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Rolling Stone — Wondering if Billy Corgan really replaced longtime Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlain with a 19-year-old rocker? Ask him yourself … over a nice lunch. Charity Buzz is auctioning off the chance to dine with Corgan in Los Angeles or Chicago.... more info

MTV.com News — Franz Ferdinand, Taking Back Sunday, Public Enemy, more also join August 30 show in Maryland.By James Montgomery Blink-182 Photo: Jared Milgrim/ FilmMagic Perhaps taking a page from the Osbournes' concet-planning playbook, or perhaps reali... more info

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Guardian Music — The former grunge goddess is to revive her rock'n'roll moniker for her next album. But instead of reuniting her band she's enlisted … the bloke from Larrikin LoveSeven years after the band's break-up, Courtney Love will resurrect the name Hole ... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Hook-Ups Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan landed a chick who can really raise the local temperature -- stacked local L.A. weathergal Jackie Johnson.The forecast for these two: Random, with a chance of WTF?! See Also Weathergi... more info

Live Daily — Smashing Pumpkins [ tickets ] are working with a new drummer, 19-year-old Mike Byrne, according to a statement posted at the band's website, which describes Byrne as an "exceptionally talented and gifted drummer" and says that "things are going very... more info

Guardian Music — Billy Corgan's new sticksman wasn't even born when the mope metal band formed in 1988Smashing Pumpkins' new drummer is a kid from Oregon who isn't old enough to buy beers at US clubs. Nineteen-year-old Mike Byrne is "working with Billy [Corgan] ... o... more info

Rolling Stone — Early this week, rumors spread that Smashing Pumpkins‘ Billy Corgan had replaced Jimmy Chamberlin with a 19-year-old drummer. The band has yet to confirm the hire, but a note posted on the Pumpkins’ official Website confirms Corgan is working wit... more info

Guardian Music — The Gossip return with Beth Ditto's signature shriek, the Lemonheads move to the country and Jarvis Cocker goes glamGossip – Heavy CrossRemember the first time you heard Standing In the Way of Control? Back when it was simply a great song, rat... more info