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The Smashing Pumpkins have officially named Kiki Wong as their new touring guitarist following the departure of longtime guitarist Jeff Schroeder in October. Earlier this year, the Pumpkins put out an open call for guitarists to audition for the group, writing, “The application process is open to anyone who might be interested.” Well, they’ve made a decision, and shared the news in a post on social media. “The news you have been waiting for has finally arrived! SP is excited to officially welcome highly-skilled veteran guitarist Kiki Wong,” they wrote. “Kiki joins the band’s touring lineup of ...
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The Smashing Pumpkins have announced headlining tour dates for this summer. The band had previously unveiled shows with Green Day on their Saviors Tour. The new dates include a dozen concerts that will take place during open days on the Green Day tour. The new North American shows start almost immediately after the Saviors Tour starts on July 29, with a July 31 gig in Muskoka, Ontario. The headlining tour completes on Sept. 27, two days before the Smashing Pumpkins’ shows with Green Day concludes in San Diego. READ MORE: 2024 Rock Tour Preview Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts, the Smashing Pum...
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The Smashing Pumpkins have announced a new set of 2024 North American headlining tour dates that fall between their shows with Green Day. The rockers previously booked a run of stadium shows with Green Day in celebration of their albums Dookie (1994) and American Idiot (2004). Green Day are set to play both albums in full, and the trek is set to kick off July 29 in Washington D.C. However, The Smashing Pumpkins just added a whole set of dates without Green Day to their summer tour schedule, which will take place at arenas around the country. Their first solo date is set for July 31 in Ontario,...
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New York (AFP) - Could you be the next member of The Smashing Pumpkins? The influential alt rockers who achieved 1990s fame with hits including "Cherub Rock" and "Tonight, Tonight" are seeking an additional guitarist -- and welcoming resumes. "The application process is open to anyone who might be interested," the band wrote on X Friday, inviting potential candidates to send their CVs and "related material." Jeff Schroeder had played with the band's most recent iteration from 2007 until 2023, when he announced his departure. Originally formed in the late 1980s in Chicago, The Smashing Pumpki...
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Billy Corgan and Chloe Mendel "didn't feel the need" to invite their famous friends to their wedding. The Smashing Pumpkins frontman recently tied the knot with the fashion designer - with whom he has children Augustus, six, and three-year-old Philomena - at their home in Highland Park, Illinois, and though his bandmates James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlain were among the 100 guests, the couple wanted their big day to focus on "family intimacy". Chloe told People magazine: "It was really focused on family intimacy and the people closest to us. "We do shows for a living, we are out in the public eye...
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Smashing Pumpkins’ singer/guitarist Billy Corgan, wearing black makeup and black boots, and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin rocked out at PNC Music Pavilion on Tuesday night in Charlotte, North Carolina. The rock band is currently on a North American tour with stops coming next in Holmdel, N.J., Wantagh, N.Y., Gilford, N.H., and Toronto. “James, I think they like the bleak new wave better than the wrestling,” Corgan said after a Jame Iha solo, a reference to opening talent from the National Wrestling Alliance.
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Billy Corgan found Lisa Marie Presley's death "really hard". The Smashing Pumpkins frontman performed at the funeral of the singer following her shock death at the age of 54 in January and he has paid tribute to his friend as a "really, really cool" person. Appearing on SiriusXM's 'The Howard Stern Show', he said: “She was awesome — that was a tough one. "That was really hard for me because she was a one-of-a-kind person and the world really didn’t know her because they, of course, always knew her as Elvis’ daughter, but she was a really, really cool, unique person.” Billy previously co-wrote ...
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