Venue: Riverside Theater
Location: Milwaukee, WI
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
MADM: Wow, Milwaukee. You’re all sitting down in seats. Shouldn’t you be moving out of those seats? ?? Long time, no see, Milwaukee.
CL: Yeah, last time we were here, I made out with Trent Reznor in my dressing room. Listen, anyone with a band named Nine Inch Nails with a small weenie who’s a misogynist is a fucking walking target for me, I’m sorry.
Audience screams.
CL: If you’re gonna name your band Hole, you better have a nice tight one. Ok, but if you’re gonna name your band Nine Inch Nails, it better be…seven. So I’m having bad memories up there ?? yucky. Melissa, do you remember? Do you remember, that was the Trent vomit up there – yucky? But if you’ve got a tight ?? than Nine Inch Nails, you’re not gonna be…
MADM: It’s a good combination.
CL: Ok, I’m gonna jam now, I’m really bored, bored of all these songs, but we’re gonna jam. I’m gonna make something up right here. It’s this really new chord I learned. (Strums a chord) That wasn’t it.
-NOBODY HERE (JAM)
CL: There are ten commandments. I’ve only broken three.
CL: You guys are so fucking mellow. Did you smoke a lot of pot?
Audience screams.
CL: You’re like Dutch people or something. In all of America, I’ve never seen so many mellow people. I’m gonna come out there and fuck with all of you. Shit, what am I? Are we like Sarah McLachlan now? What if we’re mellow people doing ?? ?? so boring.
-PRETTY ON THE INSIDE
CL: Jacques, you better do something about this house sound, it sucks. ??
-HEAVEN TONIGHT
CL: Hey, you guys. I think I’m Eddie Vedder. Ok. I’ve turned into Eddie Vedder, it’s really psycho.
Eric starts playing Take Me Out to the Ballgame.
CL: I just want to do gymnastics, but I’m gonna move. It’s only ’cause you guys are so fucking boring. You need to move. ?? Shh. Let me climb down.
Girl in Crowd: Retard Girl!
CL: What’s the next song?
Girl in Crowd: Retard Girl!
MADM: It’s, uh, called Miss World and you need a guitar.
CL: Start it.
MADM: Welcome to our masquerade ??
CL: Start it, Eric. Come on, start it.
MADM: Without your guitar?
CL: Go!
-MISS WORLD
-REASONS TO BE BEAUTIFUL
CL: Thank you very much.
Audience screams.
CL: That’s so nice. Can I give it to Sam? Samantha Maloney. May I give one to Eric Erlandson?
CL: When I’m done with this tour, can I do a romantic comedy with Tom Cruise? Is that ok?
Audience screams.
CL: I want to. Can I? Please, you rock fuckers. Let me just…let me go out of the ghetto. I want to do a romantic comedy with Tom Cruise. I promise you I’ll be back. Can I just do it PLEASE?
Audience screams.
CL: Ok, I will come back. I swear to God I will.
-MALIBU
-HOLIDAY / JUSTIFY MY LOVE (TEASE)
CL: Thank you. You know what, you can do Madonna. She tried to teach me this and it drives her nuts.
MADM: Do you believe in love? Do you believe in love?
CL: I don’t know any of her lyrics.
Guy in Crowd: Like a Virgin!
MADM: ‘Cause I’ve got something to say about it.
CL: I’m the only person in this theater who doesn’t own a Madonna record, I’m really sorry, I’m just…that was a Madonna method, you guys, did you know that?
MADM: ??
CL: She gets really annoyed, ’cause we dress better than her. Despite the fact that I’m wearing ??. (Laughs) At least we write all our own songs, except all the ones that were written by Elvis and Jim Morrison.
Guy in Crowd: KURT!
-DYING
Late in the song, the sound is drowned out by bad static interference. It clears up while Courtney is talking, then continues to cut out frequently.
CL: Oh yeah, I know where it is. Ok, so in the the front row of this show, there’s a group of guys with really bad haircuts. Turn the lights on (Note: The static returns at this point in the recording, drowning out her words) mustaches and shit (Static) right there’s a bunch of girls and boys (Static) I’ll kick you out myself (Static) how old are you? (Static) I don’t give a shit if you own this town (Static) ’cause I own a lot of property. Go. Trade up son, trade up son, or you’ll have a riot ?? just get your ass up here (Static) Yeah, just get up, they ain’t gonna stop you. I’ll make ’em know. If you’re young and you’re funny and you’re smart, get up on my stage. I don’t care if you’re a boy or a girl, if you’re funny and you’re smart. ?? Come on. I will save you. What are you guys being dicks about? Come on.
Opening chords to Playing Your Song.
CL: Break through! Thank you! Come on! Here!
-PLAYING YOUR SONG (CUT)
CL: (Cuts back in) and shut the fuck up or I’m stopping. ??
Courtney improvises her own lyrics to the next song.
-FREEBIRD
CL: (During song) ?? I swear to God.
-DOLL PARTS
During the song, Courtney holds the mic out to the audience to finish the lyric, “Someday you will ache like I ache.”
CL: Get out of here, you mullethead, shithead, go watch WWF, I don’t want you to like me. I want you to hate me. Go listen to Howard Stern and get the fuck out of my life. ?? feeling her titties like that, you son of a bitch ?? get him out of here! Get him out of here while I play. Get him the fuck out of here. I don’t want you…I don’t want to go mainstream if it means you. We don’t want your fucking money, we don’t want your nothing. Do you hear me?! ??
Opening chords to Boys On the Radio.
CL: I’m ?? you, shithead!
-BOYS ON THE RADIO
CL: ?? it’s gonna piss ’em off. They’re gonna review us really badly, I’m sure of it.
-CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE
-CELEBRITY SKIN
CL: (During song) ??
CL: Oh, if you’re cynical, you’re gonna leave really confused. Are you a stripper? I was. You look like a stripper, come here. You’re kind of cute ?? I’m gonna give you a guitar, don’t fucking sell it, will you learn? ???
CL: Goodbye, you guys! Goodnight, Milwaukee! You want the mic? Take the mic and talk.
Girl: I love you!