Smashing Pumpkins

‘The greatest heavy metal show ever’? Original Black Sabbath lineup to reunite for Ozzy Osbourne’s final concert
Epic lineup convenes for farewell to heavy metal icon at Birmingham’s Villa Park stadium in July, with Metallica, Slayer, Pantera and many more in support
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
05, Feb, 2025 @1:00 PM

Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer review – mismatched 90s rockers bore and charm
Billy Corgan’s band are bloated with self-importance, but Rivers Cuomo and company continue to dole out witty power-pop with elan
Ian Gittins
10, Jun, 2024 @9:39 AM

On my radar: Billy Corgan’s cultural highlights
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman on bonding with his son over Miyazaki, the genius of Mozart’s Requiem, and the world’s biggest Bozo the Clown collection
Kathryn Bromwich
08, Jun, 2024 @2:00 PM

Billy Corgan, pro wrestlers and a medieval castle: inside Smashing Pumpkins’ weird gig for the ages
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman owns a pro-wrestling league – so of course the band is touring Australia with a troupe of wrestlers
Nick Buckley
24, Apr, 2023 @3:00 PM

Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan: ‘I don’t want my kids growing up with a has-been father’
The rock singer talks about getting his band back on track, how having kids has made him grow up – and how he learned to stop playing the troll in interviews
Jeremy Gordon
11, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM

A Bowie Celebration review – a starry tribute concert for a mind-blowing talent
Five years on from David Bowie’s death, bandmate Mike Garson leads an epic lineup, from Billy Corgan to Adam Lambert, in three hours of livestreamed sound and vision
Dave Simpson
10, Jan, 2021 @2:53 PM

Smashing Pumpkins: Cyr review – infinite flatness
Three of the band’s original members drift back to the 80s with a synth-fuelled endurance test of an album
Phil Mongredien
29, Nov, 2020 @1:00 PM

Being invited into my son’s music appreciation group was the best Father’s Day present | Paul Mitchell
We started chatting about deep stuff, things we normally wouldn’t find a way to discuss
Paul Mitchell
05, Sep, 2020 @8:00 PM

Billy Corgan touring with Noel Gallagher: what could possibly go wrong?
The frontmen are on the road together, a co-headline tour following in the turbulent footsteps of Morrissey and Bowie
Gavin Haynes
05, Apr, 2019 @12:00 PM

Smashing Pumpkins review – it’s just me, myself and I
You can’t fault their energy but, at three hours long and with countless costume changes, the 90s rock gods’ reunion show is all about singer Billy Corgan’s huge ego
Kitty Empire
21, Oct, 2018 @8:00 AM

Smashing Pumpkins review – still miles ahead of their rivals
The sheer inventiveness and breadth of their back catalogue makes this 30th-anniversary tour a joy
Michael Hann
17, Oct, 2018 @10:21 AM

Tracks of the week reviewed: Tove Lo, A$AP Rocky, Smashing Pumpkins
Tove Lo gets graphic, A$AP Rocky ropes in a grime elder statesman, and Billy Corgan returns with a squelch
Hannah J Davies
15, Jun, 2018 @10:00 AM
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