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Friday,
March 26th
Smashing Pumpkins Book Rare Club Tour
The Smashing Pumpkins are taking their multiplatinum arena rock act back to the clubs where their career first caught fire nearly a decade ago.
The rare mini-tour will find the band in intimate nightclub settings beginning with an April 10 show at
Detroit's 1,000-capacity St. Andrews Hall, a Pumpkins spokesperson said Friday (March 26).
The set of gigs by the superstar Chicago rock act is currently slated to feature eight other dates in similar-sized venues.
Click here to read the whole article here at Sonicnet.com
Corgan, Father Highlight Star-Filled 'First Waltz' Benefit
CHICAGO -- If a tension-filled generation gap still exists, it was nowhere in evidence at the Metro Thursday. Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan stood in the spotlight with his
father, guitarist Billy Corgan Sr., for the pair's first public performance together.
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Billy Corgan Performs With Father
CHICAGO -- Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan performed with his father, Billy Corgan Sr., for the
first time during a benefit at the Metro club Thursday night. Their two-song blues set was part of an
all-star show that also featured members of the Band, the BoDeans and Cheap Trick.
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James Iha Birthday Present
A present from all fans for James Iha, check out this site:
http://expage.com/page/jamesiha
Tourdates, Tourdates, Tourdates!!!
(posted by Michael Day)
The official Smashing Pumpkins site at Virgin Records is reporting new tour dates by the band! The following seem to be part of a small U.S. club tour by the Pumpkins:
I found out information about this tour because I'm on a Bogart's (of Cincinnati, OH) e-mail list. The e-mail message I got from Bogart's said that tickets were $25.25 per person (through Ticketmaster), with a limit of 2 tickets per person. Other venues' pricing and/or ticket limits may vary.
UNCONFIRMED Tourdates
(posted by Michael Day)
Steve Hemming's Smashing Pumpkins Collection is reporting an additional 4 tour dates that I have yet to confirm. Can anyone confirm the follwing dates?
Again, the above dates are NOT confirmed. Please contact Netphoria if you have any information about any of the above dates.
Friday,
March 20th
Former Subwebmaster Speaks from Grave
(posted by Michael Day)
OK, by now, most of Netphoria's visitors have: (1) assumed me dead, (2) forgotten I ever existed, or (3) not really cared one way or another. The real story is that I'm alive and well, but online very little... an unfortunate result of working life. While I'm no longer subwebmaster (and thanks, Josh, for taking over), I will continue to update The Pumpkin Vault, Ground Zero, and Quotephoria as I find time. I'm now an "inactive member" of Netphoria, and any submissions to the previously mentioned sites would be greatly appreciated! I can still be reached at somaeye@netphoria.org.
Wednesday,
March 17th
Happy Birthday Billy!
Today is the the birthday of a man all of us love and respect, and again I am reminding you, if you would like On today, March 17, before 3:30 eastern time vote for Ava Adore on Total Request Live on MTV. This is our birthday present to Billy.
Billy Corgan to Play with Father at Benefit
Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan is scheduled to perform with his father, guitarist William Corgan, for the first time during a March 25 all-star benefit for homeless youth in Chicago.
"When [Billy Corgan] was approached, he really liked the idea of it," said Nick Tremulis, 39, leader of the NicholasTremulis Band and organizer of the show at the Metro club. "He got into itso much that he wanted this performance to really mean something to him."
Corgan's father was a top-rated blues session-guitarist in Chicago during the late 1960s, according to Tremulis, himself along time staple on the local scene.
"It's the first time ever that they've performed [together], besides at their house, and in fact even that hasn't been that often," said Zach Paradis, spokesperson for the 1,100-capacity Metro.
"They're not the kind of people who just go home and play together and hang out," Paradis said. "But they're going to beplaying some blues tunes. It's not like they have to sit down and rehearse; they're just gonna rip up some blues."
Corgan has performed apart from the Smashing Pumpkins before, but only on rare occasions. Before the release of theband's Adore album last year, he played acoustic versions of songs such as"Daphne Descends" during a solo club show in Los Angeles.
The March 25 benefit has been dubbed "The First Waltz," and it will loosely follow the format of the 1976 farewell concert by roots-rockers the Band, which was captured in Martin Scorsese's film "The Last Waltz." Such famous friends as Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell performed at that show as guests of the band.
At "The First Waltz," Band bassist Rick Danko will perform along with Tremulis' group. Also on the bill will be soul-gospel singer Mavis Staples (who sang at "The Last Waltz"), alternative-country musicians Jon Langford (Mekons,Waco Brothers), Alejandro Escovedo and Robbie Fulks, Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen, the BoDeans‚ Sammy Llanas, "Mustang Sally" songwriter Sir Mack Rice and others.
"Everybody's taken the spirit of 'The Last Waltz' ... some are doing their own tunes, and Jon Langford and Robbie Fulks wanted to do Band tunes," Tremulis said.
The whole ensemble will take the stage for the Band's signature song, "The Weight," with Billy Corgan, Staples and Danko slated to sing solo verses.
The show, which Tremulis said he hopes to make an annual event, will be filmed for a home-video release to come out in the summer.
Tremulis said he was inspired to organize the show by the story of Cory, a 12-year-old Chicago boy who spent time at the Neon Street center for homeless children last year. Cory was later gunned down near his old home in the notorious Cabrini Green housing project.
All proceeds from the concert will benefit Neon Street, which offers shelter, meals and counseling to homeless youth. The video of the First Waltz will be a documentary about both the concert and Neon Street.
"[Tremulis] had a troubled youth of his own," First Waltz producer Sharyl Holtzman said. "He said, 'I'm lucky that I had a family to pull me through it. I had the support. These kids don't.' "
Saturday,
March 13th
Pumpkins Vs. Jeffery
Steve Hemming has requested I post this link, it is for full details on the case, please look at it.
Full Coverage on the Pumpkins Vs. Jeffery case.
Billy's Birthday Present
If you would like to participate with this, amoung a large amount of fans who have emailed me about this.
On March 17, before 3:30 eastern time or on March 16 after 6 pm vote for Ava Adore on Total Request Live on MTV. This is our birthday present to Billy.
Half a million for Netphoria
As you have well noticed, Netphoria has had over 500,000 hit, pretty neat eh? Luckily the fan, Vitor Castro, who made this 500,000 hit saved it, so here it is!
Tuesday,
March 9th
Pumpkins' Iha, Fountains' Schlesinger Open Studio
Pumpkins' Iha, Fountains' Schlesinger Open Studio
Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha and Fountains of Wayne/Ivy leader Adam Schlesinger have opened a recording studio, Stratosphere Sound, in New York. The open-to-the-public studio is in Manhattan's meat-packing district. The first band slated to record at Stratosphere is Virginia rock group Fulflej, who are signed to Iha's Scratchie Records label.
Thursday,
March 3rd
Professor sues Pumpkins over loud music
Professor sues Pumpkins over loud music
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- An Ivy League music professor whose taste runs more to Gregorian chants than rock 'n' roll claims a Smashing Pumpkins concert damaged his hearing.
Peter Jeffery, a Princeton University music historian, alleges he has hearing loss in his left ear and ringing in both ears as a result of the concert, the New Haven Register reported Wednesday.
Jeffery says the Jan. 25, 1997 performance at New Haven Coliseum was his first time at a live rock concert. He says he went with his young son.
The earplugs Jeffery wore did not protect him from the excessive noise, according to his lawsuit against the band, the city and coliseum. He contends the music exceeded a safe decibel level that the defendants "knew or should have known" about.
The lawsuit seeks $15,000 in damages. It also names as defendants Smashing Pumpkins members Billy Corgan, James Iha and D'Arcy Wretzky-Brown, and Virgin Records.
Thanks to Rich rich@rsub.com for sending in this information.
