Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan reportedly asked for the air conditioner to be turned off before his concert.
First_Cat_6330 posted on Reddit, “I went to the Pittsburgh show last night and everything was great except for one thing… the temperature. I know a few people who work at the venue and knew I was going and wanted me to be prepared when they were informed Billy wanted the air conditioning off for his set.
We are currently going through an extreme heat wave in Pittsburgh right now. why, just why? a few minutes before he came on you could feel it was switched off. the air was so thick, humid and hot not even 20 minutes into the set, i don’t know how i got through 2 hours of it. i feel like i could physically touch the air it was so bad. i was at the point where i just wanted it to be over. i have been to that venue many times, never has the humidity and temperature felt the way it did in there during those 2 hours. he walked out in a trenchcoat.
you see Billy start to sweat under halfway in and he was even making jokes about it like it was funny? people around me were talking about how humid it felt and i could see it starting to wear down on some, i was worried people might pass out. does anyone know why he wanted this? also the fact that the venue or billy never said anything about this so people could at least be prepared… the people who are making them money that is… is absurd. i love smashing pumpkins… but after this ive completely lost respect for billy, im sorry. there are so many levels as to why its wrong and unsafe to have that be any artist’s request.”
