play really good now. (Laughs) Alright, you little fuckers. This is the story of my life.
-CELEBRITY SKIN
Confetti pours down during the song.
-VISIONS OF JOHANNA (TEASE)
CL: Thank you very much.
Courtney takes a bow. The band leaves the stage.
(Encore break)
(FADE OUT)
CL: I feel like a dork when I don’t talk to you…I’m…(Laughs) but I have to learn how to do this, I have to learn how to be professional and not tell bad jokes. Alright, this is a fucking really sad song – I think this is the saddest song that me and Eric ever wrote and it makes me sort of depressed, so if I get all Celine Dion, don’t freak out, I’m sorry. Lighters really help though.
Courtney picks up a lighter and sparks the flame.
CL: You know, I know it’s hard to understand that in an arena, there are chicks – not very many – but chicks in rock bands and that if you hold the lighter, totally it’s motivating and I don’t mean it in a Celine Dion way, I mean in a…thank you – and if you don’t feel like it, you can put it out.
-NORTHERN STAR
Samantha comes back and sits behind her drums.
CL: Ok, we’re gonna close with a fuckin’ pop song. You’re gonna get plenty of your ears numbed with the next band.
MADM: One more song for our San Franciscans.
CL: We figure we’re gonna, you know, just close with a pop song so that little goth girl can keep flipping me off (Laughs). Alright, you little bitch you ain’t gettin’ the guitar. Melissa, did you know that there’s a goth girl that, like, relates to the Salem witches and yet, like, is flipping us off? Undead, undead, undead. Only proper behavior for goth girls – don’t speak up, don’t talk at all, just act like a heroin addict and a vampire. Don’t have an opinion goth girl, just be like ‘What?’ face. You know what I like? I like a loud, fat goth girl, not a skinny little goth girl like you. Give me some loud, fat goth girls – that’s goth, bitch.
Courtney points at the girl in the audience.
CL: This is for you, goth girl, to make you fucking happy!
-BOYS ON THE RADIO
CL: Thank you, San Francisco.
MADM: Thank you so much, sexy city.
CL: Thank you, Melissa. Thank you, Samantha. Thank you, Erica…I mean, Eric.
CL: Um, who wants the goddamn guitar? No, a guy can’t have it. Where’s my guitar to give out?
A crew member brings Courtney a guitar.
CL: You’re really close, you’re the candidate, ok. You know what, she has a sign.
Courtney runs over to Eric’s side of the stage and goes down to the audience with the guitar.
MADM: Oh, don’t leave my heart here. It’s so tempting. I could leave my heart in this city every day.
Courtney hands her guitar to someone. She runs back on stage, bumping into Eric, then going over to Samantha and swinging her around a little bit.