Venue: Phoenix Theater
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Hole Lineup: Courtney Love (Guitar/Vocals), Eric Erlandson (Guitar), Melissa Auf der Maur (Bass/Background Vocals), and Patty Schemel (Drums).
Classical music is playing.
Someone in Crowd: Courtney!
Guy in Crowd: I’m assuming it will start off with this.
Someone in Crowd: Courtney!
Guy in Crowd: I like this.
Guy in Crowd: I’m tired!
Audience screams.
CL: Melissa Oscar Meyer – Melissa Auf der Maur. Oh, come on. Don’t wipe that make up off, you little bitch.
Someone in Crowd: Courtney!
CL: I don’t want any fucking reviews that I’m gonna die, ’cause I’ll live through the fucking nuclear winter – and so will Miss Auf der Maur. This show is for Kristen.
-PLUMP
-NEVER GO AWAY
Girl in Crowd: (During song) Love you!
CL: It’s a little…it’s called Missy’s Mess. (Laughs)
Girl in Crowd: Love you Courtney!
-BEAUTIFUL SON
-MISS WORLD
CL: Thanks.
Guy in Crowd: We love you!
-JENNIFER’S BODY
CL: Thanks. Can I have a smoke? I want a smoke…a light. Just hold on, I know you had to wait. I was on time.
CL: Hole, as in asshole.
Audience screams.
CL: Not even.
-ASKING FOR IT
CL: (During song) Hey, guitar guy!
CL: (During song) Thanks.
Audience: Courtney!
CL: Hey, she’s the Canadian, and should like…?? (To Melissa) I want you to speak French in my ear really, like slowly.
MADM: Quietly in your ear, for the audience.
Audience screams.
CL: Wait, wait, I’m sorry. I’m sorry, alright, shut up, I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. (Coughs)
Guy in Crowd: Hey, quit stressing, baby!
CL: Um, it’s Vancouver? No. I used to work in a club in Vancouver, Orange Number 5. Yeah, like we did showers and stuff. It was gross. Alright, shut up, shut up, just shut up.
-GUTLESS
-SOFTER SOFTEST
Girl in Crowd: Courtney!
CL: Thanks. Thanks for coming.
-I THINK THAT I WOULD DIE
-PRETTY ON THE INSIDE
-CREDIT IN THE STRAIGHT WORLD
CL: Are we too goddamn old or did all the people who came for the freak show walk out? Interesting. Not you.
-TEENAGE WHORE
CL: Yeah, I know. Why do guys get to take off their shirts when we don’t? Someone give me twenty bucks.
Guy in Crowd: It cost me 15 to get in, to see you play.
CL: Oh, it did? Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t know. I..I..I’m out of it. I’m a walking zombie. How could I know how much it costs to get in?
Guy in Crowd: ??
CL: Sorry, honey, we’ve gotta play a ballad now. Gotta calm down.
-DOLL PARTS
-VIOLET
CL: Thanks a lot.
Encore break.
CL: Can we get some water up here?
CL: I want to take off my shirt so bad.
-HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
CL: Right. That was so goddamn funny, Eric. Thank you very much. Please don’t clap. That sucked. Clap for Melissa, she’s fucking Canadian.
Audience cheers.
CL: Miss…Miss Auf der Maur.
MADM: Thank you, Canada.
CL: This is a sort of an in-joke song, sorry if you don’t get it. It’s like an asshole college, a lot of assholes. I just I hate – I hate it. I had to write it. I’m petty, I’m sorry.
MADM: ??
CL: Melissa, you’re not gonna get this song, right?
Guy in Crowd: Show us your tits again!
CL: (To Melissa) You’re Canadian. You’re too busy with your Canadian friend.
MADM: I’m Missy.
CL: Eh? Eh? (Laughs) Ok, ??
-OLYMPIA
-SHE WALKS ON ME
MADM: Thank you.
-NEVER GO AWAY
CL: One more. A goddamn blues…blues song. Do it. Can you do it? Can you do it? I can’t play it. ??
CL: Go, Eric, come on. You can do it. It’s so not…if you want…if you want some punks, do it now, ?? later.
-WHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT?
Classical music starts playing again.