Smashing Pumpkins to celebrate 30 years of ‘Mellon Collie’ with North American tour
After decades of radio hits, iconic music videos, and influencing generations of fans, The Smashing Pumpkins have a lot to celebrate.
Billy Corgan, lead singer of The Smashing Pumpkins, performs with his band during the Live Earth New York concert in East Rutherford, New Jersey July 7, 2007. Former US. vice president Al Gore and his global partners are staging the Live Earth concerts held on seven continents simultaneously to raise awareness of environmental issues. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES)
Following last year’s 30th anniversary of their landmark album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, they’re marking the occasion with a large North American tour this summer and fall.
This week the Pumpkins announced “The Rats in a Cage” tour, which is described to feature two unique sets “celebrating Mellon Collie at 30 and nearly four decades of unruly hits and dark treasures.”
The tour includes nearly 30 stops across the U.S. and Canada, kicking off with their Lollapalooza appearance in Chicago in July, along with a stop in Colorado on October 27!
- July 31: Chicago, IL
- September 30: Columbus, OH
- October 2: Boston, MA
- October 3: Baltimore, MD
- October 4: Brooklyn, NY
- October 6: Pittsburgh, PA
- October 7: Hamilton, ON
- October 9: Montreal, QC
- October 11: Madison, WI
- October 13: Saint Paul, MN
- October 14: Chicago, IL
- October 16: Charlotte, NC
- October 17: Jacksonville, FL
- October 18: Tampa, FL
- October 20: Indianapolis, IN
- October 22: Nashville, TN
- October 24: Oklahoma City, OK
- October 25: Austin, TX
- October 27: Denver, CO
- October 29: Salt Lake City, UT
- October 30: Las Vegas, NV
- November 1: Portland, OR
- November 3: Calgary, AB
- November 5: Vancouver, BC
- November 6: Seattle, WA
- November 8: San Jose, CA
- November 11: Phoenix, AZ
- November 12: Inglewood, CA
- November 14: Huntington Beach, CA
Pre-sale tickets are available starting Wednesday, with general sale tickets launching at 10 a.m. local time on Thursday. Tickets and more info here!
The Smashing Pumpkins formed in Chicago in 1988, and debuted their first album in 1991. The band’s third studio album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (featuring singles such as “Bullet With Butterfly Wings,” “1979,” and “Tonight, Tonight”) debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 and became one of the most influential alternative rock works of the 90s.
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