Game on! Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan just announced a 2025 North American tour in celebration of 30th anniversary the band’s ‘Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness’ album! And, what’s this about a solo project?!
Corgan will bring his solo project – Billy Corgan and The Machines Of God – on the “A Return To Zero” tour, which you’ll see Smashing Pumpkins commemorate both the 30th anniversary of their 3rd LP, and the 25th anniversary of their double LP, ‘Machina’.
The “A Return to Zero” tour will see Smashing Pumpkins as a four-piece, two set guitar lineup – Corgan, along with guitarist Kiki Wong, drummer Jake Hayden and bassist Kid Tigrrr. The tour starts at the Baltimore Soundstage in Baltimore, MD, on June 7.
Check out a full list of tour dates and purchase tickets here!
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Billy Corgan and The Machines Of God’s “A Return To Zero” 2025 North American tour:
JUNE
7 – Baltimore, MD // Baltimore Soundstage
9 – Boston, MA // Paradise Rock Club
11 – Muskoka, ON // Kee to Bala
12 – Toronto, ON // HISTORY
13 – Montreal QC // Beanfield Theatre
15 – New York, NY // Irving Plaza
16 – Philadelphia, PA // Theatre of Living Arts
17 – Allentown, PA // Archer Music Hall
19 – Detroit, MI // St. Andrew’s Hall
20 – Joliet, IL // Taste of Joliet*
21 – Grand Rapids, MI // Intersection
23 – Pittsburgh, PA // Roxian Theatre
25 – Cleveland, OH // House of Blues Cleveland
26 – Cincinnati, OH // Bogart’s
27 – Milwaukee, WI // Summerfest*
29 – Minneapolis, MN // Varsity Theater
*Festival Performance
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As for when you can expect new music from Billy Corgan and The Machines Of God? No idea. Of course, Corgan previously released three solo albums – 2005’s ‘TheFutureEmbrace’, 2017’s ‘Ogilala’ and 2019’s ‘Cotillions’. He also did something with the supergroup, Zwan, in 2003.
Smashing Pumpkins also released details of the long-awaited (and reconstituted) release of the 2000 concept albums, ‘Machina/The Machines of God’ and its companion, ‘Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music’.
Corgan’s Madame Zuzu’s tea shop in Highland Park, IL, will exclusively offer this expansive 80-song box set;the 48-track ‘MACHINA’ plus an additional 32 bonus tracks of demos, outtakes, and live performances, marking the first time these two records will officially be united. Smashing Pumpkins will also release a 16-song reissue of the original ‘Machina/The Machines of God’ vinyl on August 22.
In other Pumpkins news, Billy recently welcomed his third child with wife Chloe Mendel Corgan. Congrats!
Looks like Corgan is stepping on the gas. New solo project. Big Smashing Pumpkins tour. How soon to a new Pumpkins album?
