THE SMASHING PUMPKINS–singer/guitarist BILLY CORGAN, guitarist JEFF SCHROEDER, drummer MIKE BYRNE and bassist NICOLE FIORENTINO–will embark on a U.S. tour launching October 10 in Seattle, WA with stops in Los Angeles October 14, Chicago October 19 and New York City October 31. The tour will wrap November 4 in Connecticut. After last Thursday’s performance on “The Tonight Show”–where the group performed “The Celestials”–CORGAN sat [...]
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Smashing Pumpkins Debut New Song On RollingStone.com “Lightning Strikes”
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS released their ninth free track “Lightning Strikes” today, Thursday, March 17. It will first be available for 24 hours at Rollingstone.com, where it can be downloaded at www.rollingstone.com. Then starting Friday, March 18, it will be available for free download at www.smashingpumpkins.com; the site also offers a widget enabling fans to host the song anywhere on [...]
Quick Look: The Smashing Pumpkins Finish Their Tour With A Landslide At 91x San Diego’s Wrex The Halls
The legend of Billy Corgan and The Smashing Pumpkins (Jeff Schroeder, Nicole Fiorentino, Mike Byrne) continued to grow in 2010. Sunday night, their tour came to an end in San Diego as the band headlined the 91x Wrex The Halls. As always, Corgan and company rocked the faces off of the Holiday fans. Review to [...]
Smashing Pumpkins Release New Single “Tom Tom,” Return To US For 7 Shows
Set to touch down in America December 4 in Grand Prairie, Texas for a seven-show run after wrapping their six-country South American tour November 27 in Bogota, Columbia, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have officially released theirseventh free track “Tom Tom” today, Tuesday, November 23. It is available for 24 hours through MySpace Music and can be downloaded at www.Myspace.com/smashingpumpkins. Then starting Wednesday, [...]
Smashing Pumpkins Announce November 23rd Street Date For EP TEARGARDEN BY KALEIDYSCOPE VOL. II “THE SOLSTICE BARE”
From MSO Public Relations: THE SMASHING PUMPKINS will release TEARGARDEN BY KALEIDYSCOPE VOL. II “THE SOLSTICE BARE” on November 23 via Martha’s Music/Rocket Science Ventures. This physical-only four-song EP is a limited-edition, beautifully packaged CD & deluxe 12-inch vinyl picture disc with the four songs: “The Fellowship,” “Freak,” “Tom Tom” and “Spangled” as well as an unreleased [...]
The Smashing Pumpkins Release Sixth Free Track “Spangled”
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS are issuing a brand new track “Spangled” Tuesday, September 14, available exclusively as a free download for 24 hours through the website for The Sweet Relief Musicians Fund: www.sweetrelief.org. Spangled” will then become available the next day (Wednesday, September 15) at www.smashingpumpkins.com where a widget is also offered that enables fans to host the song anywhere [...]
Smashing Pumpkins Preview Summer Tour With Show At Viper Room In Hollywood
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS gave fans a taste of what to expect on their summer tour–which kicks off Tuesday 7/6 in Cleveland–last night (6/30) in Los Angeles with a nearly 90-minute sold-out and critically acclaimed show at the Viper Room. Fans who missed this will have an opportunity to catch the band when they return to [...]
Sunset Strip Music Festival: The Smashing Pumpkins To Headline And Close Down Sunset
Organizers of the SUNSET STRIP MUSIC FESTIVAL have confirmed that THE SMASHING PUMPKINS will headline the street festival on Saturday, August 28, with a live performance on the legendary Strip, which is being closed to traffic for the second time in its history. The iconic band will wrap up the third annual SSMF, set to [...]
The Smashing Pumpkins Announce Search For New Bassist And Keyboardist
With the news that THE SMASHING PUMPKINS bassist Ginger Pooley has left the band to raise her new baby with her husband, BILLY CORGAN has announced that he will look for a new bassist in the same manner as he found new drummer Mike Byrne last year: via an open audition process (see below for [...]
