In 2002, Garbage went on a headlining tour in support of their third release, Beautiful Garbage and their Chicago stop was at the Riviera, my first trip to the historic venue.  Abandoned Pools opened the show, followed by the Butch Vig-less Garbage.  The drummer had dropped off the tour after coming down with Bell’s Palsy and was replaced by Matt Chamberlain, at least according to the Interwebs.

I don’t remember much about the show itself, but it does live on as a bootleg that I have and can listen to whenever I’d like.  The 17 song set was evenly divided between the 3 albums, with 5 songs from their debut record and 6 each from the two followups.

After this show, I’ve only missed one Chicago performance by Garbage, which took place last year.  I certainly don’t plan on missing them the next time they come to town.