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Billy Corgan announces virtual concert to support victims of the July 4 Highland Park shooting
By Sam Roche published
The event will be hosted at Corgan’s Highland Park tea shop Madame Zuzu’s on July 27, and will feature performances from Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlain, jazz saxophonist Frank Catalano and others

The Smashing Pumpkins announce North American arena tour with Jane’s Addiction
By Jackson Maxwell published
The trek will take the alt-rock giants across the continent from early October through mid-November

Reverend launches heavy-focused new Billy Corgan signature model, the Z-One
By Matt Parker published
The latest guitar is designed to do the heavy lifting in the Smashing Pumpkins catalog

"All we ever wanted to do in this band is kick people's ass": The Smashing Pumpkins on '80s Marshalls, epic guitar arrangements and their essential pedals
By Alan di Perna published
In this 1995 GW interview, Billy Corgan and James Iha discuss the gear that powered their sprawling, double-disc masterpiece, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Watch Billy Corgan pay tribute to his father with a set of Christmas songs at his Chicago tea shop
By Sam Roche published
The Smashing Pumpkins leader delivers a rendition of Do You Hear What I Hear?, as well as two originals, Evergreen and The Magi and the Shiny Bright

Billy Corgan set to sell over 100 pieces of gear used throughout his Smashing Pumpkins career in new Reverb Shop
By Matt Owen published
Guitars, amps, preamps, synthesizers and more used on The Smashing Pumpkins and Zwan albums and tours will be included in the online mega emporium

Watch Michael Angelo Batio join Smashing Pumpkins for a shredtacular jam at Chicago's Riot Fest
By Matt Parker published
The shred legend joined Billy Corgan and co for a raucous, four-guitar rundown of Zeitgeist's United States
![[L-R] Jeff Schroeder and Billy Corgan](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9g6M5ZSjnuGkg65VoztKkn.jpg)
Jeff Schroeder offers update on new Smashing Pumpkins record: “It's a big, sprawling thing”
By Sam Roche published
The album is reported to be a 33-track sequel to Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness and Machina/The Machines Of God
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