Venue: Rose Garden
Location: Portland, OR
Hole Lineup: Courtney Love (Guitar/Vocals), Eric Erlandson (Guitar), Melissa Auf der Maur (Bass/Background Vocals), and Samantha Maloney (Drums).
-OLD AGE INTRO
-VIOLET
-AWFUL
CL: Hi. Hi, Portland. I’m from here. Schools I was expelled from in Portland, Oregon: Laurelhurst, MLC…that was it, then I stopped going.
Opening chords to Pretty On the Inside.
CL: And then I wrote this song.
-PRETTY ON THE INSIDE
-HEAVEN TONIGHT
Courtney stands up on a monitor during the song, then she squats with her legs open.
CL: What?
Audience screams.
Courtney drinks from a bottle of water. She laughs.
CL: Fucking 503. Hi.
She spits some water at the audience.
Audience screams.
CL: What is it you’re saying? I want to know.
She turns the mic to the audience.
CL: Ok, hi. ?? a crush on I might fuck you. (Laughs). Alright, you fucking Oregonians. You’re my goddamn people. You feel conflicted about that, right? Ok, I understand.
-MISS WORLD
CL: This is Melissa.
Audience screams.
CL: That’s Melissa!
-REASONS TO BE BEAUTIFUL
CL: Hi. Hi.
CL: Alright.
-MALIBU
During the song, Courtney stands on a monitor next to Melissa, then squats down. She goes over and links arms with Eric, then stands on a monitor in front of him.
CL: Wait. ?? the house lights. All of ’em – really, really high. I want to see the nose bleed seats. I want to see my people. It’s kind of embarrassing.
Audience screams.
CL: You guys, it’s so weird. You’re the most un…conflicted audience that I think we’ve ever had. Make up your minds that you’re happy that me and Gus Van Sant come from here or don’t. This is so embarrassing. Melissa, this is my hometown and look at how fucking weird they are. Up you go, up you go, motherfuckers. Up you go. (Laughs) If I can do it, you can do it. So this is the outro to Malibu that I wanted to make ??
-MALIBU OUTRO
-DYING
CL: (During song) Lighters, Portland. Duh. (Laughs).
Courtney stops the song.
CL: Wait. Stop, Eric. Let’s be obnoxious at this show, I really don’t care. Hey, guys, thank you, ?? Every other audience…I know that you’re conflicted that I’m from here…every other audience around the world holds lighters up during this song. Thank you. Do it and we’ll do it really well. Oh, you guys are so great! Ok, you’re coming through. The 503 is coming through!
-DYING (RESUMES)
Confetti pours down during the song. Courtney stands on a monitor by Melissa.
CL: Thank you. Um…
CL: I’m a little embarrassed about it actually.
MADM: This song is about sex…
CL: I’ll just keep saying I’m from L.A. if this is, you know…
MADM: What is that?
CL: I’m so embarrassed. I mean, when we go to Montreal, it’s really fun…like, they get a…
MADM: Portland, Oregon. We’re Hole. Hi, Portland. Hi.
CL: It’s controversial that this is a fucked up town.
MADM: I feel like I’ve never met you before.
Courtney walks over and stands next to Melissa.
CL: So…I know. This is… is where I’m from. Right.
MADM: Right.
CL: You know, they say San Francisco, they say L.A., but this is actually the place…and look at how weird and conflicted they are.
MADM: I just don’t know them at all.
CL: But then, like, you have your home town shirt…this is so like a Janis Joplin ?? yeah, ’cause they don’t care…yeah, ok.
Courtney walks back to center stage.
CL: I want you guys to really, really be happy that I got out and ?? and I want you to scream.
Audience screams.
CL: And nightmare food stamps and shitty jobs at The Pink Pearl.
Audience screams.
CL: Fuckers.
MADM: This song is about all the sex I’ve never had in this town. I’ve never had sex in Portland.
CL: Yeah, she’s never had sex in Portland. HA.
-USE ONCE & DESTROY
During the song, Courtney stands on a monitor by Melissa.
CL: Oh my God. Hi!
Audience screams.
CL: This is my crazy little Portland guitar. If you’re not good, I’m gonna take the goddamn sticker off and replace it with San Francisco. I’ve been doing this on all the television shows – see that – and this is what I get. I don’t know about that (Laughs). I wrote this song one time.
-DOLL PARTS
She sings “It stands for knife, for the rest of your cultural life!”
CL: You guys, I think that was the last song. We’re done. ?? they’re conflicted so bad, I give up. Hey, you guys, thank you, goodnight!