According to Corgan, back in 2000, he made a trip to Dublin, Ireland, and decided to visit Bono while there. He ended up spending the night at his house, and in the morning, Bono decided to play him the unfinished version of All That You Can’t Leave Behind.

“He’s playing me what became the ‘It’s A Beautiful Day’ album, and it’s not all the way there, but sort of there,” Corgan shared. “He goes, ‘Tell me honestly what you think.’ I’m like, ‘You really want me to give you my opinion?’… And I told him what I thought. They actually used my advice! He let me know later, ‘Hey, we used your advice.’”

Unfortunately, Corgan didn’t share more details on what his advice actually was.

U2 went on to release All That You Can’t Leave Behind in October 2000, and the album was a massive success. It reached No. 1 in more than 30 countries while receiving generally positive reviews from critics.

The record resulted in a number of successful singles like “Beautiful Day,” “Walk On,” and “Elevation,” and is still widely regarded as the band’s best studio effort in the 21st century.

The post Billy Corgan Says U2 Used His Advice to Improve “All That You Can’t Leave Behind“ appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Smashing Pumpkins reunited in their founding lineup back in 2018, releasing a new album Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. and embarking on a world tour. It appears that Corgan, who in the meantime released solo album Cotillions, immediately got to work on new music after the tour wrapped up.

“It’s currently 21 songs,” Corgan said. “I’ve been working on it for over a year. It’s pretty different – in a good way, I think. Everybody that’s heard it likes it a lot, so that’s a good sign.”

Corgan also revealed that he and the band will also do “some touring” in 2020.

“We’re gonna do some touring. We’re playing a big festival in Atlanta, I think in April or May: Shaky Knees. I’m not sure we’re playing Nashville this year. Actually, I think we might. I might be giving a secret away. We might be doing a little ‘surprisey’ gig soon,” he added.

Smashing Pumpkins will probably look to redeem themselves on the new record, as their 2018’s release wasn’t as successful as they hoped. The record received generally positive reviews from the critics but ended up being a commercial failure. It only reached No.54 on US Billboard 200, marking the band’s worst chart performance since their debut record Gish.

The post Billy Corgan is Working on a New Smashing Pumpkins Album appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Following his summer tour with the band, Corgan is planning to continue performing into November for a dozen solo shows. The series of shows kicks off in Los Angeles on November 4 and wraps up at Gramercy Theatre in New York City, November 20.

The Smashing Pumpkins tour saw the original members reunite for their first shows in two decades. During his solo tour, Corgan will be performing songs from his 2017 solo album Ogilala along with some Smashing Pumpkins classics.

You can view the full list of tour dates here:

November 4 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
November 5 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
November 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
November 9 – Nashville Tennessee @ CMA Theatre
November 10 – Tulsa, Oklahoma @ Cain’s BallroomNovember
November 12 – Lawrence, Kansas @ Liberty Hall
November 13 – Springfield, Missouri @ Gillioz Theatre
November 15 – Covington, Kentucky @ Madison Theatre
November 16 – Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania @ Sherman Theatre
November 18 – New York, New York @ Gramercy Theatre
November 19 – New York, New York @ Gramercy Theatre
November 20 – New York, New York @ Gramercy Theatre

You can buy tickets on Friday, October 4 here.

The post Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan Has Announced The Dates For His Solo Tour appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Corgan released his last solo album Ogilala in 2017 and has since promised fans a followup. Last year, Smashing Pumpkins released Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 which they are taking on tour with Noel Gallagher over summer. The band have dates booked in Europe and North America from May through to the end of August, but Corgan has still found time to squeeze in a few extra solo dates.

Here is the full list of Billy Corgan’s solo dates so far:

June 2019

17 – Glasgow, Saint Luke’s
19 – Dublin, Olympia Theatre
21 – Grevenmacher, Luxembourg, Den Atelier
22 – Hamburg, Germany, Gruespan
24 – Paris, France, Trianon
25 – Utrecht, Netherlands, Tivoliredenburg

July 2019

8 – Bucharest, Romania, Arenele Romane

The post Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan Just Added a Bunch of Solo Shows to the Tour appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins lost his signature Fender Stratocaster after playing a show at Detroit’s Saint Andrew’s Hall in 1992. He has described the guitar as a signature part of his sound and admitted that he “heavily identified with the guitar.”

Over the years, plenty of false rumors concerning the guitar’s whereabouts have circulated. Now, 27 years later, it looks like Corgan has been reunited with his beloved ex.

“Somebody sent me a picture a couple of weeks ago of another one of my guitars, and I wrote the guy back and said, ‘How did you get my guitar?’” the Smashing Pumpkin told the Rolling Stone.

“And he wrote back, ‘Oh, it’s a recreation.’ He’d literally gotten the same stickers, worn them down in the same way and scraped the paint so it looked worn. You could have fooled me.”

Corgan checked out the guitar in person and sure enough, it was the same guitar he lost 27 years ago.

“It instantly changed the way the band sounded and the way I played,” Corgan said of the guitar. “When it was stolen, it wasn’t like, ‘Oh, gee, my guitar just got stolen.’ It was the guitar that affected the way I played and I was heavily identified with the guitar.”

Now the two have been reunited at last. Who doesn’t love a happy ending?

The post Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan Reunited With His Lost Guitar of 27 Years appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

According to Corgan, the band already finished recording eight tracks for the album on which they worked with legendary producer Rick Rubin. Although this will be the first album to feature the Smashing Pumpkins’ classic line-up (or most of it) since 2000’s Machina, the process of making songs didn’t change.

“In this case, it came really quickly,” Corgan said to Ulrichs. “We did 16 demos in three weeks, and then I played Rick what I thought were the eight best songs, hoping he would pick one, and he picked all eight… We were standing there like, our eyes are blinking. We thought we were just going to do a single.”

In February 2018, Smashing Pumpkins announced that founding members – guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin – rejoined the band and will embark on a Shiny and Oh So Bright Tour in July 2018. Still, the band’s original line-up wasn’t brought back together in full, since bassist D’arcy Wretzky won’t be part of the reunion. Jack Bates, the son of New Order’s Peter Hook, will play bass on the tour.

Speaking with Ulrich, Billy Corgan revealed that he hasn’t been in the same room as Wretzky for 19 years, and although he tried to repair his relationship with her, it didn’t work.

“I spent two years before all that repairing my relationship, and every time I tried to get into a room with her — so, I still haven’t been in a room with her in 19 years,” he explained. “It was a telephone thing and you’re trying to say, ‘This can happen, this can happen, what do you think?’ Always very pleasant, great, awesome, and only when it became obvious that it wasn’t the way she wanted it to be, it turned into this other thing that was reminiscent of the past.”

D’arcy Wretzky previously stated that she was offered to be a part of the tour briefly, but that Corgan decided to pull the offer and hired Bates before she had the time to respond.

The post Billy Corgan Talks New Smashing Pumpkins Album and Relationship with D’Arcy Wretzky appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Smashing Pumpkins’ frontman Billy Corgan revealed on his official Instagram account that the band will present two new EPs, with each containing four tracks. According to Corgan, the majority of the work on the songs has been finished with “background vocals and last minute touches left” to be taken care of. The first song should be presented in May. You can check his full post below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BgGCko2gPfM/?utm_source=ig_embed

Smashing Pumpkins formed in 1988, with a line-up consisting of Billy Corgan (lead vocals and guitar), James Iha (guitar), Jimmy Chamberlin (drums), and D’arcy Wretzky (bass guitar). After six studio albums together, the band decided to disband in 2000. After six years, Billy Corgan decided to reform the band with Chamberlin, while Iha and Wretzky denied the opportunity. In 2009, Jimmy Chamberlin leaves the band, with Corgan remaining as the only founding member.

The first reports about the original line-up reunion came in August 2016, when Billy Corgan revealed that he has reached out to others to see if they were interested to participate in the reunion. Then on February 15, 2018, it was officially announced that James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin are returning to the band’s line-up and that Smashing Pumpkins will embark on a tour.

There are conflicting reports about the reasons why D’arcy Wretzky won’t join in. According to Corgan, she was invited but rejected the offer. Wretzky, on the other hand, says that Corgan offered her a contract but swiftly pulled back the offer, since he already hired a new bassist.

The post Smashing Pumpkins to Release Two New EPs, According to Frontman Billy Corgan appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

According to Corgan, back in 2000, he made a trip to Dublin, Ireland, and decided to visit Bono while there. He ended up spending the night at his house, and in the morning, Bono decided to play him the unfinished version of All That You Can’t Leave Behind.

“He’s playing me what became the ‘It’s A Beautiful Day’ album, and it’s not all the way there, but sort of there,” Corgan shared. “He goes, ‘Tell me honestly what you think.’ I’m like, ‘You really want me to give you my opinion?’… And I told him what I thought. They actually used my advice! He let me know later, ‘Hey, we used your advice.’”

Unfortunately, Corgan didn’t share more details on what his advice actually was.

U2 went on to release All That You Can’t Leave Behind in October 2000, and the album was a massive success. It reached No. 1 in more than 30 countries while receiving generally positive reviews from critics.

The record resulted in a number of successful singles like “Beautiful Day,” “Walk On,” and “Elevation,” and is still widely regarded as the band’s best studio effort in the 21st century.

The post Billy Corgan Says U2 Used His Advice to Improve “All That You Can’t Leave Behind“ appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Smashing Pumpkins reunited in their founding lineup back in 2018, releasing a new album Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. and embarking on a world tour. It appears that Corgan, who in the meantime released solo album Cotillions, immediately got to work on new music after the tour wrapped up.

“It’s currently 21 songs,” Corgan said. “I’ve been working on it for over a year. It’s pretty different – in a good way, I think. Everybody that’s heard it likes it a lot, so that’s a good sign.”

Corgan also revealed that he and the band will also do “some touring” in 2020.

“We’re gonna do some touring. We’re playing a big festival in Atlanta, I think in April or May: Shaky Knees. I’m not sure we’re playing Nashville this year. Actually, I think we might. I might be giving a secret away. We might be doing a little ‘surprisey’ gig soon,” he added.

Smashing Pumpkins will probably look to redeem themselves on the new record, as their 2018’s release wasn’t as successful as they hoped. The record received generally positive reviews from the critics but ended up being a commercial failure. It only reached No.54 on US Billboard 200, marking the band’s worst chart performance since their debut record Gish.

The post Billy Corgan is Working on a New Smashing Pumpkins Album appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Following his summer tour with the band, Corgan is planning to continue performing into November for a dozen solo shows. The series of shows kicks off in Los Angeles on November 4 and wraps up at Gramercy Theatre in New York City, November 20.

The Smashing Pumpkins tour saw the original members reunite for their first shows in two decades. During his solo tour, Corgan will be performing songs from his 2017 solo album Ogilala along with some Smashing Pumpkins classics.

You can view the full list of tour dates here:

November 4 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
November 5 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
November 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
November 9 – Nashville Tennessee @ CMA Theatre
November 10 – Tulsa, Oklahoma @ Cain’s BallroomNovember
November 12 – Lawrence, Kansas @ Liberty Hall
November 13 – Springfield, Missouri @ Gillioz Theatre
November 15 – Covington, Kentucky @ Madison Theatre
November 16 – Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania @ Sherman Theatre
November 18 – New York, New York @ Gramercy Theatre
November 19 – New York, New York @ Gramercy Theatre
November 20 – New York, New York @ Gramercy Theatre

You can buy tickets on Friday, October 4 here.

The post Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan Has Announced The Dates For His Solo Tour appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Corgan released his last solo album Ogilala in 2017 and has since promised fans a followup. Last year, Smashing Pumpkins released Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 which they are taking on tour with Noel Gallagher over summer. The band have dates booked in Europe and North America from May through to the end of August, but Corgan has still found time to squeeze in a few extra solo dates.

Here is the full list of Billy Corgan’s solo dates so far:

June 2019

17 – Glasgow, Saint Luke’s
19 – Dublin, Olympia Theatre
21 – Grevenmacher, Luxembourg, Den Atelier
22 – Hamburg, Germany, Gruespan
24 – Paris, France, Trianon
25 – Utrecht, Netherlands, Tivoliredenburg

July 2019

8 – Bucharest, Romania, Arenele Romane

The post Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan Just Added a Bunch of Solo Shows to the Tour appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins lost his signature Fender Stratocaster after playing a show at Detroit’s Saint Andrew’s Hall in 1992. He has described the guitar as a signature part of his sound and admitted that he “heavily identified with the guitar.”

Over the years, plenty of false rumors concerning the guitar’s whereabouts have circulated. Now, 27 years later, it looks like Corgan has been reunited with his beloved ex.

“Somebody sent me a picture a couple of weeks ago of another one of my guitars, and I wrote the guy back and said, ‘How did you get my guitar?’” the Smashing Pumpkin told the Rolling Stone.

“And he wrote back, ‘Oh, it’s a recreation.’ He’d literally gotten the same stickers, worn them down in the same way and scraped the paint so it looked worn. You could have fooled me.”

Corgan checked out the guitar in person and sure enough, it was the same guitar he lost 27 years ago.

“It instantly changed the way the band sounded and the way I played,” Corgan said of the guitar. “When it was stolen, it wasn’t like, ‘Oh, gee, my guitar just got stolen.’ It was the guitar that affected the way I played and I was heavily identified with the guitar.”

Now the two have been reunited at last. Who doesn’t love a happy ending?

The post Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan Reunited With His Lost Guitar of 27 Years appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

According to Corgan, the band already finished recording eight tracks for the album on which they worked with legendary producer Rick Rubin. Although this will be the first album to feature the Smashing Pumpkins’ classic line-up (or most of it) since 2000’s Machina, the process of making songs didn’t change.

“In this case, it came really quickly,” Corgan said to Ulrichs. “We did 16 demos in three weeks, and then I played Rick what I thought were the eight best songs, hoping he would pick one, and he picked all eight… We were standing there like, our eyes are blinking. We thought we were just going to do a single.”

In February 2018, Smashing Pumpkins announced that founding members – guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin – rejoined the band and will embark on a Shiny and Oh So Bright Tour in July 2018. Still, the band’s original line-up wasn’t brought back together in full, since bassist D’arcy Wretzky won’t be part of the reunion. Jack Bates, the son of New Order’s Peter Hook, will play bass on the tour.

Speaking with Ulrich, Billy Corgan revealed that he hasn’t been in the same room as Wretzky for 19 years, and although he tried to repair his relationship with her, it didn’t work.

“I spent two years before all that repairing my relationship, and every time I tried to get into a room with her — so, I still haven’t been in a room with her in 19 years,” he explained. “It was a telephone thing and you’re trying to say, ‘This can happen, this can happen, what do you think?’ Always very pleasant, great, awesome, and only when it became obvious that it wasn’t the way she wanted it to be, it turned into this other thing that was reminiscent of the past.”

D’arcy Wretzky previously stated that she was offered to be a part of the tour briefly, but that Corgan decided to pull the offer and hired Bates before she had the time to respond.

The post Billy Corgan Talks New Smashing Pumpkins Album and Relationship with D’Arcy Wretzky appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Smashing Pumpkins’ frontman Billy Corgan revealed on his official Instagram account that the band will present two new EPs, with each containing four tracks. According to Corgan, the majority of the work on the songs has been finished with “background vocals and last minute touches left” to be taken care of. The first song should be presented in May. You can check his full post below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BgGCko2gPfM/?utm_source=ig_embed

Smashing Pumpkins formed in 1988, with a line-up consisting of Billy Corgan (lead vocals and guitar), James Iha (guitar), Jimmy Chamberlin (drums), and D’arcy Wretzky (bass guitar). After six studio albums together, the band decided to disband in 2000. After six years, Billy Corgan decided to reform the band with Chamberlin, while Iha and Wretzky denied the opportunity. In 2009, Jimmy Chamberlin leaves the band, with Corgan remaining as the only founding member.

The first reports about the original line-up reunion came in August 2016, when Billy Corgan revealed that he has reached out to others to see if they were interested to participate in the reunion. Then on February 15, 2018, it was officially announced that James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin are returning to the band’s line-up and that Smashing Pumpkins will embark on a tour.

There are conflicting reports about the reasons why D’arcy Wretzky won’t join in. According to Corgan, she was invited but rejected the offer. Wretzky, on the other hand, says that Corgan offered her a contract but swiftly pulled back the offer, since he already hired a new bassist.

The post Smashing Pumpkins to Release Two New EPs, According to Frontman Billy Corgan appeared first on Hot Pop Today.