Billboard has confirmed the tracklist for The Smashing Pumpkin’s forthcoming Zeitgeist.
If you hate The Smashing Pumpkins, I suggest you take a haitus from this blog for a while as this is my most anticapated album since 12/2/2000.
It appears that Ben Lee has the first unofficial Zeitgeist review…
Went to the Smashing Pumpkins album-wrap party and heard their awesome newie. Seriously, the heaviest and most intense thing they have ever done. Really exceptional. Sounds like the world needs a record like that right now.
What better way to celebrate my most anticipated album since 2000? I think a “Live Earth” apearance in my back yard sounds about right!
The Smashing Pumpkins announced their first U.S. date today. They will be playing the Virgin Festival in Baltimore, MD the weekend of August 4 - 5, along with the recently re-united Police. Full lineup will be announced soon.
I smell Road Trip! (Or maybe that’s the smell of my wallet getting thinner?)
07/07/2007
The Smashing Pumpkins
Zeitgeist
Enough said.
And so it begins…the first announcement of scheduled shows for the re-united Smashing Pumpkins!
*****OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT*****
The Smashing Pumpkins have made their first official announcement of an appearance in 2007. The band will headline both Rock am Ring (6/2/07) and Rock im Park (6/3/07) Festivals in Germany. Tickets are available beginning on Saturday, January 27, 2007.
Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.tickets-per-post.de/tickets-per-post/Main.php.
Check out the festival website for more information http://www.rock-am-ring.com.
Stay tuned for many more announcements…
******
Can you feel the excitement building? 
Anyone that knows me knows that my life revolves around one band - The Smashing Pumpkins. (The rest are all satellites.) Well, I’ve been getting very antsy in anticipation of the new album which is set to be released sometime in 2007 and figured I’d share a wonderful show from the band’s 1999 Arising Tour.
The Arising Tour was a small set of dates the band used to welcome back banished drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, as well as showcase some new songs from the forthcoming album Machina / The Machines of God.
The show consists of some of the bands best songs as well as a preview of such classics as “Home” and “Dross” which never were commercially released. (Unless you downloaded Machina II / The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music.)
Setlist:
Download 4/10/99 @ Detroit, MI - “Welcome Back Jimmy” here.
It’s been almost 13 years since the Red Hot organization released the “No Alternative” compilation and to this day it still remains among the best charity albums to date. With contributions by some of the most seminal “alternative” artists of the time, the album is pretty easy to find. Sadly, the same can’t be said for the video version.
More than just a PSA on AIDS awareness, the “No Alternative” video featured some excellent interviews and live performances by artists involved in this project, including a stunning acoustic rendition of the track “Glynis” by The Smashing Pumpkins. If you don’t have the album, you’re missing out on some great music by other artists as well, including Nirvana (”Verse Chorus Verse”), Pavement (”Unseen Power of the Picket Fence”), Matthew Sweet (”Superdeformed”), Goo Goo Dolls (”Bitch”) and Soul Asylum (”Sexual Healing”), to name a few.
If you ever get your hands on the VHS version of this compilation, buy it, as it’s a rare collectors item!
Here’s the video of “Glynis” performed live.
While browsing the iTunes Music Store today, I saw an ad for Anderson Cooper’s “Celebrity Playlist.” With a quick chuckle, I decided to see what this guy listened to and was SHOCKED with what I discovered.
Some highlights from his playlist:
“Set the Ray to Jerry” - The Smashing Pumpkins
“You Can Have It All” - Yo La Tengo
“Summer Babe” - Pavement
“Coffee & TV” - Blur
Anderson Cooper’s cred just went up a whole lot more in my book.
WOW. In what has probably made me the happiest person in the world today, Billy Corgan has said he wants the Smashing Pumpkins back!
Today marks the official release of his first solo album TheFutureEmbrace. In the Chicago Tribune, Billy place a full page ad that says “For
a year now I have walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to
keep. But now I want you to be among the first to know that I have made
plans to renew and revive “The Smashing Pumpkins.” I want my band back,
and my songs, and my dreams. In this desire I feel I have come home
again.”
Now I don’t mean to “fan out” here or anything, but if this is true, this has been the best day of the year for me! I love TheFutureEmbrace, but it’s still not the Pumpkins’ sound that made me the person I am today.
This
announcement begs the question: “Will the rest of the band be up for
it?” I’m sure Jimmy would do it, but James is the tough one. After all
the smack that was talked post-Pumpkins, it may be some time before
James can forgive and forget.
As for D’arcy, it would be nice to
have her back, but if she’s still going to be a drugged out waste, I’d
gladly take Melissa Auf Der Maur!
I’m sure this topic will be
discussed many more times in the near future, as more announcements are
made. In the meantime, pick up a copy of TheFutureEmbrace.
Update 6/22/05: Billy elaborates slightly on the reunion in the Chicago Sun Times.