THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Announce Dates And Venues For Fall Arena Tour Sponsored By Citi Private Pass Starting October 10 In Seattle

DATE:            AUGUST 29, 2012

FROM:           TODD BRODGINSKI/MITCH SCHNEIDER/ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/BARI LIEBERMAN

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
ANNOUNCE DATES AND VENUES FOR  FALL ARENA TOUR
SPONSORED BY CITI PRIVATE PASS
STARTING OCTOBER 10 IN SEATTLE

BAND TO PERFORM THEIR ACCLAIMED ALBUM ‘OCEANIA’
FOLLOWED BY A SET OF THEIR CLASSICS AND DEEP CUTS

FRONTMAN BILLY CORGAN SITS DOWN FOR
NEW INTERVIEW UP NOW ON YOUTUBE

THE SHOW’S VISUALS USE NEW TECHNOLOGY IN VIDEO-MAPPING THAT
WERE PREPARED BY SEAN EVANS  (ROGER WATERS’ “THE WALL”)

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS–singer/guitarist BILLY CORGAN, guitarist JEFF SCHROEDER, drummer MIKE BYRNE and bassist NICOLE FIORENTINO–will embark on a U.S. tour launching October 10 in Seattle, WA with stops in Los Angeles October 14, Chicago October 19 and New York City October 31.  The tour will wrap November 4 in Connecticut.

After last Thursday’s performance on “The Tonight Show”–where the group performed “The Celestials”—CORGAN sat down to talk about songs from the new OCEANIA album, the upcoming tour’s visuals, his bandmates and the SMASHING PUMPKINS today.  The clip can be seen here.

Look for the band to perform their critically acclaimed album OCEANIA in full and for the second half of the show they’ll play classics and deep cuts from their body of work.  The PUMPKINS will be backed by visuals prepared by Sean Evans, whose most recent project was assisting Roger Waters on the newest staging of “The Wall.” THE PUMPKINS will be using new technology in video-mapping to create something new and previously unseen.

Citi® cardmembers will have access to presale tickets for these shows through September 6 via Citi’s Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details, visit www.citiprivatepass.com. General sales information will be announced in each tour market. 

A limited amount of VIP Packages will be made available giving fans access to an amazing, exclusive opportunities.  In addition to a premium ticket or GA ticket with elevated viewing access, some packages include a 3-song Backstage Performance with the band including a Q&A, an autographed limited edition tour poster, an on-site VIP Concierge, a copy of the new CD OCEANIA, and exclusive merchandise. Visit http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/ orhttp://www.citiprivatepass.com/ for more information on these VIP Packages.

The PUMPKINS’ confirmed U.S. tour dates:

OCEANIA (Martha’s Music/EMI Label Services/Caroline Distribution) was created by the band at Corgan’s private studio in Chicago as a true album experience for listeners to fully immerse themselves in. The powerful 13-song collection was produced by Corgan and Bjorn Thorsrud and mixed by David Bottrill. It entered the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart at #4 and earned the #1 spot on the Independent Albums Chart this past June.

• USA Today said Corgan’s “creative engines are roaring with an intensity and creative pluck unmatched since his mid-’90s classics” (6/19/12).
• Los Angeles Times said it is “the best thing the Pumpkins have done since the ‘90s” (6/19/12).
• Chicago Tribune called it “Corgan’s best work since the ‘90s” (6/15/12).

The PUMPKINS are coming off a successful tour of Australia, New Zealand and South Korea that ran from July 26-August 14. 

About THE SMASHING PUMPKINS:
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have created one of the most acclaimed bodies of work in musical history having sold more than 30 million albums, and won multiple Grammy Awards in the process.  Formed in Chicago in 1988, they released Gish, their influential and platinum debut in 1991, which was followed by albums including the nine-time platinum Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness and the four-time platinum Siamese Dream, as well as the platinum certified 1998 album Adore.   The pivotal group’s many hits defined the alternative music era and continue to resonate on modern rock radio, influencing a whole new generation.   The PUMPKINS returned in 2007 with their acclaimed sixth album Zeitgeist.  They have since remained on the cutting edge of music and technology with various online releases. In June 2012, the band released the album Oceania, via Martha’s Music/EMI Label Services/Caroline Distribution. Marking THE SMASHING PUMPKINS’ 7^th studio record, it is “an album within an album,” part of their 44-song work-in-progress Teargarden By Kaleidyscope.

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For more information, please contact:

MSO: 818-380-0400

Mitch Schneider:                  mschneider@msopr.com
Todd Brodginski:                 toddb@msopr.com
Alexandra Greenberg:        agreenberg@msopr.com
Bari Lieberman                    blieberman@msopr.com

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