Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan Announces Solo Tour, Machina Box Set, & Mellon Collie Opera
In 1995, Smashing Pumpkins released the momentous, ambitious double album
Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
. Five years after that, they came out with the similarly sweeping
Machina/The Machines Of God
, their final album before their initial breakup. This year, Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Mellon Collie and the 25th birthday of Machina with a few new things: an opera, a box set, and a solo tour.
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In 1995, Smashing Pumpkins released the momentous, ambitious double album
Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
. Five years after that, they came out with the simil... more info