The Smashing Pumpkins will play their first show in six and a half years on May 22nd, 2007, at the Grand Rex in Paris, France, kicking off what is now a mostly-European tour with a few stops currently planned for North America (and more US dates in the works).
After cementing their position as an alternative music powerhouse in the 1990s with albums like Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, the Pumpkins have proven to be less prolific in the new millennium, releasing their last proper LP and playing their last show to date in 2000.
In addition to the upcoming tour, the band will release Zeitgeist, their first album of new songs since Machina, on July 7th, 2007, debuting much of the material on the road in the weeks before.
As of now, tour dates include:
May:
22 - Paris, France @ Grand Rex
28 - Landgraaf, Netherlands @ Pinkpop
31 - Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound Festival
June:
2 - Nurburgring, Germany @ Nurburgring Race Track
3 - Nuremberg, Germany @ Zeppelinfeld
9 - Lisbon, Portugal @ Super Rock
12 - Madrid, Spain @ Las Ventas
15 - Nickelsdorf, Austria @ Nova Rock
16 - Imola, Italy @ Heineken Jammin' Festival
17 - Intrlaken, Swtzerland @ Greenfield Festival
August:
5 - Washington, DC @ V Festival at Pimlico Park
24 - Leeds, England @ Leeds Festival
26 - Reading, England @ Reading Festival
September:
8 - Toronto, Ontario @ V Festival
Related links:
The Smashing Pumpkins’ official website
Smashing Pumpkins on MySpace
Starla.org’s Smashing Pumpkins fansite listing
Pitchfork – “Smashing Pumpkins Reveal Album Title, Release Date”
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