BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — Smashing Pumpkins fans can pay to watch them in the studio more info

Guardian Music — For a mere £27 you can get 12 weeks of 25-minute studio updates from Corgan's online video diary. Sold!What do you do when all the other original members quit your band leaving you to soldier on like a zombie, recording new music under the same na... more info

Kings of A&R — Born in Melbourne, Australia, Katie Cole recently relocated to Los Angeles to record her full-length record with producer Howard Willing (OK Go, The Smashing Pumpkins, Civet, Cheap Trick) who sent her an email after stumbling across her demos on the ... more info

411 Mania — SP tries out twelve drummers, looking to try some more... more info

Smashing Pumpkins held open auditions to find a replacement for drummer Jimmy Chamberlin according to their official website,applicants included System Of A Down/Scars On Broadway John Dolmayan.... more info

Starpulse — System Of A Down rocker John Dolmayan has auditioned to become the Smashing Pumpkins' new drummer.[...] Read more! more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty In the ongoing battle of rockers vs. the GOP, Don Henley is suing California Republican Assemblyman Charles DeVore after the politician wrote new lyrics to “Boys of Summer” slamming Barack Obama, then did a version of “All She Wa... more info

411 Mania — The Dead return, Marley for the kids, Phil Spector is guilty, Is Brittany retarded, Chris Brown’s new chick, Madonna not fit to adopt?, Smashing Pumpkins tirade and more, plus 1997 in review, chart news and Mandy Moore is your Piece of the W... more info

Idolator — Billy Corgan has turned a snippet of the Smashing Pumpkins' alt-rock staple "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" into a spoken-word bit in honor of this Sunday's Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-view Lockdown,, which will feature a bunch of matches co... more info

Rolling Stone — Who: Tinted Windows, a power-pop supergroup featuring the unexpected union of Taylor Hanson (of Hanson), former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger and Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos. “I was like, ‘Th... more info