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Billy Corgan has announced a 2025 North American tour in celebration of 30th anniversary of the Smashing Pumpkins‘ ‘Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness’.The Smashing Pumpkins’ frontman will embark on the tour with his new solo project – Billy Corgan and The Machines Of God – who will hit the road on the “A Return To Zero” tour which will see the group commemorate both the 30th anniversary of the Pumpkins’ third LP as well as the 25th anniverary of their double LP ‘Machina’.The “A Return to Zero” tour will reintroduce a four-piece, two set guitar lineup – comprised of Corgan, recently recruited Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Kiki Wong, drummer Jake Hayden and bassist Kid Tigrrr (Jenna Fournier) – and will kick off at the Baltimore Soundstage in Baltimore. MD on June 7.

Bill Burr has revealed that he told Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder that he once hated his band at Saturday Night Live‘s recent 50th anniversary show.Burr was the latest guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers to promote his Broadway debut in a stage production of Glengarry Glen Ross, where he stars alongside Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Michael McKean.Burr – whose recent music-related news involved the revelation that he might be half-brothers with Billy Corgan – told Meyers that, whenever he’s not needed on stage during each showtime, he retreats to his dressing room to practice AC/DC and Led Zeppelin songs on an electronic drum kit.Meyers, who was also present at SNL50, asked Burr if he “mended fences” with Vedder over a “one-sided issue” he had towards the grunge band.As a hair metal fan in his teens, the arrival of Pearl Jam was admittedly not welcomed by the comedian: “Pearl Jam, that was the band that made me realize my youth was over,” Burr told Meyers.“And then Nirvana came in, and I was like, ‘What’s this?’ They always say, like, Nirvana knocked [the hair metal] out. It was Pearl Jam.

Black Sabbath hologram show in the future.The legendary heavy metal band will be reuniting for one final live concert at Villa Park in their hometown of Birmingham on Saturday July 5.The gig will see the group’s most iconic line-up – comprising frontman Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward – play on stage together for the first time in two decades.There is also a stacked line-up of other major acts set to perform at the event, dubbed ‘Back To The Beginning’. These include Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Alice In Chains, Gojira, Smashing Pumpkins‘ Billy Corgan, Slash and Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses, and KoRn.Additionally, Tom Morello will be performing and serving as the show’s musical director.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Corey Feldman recently appeared on Billy Corgan’s “Magnificent Others” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) and claimed that Johnny Depp got him fired off “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” Lasse Hallström’s 1993 drama about a grocery store clerk and his dysfunctional family. Feldman said he got cast in the role of Arnie, the disabled younger brother of Depp’s Gilbert. Leonardo DiCaprio ultimately played the role on screen.

Corey Feldman has claimed he was fired from ‘90s drama What’s Eating Gilbert Grape after star Johnny Depp told a producer he was “a junkie”.The 1993 film starred Depp as a grocery store clerk, trying his best to care for his family which included a housebound mother, and a younger brother with learning difficulties, played by a young Leonardo DiCaprio.The performance earned DiCaprio an Oscar nomination and was his breakthrough role, but Feldman claims he was originally cast as the character before Depp intervened. Feldman was already a star at that point, famous for his appearances in ‘80s hits The Goonies, The Lost Boys, and Stand By Me.Speaking on podcast The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan, he was asked about the incident. “I never saw the film because I’m still bitter,” Feldman told Corgan.

Smashing Pumpkins‘ Billy Corgan has welcomed a “happy and healthy” third child with wife Chloé Mendel Corgan.The frontman and wife Chloé welcomed their third child, daughter Juno Corgan, on Tuesday (March 18). They shared the news with People, telling the publication their newborn entered the world in “the wee hours” at their Highland Park home.“My wife, Chloé is doing well and recovering, and baby Juno is happy, healthy, and nursing with gusto,” Corgan said.

take the stage on the first date for Lollapalooza, a new traveling alternative music festival that the band’s frontman, Perry Farrell, has conceived. There was just one problem.The band’s lead guitarist, Dave Navarro, who had been trying to get clean but struggling amidst the debauched atmosphere of the tour, couldn’t move.“I had gotten too high on heroin,” Navarro recalls in the book “Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival” (St.

People magazine that his close friends have grilled him about his half-brother drama with Burr, 56, which came to a head when they both appeared on Howie Mandel’s podcast in January.Corgan said he had to convince his friends that him ambushing Burr, 56, on Mandel’s podcast to discuss their possible familial relationship was not faked for drama.“A really good friend of mine said to me, looking around, ‘Okay, now tell me the truth.’ And I said, ‘I don’t think so. I don’t think we’re related,'” Corgan told the outlet.

Bill Burr has criticised Elon Musk, describing him as an “idiot” and a “Nazi” during a radio interview.He appeared on US station NPR’s Fresh Air show to promote his new stand up special, Drop Dead Years, and talked about his issues with modern politics and the culture war between political ideologies.“I’m trying to get regular people to stop yelling at each other and realize that it’s a select few group of nerds eating raw almonds and doing their stupid workouts and competing with each other to have the biggest infinity pool and the rest of us are getting pushed down,” he said. “They’ve politicized the whole stupid thing and we’re falling for it”.When asked which “nerds” he meant, the comedian replied “That idiot Elon Musk!” He went on to describe the billionaire as “evidently a Nazi,” due to an incident at an event during Donald Trump’s inauguration.

The Smashing Pumpkins have announced a run of huge hometown orchestral shows to mark the 30th anniversary of ‘Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness’.The band will take over the Lyric Opera of Chicago for seven nights in November for ‘A Night Of Mellon Collie And Infinite Sadness’, which will see Billy Corgan and co joined by the venue’s acclaimed house orchestra and chorus for “a completely new, sonic and visual experience”.The show will be made up of arrangements of the album’s tracks along with orchestral accompaniment, overseen by James Lowe. The shows will run from November 21 to November 30 and tickets go on sale on April 11 – you can get yours here.A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness is coming to @LyricOpera this fall! Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the iconic Smashing Pumpkins album on the grandest scale possible.

Billy Corgan‘s friends are “convinced” he’s Bill Burr‘s half-brother, and have encouraged him to get a DNA test.Corgan appeared as a guest on Howie Mandel’s Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast, and recalled his stepmother telling him as a child: “Do you know who Bill Burr is? Bill Burr might be one of the children that your father sired in his days being a travelling musician”.The Smashing Pumpkins frontman recently went on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast and was asked about the Bill Burr situation. “People I know for 20, 30 years have been asking me what I think,” he started to explain.“I said I don’t know, but I don’t think we’re related.

Billy Corgan has revealed that he thinks The Smashing Pumpkins are “one of the most misunderstood bands in the history of rock ‘n’ roll” – see why below.Corgan appeared on a recent episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast to talk about a myriad of topics, including the band’s music. During their discussion, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman spoke about bands like Nickelback and Creed now finding newfound support of years of “hate”.“You’re about to see that Nickelback and Creed are about to go on a huge run of business… They survived [the hate], and now comes the inevitable moment of, ‘It was really good’… they wrote a lot of great songs.”Corgan went on to add that he thinks Smashing Pumpkins will receive more love from the music scene as time goes on: “It’s kind of how I feel about my musical life.

Billy Corgan has said that him and Bill Burr revealing that they could potentially be half-brothers has felt like they “stumbled into something bigger than us”.The revelation that the Smashing Pumpkins frontman and the comedian/actor could be related first arose last year, when Corgan appeared as a guest on Howie Mandel’s Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast, and recalled his stepmother telling him as a child: “Do you know who Bill Burr is? Bill Burr might be one of the children that your father sired in his days being a travelling musician”.Things then escalated shortly afterwards, when Mandel surprised Burr – who was appearing as a guest on his podcast – by bringing the singer onto the show. During the meeting with Corgan, Burr jokingly asked: “What was supposed to happen? Are we going to go play catch? We’re both in our 50s”.In another interview, The Mandalorian actor shared that he was left frustrated by the surprise “reunion” organised by Mandel.

Billy Corgan has addressed his previous claims he didn’t “get the credit” for being the creator of the musical landscape for bands such as Muse.Back in 2015 while speaking to Gigwise, the Smashing Pumpkins legend opened up about how he felt that he didn’t get the respect he deserved as a musician.“I wrote more hits than anybody of my generation, and I am not seen as a songwriter,” he said at the time. “I helped launch a bunch of people playing in guitar bands, Muse being a perfect example.”Corgan continued: “I don’t get credit for that.

“The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan” podcast that she didn’t let her husband, 76, star in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” film franchise back in the day.“Do you want to know the biggest mistake I ever made with Ozzy? He got offered to go and read for ‘Pirates of the Caribbean,’ and I’ve never said this to anyone, and I said no,'” Sharon shared.“Now wouldn’t he have been perfect?” Sharon added. Corgan, 57, said of Ozzy, “He would have been perfect! Maybe it’s not too late, but God bless.”Sharon then pointed out that another rock legend appeared in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies.“Because when Johnny [Depp] wanted Keith [Richards] to be a pirate, you remember?” Sharon asked.Richards, 81, played Depp’s on-screen father, Captain Teague, in the “Pirates” franchise.

Sharon Osbourne has revealed she stopped husband Ozzy from auditioning for a role for Pirates of the Caribbean and admits it was a huge mistake.

K-pop industry, calling it “soul-destroying” and “a complete factory”.Osbourne was the latest guest on The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan, the new podcast by the Smashing Pumpkins frontman.In the episode released yesterday (February 19), Corgan recalled with Osbourne a record label meeting he once attended – and how he lost his temper when he was suggested to change the band’s direction in order to appeal to audiences.“They’re trying to saw the edges off of the true weirdoes and the true one-of-a-kinders,” Corgan remarked, to which Osbourne replied: “Well, look at it now with all the Korean bands that come out, and all this K-pop.”Corgan asked Osbourne if she knows how K-pop is made, telling her an anecdote about a friend he knows who once travelled to Korea to “hang out” with people in the K-pop industry.“So they have these rooms, and literally in one room, they’ll just write choruses,” he said. “They don’t try to write a song, they just write choruses.

Sharon Osbourne has opened up about the “biggest mistake” of turning down a film audition for her husband Ozzy Osbourne.Sharon – who is the Prince of Darkness’ wife and manager – appeared as the latest guest on Billy Corgan‘s The Magnificent Others podcast. While speaking to the iconic Smashing Pumpkins frontman, Sharon asked him if he wanted to know “The biggest mistake I ever made for Ozzy” to which he responded: “Of course! You’re going to admit to a mistake?”She then shared: “He got offered to go and read for Pirates Of The Caribbean, and I’ve never said this to anyone, and I said no.

Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon have revealed he will not be able to remain on stage throughout Black Sabbath’s farewell show because he can no longer walk.

Billy Corgan has spoken to NME about his new podcast The Magnificent Others, being part of Black Sabbath’s final gig and the 30th anniversary of The Smashing Pumpkins‘ seminal album ‘Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness’.The legendary frontman recently launched his latest venture – The Magnificent Others – which sees Corgan sit down with carefully selected guests such as KISS‘ Gene Simmons, former Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello for an in-depth and candid conversation about the triumphs, challenges, and pivotal moments that shaped their journeys and defined their paths.Produced by Bill Maher’s Club Random Studios, The Magnificent Others episodes are released every Wednesday. Corgan had already dabbled in podcasting but revealed that he lost previously lost interest when most companies wanted him to only share his past stories.“When I was recruited by the Bill Maher world to do my own podcast, I was like, ‘Well, you’re probably not going to want to do what I want to do’ and they said, ‘Well, tell us’,” Corgan told NME.

Fans of Black Sabbath have something truly monumental to look forward to as the band is set to perform an unforgettable farewell gig in their hometown of Birmingham.