The Smashing Pumpkins will release Oceania on June 19th. The band is currently holding a social interactive contest with their fans for the upcoming record. Details on how to participate can be found here.
Today we're giving away a deluxe Smashing Pumpkins' boxset for their first album, Gish. The band is releasing two new boxsets on November 29th, and all of the information on those can be found in the replies. If you'd like to win a copy, reply to this news post with why you're the biggest Smashing Pumpkins fan, and we'll pick a winner and send you one.
Smashing Pumpkins are getting more stealthy. Click on the rat on their website to get a track titled "Barb Wire." You can also sign up for the new Smashing Pumpkins Record Club which promises free demos of old songs.
A video of Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumkpins in the studio can be viewed on their facebook page. There is also an update on Vol. 3 of the Teargarden by Kaleidyscope project.
Bad City (ex-Powerspace) has signed to Atlantic Records and will release their debut album, Welcome to the Wasteland, on August 24th. Additionally, the band will be supporting Smashing Pumpkins on their tour in July.
Billy Corgan has announced via The Smashing Pumpkins' blog, that their next release, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, will be 44 tracks and will be released free to the public digitally, with limited EP's for sale to follow suit.
Jimmy Chamberlin has leftSmashing Pumpkins leaving Billy Corgan again as the only original member. Corgan will be heading back into the studio this spring.
This August and September, the Smashing Pumpkins will be playing select shows to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary. Dates have yet to be announced, but "expect the band to revisit a few specific places that were missed during the last U.S. tour."
This past weekend at Voodoo Music Fest, Fall Out Boy covered The Killers' "Mr. Brightside," and Saturday night the Smashing Pumpkins covered Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Born on the Bayou."
The Smashing Pumpkins are the latest band to allow fans to create a music video using green screen technology. Footage from the "Tarantula" video shoot is available for fans to remix; the winning entries will receive a MacPro or a Zeitgeist-themed iPhone.