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News : The Smashing Pumpkins Announce Sidewaves

By on January 16, 2015
Billy Corgan - the smashing pumpkins

Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins)

Critically acclaimed American alternative rock group The Smashing Pumpkins (which currently comprises longtime frontman Billy Corgan, Jeff Schroeder on guitar, and session musicians) have announced, in association with Soundwave Touring and Triple M, that they’ll be performing two Sidewaves come late February and in conjunction with their upcoming appearance at this years Soundwave 2015. These shows will be performed in Melbourne and Sydney ONLY.

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have created one of the most acclaimed bodies of work in musical history having sold more than 30 million albums, and won multiple Grammy Awards in the process. The release of the critically acclaimed Siamese Dream in 1993 saw the band break into the mainstream but it was the release in 1995 of the hugely ambitious double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness that launched THE SMASHING PUMPKINS into the stratosphere! Debuting at #1 on the Billboard album charts, it went on to make them one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the 90’s. Having recently released the first of 2 new albums (Monuments to an Elegy), fans can anticipate the release of the second album (Day For Night) also in 2015.

With a catalogue of massive hits including ‘1979’, ‘Tonight Tonight’, ‘Perfect’, ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’, ‘Farewell & Goodnight’, ‘Today’ and ‘That’s The Way (My Love Is)’, these two Sidewaves are guaranteed to remind old and new fans exactly why they fell in love with this seminal band to start with.

With band mainstay Jeff Schroeder on guitars, joining The Smashing Pumpkins live on drums and bass will be Brad Wilk (Rage Against the Machine) and Mark Stoermer (The Killers) respectively.

Tickets go on sale Wednesday 21 January at 9:00am AEDT via ticketmaster and ticketek.

The Smashing Pumpkins – February 2015 Sidewaves

MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY: MELBOURNE, FESTIVAL HALL – Licensed and Unlicensed areas available. www.ticketmaster.com.au

WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY: SYDNEY, HORDERN PAVILION – Licensed All Ages. www.ticketek.com.au

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Jonathon is an aspiring fantasy/sci-fi novelist and music journalist. Thanks to the influence of the music he grew up with, he has always possessed a keen interest in metal and rock. He is also a huge fan of mythology, legend, and folklore from all across the world. You should follow him on Twitter.