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Smashing Pumpkins announce 20th anniversary tour

That outfit is just smashing - Smashing Pumpkins, Main Stage, Carling Weekend : Reading, August 26, 2007.  
Pic: Guy Eppel

That outfit is just smashing - Smashing Pumpkins, Main Stage, Carling Weekend : Reading, August 26, 2007. Pic: Guy Eppel

There will be unique sets every night

Smashing Pumpkins are set to embark on a 20th Anniversary Tour, which will kick off a few days after they perform at the Neil Young Bridge School Benefit in California.

The band will be playing a unique one-off set in every city and in the cities where they play two shows, fans who choose to go both nights will get different material – with one set called 'Black Sunshine' and the other 'White Crosses'.

The dates are:

Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre (Bridge School Benefit) (October 26)
Cleveland, OH Palace Theatre (November 1)
Toronto, Ontario Massey Hall ('Black Sunshine') (3)
Toronto, Ontario Massey Hall ('White Crosses') (4)
New York, NY United Palace Theatre ('Black Sunshine') (6)
New York, NY United Palace Theatre ('White Crosses') (7)
Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata (8)
Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall ('Black Sunshine') (11)
Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall ('White Crosses') (12)
Boston, MA Wang Center ('Black Sunshine') (14)
Boston, MA Wang Center ('White Crosses') (15)
Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena (16)
Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre ('Black Sunshine') (18)
Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre ('White Crosses') (19)
Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre ('Black Sunshine') (21)
Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre ('White Crosses') (22)
St. Louis, MO Fox Theatre (26)
San Diego, CA RIMAC Arena (30)
Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre ('Black Sunshine') (December 2)
Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre ('White Crosses') (3)


--By our New York staff.
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rufoid 

Sep 25, 2008

fancy playing here mr Corgan? your sets weren't exactly 'unique' when you played Leeds or the Glasgow Academy.

Beatle_Matt 

Sep 26, 2008

This isn't Smashing Pumpkins. This is just Billy Corgan touring with the drummer playing SP tunes. This would be like Paul and Ringo touring as The Beatles.Without James and D'Arcy, this isn't the Pumpkins. Corgan is nothing but a self-absorbed tosser.

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