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Photo Gallery: Smashing Pumpkins at Metro • Chicago

Photo Gallery: Smashing Pumpkins at Metro • Chicago

| September 22, 2022

Smashing Pumpkins Tuesday, September 20 Metro Chicago Chicago, IL Review by Jaime de’Medici; Photos by Curt Baran There’s no concert hall more meaningful for The Smashing Pumpkins, and by extension, the band’s fanbase, than Metro Chicago. Any true fan, and even many casual fans, are almost certainly aware of the band’s extensive history with the northside […]

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Hello My Name Is Peter Hook

Hello My Name Is Peter Hook

| September 4, 2022

    Arguably, Mancunian musician Peter Hook’s primary survival skill is his totally unique bass-playing style, a melodic, stage-scraping thrum that — ever since he launched with the legendary but short-lived outfit Joy Division, then perfected it in his ensuing combo New Order; it’s a sound that’s often been imitated but never once been equaled. […]

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Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz January 7th – January 11th

Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz January 7th – January 11th

| January 5, 2021 | 0 Comments

  Indie rock trio Sunflower Bean performs live from New York on Thursday, January 7th at 8 PM. Find tickets here. “A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day” celebrates the one and only David Bowie‘s life and career. The night features performances from Bowie’s friends and peers, including Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, Billy […]

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Cover Story: The Smashing Pumpkins

Cover Story: The Smashing Pumpkins

| November 30, 2020 | 0 Comments

Oh, that irascible old Billy Corgan. Even in a foreboding, energy-sapping, pandemic Plague Year, you just can’t take him ANYWHERE. It was a solid, thought-provoking opening question, intended to kick-start our recent interview with the man about CYR! The remarkably-assured new double-record set from Smashing Pumpkins, its 11th, featuring the mostly-original lineup of James Iha […]

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Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz November 24th – December 1st

Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz November 24th – December 1st

| November 24, 2020 | 0 Comments

  Tim McGraw and Justin Moore will perform fan favorites and sit down for a chat with Radio.Com LIVE Tuesday, November 24that 5 PM. Watch for free here. “The 16th Annual Last Waltz Revisited” goes live from the Boulder Theater Wednesday, November 25that 7 PM. Watch the show here. Danny Brown’s seventh annual “Bruiser Thanksgiving” […]

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File: Hello My Name Is… Cherie Currie

File: Hello My Name Is… Cherie Currie

| May 1, 2020 | 0 Comments

A full decade ago, ex-Runaways “front fox” Cherie Currie began work on Blvds of Splendor with former Guns N’ Roses/Velvet Revolver drummer Matt Sorum producing. But a funny thing happened on the way to the glam-rock forum. “The plan was to get it done and get it out there,” she says of the set, which […]

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Photo Gallery: Smashing Pumpkins with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and AFI at Hollywood Casino Amphitheater

Photo Gallery: Smashing Pumpkins with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and AFI at Hollywood Casino Amphitheater

| August 18, 2019 | 1 Comment

Tinley Park set the musical way back machine for a sojourn deep into the ’90s. Like it or not, many Pumpkin’s and Oasis fans came to hear the music of their youth. In the end, the night was a celebration of the modern era and the salad-days. Hollywood Casino Amphitheater played host to two of […]

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Recap & Photo Gallery: The Smashing Pumpkins at United Center

Recap & Photo Gallery: The Smashing Pumpkins at United Center

| August 15, 2018 | 0 Comments

Earlier this year, rumors began to swirl that Billy Corgan was “getting the band back together” to borrow a phrase from The Blues Brothers. Although the Smashing Pumpkins frontman had always continued to tour and record with different musical configurations under the same moniker, this loose talk concerned the four original members: Billy, drummer Jimmy […]

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File: The Smashing Pumpkins Reunion [Updated]

File: The Smashing Pumpkins Reunion [Updated]

| February 12, 2018 | 0 Comments

Longtime fans of The Smashing Pumpkins hopes of a full reunion were dashed last month when ex-bassist D’Arcy Wretzky revealed to website BlastEcho.com that she was not invited to participate in the band’s reunion tour with co-founders Billy Corgan, James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin which will allegedly take place this summer. Speaking exclusively to BlastEcho […]

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Cover Story: William Patrick Corgan

Cover Story: William Patrick Corgan

| November 1, 2017 | 1 Comment

When the Jedi Master speaks, the humble light saber student must sit quietly at his feet and listen. And Smashing Pumpkins anchor Billy Corgan – who has recently re-dubbed himself with the more mature moniker of William Patrick Corgan, under which he just released the skeletal, Rick Rubin-produced solo set Oglilala, one of his best […]

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Photo Gallery: Smashing Pumpkins & Liz Phair @ Civic Opera House

Photo Gallery: Smashing Pumpkins & Liz Phair @ Civic Opera House

| April 16, 2016 | 0 Comments

1993 all over again…

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Cover Story: Kill Hannah

Cover Story: Kill Hannah

| December 1, 2015 | 1 Comment

Until There’s Nothing Left of Us…

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File: The End Times Tour- Billy Corgan and Marilyn Manson

File: The End Times Tour- Billy Corgan and Marilyn Manson

| June 11, 2015 | 0 Comments

William and Marilyn

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Stage Buzz – Live Review: Smashing Pumpkins

Stage Buzz – Live Review: Smashing Pumpkins

| November 28, 2014 | 1 Comment

The “new for 2015” version of the Smashing Pumpkins impressed at Pilsen’s Thalia Hall

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File: March 2013

File: March 2013

| March 1, 2013 | 0 Comments

Clive Davis judges Mother McAuley graduate, Billy Corgan selling furniture

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