The Smashing Pumpkins: Last News

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.

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 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.

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.

Bill Burr and The Smashing Pumpkins musician Billy Corgan after arranging an awkward encounter between them on his podcast.READ MORE: The 20 best Smashing Pumpkins songsMandel staged a meeting of the pair on the January 21 episode of his podcast Howie Mandel Does Stuff. That came after Corgan was on the podcast in November 2024, and revealed that his stepmother had once told him that Burr “might be one of your father’s illegitimate children.

Smashing Pumpkins‘ Billy Corgan has announced his new podcast The Magnificent Others, which is set for release next week.The podcast will launch on Wednesday, February 5 via Bill Maher’s Club Random Studios. It will be available to watch via the official The Magnificent Others YouTube channel and on streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music.

Bill Burr has expressed his displeasure at a surprise meeting with musician Billy Corgan, whom it’s claimed could be his half-brother.In November, Corgan was a guest on Howie Mandel’s Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast, where he revealed his stepmother telling him: “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”.On January 21, Mandel surprised Burr by bringing the Smashing Pumpkins frontman on 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”.After the interaction, The Mandalorian actor was a guest on The Rich Eisen Show, where he reflected on the meeting.

Priscilla Presley and Smashing Pumpkin‘s Billy Corgan are among those leading tributes to Lisa Marie Presley on the second anniversary of her death.The only daughter of Elvis and sole heir to his estate died at the age of 54 on January 12 2023, after suffering a cardiac arrest at her Calabasas home.Now, two years on, numerous famous faces have shared their respects online, celebrating her life and recalling how the loss impacted them.Taking to Instagram yesterday (January 12), her mother Priscilla Presley marked the anniversary with a touching post on Instagram. “‘I miss you more than words can say.

Coheed And Cambria’s Claudio Sanchez has released a new covers album, including versions of songs by Taylor Swift and The Smiths.The frontman has surprise-released the record, titled ‘Claudio Covers’, onto streaming services, with the album being labelled under the name ‘Coheed And Cambria’, despite the rest of the acclaimed progressive rock band apparently not being involved.The eight-track release includes Sanchez’s renditions of Swift’s ‘Welcome To New York’ and ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’ by Morrissey and Marr, as well as The Cure’s ‘Just Like Heaven’, Bastille’s ‘Pompeii’ and the Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Stumbleine’.Also includes are ‘Your Love’ by The Outfield, ‘Under The Milky War’ by The Church and ‘Sister Christian’ by Night Rangers. Stream the whole album below.Speaking about his choice to include the Swift song, Sanchez has said: “My decision to include ‘Welcome to New York’ in this collection is two-sided.

Billy Corgan has shared his views on Metallica’s song ‘Fuel’, and said that it is “awfully close” to one of his songs with The Smashing Pumpkins.The singer, songwriter and guitarist brought up the comparisons while appearing for an interview on the Everblack podcast. At one point during the discussion, he was asked about the possibility of him performing ‘Tales Of A Scorched Earth’ live for the first time.While he didn’t explicitly reveal whether or not the band are thinking about embedding it into the setlists any time soon, he did go on to outline one thing he’s noticed about the track.“ Well, let me caveat this by saying that I love James Hetfield as a person.

Courtney Love has reacted to Billy Corgan bidding on handwritten lyrics of her band Hole‘s 1994 hit single ‘Violet’.Last week (November 18), Corgan revealed via an Instagram clip that he had purchased three tickets for the auction of Love’s handwritten lyrics for ‘Violet’, which appeared in the band’s breakthrough 1994 album ‘Live Through This’. The track has long been thought to have been penned about the Smashing Pumpkins frontman.The auction is part of a fundraiser by the wildlife sanctuary Ellis Park, which is running until December 15.

Billy Corgan thinks Bill Burr might be his half-brother.The Smashing Pumpkins frontman revealed his theory on an episode of Howie Mandel’s Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast released today (November 26), after Mandel accidentally used an image of Burr instead of Corgan on the studio’s screen.The mistake prompted Corgan to tell an anecdote about his potential relationship with the Mandalorian actor, which, he revealed, he had never told before. “Most of my friends don’t even know this story,” he said.“About 10 years ago, one of my brothers was having a birthday party, and my stepmother was there, who was obviously married to my father,” he continued.

Billy Corgan has revealed that he has entered the auction to win Courtney Love‘s handwritten lyrics to the Hole song ‘Violet’.The Smashing Pumpkins frontman took to his official Instagram account to post a video clip in which he shared that he has purchased three tickets for the auction of Love’s handwritten lyrics for Hole’s 1994 track. The auction is part of a fundraiser by the wildlife sanctuary Ellis Park, which is running until December 15.

Courtney Love is preparing to auction her handwritten lyrics to Hole’s ‘Violet’ for charity, and has told NME the song is “not just about Billy Corgan”.The song was the opening track to the band’s second album ‘Live Through This’ in 1994, and was written by Love three years earlier during Hole’s tour ahead of the release of their 1991 debut album ‘Pretty On The Inside’.Now, Love has donated the original handwritten pages of lyrics for the song to an auction for a fundraiser by the wildlife sanctuary Ellis Park, which is running until December 15. All proceeds will go to the charity, which is dedicated to caring for rescued animals in Sumatra.

Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan has said that he can write songs that sound like any era of the band, explaining: “in five minutes I could write you something that would sound like a song that would’ve been on ‘Siamese Dream.'”Speaking about his creative process to Premier Guitar, Corgan said he could create another song like from one of the band’s most acclaimed albums, ‘Siamese Dream’ if he wanted to.Corgan told the outlet: “I think it’s more trying to find something that seems to signify whatever’s happening at the moment. It’s a truthfulness.

The Smashing Pumpkins‘ Billy Corgan has hit out at various ‘greatest guitar player’ lists for not including him or ranking him at a low spot.The ‘Cherub Rock’ singer opened up about how “most people don’t even recognise my contributions as a guitar player” in a new interview with Guitar World. The frontman specifically referenced ‘greatest guitar player’ lists and how he is often overlooked during those rankings.“I usually don’t even make those lists,” he told the outlet.