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EXCLUSIVE: Brian Volk-Weiss’ Nacelle Company on Wednesday announced Billy Corgan‘s Adventures in Carnyland, an eight-episode unscripted series that’s set to premiere on The CW May 14th.

Billy Corgan has debuted a new song together with Wizzo The Wizard, a character from Chicago’s Bozo The Clown television series, on NBC Chicago’s New Year’s Eve broadcast.On New Year’s Eve (December 31), Madame Zuzu’s – the tea shop Corgan started with his wife Chloe Mendel in Highland Park – was featured as a satellite venue on NBC Chicago’s New Year’s Eve countdown programme.The venue staged performances backed by a jazz band, including the debut of a new song Corgan penned about Wizzo The Wizard, a side character from WGN-TV’s The Bozo Show.The variety series, which ran from 1960 to 2001, starred Bozo The Clown as its main personality, and occasionally featured Wizzo The Wizard, who was played by the late Marshall Brodien. During the New Year’s Eve programme, Brodien’s son filled in as the character, miming along with a tuxedoed Corgan for the quirky number.Following the broadcast, various fans took to social media to express their confusion over Corgan’s new song and performance.

Smashing Pumpkins will commemorate the 30th anniversary of their seminal album ‘Siamese Dream’ by restaging its 1993 release concert.From September 14-17, Madame Zuzu’s – the tea shop and art studio in Illinois co-owned by frontman Billy Corgan and his fiancee Chloe Mendel – will be transformed into a re-creation of Tower Records, where the original ‘Siamese Dream’ release show was held.The weekend will conclude with the band playing two acoustic sets featuring the same setlist they played at Tower at midnight on July 27, 1993, the day of the record’s release. One will take place at 6pm, the other at 9pm.“The Smashing Pumpkins played an unforgettable in store performance at Tower Records, Chicago,” said Tower’s president Danny Zeijdel in a statement [via Stereogum].

Frontman of the iconic rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan, got real about being a parent to young kids while still maintaining a music career and other ventures.The 55-year-old musician sat down for an interview with The Guardian as he opened up about many changes in his life in recent years including having children, being engaged, and his father passing away. He was recently engaged to model Chloe Mendel - who he has been dating since 2013 - as they share two children together a son named Augustus Juppiter Corgan, nearly seven-years-old, and four-year-old daughter Philomena Clementine Corgan. Legend: Frontman of the iconic rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan, got real about being a parent to young kids while still maintaining a music career and other ventures in an interview with The Guardian (he is seen in June 2012) The star explained:' When you start having kids, it’s like – OK, now you gotta not repeat all the mistakes that you’ve been complaining about in your songs for 20 years.

Billy Corgan performed new songs during the fundraiser that he organised for victims of the Highland Park mass shooting, including a song inspired by the tragedy called ‘Photograph’.The Smashing Pumpkins singer/guitarist played a live set on Wednesday evening (July 27) at Madame Zuzu’s, the Highland Park-based tea house and performance space that Corgan runs alongside his partner, Chloé Mendel.Fans could video stream the show and donate money to Together And Together Again, a charity set up by Corgan and his partner in the wake of the shooting. The musician has lived in Highland Park for the past two decades and launched Madame Zuzu’s there in 2011, which is close to where the July 4 incident happened.The fundraiser was webcast – watch the full non-embeddable video here.

announced plans for the fundraiser, titled “Together and Together Again,” earlier this month.Corgan’s charity gig served as a moment of reflection and an opportunity to remember those lost, as well as provide a sense of financial relief for surviving victims.“The reason I named it ‘Together and Together Again’ is we won’t stop. We will always come together,” Corgan said.

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has announced ‘Together And Together Again’, a virtual concert to support victims of the recent mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois.The show is scheduled to take place at 8pm CST on Wednesday July 27, and will be livestreamed for free via the Pumpkins’ YouTube channel (save the link here). It’ll be hosted in person at Madame Zuzu’s, the Highland Park-based tea house and performance space that Corgan runs alongside his partner, Chloé Mendel. Viewers will be able to make donations through the stream itself, while merchandise – including tees and a poster sporting artwork by the legendary Gary Baseman – is available via the event’s bespoke webstore.

Together and Together Again.” The show will be held at Madame Zuzu’s, a plant-based tea house that Corgan owns with his partner fashion designer Chloe Mendel. It is located on the same strip where the senseless attack took place.In a bid to support his community, Corgan announced the benefit concert will raise funds for those who survived the horrific attack.Seven people were killed after a gunman allegedly opened fire at the Fourth of July parade using a “high-powered” rifle.

Wilson Chapman editorBilly Corgan, best known as the frontman of alt rock group Smashing Pumpkins, will host a benefit concert for recent victims of the recent Highland Park shooting.Corgan, a resident of Highland Park for over 20 years, announced the concert on Instagram in a post shared on the accounts of Smashing Pumpkins and tea shop Madame Zuzu’s, a local Highland Park business he established in 2020 with his partner Chloe Mendel. In the video, recorded with Mendel outside of Madame Zuzu’s, Corgan said a special charity concert to raise donations for the July 4th Victims Response Fund will occur on July 27.“About a week ago on July 4th, we had the horrible tragedy here in Highland Park that took so many lives, and has injured so many people and has really affected so many of us as a community,” Corgan said.

He has fronted the massively popular alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins since founding it in the late 1980s.But Billy Corgan showed that he's a family man as well on Wednesday when he and his current slate of bandmates were joined by his children to witness them getting their handprints immortalized in cemented at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.The 55-year-old singer–songwriter looked proud as he embraced Augustus Juppiter, six, and Philomena Clementine, four, on the dais. Icon: Billy Corgan, 55, broughtalong his son Augustus, six, and daughter Philomena, four, as he and his Smashing Pumpkins bandmates immortalized their handprints outside the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on WednesdayBilly, who shares his children with his partner Chloe Mendel, was dressed in a relaxed and reserved mostly black ensemble while posing for fans in front of the iconic movie theater.He had on a simple black button-up shirt and matching black jeans, which he wore with a belt featuring a thick metallic buckle.

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has joined Cameo to help an animal shelter in his hometown.The singer and his partner Chloe Mendel have joined the app, which allows fans to pay for personalised messages from celebrities, to raise funds for PAWS Chicago.

Billy Corgan has re-opened his Madame ZuZu’s Tea Shop Art Studio in Illinois, it has been reported.The Smashing Pumpkins frontman first opened the cafe in 2012 but closed it in 2018 due to limitations in space.Now, Corgan and fashion designer Chloe Mendel (who is also Corgan’s partner) have re-opened Madame ZuZu’s in a new location in Illinois’ Highland Park. Eater reports that the store opened its doors on Labour Day weekend (September 5-6) for takeout and outdoor dining.The musician would hold performances and events sporadically at the old location and the new Madame ZuZu’s is equipped for live sets, although none will be held until it is safe and legal to do so.