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Who are The Smashing Pumpkins’ fans?
As Smashing Pumpkins hit the UK for a summer of giant shows, we head to Halifax to meet their old-school fans and recent converts to find out why the music still hits like a bullet with butterfly wings…
A two-fer from the alt-rock veterans today.
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The Smashing Pumpkins have announced details of their anticipated comeback album Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun, which is due for release November 16th.
Recorded at Shangri La studios with Rick Rubin, this LP is the band's first in over 18 years to feature founding members Billy Corgan, James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin. Guitarist Jeff Schroeder also plays on the record.
They will return to the UK this October 16th for a headline show at London's Wembley Arena.
To mark this announcement, they've released the LP’s second single Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts), which you can hear, right here: