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.
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According to Blabbermouth.net
“..The PUMPKINS are coming prepared with completely different set lists in each of the multi-night engagements with no songs being repeated over the course of the two night run. Night #1 is being called “Black Sunshine,” while night #2 will be dubbed “White Crosses.” A special two-night ticket bundle will be available for all multi-night engagements.
In Chicago — where singer/guitarist Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin continue to be based — the PUMPKINS will play four shows at two different venues. In cities where the band is set to play one night, they plan to deliver a unique one-off set….
…The PUMPKINS have also confirmed a national television appearance for Friday, October 24 when they’ll perform “G.L.O.W.” on the outdoor stage at ABC-TV’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” ”
SMASHING PUMPKINS 20th-anniversary tour dates:
Nov. 01 - Cleveland, OH - Palace Theatre
Nov. 03 - Toronto, ONT - Massey Hall
Nov. 04 - Toronto, ONT - Massey Hall
Nov. 06 - New York, NY - United Palace Theatre
Nov. 07 - New York, NY - United Palace Theatre
Nov. 08 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata
Nov. 11 - Washington, DC - DAR Constitution Hall
Nov. 12 - Washington, DC - DAR Constitution Hall
Nov. 14 - Boston, MA - Wang Center
Nov. 15 - Boston, MA - Wang Center
Nov. 16 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
Nov. 18 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
Nov. 19 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
Nov. 21 - Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre
Nov. 22 - Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre
Nov. 26 - St. Louis, MO - Fox Theatre
Nov. 30 - San Diego, CA - RIMAC Arena
Dec. 02 - Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre
Dec. 03 - Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre
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From: Smashingpumpkins.com:
The Smashing Pumpkins to Release Double DVD Set - ‘If All Goes Wrong’
Features Full Concert in High Definition and Revealing Documentary
Coming Home Media will release If All Goes Wrong, a double DVD commemorative package celebrating the recent reunion and extraordinary 20-year career of The Smashing Pumpkins, one of rock’s defining and most acclaimed bands, on Nov. 11th.
Directed and produced by Jack Gulick (Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, Steve Miller Band, Godsmack) and Daniel E Catullo III (Steve Miller Band, Godsmack, Rush, Dave Matthews Band), the two DVD set contains the 105-minute documentary, also titled If All Goes Wrong, plus The Fillmore Residency, a full concert filmed in late July and early August of 2007 over five of the 11 sold-out nights at the famed Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, CA.
The concert disc was captured in 5.1 Surround Sound and state-of-the-art high definition from 12 cameras and features seven all new tracks not available anywhere else, along with new versions of fan favorites and a selection of Pumpkins rarities.
From the opening note to the final chord, the documentary If All Goes Wrong showcases a band returning with an “enveloping epic force” (Los Angeles Times) as it traces The Smashing Pumpkins during their 19-show residency, which began with eight shows at Asheville, NC’s Orange Peel in late June and continued through 11 sold-out nights at San Francisco’s famed Fillmore Auditorium. Interviews with band members, fans, journalists and fellow musicians reveal the fears, excitement, determination, exhaustion and tension inherent in main singer-songwriter and lead guitarist Billy Corgan and his newly revitalized musical unit.
“We went into the residencies hopeful to play some new music, with the idea I would write during the day and we could maybe even play new songs that same night,” Corgan comments. “What I didn’t anticipate is how much the process would inspire me, positively and negatively, to report what I was seeing and feeling from the shows. The documentary shows that process in an interesting way that reveals the link between the band and our audience.”
The documentary also includes Voices Of The Ghost Children, a featurette about the band’s fans, and an interview with The Who’s legendary guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend as bonus material.
The concert portion of the If All Goes Wrong, entitled The Fillmore Residency, runs 115 minutes and includes seven of the almost 20 all-new compositions the band composed and performed exclusively during the residencies that are available exclusively on this release. With 15 songs in all, the concert - captured in 5.1 Surround Sound and state-of-the-art high definition from 12 cameras - showcases the band as they explore the freedom afforded to them in a live setting, including the 30+ minute opus “Gossamer”. Along with the new tracks, the concert also includes alternate versions of fan favorites and a selection of Pumpkins rarities. The Fillmore Residency also includes five songs recorded live from the floor of The Fillmore that gives fans an intimate glimpse of the band as a performing entity.
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS DISC 1:
- “If All Goes Wrong” documentary
- “Voices Of The Ghost Children” featurette
- Interview with The Who guitarist, Pete Townshend
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS DISC 2:
The Fillmore Residency*
- The Rose March*
- Peace + Love*
- 99 Floors*
- Superchrist
- Lucky 13
- Starla
- Death From Above
- The Crying Tree Of Mercury
- Winterlong
- Heavy Metal Machine
- Untitled
- No Surrender*
- Gossamer*
- Zeitgeist
* Bonus Tracks: Live From The Floor Of The Fillmore
- 99 Floors*
- Peace + Love*
- No Surrender*
- Mama*
- Promise Me*
*previously unreleased
Directed By Jack Gulick and Daniel E. Catullo III; Produced By Jack Gulick & Daniel E. Catullo III; Executive Producers: Tilton Gardner, Jeff Geoffray & Walter Josten; Audio Mixed By Kerry Brown
Now available for pre-order at Amazon.com for $14.99, with a release date of November 11, 2008. Click here to pre-order Smashing Pumpkins - If All Goes Wrong - DVD.
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Billy Corgan & Jimmy Chamberlin take time out to do an interview with Mancow. You can download the entire interview by clicking here.
Mancow is an American radio and television personality. He is best known from Mancow’s Morning Madhouse formerly on WKQX-FM (Q101), a Chicago-based radio show that has, in recent years, been nationally syndicated mostly in small markets by Talk Radio Network.
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