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The Smashing Pumpkins Tackle 'Space Oddity' at SXSW - When the Smashing Pumpkins took to a SXSW rooftop earlier this year, they cranked out this interstellar rendition of David Bowie 's 1969 classic "Major Tom." While you won't find the electrifying… Read More

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The Smashing Pumpkins Writing Next Album

Mar 26, 2013

American alt-rockers The Smashing Pumpkins have confirmed that theyre working…

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Mar 22, 2013

Anberlin remains one of the most exciting live acts in modern alternative rock.

The Smashing Pumpkins plot world tour, including…

Mar 11, 2013

The new-look Smashing Pumpkins are set to tour the world during 2013 in support…

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Feb 25, 2013

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The Smashing Pumpkins Tour Dates

City	Venue	Date		Tickets
Columbus, OH	Columbus Crew Stadium	Sat	May 18 / 13	Find Tickets
Koln	Live Music Hall	Thu	Jun 20 / 13	Find Tickets
Paris	Zenith de Paris	Mon	Jun 24 / 13	Find Tickets
Saint-Herblain	Zenith - Nantes	Tue	Jun 25 / 13	Find Tickets
Pilton	Worthy Farm	Wed	Jun 26 / 13	Find Tickets
Barcelona	Razzmatazz	Thu	Jun 27 / 13	Find Tickets
Manchester	Manchester Academy	Mon	Jul 01 / 13	Find Tickets
Glasgow	O2 Academy Glasgow	Tue	Jul 02 / 13	Find Tickets
Lille	Zenith Arena	Thu	Jul 04 / 13	Find Tickets
Esch-sur-Alzette	Rockhal	Tue	Jul 09 / 13	Find Tickets
Vienna	Open Air	Wed	Jul 10 / 13	Find Tickets
Rome	Ippodromo Le Capannelle	Sun	Jul 14 / 13	Find Tickets
Vienne	Theatre Antique Vienne	Tue	Jul 16 / 13	Find Tickets
Bern	The Gurten	Thu	Jul 18 / 13	Find Tickets
Dour	La Plaine de La Machine a Feu	Thu	Jul 18 / 13	Find Tickets
Dour	La Plaine de La Machine a Feu	Sun	Jul 21 / 13	Find Tickets
London	Wembley Arena	Mon	Jul 22 / 13	Find Tickets
Amsterdam	Paradiso	Fri	Jul 26 / 13	Find Tickets
Tilburg	013	Sat	Jul 27 / 13	Find Tickets
Oslo	Sentrum Scene	Tue	Jul 30 / 13	Find Tickets

The Smashing Pumpkins Biography

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The Smashing Pumpkins is an American alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois, created in 1988. Formed by frontman Billy Corgan (lead vocals, lead guitar) and James Iha (rhythm guitar), the band has included Jimmy Chamberlin (drums), D'arcy Wretzky (bass guitar), Melissa Auf der Maur (bass guitar), and currently includes Mike Byrne (drums), Nicole Fiorentino (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Jeff Schroeder (rhythm guitar) among its membership. Disavowing the punk rock roots of many of their alt-rock contemporaries, the Pumpkins have a diverse, densely layered, and guitar-heavy sound, containing elements of gothic rock, heavy metal, dream pop, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, shoegazing-style production, and, in later recordings, electronica. Corgan is the group's primary songwriter—his grand musical ambitions and cathartic lyrics have shaped the band's albums and songs, which have been described as "anguished, bruised reports from Billy Corgan's nightmare-land". The Smashing Pumpkins broke into the musical mainstream with their second album, 1993's ''Siamese Dream''. The group built its audience with extensive touring and their 1995 follow-up, the double album ''Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness'', which debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart. With 20 million albums sold in the United States alone, the Smashing Pumpkins were one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands of the 1990s. However, internal fighting, drug use, and diminishing record sales led to a 2000 break-up. In 2006, Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin reconvened to record a new Smashing Pumpkins album, ''Zeitgeist''. The band toured with a rotating lineup of between five and nine musicians through much of 2007 and 2008 with new member Jeff Schroeder before Chamberlin left the band in early 2009. New drummer Mike Byrne and bassist Nicole Fiorentino solidified a new lineup with Corgan and Schroeder, toured through much of 2010 and 2011, and are currently recording the album ''Teargarden by Kaleidyscope'', having just released the album-within-an-album ''Oceania''.

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