Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - The SMASHING PUMPKINS have announced a 14-show run of intimate venues starting July 6 in Cleveland and ending in Memphis, TN on July 24. This will mark the band’s first tour since December 2008 and will feature,... more info

411 Mania — Metallica, Slayer and Slipknot featured in new Guitar Hero. Kid Rock info on date, collaborators for new album. How To Destroy Angels discusses future, free release. Stone Sour set to release free track. New Dimmu Borgir to feature over 100 musicians... more info

Pitchfork - Tours —   07-06 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues 07-08 Grand Rapids, MI - Orbit Room 07-09 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall 07-10 Louisville, KY - Forecastle Festival 07-12 Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live 07-13 Richmond, VA - The National 07-15 Norfolk, VA - ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ekko said... TONS of Smashing Pumpkins covers! http://www.berkeleyplaceblog.com olegelagin said... Steve Hillage ~ 1979 ~ Live Herald the Jimi Hendrix Experience ~ 1967 ~ Axis: Bold as Love Head Machine ~ 1970 ~ Orgasm Hard Stuff ~ 1971 ~ Bolex Deme... more info

Totally Fuzzy — spacedsaviour said... Schoolly D - Schoolly D Schoolly D - Saturday Night, The Album Schoolly D - Smoke Some Kill http://spaced3saviour.blogspot.com infinite fool said... At Infinite Foolishness: REO Speedwagon - 5/6/80, Lansing Civic Center, Lansin... more info

NME — Billy Corgan and co will hit the road next month for the first time since 2008 more info

Undercover, Australia — Billy Corgan and his all-new Smashing Pumpkins band are inviting a select group of fans to their soundcheck. more info

Guardian Music — Alt-rock's ultimate odd couple take another trip to the dark heart of country on their third LP as a duoMark Lanegan and Isobel Campbell are to release their third album as a duo. The new LP, Hawk, is due in August, and will feature cameos by singer-... more info

Allmusic Blog — The Smashing Pumpkins are offering a new mini-album as a download on the band’s website. Titled Teargarden By Kaleidyscope 1: Songs for a Sailor, the album collects four tracks previously released on the internet by frontman Billy Corgan. It also m... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Stone Temple Pilots never earned the respect showered upon fellow grunge-era acts such as Pearl Jam and Nirvana. But thanks to a deep understanding of rock-radio principles (and to frontman Scott Weiland's bad-boy tabloid appeal), they did earn somet... more info