Venue: Nautica Stage
Location: Cleveland, OH
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: Thank you.
MADM: Thank you, Cleveland, oh hi, Ohio.
CL: So last time we played here was with Nine Inch Nails and so that night, I was so messed up, I was such a bad per…just terrible person back then…please, please don’t think of me as any kind of role model, I passed out on this very stage – and then I went and fucked Trent Reznor (Laughs), who had the smallest cock in the history of rock.
-AWFUL
CL: Thank you.
Courtney laughs.
CL: You guys have a lot to say. I’ve decided to have a talk show on television. I’m quitting, I’m gonna go on TV. So you guys have a lot to say.
CL: Shh. You guys are the home of rock ‘n roll. You got that title, it’s a scam, you don’t actually deserve it, but you get to have it. Live up to it.
-PRETTY ON THE INSIDE
-HEAVEN TONIGHT
CL: Thank you.
MADM: You’re all very inviting. Thank you. Thank you, Cleveland. You seem like close friends. My first show ever in this band, well…in this country, was five years ago on this stage – and it was Cleveland that made me feel welcomed to the rock world, thank you.
CL: Hi. (Laughs) Ok, other than Kansas City, this is the only non-sold out show, but I’m not holding it against you. (Fake Southern accent) I understand, it’s Cleveland, probably Jimmy Buffett sells out more than we do, I get it. Y’all probably got The Dixie Chicks down here, selling out, y’all probably like your WWF, (Normal voice) but you know what, I know that every single person here is the coolest person, so that makes me feel happy. And, and you know, it’s really not about my big ego, which is big. Listen, if you were me, you’d have a big ego – you would. HA.
-MISS WORLD
During the song, a girl reaches up to Courtney from the pit. Courtney pulls her up on stage. She sits on Melissa’s side of the stage.
Courtney stands on a monitor at the beginning of the next song.
-REASONS TO BE BEAUTIFUL
During the song: A guy is pulled from the pit. He goes to Eric’s side of the stage. Courtney pulls her dress down and it hangs at her waist. She’s wearing a pink bikini top. The guy who was pulled up earlier goes over to Melissa’s side of the stage.
Other kids are being pulled up from the pit during the song. By the end of the song, there are several sitting behind Melissa.
CL: You guys, if you’re gonna be up here, you have to be quiet. That’s the whole point. Shh, be quiet. Shh, I don’t know why I pulled you, but just be quiet, ok. If you can make it up here, you have to be quiet or I’ll throw you out of school.
CL: We have to pretend it’s the beach now.
Courtney runs over to Eric and bumps into him.
CL: Come on. It’s the beach, it’s the beach, it’s the beach. Go!
She runs back to the other side of the stage. She leans against Melissa at the beginning of the next song.
-MALIBU
During the song: Courtney pulls another girl up from the audience, then she goes over to Eric’s side of the stage and stands on a monitor. Another girl is pulled up. Courtney dances with her, then pushes her aside. There’s now a crowd of kids sitting behind Melissa and in front of Sam’s drums.
CL: Where’s that cute boy? Get him up here.
-MALIBU OUTRO
CL: Thank you.
Girl in Crowd: I love you, Courtney!
CL: See that guy? I think he’s really cute. He’s my type. I don’t have a light. There’s a light right there by the drums. This is a little rock ‘n roll high school, this is how you guys can be rock stars, it’s really easy. Yeah, you can…what, you can’t smoke? Fuck that, you can smoke.
CL: Alright, you guys be quiet, no one else is allowed on stage for a while. Just don’t even try ’cause it’s not gonna happen, be quiet.
MADM: It’s rock ‘n roll high school.
CL: Or I’m gonna let them…I’m gonna let them play for the rest of the show, so just be quiet.
Courtney begins the song sitting on a monitor.
-DYING
Confetti pours down during the song. Courtney pulls a girl up on stage from the audience, then she stands on a monitor.
CL: Thank you. Shh.
CL: Hey, Melissa, there’s a lot of boys here tonight, right?
MADM: Yes. Boys.
CL: There’s a lot of cute ones. Check it out, Cleveland cute boys.
MADM: They make me feel loveable and invited, thank you.
CL: I see a lot of cute boys in Cleveland. That never happens, because you know what? Boys are kind of ugly basically, so to see cute ones is cool. Oh my God, you’re cute.
-ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES (TEASE)
-PLAYING YOUR SONG
Courtney stands on monitors during the song.
CL: Yeah? What do you have to fucking say?
Courtney turns the mic on the audience.
CL: Really? So what, that’s it? You’re not giving me a cigarette? Nothing. You’re making me breakfast? What the fuck do you have to say, Cleveland? Distinguish yourselves, for fuck’s sake. Give me some identity. Every city has an identity. The boys are cute. (Laughs) I like you now, you’re so cool, thank you. Thank you. You guys want to know a secret? Like, pretend you’re my friend for a second, ok. I’ll tell you something…shut up and I’ll tell you a totally funny thing. I’ll tell you a totally funny thing if you shut up. So I went out with Eric once a long time ago and before I went out with Eric, check it out, I lived in L.A. and I got married to this guy named Falling James who’s playing here tonight in his band at a club called Pat’s in the Flats and he’s in this band and he goes on Jerry Springer and he’s a transvestite and he…I was married to him for five seconds, it was a joke. I’d like to apologize to God for, um, marrying somebody I didn’t even know as a joke…but if you want to see my first husband, (Laughs) he’s here in Cleveland…and he’s alive, that’s nice. You don’t even fucking care, I shouldn’t have even told that, you just want to hear about Trent Reznor in bed. I married this guy as a joke and he’s here in Cleveland. I’m really scared. So I wrote a song and it’s not about that guy.
-DOLL PARTS
Courtney holds the mic out to the audience after she sings, “Someday you will…”
CL: That sucks, do it again.
She holds out the mic again after the lyric.
CL: I want some more, c’mon.
She holds out the mic again.
After the song:
CL: Thank you.
Courtney pulls a girl up on stage from the audience. She picks up a cup and slings it’s contents at the audience.
-BOYS ON THE RADIO
MADM: Good rockin’.
CL: Goodnight.
(Encore break)
The band returns to the stage. Courtney has changed into a black outfit (shorts and a top).
CL: How do you like Sam, our drummer?
Audience screams a little.
CL: She’s one of the best drummers in America, I better hear it louder.
Audience screams.
CL: Samantha Maloney. Right, this is a song…
Samantha comes up to the mic.
SM: I can’t hear you!
Audience screams.
CL: Thank you!
Samantha takes a bow.
CL: One of the best fucking drummers in America – and you know how hard it is to be a girl and be a drummer? You get called all sorts of fucking names, you little shit! Ok, so this is, um, this is not our song, this is someone else’s song, he’s dead, this guy, and it’s not who you think, it’s some guy in Chicago and he, um, he wrote this song and it’s so beautiful, so we’re gonna try and cover it. SHUT UP!
-VALERIE LOVES ME
During the song, Courtney goes over to one of the girls who is sitting on stage. The girl is wearing a white top with a gray top over it. She takes off the gray top and hands it to Courtney. Courtney takes off the black top she had been wearing.
Audience screams.
Courtney kneels down in front of the girl and puts on the gray top she had taken off and handed to her.
Courtney resumes the song.
-NORTHERN STAR
Courtney starts the song standing on a monitor by Eric. She climbs on a bouncer’s shoulders and he walks her out into the audience.
CL: Thank you. Thank you, Cleveland, Ohio. Do you want to hear a hit song or some punk rock? Punk rock? (She holds a thumb up).
Audience screams.
CL: Hit? (She holds a thumb down). Punk rock? (She holds a thumb up).
Audience screams loud.
CL: Thank you, me too.
-SHE WALKS ON ME
-BIGGEST SCAR
Fireworks are going off in the sky.
-CELEBRITY SKIN
CL: Thank you.
??: Thank you very much!