THE SMASHING PUMPKINS

NEW INDEPENDENTLY RELEASED SONG “G.L.O.W.”
IS #1 MOST ADDED AT MODERN ROCK
AS BAND GEARS UP FOR NORTH AMERICAN
“20th Anniversary Tour”

As THE SMASHING PUMPKINS get ready to launch their North American “20th Anniversary Tour” October 31, the band’s powerful new song “G.L.O.W.” is now the #1 most added song at Modern Rock Radio, receiving 94 adds in just two weeks and logging over 850 spins in its first week alone.

Now independent artists who are releasing music in unconventional ways, the pioneering and influential Pumpkins are making “G.L.O.W.” available via the upcoming Guitar Hero® World Tour game. This marks the first time a band has recorded a new song exclusively for the franchise which will be released afterwards, giving Guitar Hero® fans exclusive access to Smashing Pumpkins music before anyone else.

Bundled with two other rocking Smashing Pumpkins hits--“1979” and “The Everlasting Gaze”--“G.L.O.W.” will be available post-launch (November 11) of the game as a three-song downloaded content pack. Additionally, on-disc with the October 23 release of Guitar Hero World Tour, Corgan will appear as an in-game character and will bring with him “Today,” the band’s smash hit from their pivotal and four-times platinum 1993 album Siamese Dream.

Pumpkins fans will be able to see the group perform “G.L.O.W.” live Friday, October 24 on the outdoor stage at ABC-TV’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Next, the Pumpkins will make a return performance at the annual Bridge School benefit hosted by Neil Young in Shoreline, CA on October 26 (the second of the two-night engagement). The band last performed at this annual event--benefiting children with severe speech and physical impairments--in 1999.

The Pumpkins begin a five-week North American “20th Anniversary Tour” on October 31. The run will be highlighted by multi-night stops in such cities as Chicago, Toronto, New York, Washington, Boston, Kansas City and Los Angeles. With such a vast repertoire, the Pumpkins are coming prepared with completely different set lists in each of the multi-night engagements with no songs being repeated over the course of the two night run. Night #1 is being called “Black Sunshine,” while night #2 will be dubbed “White Crosses.” A special two-night ticket bundle will be available for all multi-night engagements.

The band’s upcoming two-DVD set If All Goes Wrong is due out November 11 and consists of a 105-minute documentary, also titled If All Goes Wrong, plus The Fillmore Residency, a full concert filmed in late July and early August of 2007 over five of the 11 sold-out nights at the famed Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, CA. From the opening note to the final chord, the documentary If All Goes Wrong showcases a band returning with an “enveloping epic force” (Los Angeles Times) as it traces the Pumpkins during their 19-show residency, which began with eight shows at Asheville, NC’s Orange Peel in late June and continued through 11 sold-out nights at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium. Interviews with band members, fans, journalists and fellow musicians reveal the fears, excitement, determination, exhaustion and tension inherent in Billy Corgan and his newly revitalized musical unit.

The “20th Anniversary Tour” dates are below. An asterisk (*) signifies a newly added date. Note: The 10/31 date in Columbus is a special acoustic performance.


DATE CITY VENUE

*Fri 10/31 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall

Sat 11/1 Cleveland, OH Palace Theatre

Mon 11/3 Toronto, ONT Massey Hall

Tue 11/4 Toronto, ONT Massey Hall

Thu 11/6 New York, NY United Palace Theatre

Fri 11/7 New York, NY United Palace Theatre

Sat 11/8 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata

Tue 11/11 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall

Wed 11/12 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall

Fri 11/14 Boston, MA Wang Center

Sat 11/15 Boston, MA Wang Center

Sun 11/16 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena

Tue 11/18 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre

Wed 11/19 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre

Fri 11/21 Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre

Sat 11/22 Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre

Wed 11/26 St. Louis, MO Fox Theatre

*Sat 11/29 Las Vegas, NV Pearl

Sun 11/30 San Diego, CA RIMAC Arena

Tue 12/2 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre

Wed 12/3 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre

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