On the heels of a summer tour that saw a star-studded 30th-anniversary show in New Jersey, and the announcement of a new album, Smashing Pumpkins have booked additional tour dates this fall. All tickets for the shows will be available at 10:00 a.m. local time this Friday, October 5th. This is on top of shows in London, Italy and Chicago already announced. Their new album Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun releases on November 16 on Billy Corgan’s own Martha’s Music under exclusive license to Napalm Records via a strategic worldwide partnership. Recorded at Shangri La Studios with legendary producer Rick Rubin, the LP is the band’s first in over 18 years to feature founding members Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin with longtime guitarist Jeff Schroeder.Continue reading →
Smashing Pumpkins have surprise dropped a new single and lyric video for the track ‘Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)’. The band also just finished shooting a music video for ‘Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)’ with Billy Corgan as the director. The single comes from the forthcoming new Pumpkins album, their first in over 18 years with ¾ of the original lineup, Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / Lp: No Past. No Future. No Sun. Whew! That’s a mouthful! The album will release from Corgan’s own label Martha’s Music, under exclusive license to Napalm Records via a strategic worldwide partnership. The LP is available for preorder starting today at the links below.
Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / Lp: No Past. No Future. No Sun. track listing:
1. Knights of Malta
2. Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)
3. Travels
4. Solara
5. Alienation
6. Marchin’ On
7. With Sympathy
8. Seek And You Shall Destroy
Smashing Pumpkins are:
Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, with Jeff Schroeder.
The single ‘Solara’ released over the summer is not on the album but is available for purchase now from the band and all DSP’s. This fall, the band will perform in London, UK, and Bologna, IT, before returning to Chicago, IL for a special 30th-anniversary series performance for WKQX’s The Nights We Stole Christmas. Tickets for the band’s upcoming live dates are available now.
The Smashing Pumpkins 2018 Tour Dates
October 16, 2018 – London, UK – Wembley Arena (with Myrkur)
October 18, 2018- Bologna, IT – Unipol Arena (with Myrkur)
Smashing Pumpkins, who played a surprise show at The Troubador in Los Angeles, have shared a new music video. ‘Solara’ is the bands first new single and music video, and a first for this “reunion” lineup of the band. Directed by Nick Koenig, if looks and feels like you would expect a Smashing Pumpkins video to do. Continue reading →
Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan, now going by William Patrick Corgan, has announced that his new solo album, Ogilala, will be hitting stores on October 13th. Continue reading →
The Smashing Pumpkins will be joined for their next tour by founding member Jimmy Chamberlin on drums. Led by sole original member Billy Corgan are about to embark on a co-headlining US tour with Marilyn Manson, Corgan approached Chamberlin about the gig while wrapping up an acoustic tour before the next leg.
Corgan told USA today in an interview how he approached Chamberlin to return:
“We suddenly found ourselves in the situation of not having anybody lined up. On the group’s first acoustic tour, which will wrap Thursday in Minneapolis, the band’s configuration does not include a drummer. “We knew we could do the acoustic tour with some backing tapes and drum machines, stuff like that, but we’re also looking at the Manson tour in three weeks.”
Chamberlin also commented on the reunion:
“He asked if there was any way I’d consider coming back for the tour. It’s a great opportunity not only to celebrate the music, but to celebrate the friendship and the legacy.”
Chamblerin has stated this arrangement is just for the tour and not a permanent reunion. Since leaving the Pumpkins for the third time in 2009, he has focused on bands such as LiveOne and other projects.
Stavros Giannopoulos of The Atlas Moth, by Meg Loyal Photography
“Wow there’s a lot I kind of bring up on tour. I have about 800 of these stories I always bring up on tour!
I was talking about seeing Pantera the other day with White Zombie and Deftones. It was 1997. It was The 101 Proof (East West) tour for Pantera and Astro Creep 2000 for White Zombie. It was kind of Pantera, in my personal opinion, it was their prime! I always thought White Zombie sucked actually, but I loved them when I was young and dumb. They were always a really terrible as a live band, and Rob Zombie is like the Vince Neil of metal, he cannot sing. But Pantera for me were at the pinnacle and Deftones are still one of my favorite bands. And I remember in Chicago, Mancow came out and introduced Pantera with Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) and Kato Kalen, from the OJ shit (Editor’s note: The OJ Simpson Trial). (laughs) I remember thinking “What the fuck is this? This guy is a celebrity? What is he doing here?” And White Zombie had a big stage show with too many lights that sucked, but they had those really awesome skeletons that hung down from the top of the stage. I still have the hoodie from that tour, my Deftones hoodie, which is my favorite.”
The Atlas Moth just wrapped up a headline tour of the US. They are still supporting The Old Believer (Profound Lore) album, which released in June 2014. Although they canceled their planned European tour for this summer, they have another pending US tour for this fall, and an as yet unnamed new split EP with another band TBD.
The World Premiere of Rock Iconwill be airing on Vh1 Classic on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 10 pm EST/9 pm Central for the first episode featuring Geddy Lee of Rush. The show was created by Sam Dunn of Banger Films (Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey, Iron Maiden: Flight 666). International syndication information will be announced at a later date.
The following is a list of all ten artist air dates for Season One.
Geddy Lee: Feb 21
Rob Halford: Feb 28
Ted Nugent: March 7
Ann Wilson: March 14
Dave Mustaine: March 21
Nikki Sixx: March 28
Slash: April 4
Daryl Hall: April 11
Joe Elliott: April 18
Billy Corgan: April 25
The Smashing Pumpkins’s new album Monuments To An Elegy will be out on December 9, 2014 via Martha’s Music/BMG, but participating stores will have a special three song EP (part of Black Friday) to give away upon pre-ordering the CD and 180g vinyl versions of the record.
The track listing is as follows:
01) Being Beige
02) One and All
03) Tiberius
Band vocalist and guitarist Billy Corgan, Howard Willing and guitarist Jeff Schroeder all co-produced the album, and Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee reportedly play drums on the album.
