Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- ThE SMASHING PUMPKINS have raised over $80,000+ (an updated figure to follow) at their sold-out benefit concert on Tuesday, July 27 at Chicago’s Metro for MADINA LAKE bassist, Matthew Leone. The money will go to the continuing medical..... more info

ET Online — Jessica Simpson sent a friendly tweet to her once rumored love interest Billy Corgan. The Smashing Pumpkins frontman tweeted: "Call me crazy but I for one thought ALL The Cure's songs were singles..." Simpson agreed with Corgan's message, wr... more info

Topix — Billy Corgan made himself ingratiating when he led Smashing Pumpkins at Terminal 5 on Monday night. more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan suffered an embarrassing technical problem onstage in New York on Monday night - his guitar broke just two songs into the band's set. more info

ContactMusic — SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman BILLY CORGAN suffered an embarrassing technical problem onstage in New York on Monday night (26Jul10) - his guitar broke just two songs into the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jen Maler "Billy Corgan says something about being our rock n roll puppet, still has beef w/ Pavement, mimes puppet him killing "guy from Pavement"" - BrooklynVegan "LOL, one guess at the only thing @BrooklynVegan cared about from... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — In celebration of SPIN Magazine's 25th Anniversary, they're throwing a week-long party in NYC featuring different bands each night. The schedule is pretty stout, featuring The Smashing Pumpkins, The Flaming Lips, The Black Keys, The National, Fang I... more info

411 Mania — From Smashing Pumpkins' "Zero" and The Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" to Nine Inch Nails "Hyperpower" and Led Zeppelin's “Immigrant Song”, the 411 Staff discusses their Top 5 favorite songs under three minutes! more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ryan Muir The Jim Jones Revue @ Mercury Lounge The Jim Jones Revue started a four-show NYC run on Thursday, July 22nd, with a gig at Mercury Lounge. The pictures here are from that Hunters-opened show. They finish... more info

Culture Bully — Free streaming concerts from the Smashing Pumpkins, the Flaming Lips, the Black Keys, the National, Spiritualized & more all this week! (Sponsored Content) more info