SMASHING PUMPKINS: More Tour Dates Announced

March 28, 2007

SMASHING PUMPKINS have announced their first live performance since December 2, 2000 — a very special and intimate theatre show to take place May 22 in Paris, France at the historic and elegantly appointed Grand Rex. Tickets will go on sale April 11. This marks the first time the SMASHING PUMPKINS will unveil songs from the upcoming "Zeitgeist" (Martha's Music/Reprise),their sixth album and first of new material since 2000's "Machina/The Machines of God" and the free, digital-only release "Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music". "Zeitgeist" was produced by Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin, with Roy Thomas Baker and Terry Date working separately on various tracks, and represents the culmination of two years of work.

After the Paris show, SMASHING PUMPKINS will headline major European festivals from May 28 at Holland's Pinkpop festival through June 17 at Switzerland's Greenfield Festival, returning to England August 24 (Leeds Festival) and August 26 (Reading Festival). Stay tuned for more information about North American tour dates beyond the V Festivals confirmed in Washington, DC (August 5) and Toronto, ONT (September 8).

It's unlikely that original guitarist James Iha and bassist D'Arcy Wretzky will join Corgan and Chamberlin in the new lineup.

The SMASHING PUMPKINS have created one of the most acclaimed bodies of work in music history. Formed in Chicago in 1988, they released "Gish", their influential (and platinum) debut in 1991, which was followed by more platinum and multi-platinum albums including the nine-times platinum "Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness" and the four-times platinum "Siamese Dream". The pivotal group's many hits include "Disarm", "Today", "Cherub Rock", "1979", "Tonight, Tonight" and "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" — songs that defined the alternative music era and continue to resonate on modern rock radio, influencing a whole new generation.

SMASHING PUMPKINS tour dates:

May 22 - Paris, France @ Grand Rex
May 28 - Landgraaf, Netherlands @ Pinkpop (Near Heerlen)
May 31 - Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound Festival
June 02 - Nürburgring, Germany @ Rock am Ring
June 03 - Nürnberg, Germany @ Rock im Park
June 09 - Lisbon, Portugal @ Super Rock
June 12 - Madrid, Spain @ Las Ventas
June 15 - Nickelsdorf, Austria @ Nova Rock
June 16 - Imola (Venice),Italy @ Heineken Jammin' Festival
June 17 - Interlaken, Switzerland @ Greenfield Festival
Aug. 05 - Washington, DC @ V Festival at Pimlico Park
Aug. 24 - Leeds, England @ Leeds Festival
Aug. 26 - Reading, England @ Reading Festival
Sep. 08 - Toronto, ONT @ V Festival

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