TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 http://www.nme.com/news/smashing-pumpkins/21996Reformation?! Wooo!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skull Commander Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Yes!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 wasn't a reunion announced last year? I have no idea what that article says as the nme site is blocked at work. But I can't find any recent news anywhere else about the pumpkins. What does it say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Untitled Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 they are due to do many a festival appearance this yearthe cochella festival being their comeback performance which got leaked a few days agoexpect some uk festivals and uk tour in the coming year and a new record too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 wasn't a reunion announced last year? I have no idea what that article says as the nme site is blocked at work. But I can't find any recent news anywhere else about the pumpkins. What does it say?Smashing Pumpkins set to reform for festivalsLive dates this year looking more likelySmashing Pumpkins are strongly rumoured to be reforming this summer for live shows - with Coachella touted as their comeback. Singer Billy Corgan has made no secret of the fact he wants to reform his old band, and NME.COM has learned the band are set to make their comeback at the Californian festival on April 30. Writing recently on his webpage, Corgan hinted reformation plans were coming along. "The surprise I have in store for you all will be announced soon enough," he said. "Hold on to your horses. After all, good things surely comes to those who wait....Don't you just love the suspense?"Corgan remains friends with former Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlain, and is also in contact with the band's second bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur, having collaborated with her on her forthcoming second solo album. The first rumours of the band reforming came when the singer took out an advert in the local Chicago Tribune newspaper where he said "his heart" remains with his old band.He wrote: "When I played the final Smashing Pumpkins show on the night of December 2, 2000, I walked off the stage believing that I was forever leaving a piece of my life behind. I naively tried to start a new band, but found that my heart wasn't in it. I moved away to pursue a love that I once had but got lost. So I moved back home to heal what was broken in me, and to my surprise I found what I was looking or. I found that my heart is in Chicago, and that my heart is in the Smashing Pumpkins."For a year now I have walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to keep. But now I want you to be among the first to know that I have made plans to renew and revive the Smashing Pumpkins. I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams. In this desire I feel I have come home again."Smashing Pumpkins split in 2000 after the release of their final album 'Machina'. Following the split Corgan formed Zwan, who split after one record. IPC MEDIA 1996-2006, All rights reserved | Site User Terms | Privacy Policy | Advertising Info | Contact Us | Buy Our Content The Go! Team (Interview)Jose Gonzales (Video)Graham Coxon (Video)Regina Spektor (Video)In The Magazine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Mel Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 oh my god, that would be fucking great! i never got to see the pumpkins cos the night I had tickets to on the Mellon Collie tour was the day Jimmy Chamberlain got arrested for all the shit that happened with the dead keyboardist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 This isn't news at all. Billy Corgan mentioned that there would be a "suprise" before Christmas and this story doesn't expand on this at all, it just mentions one of the rumours flying around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comptroller Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Billy Corgan is a trickster. That said, I would love to see the Pumpkins reform. As long as they actually went back to work & started cranking out music again, not just played greatest hits sets at festivals. Not that the latter is likely.Adore and Machina weren't really that popular compared to Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie. If the reformation goes ahead, will they resume making dark and underappreciated music, or will it be a return to the good old days? I wonder. Probably Billy Corgan will do whatever he likes, which is good enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 fucking YAS man!!! I would love to see them again!! Especially a more rounded set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted January 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 oh my god' date=' that would be fucking great! i never got to see the pumpkins cos the night I had tickets to on the Mellon Collie tour was the day Jimmy Chamberlain got arrested for all the shit that happened with the dead keyboardist.[/quote']Thats really unlucky, the MCIS era would have definately the best time to have seen the band live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Thats really unlucky' date=' the MCIS era would have definately the best time to have seen the band live.[/quote']Nah i would with Adore era, even though it would mean no Jimmy, just to get more of their best songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted January 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Nah i would with Adore era' date=' even though it would mean no Jimmy, just to get more of their best songs.[/quote']That's just crazy talk!Adore is possibly the Pumpkins best record, but the live performances I don't think were as good as the mid-period of the MCIS tour just before Johnathon Melvoin OD'ed... The arrangements of the Adore songs live were great (the Arising! Tour version of Ava Adore is better though), but the dodgy arrangements of older songs such as Bullet with Butterfly WIngs and Zero were a bit guff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 That's just crazy talk!Adore is possibly the Pumpkins best record' date=' but the live performances I don't think were as good as the mid-period of the MCIS tour [i']just before Johnathon Melvoin OD'ed... The arrangements of the Adore songs live were great (the Arising! Tour version of Ava Adore is better though), but the dodgy arrangements of older songs such as Bullet with Butterfly WIngs and Zero were a bit guff.You might be right. I did see a live performance of BWBW on the telly from the Adore era and it was painful listening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skacel Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 Smashing Pumpkins set to reform for festivalsLive dates this year looking more likelySmashing Pumpkins are strongly rumoured to be reforming this summer for live shows - with Coachella touted as their comeback. Singer Billy Corgan has made no secret of the fact he wants to reform his old band' date=' and NME.COM has learned the band are set to make their comeback at the Californian festival on April 30. [/quote']no sign of pumpkins on the line up for coachella yet but could still happenSATURDAY APRIL 29, 2006 Depeche ModeDaft PunkFranz FerdinandSigur RosDamian Jr Gong MarleyCommonAtmosphereCarl CoxMy Morning JacketTV on the RadioLadytronClap Your Hands Say YeahToscaCat PowerAnimal CollectiveHARD-FiDerrick CarterDevendra BanhartShe Wants RevengeThe WalkmenThe Juan MacleanImogen HeapAudio BullysLady SovereignDeerhoofThe Duke SpiritEagles of Death MetalLyrics BornMatt CostaThe New AmsterdamsThe ZutonsPlatinum Pied PipersWhite Rose MovementChris LiberatorColetteJoey BeltramHybridLiving ThingsWolfmotherThe LikeNine Black AlpsCelebrationThe Section QuartetShy FX & T PowerInfusionSUNDAY APRIL 30, 2006 ToolYeah Yeah YeahsBloc PartyPaul OakenfoldScissor SistersMatisyahuJames BluntSleater-KinneyMogwaiCoheed and CambriaWolf ParadeColdcutPhoenixDigable PlanetsAmadou & MariamLittle Louie VegaMylo (DJ Set)Seu JorgeGnarls BarkleyThe Go! TeamKaskadeMetricEditorsArt BrutDungenThe DearsJamie LidellThe Magic NumbersLos Amigos InvisiblesJazzanovastellastarrMichael MayerMurs featuring 9th wonderMates of StateGilles PetersonInfadelsGabriel & DresdenThe SubwaysMinus the BearOneRepublicBe Your Own PetYouth GroupGiant DragKristina SkyThe Octopus Project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceBox Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 That's great! I'd love to see themIt would be nice to have the original line-up but I just can't ever see it happening.Besides D'arcy looked a mess in her most recent photo.Poor woman, darn you Rourke!http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/archives/004981.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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