Smashing Pumpkins

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‘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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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