News 
03
MAY
2012

Smashing Pumpkins heading to New Zealand

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Smashing Pumpkins are returning to New Zealand to play one concert in Auckland.  

The show will take place at Auckland's Vector Arena on Saturday 4th August.  

The Smashing Pumpkins will be in our part of the world where they will perform at the Splendour In The Grass Festival which takes place in Australia's Byron Bay during the final weekend of July.  The band have also announced side shows …

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News 
19
DEC
2011

Billy Corgan Thinks New Album 'Oceania' Is Their Best In 16 Years

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Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has stated their new album 'Oceania' is the best they have released since 1995's 'Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness'. 

In an interview with Stereogum Corgan said "It's been a long time since I made a record where you play it for fifty people and fifty people say "this is a great record." I haven't had that since Mellon Collie where fifty people go "OK…

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News 
09
DEC
2011

Smashing Pumpkins Determined Not To Become A Nostalgia Act

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Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan is adamant that the band wont become a "nostalgia act".  

Speaking with Kerrang! Corgan commented  "The Pumpkins won't be a nostalgia act, we refuse to be. That would be the true death of the Smashing Pumpkins. I've said to people in the business - we won't go out and make money by playing 'Siamese Dream' in full. We're not operating with that safety net. …

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News 
22
NOV
2011

Billy Corgan Was Suicidal During Siamese Dream Recording

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Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has admitted he was in a bad state during the recording of their 1993 album 'Siamese Dream'.  

Corgan recently spoke about the album to Zane Lowe for his BBC 1 Radio Show.  Corgan commented "Even though it wasn't the one that sold the most, it's the one that seems to have come through the best. As dark a records as 'Siamese Dream' is, there's a lot of fun …

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News 
20
OCT
2011

Smashing Pumpkins First Two Albums To Be Re-Released

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THE SMASHING PUMPKINS' FIRST TWO GROUNDBREAKING ALBUMS ‘GISH' AND ‘SIAMESE DREAM' TO GET THE FULLY REMASTERED TREATMENT

On December 5 EMI Music will launch an extensive campaign honoring the legacy of THE SMASHING PUMPKINS by reissuing the iconic alternative band's first two albums--GISH (1991) and SIAMESE DREAM (1993), certified platinum and 4X platinum respectively--in CD, deluxe 2CD/DVD, …

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