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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.

Together and Together Again.” The show will be held at Madame Zuzu’s, a plant-based tea house that Corgan owns with his partner fashion designer Chloe Mendel. It is located on the same strip where the senseless attack took place.In a bid to support his community, Corgan announced the benefit concert will raise funds for those who survived the horrific attack.Seven people were killed after a gunman allegedly opened fire at the Fourth of July parade using a “high-powered” rifle.

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.

Smashing Pumpkins performed their 1993 classic ‘Today’ on a recent episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden.The outfit went on the programme late last week to perform the track, lifted from second studio album ‘Siamese Dream’.Speaking to host James Corden about the song choice, frontman Billy Corgan joked: “I wrote this song at a very depressing moment in my life and I knew I was going to see you [Corden]. That made me sad and then I thought, ‘Well, we’ll play the song’.”Watch the performance below.Prior to the performance, they chatted to Corden about their forthcoming 12th studio album, with Corgan saying: “It’s sort of a return to form.

Smashing Pumpkins’ longstanding guitarist Jeff Schroeder, the band have finished working on their “big” and “epic” 12th studio album.Word of the LP first came before the release of 2020’s ‘CYR’, when frontman Billy Corgan said it would be a sequel to both their 1995 album ‘Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness’ and 2000’s ‘Machina’ records. He described it at the time as “kind of a rock opera”, and confirmed last March that he and the rest of the Pumpkins had begun recording material for it.Work seemed to progress quickly, as Schroeder said last July that the band was “about halfway through” the recording process.

“Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain,” told The Post. “I think the idea of the wedding in a church … I couldn’t imagine that happening in a billion years.”Blessed by the grunge gods, it was a union that would go down in music history. Sadly, their romance would end in tragedy when Cobain committed suicide slightly over two years later, on April 5, 1994.

Smashing Pumpkins have announced that they’ll hit the road in the US this May for their ‘Rock Invasion 2’ tour.Although the tour – which sees support from Bones – shares the same name with the band’s postponed 2020 trek, many of the original dates have not been rescheduled.The 18-date jaunt will instead see Billy Corgan and co. visit cities such as Tucson, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Birmingham, Greensboro, and Columbus.

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan played a set of Christmas songs with his family in tribute to his late father at the weekend (December 18) – see footage belowOn Saturday, Corgan announced that his father, the musician William Corgan Sr., had passed away following a heart attack.In his video tribute, he said: “The show goes on, that’s what my father believed in,” adding: “My father had his own struggles with music and had a very complicated and oftentimes bitter relationship with the

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has joined Cameo to help an animal shelter in his hometown.The singer and his partner Chloe Mendel have joined the app, which allows fans to pay for personalised messages from celebrities, to raise funds for PAWS Chicago.

Billy Corgan dusted off some of his pre-Smashing Pumpkins tracks during a run of intimate acoustic shows this month – check out the videos below.As Stereogum reports, the frontman has performed at Madame ZuZu’s tea shop in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois over the previous two weekends (on October 2/3 and October 9/10).Footage from Corgan’s stripped-back gig on Saturday (October 9) has since emerged on YouTube.

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Warner Chappell has announced that it has renewed its worldwide publishing administration deal with William Patrick Corgan. Who? Well, you might know him as Billy.

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has announced his return to the online marketplace Reverb, where next Wednesday (September 29), he’ll open sales on over 100 items from his personal collection of musical equipment.The listing features a stable of guitars, synthesisers, amps, pedals, and various other gear that Corgan used to record and tour with throughout the Pumpkins’ 33-year tenure.

Code Orange have teased a potential collaboration with Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan.The Pittsburg hardcore band, who released their fourth studio album, ‘Underneath’, last year, took to social media earlier today to share a photo of them posing in the studio with Corgan.Code Orange captioned the post: “the k i l l e r in me…”, along with three hashtags: #justgettingstarted, #beafraid, and #codecorgan.the k i l l e r in me…#justgettingstarted #beafraid #codecorgan

Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan has discussed the legacy of the band’s debut album, ‘Gish’, three decades on in a new interview.Speaking to Rolling Stone around the album’s 30th anniversary, Corgan recounted the range of bands that have been influenced by Smashing Pumpkins’ debut record – in particular, Pearl Jam and Nirvana.“I remember having a conversation with Eddie Vedder when we were on tour with the Red Hot Chili Peppers [in late 1991].

Smashing Pumpkins have announced plans to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album, ‘Gish’, with a livestream event this weekend.Set to take place this Sunday May 30 at 1AM BST, the virtual event will feature a live vinyl listening party, a Q&A segment and an exclusive preview of some unreleased music.

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has reflected on being in the band during his younger years, a time he was “not considered good looking”.Speaking on the most recent edition of Best Advice: The Podcast on Spotify (released May 20), Corgan touched upon a range of subjects including ego, his daily routine and his competitive nature.At one point in the conversation, the musician recalled a piece of advice he was given by Smashing Pumpkins’ former manager in 1990 before they had released a

The Pedal Movie features the likes of Blur‘s Graham Coxon, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, My Bloody Valentine‘s Kevin Shields, and Dinosaur Jr‘s J Mascis.Described as the most comprehensive look at how effects pedals have influenced the sound of popular music as we know it,” The Pedal Movie is able to rent or buy now here.Discussing the film, co-director Dan Orkin said: “The initial inspiration for The Pedal Movie was us asking how this strange little pocket of the music world grew

Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder is slated to write and record the theme song for the next US National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) event.At the request of his bandmate and NWA president Billy Corgan, Schroeder has been asked to write a song that best represents the pay-per-view event’s dark circus theme.The second of the NWA’s live, globally-televised shows, titled When Our Shadows Fall, takes place on June 6 at 7pm BST (2pm ET) exclusively via the FITE network.Originally reported by

Another contestant was sent home on The Masked Singer.

AFI have shared a pair of new tracks, including one co-written by Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan.‘Dulcería’ and ‘Far Too Near’ precede the band’s new album ‘Bodies’, which comes out on June 11 via Rise Records.Speaking on the collaboration with Corgan, AFI guitarist Jade Puget said: “Billy and I have a great creative connection when we’re writing together.

Smashing Pumpkins have started recording a new 33-song album that will be the joint sequel to their 1995 LP ‘Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness’ and their two 2000-released ‘Machina’ records.Frontman Billy Corgan previously announced the project back in October, describing it as “kind of a rock opera”.In a new update on their social media channels that was posted yesterday (March 2), Smashing Pumpkins shared a blurry CCTV-like image of a mic’d-up drum kit in a studio along with the news that

The Smashing Pumpkins have finished their forthcoming ‘Machina II’ reissue based on its original conception, frontman Billy Corgan has confirmed.The band released their fifth album ‘Machina/The Machines Of God’ in February 2000 and followed it up that September with ‘Machina II/The Friends & Enemies Of Modern Music’ as a free internet download.

Yungblud, Billy Corgan and a number of other musicians paid tribute to David Bowie this weekend during a virtual event ahead of the fifth anniversary of the rock legend’s death.Last night (January 9), pianist Mike Garson held a livestream event called A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day featuring a variety of artists paying tribute to the late musician, who died five year’s ago today (January 10).The likes of Trent Reznor, Perry Farrell, Adam Lambert, Peter Frampton, Slipknot‘s Corey

Trent Reznor performed a pair of David Bowie covers this weekend to pay tribute to the rock legend ahead of the fifth anniversary of his death.Last night (January 9), pianist Mike Garson held a livestream event called A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day featuring a variety of artists paying tribute to the late musician, who died five year’s ago today (January 10).The likes of Boy George, Smashing Pumpkins‘ Billy Corgan, Perry Farrell, Peter Frampton, Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor, Yungblud, Anna

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor, Duran Duran, Ian Hunter, Boy George, Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, Adam Lambert, Peter Frampton, Andra Day and many more will perform at “Just for One Day,” a David Bowie livestreamed tribute concert taking place tonight (Friday, Jan.

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has likened the impact of the late Lil Peep on his fans to that of Nirvana‘s Kurt Cobain.Both stars died in tragic circumstances at an untimely age: Peep died from an accidental drug overdose at the age of 21 in 2017, while Cobain was just 27 when he took his own life in 1994.Speaking to Upset magazine, Corgan made the comparison while discussing the Pumpkins’ latest double album ‘CYR’ and how they have tried to remain relevant more three decades into

Yungblud, Anna Calvi and Duran Duran, have been added to the line-up of the special charity livestream event which will honour David Bowie‘s life and career next month.A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day! will be streamed globally on January 8, 2021 to mark what would have been the late artist’s 74th birthday, and will be hosted by Bowie’s longest-standing bandmember Mike Garson.

Billy Corgan has said he can relate to the emotions Chris Cornell must have felt before taking his own life in 2017.The musician, who last week released ‘CYR‘ with his band The Smashing Pumpkins, opened up in a new interview about feelings of worthlessness in the past.Asked my radio broadcaster Howard Stern earlier this week if Cornell’s death “triggered anything inside of you”, Corgan responded: “Oh, yeah…I’ve stood in front of that mirror a thousand times – just like he did” [quotes via

Smashing Pumpkins have shared an eerie new video for the recently shared song ‘Wyttch’ – scroll down the page to watch it now.The track was released alongside fellow single ‘Ramona’ last month (October 30) and is set to feature on the band’s forthcoming double album ‘Cyr’.Directed by Charlotte Kemp-Muhl, the clip features occultist imagery, skulls, horned women and frontman Billy Corgan bearing a staff.‘Cyr’ is released on November 27 and was produced by Corgan.

Smashing Pumpkins have today shared two new songs – ‘Confessions of a Dopamine Addict’ and ‘Wrath’ – you can listen to the songs below.The two songs are taken from their upcoming eleventh studio album, ‘CYR’, which is set for release on November 27.The 20-track full-lengthdouble albumwas produced by frontman Billy Corgan and recorded in Chicago.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAlt-rock veterans the Smashing have announced a new double album, “Cyr,” is dropping on November 27.The 20-track album was recorded in the band’s home base of Chicago with frontman and chief songwriter Billy Corgan producing.The group has also created a new five-part animated series called “In Ashes,” the first two episodes of which will including music from the album and will premiere on September 25 — watch the trailer below.“ ‘Cyr’ is dystopic folly,” Corgan has

Billy Corgan has re-opened his Madame ZuZu’s Tea Shop Art Studio in Illinois, it has been reported.The Smashing Pumpkins frontman first opened the cafe in 2012 but closed it in 2018 due to limitations in space.Now, Corgan and fashion designer Chloe Mendel (who is also Corgan’s partner) have re-opened Madame ZuZu’s in a new location in Illinois’ Highland Park.

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