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Fan dies at Smashing Pumpkins concert

By Jeremy Goldmeier on 11:34 AM on September 26, 2007

[Above: Billy Corgan] A mysterious fan death marred a Smashing Pumpkins concert in Vancouver this past Monday (Sept. 24). The Toronto Star reports that concertgoers dragged a young man's body from a packed crowd at Vancouver's PNE Forum. The cause of death was not immediately clear, but it appears the fan got sucked into a mosh-pit while crowd-surfing. One eyewitness told Vancouver's News1130 Radio that the young man fell while crowd-surfing and "when he came out, he was lifeless." The Edmonton Journal reports that the fan was a 20-year-old native of nearby Richmond, British Columbia. His body did not appear... read more

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Smashing Pumpkins: Zeitgeist

By David Marchese on 12:00 AM on July 10, 2007

Dischord - One Album, Two Opinions read more

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Smashing Pumpkins To Tour For Zeitgeist

By Paste Staff on 2:24 PM on March 28, 2007

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... read more

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Digital Release of Entire Smashing Pumpkins Catalog

By Paste Staff on 12:00 AM on March 28, 2005

April 5 marks the date that the entire Smashing Pumpkins catalog will be available in the digital domain for the first time. The band has been waiting and watching the regulation of digital music to ensure their fans receive proper access to the Pumpkins’ music in the most reliable and fair formats. The band has cranked out an impressive 227 songs in its 10-year existence. All the official album releases are here as well as 114 non-album tracks, including rare imports, long-out-of-print songs, obscure covers, soundtrack releases, vinyl-only B-sides and limited editions. Smashing Pumpkins founder Billy Corgan worked closely with... read more

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