Over the past two weekends, Smashing Pumpkins overlord Billy Corgan played a series of four solo acoustic matinees at his Madame Zuzu’s tea shop in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. Performed under the banner of William Patrick Corgan Early Years 1985-1990, the gigs were described as “a unique and intimate evening of story...

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Last year, Machine Gun Kelly successfully reinvented himself, working with Travis Barker and going from B-list party-rapper to hyper-processed pop-punk star. The big change was weird, but MGK’s rock album Tickets To My Downfall is easily his biggest hit, and now he’s out here playing headlining sets at rock festivals. Last ni...