The band will embark on a North American tour with Jane's Addiction next monthThe post Smashing Pumpkins announce free New York City gig for later this month appeared first on NME.

Ahead of their fall arena tour with Jane’s Addiction, the Smashing Pumpkins are planning an “intimate club performance” at Irving Plaza in New York on September 22. The show will be done in partnership with Audacy, ALT 92.3, Live Nation, Thirty Tigers, and Red Light Management, and offers an early look at what&#...

Manson’s wife is the twin sister of Iha’s wifeThe post Marilyn Manson used racial slur against The Smashing Pumpkins’ James Iha in text message to Johnny Depp appeared first on NME.

Billy Corgan also performed a new track called 'Scimitar' at his fundraiser for the Chicago shooting victimsThe post Listen to new Smashing Pumpkins song inspired by Highland Park mass shooting, ‘Photograph’ appeared first on NME.

For a couple of decades, Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan has been living in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois. Highland Park is also the location of Madame Zuzu’s, the tea house that Corgan owns and occasionally uses to play solo shows. Earlier this month, Highland Park was the site of a mass shooting at a July 4 para...