Billy Corgan announces benefit concert for Highland Park shooting victims

Perry Farrell‘s Porno For Pyros and Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan joined forces for a cover of Led Zeppelin’s ‘When The Levee Breaks’ at Lollapalooza.Farrell’s band stepped in for Jane’s Addiction, after the latter band cancelled at the last minute due to guitarist Dave Navarro’s ongoing battle with COVID.“I love y’all, Chicago, we love coming every year. [We love to] party with you all.

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Dave Grohl will play a solo set at Joe Walsh’s veteran benefit show ‘VetsAid’ later this year.The Foo Fighters frontman is billed as a “special guest” at the event, which is due to take place at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on November 13. He’s joined on the line-up by Nine Inch Nails, The Black Keys and The Breeders.Walsh’s band James Gang – completed by drummer Jim Fox and bassist Dale Peters – will headline the show, performing together for the first time in over 15 years.

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Billy Corgan performed new songs during the fundraiser that he organised for victims of the Highland Park mass shooting, including a song inspired by the tragedy called ‘Photograph’.The Smashing Pumpkins singer/guitarist played a live set on Wednesday evening (July 27) at Madame Zuzu’s, the Highland Park-based tea house and performance space that Corgan runs alongside his partner, Chloé Mendel.Fans could video stream the show and donate money to Together And Together Again, a charity set up by Corgan and his partner in the wake of the shooting. The musician has lived in Highland Park for the past two decades and launched Madame Zuzu’s there in 2011, which is close to where the July 4 incident happened.The fundraiser was webcast – watch the full non-embeddable video here.

announced plans for the fundraiser, titled “Together and Together Again,” earlier this month.Corgan’s charity gig served as a moment of reflection and an opportunity to remember those lost, as well as provide a sense of financial relief for surviving victims.“The reason I named it ‘Together and Together Again’ is we won’t stop. We will always come together,” Corgan said.

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has announced ‘Together And Together Again’, a virtual concert to support victims of the recent mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois.The show is scheduled to take place at 8pm CST on Wednesday July 27, and will be livestreamed for free via the Pumpkins’ YouTube channel (save the link here). It’ll be hosted in person at Madame Zuzu’s, the Highland Park-based tea house and performance space that Corgan runs alongside his partner, Chloé Mendel. Viewers will be able to make donations through the stream itself, while merchandise – including tees and a poster sporting artwork by the legendary Gary Baseman – is available via the event’s bespoke webstore.

Wilson Chapman editorBilly Corgan, best known as the frontman of alt rock group Smashing Pumpkins, will host a benefit concert for recent victims of the recent Highland Park shooting.Corgan, a resident of Highland Park for over 20 years, announced the concert on Instagram in a post shared on the accounts of Smashing Pumpkins and tea shop Madame Zuzu’s, a local Highland Park business he established in 2020 with his partner Chloe Mendel. In the video, recorded with Mendel outside of Madame Zuzu’s, Corgan said a special charity concert to raise donations for the July 4th Victims Response Fund will occur on July 27.“About a week ago on July 4th, we had the horrible tragedy here in Highland Park that took so many lives, and has injured so many people and has really affected so many of us as a community,” Corgan said.

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Rachel Brosnahan is speaking out following the 4th of July shooting in her hometown of Highland Park, Illinois. Brosnahan, 31, explained how the July 4th parade is the "highlight of the year" for residents of the Chicago-area town. "I grew up in Highland Park and this parade is a highlight of the year for so many families," she wrote on Twitter.  "I’m sick to my stomach every time news like this comes out, but I don’t wish the pit in your stomach as you call your family and friends to make sure everyone is okay on anyone." Rachel Brosnahan is speaking out following the mass shooting at the 4th of July parade in her hometown of Highland Park, Illinois.

deadly mass shooting at a 4th of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, has sent shock waves across the nation. Rachel Brosnahan, who grew up in Highland Park, is expressing her shock and heartbreak at the awful tragedy.The  star took to Twitter on Monday, writing, «I grew up in Highland Park and this parade is a highlight of the year for so many families.»«I’m sick to my stomach every time news like this comes out, but I don’t wish the pit in your stomach as you call your family and friends to make sure everyone is okay on anyone,» she continued.

BBC News).According to officials, the attacker targeted attendees of the parade at random with a high-powered rifle. It’s said that 24 people were also taken to hospital.Police later named a suspect as Robert E Crimo III, who they considered to be armed and dangerous.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Rachel Brosnahan took to Twitter to voice her frustrations with the shooting that took place in Highland Park, Illinois Fourth of July Parade. The actress grew up in the area and took to Twitter to express how she felt about the shooting and her overall exhaustion from the many mass shootings that have taken place in America this year.