The Smashing Pumpkins play the first of shows titled “Black Sunshine,” & “White Crosses” in Toronto and New York.

Ξ November 8th, 2008 by Andrew Pakula | → 0 Comments | ∇ Billy Corgan, Concerts, Music News, Netphoria, Smashing Pumpkins |

The Smashing Pumpkins have kicked off the first of their two-night shows entitled titled “Black Sunshine,” & “White Crosses” in Toronto 11/3-4 at Massey Hall and in New York City 11/6-7 at United Palace Theater. Each of the two nights consisted of completely different set lists, no duplicate songs across the two nights providing 40+ songs. Headlined as the 20th Anniversary shows the Pumpkins played hit favorites from all their albums as well as rarely played songs such as Bodies, Soma and Eye.

Setlist from the Toronto shows:

To read the reviews and discuss the Toronto and New York shows join the threads on the Netphoria Message Board:

• Toronto, ON 11/3-4 Massey Hall
• New York, NY 11/6-7 United Palace Theater

Also if you are still looking for tickets to the remaining Smashing Pumpkin shows on the 20th Anniversary Tour then click here.

MTV Canada – Smashing Pumpkins Contest

Ξ November 8th, 2008 by Andrew Pakula | → 0 Comments | ∇ Billy Corgan, Concerts, Smashing Pumpkins |

MTV Canada is doing a small give-away of a Smashing Pumpkins logo-engraved 8 gig ipod nano and copies of If All Goes Wrong. This is open to Canadians only.

We are hooking you up with the sweetest give-away! Enter for a chance to win the first place prize of a special Smashing Pumpkins logo-engraved 8 gig iPod nano, plus the entire Smashing Pumpkins catalogue and one copy of the new Smashing Pumpkins documentary DVD If All Goes Wrong. 9 second-place winners will receive one DVD copy each of If All Goes Wrong.

To enter, email miscweb@mtv.ca with your name and mailing address. Be sure to write “Smashing Pumpkins” in the subject line.

Click here to check out the trailer for If All Goes Wrong and watch some Pumpkins music videos! http://www.mtv.ca/?id=1598582

Good luck!

-Your friends at MTV

Now Shipping, Guitar Hero World Tour featuring Billy Corgan & The Smashing Pumpkins

Ξ October 27th, 2008 by Andrew Pakula | → 0 Comments | ∇ Billy Corgan, Concerts, Music News, Netphoria, Smashing Pumpkins |

Now Shipping! ‘Guitar Hero World Tour‘ is now available for order at Amazon.com, the game lists for $189.99 for the complete Band Kit, $99.99 for the Guitar Kit or $49.99 for just the game and is now available for PS3, XBOX 360, Wii and PS2.

The Smashing Pumpkins will be exclusively debuting their new single “G.L.O.W” on Guitar Hero World Tour. The new single G.L.O.W. will be included with previous Smashing Pumpkins hit songs 1979 and the Everlasting Gaze. Billy Corgan will also be an in-game character in Guitar Hero World Tour, and announced that The Smashing Pumpkins song Today will be in the game. For more info click here to discuss on the Netphoria Forums.

Platform	Band Kit Version	Guitar Kit Version	Game Only Version
	PS3 – $189	PS3 – $99.99	PS3 – $59.99
	XBOX 360 – $189	XBOX 360 – $99.99	XBOX 360 – $59.99
	Wii – $189	Wii – $99.99	Wii – $49.99
	PS2 – $179	PS2 – $89.99	PS2 – $49.99

Smashing Pumpkins play Guitar Hero World Tour event

Ξ October 27th, 2008 by Andrew Pakula | → 0 Comments | ∇ Billy Corgan, Concerts, Music News, Smashing Pumpkins |

From the L.A. Times:

Smashing Pumpkins play Guitar Hero World Tour event, debut new song

Memo to Activsion: Next time you have a launch party for the newest version of Guitar Hero, book the happy-go-lucky Foo Fighters (oh yes, they too are available for video game launch parties, for the right price, that is). The Smashing Pumpkins aren’t in any mood to send blue-eyed, blond-haired marketing minions home humming “Today.”

Billy Corgan’s message Saturday night to partygoers at a private Guitar Hero World Tour launch party? He is no corporate shill. Sure, the Smashing Pumpkins ringleader cashed the $100,000+ check his band surely received for performing at the bash, which was co-sponsored by Best Buy and took place just blocks away from the Minneapolis-based big box retailer’s La Brea Avenue store in a massive sound studio — but that doesn’t mean he played nicely.

Things started out promisingly enough as Corgan took the stage around 10 p.m. The band tore through “Tarantula” with efficiency and grace before performing a perfunctory version of “G.L.O.W.” (which is featured in Guitar Hero World Tour as a single, the first time a band has recorded a new song exclusively for the franchise). But the second half of the set left the curious crowd, heavy on Best Buy execs and contest-winners, feeling confused, used or worse.

(Full set list plus more of the review after the jump)

“Old School…1979!” one man a decade or so removed from the frathouse yelled out, perhaps unaware that the band had just offered up a blistering rendition of “Siva,” from Smashing Pumpkins’ debut “Gish.”

With that kind of crowd staring back at the frontman, you can hardly blame Corgan for saving the entire second half of the set for working out new material, and dark, experimental feedback-laden noodling. Was this the 41-year-old’s way of rebelling against “fake” guitar heroes playing the video game on one of the multiple screens set up just steps away from the stage?

“I feel like Sarah Palin up here,” he deadpanned at one point during the set, perhaps referencing his comfort level at being the evening’s cheerleader. Although Corgan seemed in good enough spirits (wearing a silver skirt and a tight, black shirt with a spider on it…the same exact outfit he wore to the Scream Awards earlier this month: See picture above), it was clear he wasn’t in the mood to play the hits.

To read the full article from the L.A. Times, click here.

To discuss this article on the Netphoria Message board, click here.

Smashing Pumpkins on Jimmy Kimmel Live 10-24-08

Ξ October 27th, 2008 by Andrew Pakula | → 0 Comments | ∇ Billy Corgan, Concerts, Music News, Smashing Pumpkins |

Billy Corgan and the Smashing Pumpkins performed this past Friday on Jimmy Kimmel.

Here they are performing the songs Tarantula & G.L.O.W. on an outdoor stage at ABC.

New Rolling Stone article on the Smashing Pumpkins – “We’re no better than Bon Jovi”

Ξ October 17th, 2008 by Andrew Pakula | → 0 Comments | ∇ Billy Corgan, Concerts, Interviews, Jimmy Chamberlin, Music News, Smashing Pumpkins |

An new article in the latest Rolling Stone magazine talks with Billy Corgan about a new album, the reunion/reformed band so far and the 20th Anniversary Tour. Here is an excerpt of the article:

Smashing Pumpkins Prep New Album, 20th Anniversary Tour

Reunited band breaks out classic tunes for tour; concept disc to follow

DAVID BROWNE
Posted Oct 30, 2008 9:59 AM

Billy Corgan is the first to admit that the Smashing Pumpkins’ return hasn’t always gone the way he’d hoped. In 2006, he and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin re-formed the band after a six-year layoff, recorded a new album, Zeitgeist, and hit the road. The Pumpkins’ upcoming DVD, If All Goes Wrong (out November 11th), chronicles what followed: fans puzzled by the absence of founding members James Iha and D’arcy Wretzky, and tense moments onstage and off.

“You’re standing onstage and hearing people going, ‘I don’t know how I feel about this,’” recalls Corgan. “We found that America had turned every older band into the ‘reunion band.’ It was ‘I just want to hear those eight songs and drink my beer.’ You think, ‘I’m 41 years old, and I’ve earned some level of trust.’ And you find out you’re just like everybody else. You’re no better than Bon Jovi.”

Then came mixed reviews and modest sales for Zeitgeist. (“A gold record in this economy is quite an accomplishment,” Corgan counters.) Finally, he and the band’s label, Warner Bros., parted ways after what Corgan calls “zero support” from the company.

Still, Corgan is upbeat about the state of the Pumpkins. “There’s something about being in the band that brings things out in me motivationally,” he says. “I don’t know if it brings the best out of me musically, but it brings the best out in me energetically.” He’s particularly fired up about the Pumpkins’ 20th-anniversary tour, which kicks off in Cleveland on November 1st. As with last year’s shows, Corgan and Chamberlin will be joined by guitarist Jeff Schroeder, bassist Ginger Reyes and keyboardist Lisa Harriton, plus to-be-determined additional musicians.

To read the full article, click here.

To discuss this new article on the Netphoria Message board, click here.

Smashing Pumpkins Threads of the Week from the Netphoria Message Board

Ξ October 17th, 2008 by Andrew Pakula | → 0 Comments | ∇ Billy Corgan, Concerts, Music News, Netphoria, Smashing Pumpkins |

Here are some of the top threads from the past week on the Smashing Pumpkins board of the Netphoria Forums.

• Full Video of Starla on the o-site from the dvd.
• More sneaks peak of If All Goes Wrong
• “If All Goes Wrong” official website..
• Article in new issue of Rolling Stone; “long-ranging concept album”
• MCIS the most popular double-album of all time?
• Who here became a Pumpkins fan from post MCIS material?

For more Smashing Pumpkins related topics please see the SP board or the Tour Info board.

Smashing Pumpkins Threads of the Week from the Netphoria Message Board

Ξ September 30th, 2008 by Andrew Pakula | → 0 Comments | ∇ Billy Corgan, Concerts, Music News, Smashing Pumpkins |

Here are some of the top threads from the week on the Smashing Pumpkins board of the Netphoria Forums.

• G.L.O.W. radio premiere
• Netphoria’s official opinion on G.L.O.W. (poll)
• VIP SMASHING PUMPKINS TICKETS MEET&GREET
• Smashing Pumpkins to Sell LIVE shows in digital format
• Corgan Blogs about 20th
• If All Goes Wrong DVD Nov 11th

For more Smashing Pumpkins related topics please see the SP board or the Tour Info board.

Smashing Pumpkins – If All Goes Wrong DVD Preview

Ξ September 25th, 2008 by MonteLDS | → 0 Comments | ∇ Billy Corgan, Concerts, Interviews, Smashing Pumpkins, Video |

Click here to pre-order Smashing Pumpkins – If All Goes Wrong – DVD.

Or join the discussion on the Netphoria Message Board about this upcoming release.

VIP Package for upcomming Smashing Pumpkins tour

Ξ September 25th, 2008 by MonteLDS | → 0 Comments | ∇ Billy Corgan, Concerts, Smashing Pumpkins |

Accord to iLoveAllAccess.com the Smashing Pumpkins are going sell VIP packages, which includes guaranteed seats in the first 10 or 20 rows, depending on your package. The 4 Star package is $95-125 while the 5 Star package is $295-325 depending on location.

5 Star VIP Package

* » One ticket in the first 10 rows
* » 5 Star souvenir laminate
* » Meet and greet and photo op
* » Pre-show party
* » Exclusive Smashing Pumpkins gift
* » Crowd-free merchandise shopping
* » Parking
* » Complimentary digital download of the concert
* » Smashing Pumpkins online store discount coupon

4 Star VIP Package

* » One ticket in the first 20 rows
* » Exclusive Smashing Pumpkins gift
* » Smashing Pumpkins online store discount coupon

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