Again I think the G.A. atmosphere played into everything much more than people realize, especially for the music.
Smashingpumpkins.com has some details regarding the upcoming touring plans for the band.
As stated previously, the band will be heading out into the United States for the first time in 2008 during August. This tour will be for fun and will consist of unique sets and songs. Expect this tour to visit mostly smaller-sized venues.
Whereas the August dates will be at smaller venues, the November 20th Anniversary shows will be at large venues. We can confirm the band will be playing in New York, Chicago, L.A. as well as additional cities that have yet to be announced. These shows will focus on the band\'s history, legacy, and accomplishments over their career.
The Gish era tour will be moved to early 2009 to make way for the 20th Anniversary shows this November. Discussions are still taking place regarding which cities will be played.
Billy Corgan had this to say about the current tour line-up for 2008:
"The August tour is going to be a blast... Expect a very loud and raucous show from us...and we are very, very happy to know we will finally be playing our own shows come November in New York, L.A., and Chicago... The 20th Anniversary shows will be magical... We are already working on lots of surprises"
Thanks to everyone that waited patiently for news over the weekend. Dates will start being announced shortly so stay tuned!
Quote from: davepeck;151291i LOVE the album.
just wanted to mention that after a few weeks, and several listens later, i completely stand by this statement. my favorites are Doomsday Clock, That\'s The Way, Tarantula, Starz, and Bring The Light, but there\'s really not a song on the album i dislike.
fitz, have you come around on Starz yet?? that\'s one song that REALLY jumped up for me after a couple listens.
i LOVE the album.
They are coming to Boston in the fall, I\'m gonna wait till then.
Dave you really love the album huh?? I have kind of mixed feelings about it. My favorite track right now is probably the last one, Pomp and Circumstance.
Overall though I think the energy is a little off..... the power of MCIS/SiameseDream just isn\'t there except in a couple tracks. This might be a result of having recorded the album before they played the songs live though.
Come celebrate the release of Zeitgeist with the Smashing Pumpkins!
Tuesday, July 10th at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC
Festivities begin at 7:00pm
Tickets on sale Friday, July 6th at 10am through tickets.com
Album in stores July 10th!
i watched \'god and country\' from paris on youtube last night and it was pretty ser. im really excited about the new pumpkins.
Quote from: Stephengencs;146154no mayonaise....**** that ****....
have you ever heard it live? doesn\'t give the beauty of the song it\'s justice AT ALL.
no mayonaise....**** that ****....
anyone else heard Tarantula (http://www.sendspace.com/file/y67yjv) yet? i like!
anyone else heard Tarantula (http://www.sendspace.com/file/y67yjv) yet? i like!
Smashing Pumpkins To Do 9-show Ashville, N.C. Residency, 8-shows in San Fran
Fred Mills
May 14, 2007
Now here?s a news item you don?t read every day from any band: in a nigh-on unprecedented move not witnessed except in the jamband milieu, the Smashing Pumpkins have just announced two sets of residency gigs: nine slated for the Orange Peel in Asheville, NC (June 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30 and July 2, 3, and 5) plus eight at the Fillmore in San Francisco (July 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30 and 31 and August 1).
The residencies will bookend the July 10 release of the new Pumpkins album Zeitgeist.
Acccording to band management, these ?very special and intimate residencies, the band will vary set lists from night to night. They\'ll perform songs from Zeitgeist Pumpkins classics plus retool songs that didn\'t make it onto Zeitgeist and even offer tunes written the day of the show. The shows will give fans a unique opportunity to see the Pumpkins inside the process of creation and operating in the spur of the moment.?
The eight concerts in San Francisco mark the first time the band has returned to The Fillmore since April of 1994 when they were invited to be the band to re-open the historic venue. The Asheville shows mark the first time the Pumpkins will have played a residency since their four gigs at the Double Door in Chicago in 1994.
And in a neat move to pre-empt the inevitable bootleggers, the band is actively encouring fans to bring audio and video gear to record the shows in Asheville and San Fran.
Here?s the rest of the important stuff?note the admirable anti-scalping measures being instituted. Not that that won?t prevent eBay from going into overdrive shortly after the on-sale? caveat emptor.
General admission tickets for these all-ages shows go on sale Sunday, May 20.
The San Francisco tickets ($25.00 each) and will be available at 10:00 AM Pacific via http://www.ticketmaster.com and http://www.livenation.com.
For the Asheville show, tickets ($20.00 each) will go on sale at 1:00 PM Eastern at http://www.theorangepeel.net or http://www.ticketweb.com.
Tickets for both shows will be available through internet ONLY.
Tickets will NOT be available at either box offices, charge-by-phone or ticket outlets. Two-ticket limit per person. Purchaser must pick up tickets at the box office night-of-show only. Ticket-holders must immediately enter the venue. Photo ID required for ticket pick-up. Tickets are non-transferable. No refunds or exchanges. A service charge is added to each ticket price
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Nice Cat Stevens sig, just noticed that. Catchy little remake, I had to pick up that album at my local bittorrent as soon as I heard it. Too bad Yusufs going to hell now for being Muslim and playing music at the same time.... guess he really needed the money.
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oooh I saw that too
Whats up with the announcements headlining all these festivals in Germany and Liechtenstein and Czechloslovakia and ... errr, places far away from me.
without the smashing pumpkins, I wouldn\'t be here like this today. best band ever. get pisces iscariot, and the songs "drown" and "glynis"
Agreed totally....i never saw the pumpkins live...but I saw Zwan. And Billy tore up the stage even with that band, which was sub-par.
That song, by far, one of my favorite of all time....
as a guitar player I say Billy Corgan is one of the best guitar players I\'ve heard. His solos are insanity on a leash.
yeah Justin go listen to Geek U.S.A. .... Jimmy Chamberlain is a sick drummer I\'d have thought just about any drummer would have to show SP respect ?
**** that. Go listen to "Starla" ...
or Gish, Siamese Dream, Mellon Collie ... entire albums
MTV ??? Phish had a music video too, whats the point. Remember when SP had videos on MTV they were still running fresh episodes of Beavis and Butthead.
SECOND idiotic threadcrap removed.
If you don\'t have anything intelligent to add to the thread, MOVE ON.
Ich genie?e zertr?mmert pumkin.
Corgan Weighs In On New Pumpkins Album
Billy Corgan has taken to the Smashing Pumpkins\' MySpace.com site to weigh in on the group\'s reunion album, expected out in late spring or early summer. "This year for us will see a new album of songs and a world tour of tears, and we truly look forward to playing again for fans young, old, and missed," Corgan said in a posting yesterday (Jan. 2).
"So yes, tunes are being dusted off, while others are being asked to kindly submit to an upstart millennia and all it\'s asking," he continued. "When we opened the lid on this music box, we were pleasantly surprised at the music that played: familiar yet unknown, welcoming but not sentimental ... and that is all we can ask."
There has still been no announcement of what label is releasing the disc, but it is likely to be Warner Bros. or Reprise, which issued Corgan\'s 2005 solo album "TheFutureEmbrace." It has also not been revealed who else besides Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin are now in the band.
"For many years there were private laments about opportunities missed and hearts so broken, but no more ... we have turned the page and moved on, from places and faces, names and games," Corgan said. "This age calls for resolve and certitude, and the fire within to burn ever bright. If that fire should be connected to absolutely deafening guitars, thundering drums and the melodies of snakes, then so be it!"
BILLBOARD.com
from NME:QuoteSmashing Pumpkins set to reform for festivals
Live dates this year looking more likely
Smashing Pumpkins are strongly rumoured to be reforming this summer for live shows - with Coachella touted as their comeback.
i just found out that everything in that article is bs. someone made a fake poster for coachella and rumors started. :doh:
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it doesnt even look real.
I admit I have not heard any live zwan but will look some up now. The album did nothing for me. Hopefully the live stuff will peak my interest in Billy\'s music again.
A hiatus is different then breaking a band up. Yeah I agree they may have needed a break but the way it was done just threw me. I admit I have not heard any live zwan but will look some up now. The album did nothing for me. Hopefully the live stuff will peak my interest in Billy\'s music again.Quote from: leithI have soo much animosity built up towards that fuckin\' crybaby for breaking up the band in the 1st place
if you heard any of the 2000 shows you would probably agree that they needed a hiatus because you could tell that billy and jimmy were the only ones into it.
i dont see how you could have been mad about the band breaking up when billy and jimmy started a new band that pretty much sounded like what the pumpkins would have sounded like if they had continued with new members. zwan wrote so many songs that were only played live and it some of the best stuff i have heard since mellon collie and the infinite sadness.
if you were not paying attention what they have been doing since the band split up you have missed out on some of the best music they have played in 10 years. If the pumpkins get back together, with or without james and darcy, and everyone is into it its going to be really sick.
I have soo much animosity built up towards that fuckin\' crybaby for breaking up the band in the 1st place
lol yeah we\'ll see abt that. I have soo much animosity built up towards that fuckin\' crybaby for breaking up the band in the 1st place but if he is sincere and brings the heat like I know he can yeah u may see me.Quote from: leithSmashing Pumpkins to Reform?! whoop de do :swirls finger in air:
if this happens i hope to see you in CA on april 30!
Smashing Pumpkins to Reform?! whoop de do :swirls finger in air:
Smashing Pumpkins set to reform for festivals
Live dates this year looking more likely
Smashing Pumpkins are strongly rumoured to be reforming this summer for live shows - with Coachella touted as their comeback.
Singer Billy Corgan has made no secret of the fact he wants to reform his old band, and NME.COM has learned the band are set to make their comeback at the Californian festival on April 30.
Writing recently on his webpage, Corgan hinted reformation plans were coming along.
"The surprise I have in store for you all will be announced soon enough," he said. "Hold on to your horses. After all, good things surely comes to those who wait....Don\'t you just love the suspense?"
Corgan remains friends with former Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlain, and is also in contact with the band\'s second bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur, having collaborated with her on her forthcoming second solo album.
The first rumours of the band reforming came when the singer took out an advert in the local Chicago Tribune newspaper where he said "his heart" remains with his old band.
He wrote: "When I played the final Smashing Pumpkins show on the night of December 2, 2000, I walked off the stage believing that I was forever leaving a piece of my life behind. I naively tried to start a new band, but found that my heart wasn\'t in it. I moved away to pursue a love that I once had but got lost. So I moved back home to heal what was broken in me, and to my surprise I found what I was looking or. I found that my heart is in Chicago, and that my heart is in the Smashing Pumpkins.
"For a year now I have walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to keep. But now I want you to be among the first to know that I have made plans to renew and revive the Smashing Pumpkins. I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams. In this desire I feel I have come home again."
Smashing Pumpkins split in 2000 after the release of their final album \'Machina\'. Following the split Corgan formed Zwan, who split after one record.
CORGAN STORMS OFF STAGE
American rocker Billy Corgan abandoned a solo concert in Melbourne,
Australia last night after fans repeatedly asked him to play songs by his
former band Smashing Pumpkins.
Despite placing an ad in the Chicago Tribune expressing his intent to reform
the Smashing Pumpkins last month, Corgan became increasingly angered by
continued catcalls from the audience.
According to reports in Melbourne newspapers, one fan heckled, "Play some
Pumpkins," to which Corgan replied, "Can I live my life for today?"
Later in the performance, another audience member shouted "We want rock,"
prompting Corgan to suggest he ask for his money back.
The final straw came towards the end of the show when another fan requested
Pumpkins material. Corgan declared "[Bleep] this" and stormed off stage,
ignoring calls to return.
AP: Do you ever wish the Smashing Pumpkins could reunite?
Corgan: You can\'t recreate what was.
AP: A lot of bands try, though.
Corgan: That\'s because they try and go back to what was. I showed it already. I didn\'t think the Smashing Pumpkins could stay where they were for two years. So I have no desire to go back to a sentimental position to the band. If I ever did go back to the band, it wouldn\'t be the same thing, it wouldn\'t be for those reasons. It wouldn\'t be a reunion to cash in. I have no interest in that. My goals are always artistic, and they were even in the context of the Smashing Pumpkins. If you ever see Smashing Pumpkins on the marquee, it won\'t be what you think it would be. The Pumpkins was a progressive art concept, it wasn\'t a normal band. It was meant to sort of disrupt, cause problems, and it did. And we were successful in doing that. But we would never go back ... and on top of that, some of the relationships are totally destroyed. It would take some serious divine intervention to see.
Quote from: Buquebusbring back D\'Arcy and James Iha!!!
screw d\'arcy, bring back jimmy chamberline and james tho
\'In full-page advertisements in Chicago newspapers, the bald-headed Corgan said, "I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams." \'
****, he\'s still whining? Come ON guy, sheesh.
Shoulda never screwed w/ SP in the first place.
June 21, 2005
Today is a special day in my life as it marks the release of my very first solo album \'TheFutureEmbrace.\' For over 17 years I have been proud to represent Chicago as an artist through my words and music, and am continually humbled by the undying love that I have been shown from this city as one of its native sons. I\'d like to take this moment to address all that is going on in my musical life, from the new album and the current tour, to the future of The Smashing Pumpkins.
I had the opportunity to record \'TheFutureEmbrace\' CD here in Chicago, and its embers bear witness to this town\'s unique soul. I have done my very best to create something fresh and exciting to listen to, and I hope you get the chance to check it out. Having just returned from a tour of Europe, I am now set to play 18 additional dates in North America, beginning tomorrow in Atlanta. After that we head to Japan, and then Australia and New Zealand for the first time since 1998.
\'TheFutureEmbrace\' is an album of hope, and represents fully my desire to make music to stand and to fight for. Encouraged by the musical progress of the record, I have already begun writing new songs for a subsequent solo album I hope to start by the end of this year. Plans are still in the works to finish my \'ChicagoSongs\' DVD, a group of songs about the city. I\'m also in the process of writing my life story on-line, updated almost daily and not so ironically entitled \'The Confessions of Billy Corgan.\' It truly has been a creative time for me, with many new revelations.
Many have assumed that the decisions that I have made over the last few years have been to try to get away from something. But what I have been really trying to do is find that same kid again, the one who believed he could change the world with a song. There is an old saying that goes "you can\'t go home again,"but I believe that your home is wherever your heart lies.
When I played the final Smashing Pumpkins show on the night of December 2, 2000, I walked off the Metro stage believing that I was forever leaving a piece of my life behind. I naively tried to start a new band, but found that my heart wasn\'t in it. I moved away to pursue a love that I once had but got lost. So I moved back home to heal what was broken in me, and to my surprise I found what I was looking for. I found that my heart is in Chicago, and that my heart is in The Smashing Pumpkins.
For a year now I have walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to keep. But now I want you to be among the first to know that I have made plans to renew and revive The Smashing Pumpkins. I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams. In this desire I feel I have come home again.
\'TheFutureEmbrace\' represents a new beginning, not an ending. It picks up the thread of the as-yet-unfinished work and charter of The Smashing Pumpkins. I know this city gave me the gift of my music, and it is my honor to share this love that I have with you from the bottom of my heart. There is still so much work to do, and as always, so little time!
Rock on and may God bless you!
Billy Corgan
bring back D\'Arcy and James Iha!!!
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Singer Billy Corgan said on Tuesday he plans to revive The Smashing Pumpkins, his Grammy-winning band which broke up in 2000 after more than a decade of blending alternative rock with the avant-garde.
In full-page advertisements in Chicago newspapers, the bald-headed Corgan said, "I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams."
He did not say which if any of the band\'s former members would be involved in the revived group, which broke through with albums such as "Gish" and "Siamese Dream."
The Pumpkins\' top selling album was "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" which came out in 1995, but as the 1990s progressed their work became increasingly obscure as tensions arose in the group.
They broke up over differences among its four members and Corgan has since jumped from project to project but failed to match his early success.
Corgan, based in Chicago, has just released a solo album, "TheFutureEmbrace" on Reprise Records.
He did not say when he would try to reform the Pumpkins but the new album "represents a new beginning, not an ending. It picks up the thread of the as-yet-unfinished work and charter of The Smashing Pumpkins," he said.