JamBase — Smashing Pumpkins opened the Shiny & Oh So Bright Tour with a career-spanning mix of material and choice covers on Thursday night in Arizona. The post Smashing Pumpkins Cover ‘Stairway To Heaven’ At Tour Opener appeared first on JamBase. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Compared to the poppy, new wavey sounds of 2015's Pagans In Vegas, 'Dark Saturday' is more of a Yeah Yeah Yeahs-y riff rocker. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — They also covered David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' and played tons of classics. Continue reading… more info

Consequence of Sound — Deep cuts and covers of Bowie and Zeppelin litter the band's first official setlist. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: Smashing Pumpkins tour starts tonight, The Love Language/Bat Fangs, Mimicking Birds, Kraus, and more tour announcements. Continue reading… more info

Consequence of Sound — A few years back, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman was photographed looking particularly Mellon Collie during a visit to the amusement park. more info

NME — "It's a great time in my life" Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan Smashing Pumpkins‘ frontman Billy Corgan has revealed that he’s “done playing the heel” – as well as making light of the viral photo of him being “miserable” at Disneyl... more info

NME — It's seems they really annoyed the neighbours Smashing Pumpkins' '1979' house party This weekend saw Smashing Pumpkins play a special ‘1979’ house party, before police arrived to shut it down. Check out footage, photos and the setlist below.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The band really is going back to their roots. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Smashing Pumpkins have shared a video for their single "Solara," which debuted in early June. The band's reunion tour kicks off in July and they're supposedly releasing two EPs in the near future. more info