Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- SMASHING PUMPKINS drummer, Jimmy Chamberlin, has left the group. On the band's website today; "The SMASHING PUMPKINS' guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member Billy Corgan has announced that drummer Jimmy Chamberlin has left the ... more info

ContactMusic — BILLY CORGAN is the last Pumpkin standing - his SMASHING PUMPKINS bandmate JIMMY CHAMBERLIN has quit the group. Corgan and Chamberlin regrouped after the band split in ... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Kravitz/FilmMagic When VH1 revealed that Behind the Music was returning with episodes dedicated to Lil Wayne and Scott Weiland, we asked our readers what musicians they thought should get the BTM treatment. Jane’s Addiction, Ryan Adams, Radi... more info

Idolator — Welcome to a special "trapped in a hotel room" edition of Idolator's American Idolatry, where I invite you all into my double-twin room at the Hilton Austin for some real-time kibitzing over tonight's American Idol. It's the Grand Ole Opry edition of... more info

Radio Exile — Holy crap, this is ridiculously amazing. I love when the crew at BuzzFeed has a great tip for me; they’re usually my first stop first thing in the AM to see what hilarity I need to be checking out. Some technical genius has gone and reimagined the... more info

NME — Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan testified before US Congress yesterday (March 10) in an effort to seek monetary compensation for performers whose songs are broadcast on terrestrial radio. more info

ContactMusic — SMASHING PUMPKINS star BILLY CORGAN has testified before U.S. Congress in support of a new bill that would require radio stations to pay musicians every time their songs ... more info

Undercover, Australia — Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan has appeared before congress in the United States together with Mitch Bainwol, the chairman and CEO of the RIAA. more info

Chicago Tribune — Two faltering music-business giants butted heads Tuesday in a U.S. House hearing over artist compensation for terrestrial radio airplay. And right in the middle of it was Billy Corgan, the Smashing Pumpkins singer making a rare public appearance in h... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty The Smashing Pumpkins‘ Billy Corgan was in Washington, DC, today to testify at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the recently reintroduced Performance Rights Act. Corgan was speaking on behalf of all the artists in the Music FI... more info