After the Smashing Pumpkins' overseas dates conclude August 29th in Athens, Greece, they return to North America for a busy fall. The band will headline their own shows and top the bill at the massive KROQ “L.A. Invasion” show 9/15 at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles which also features Velvet Revolver and Foo Fighters.
Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins during their performance at the 2007 Virgin Festival at Pimlico Racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland USA 05 August 2007. The Virgin Festival made its U.S. debut last year in Baltimore, with 40,000 fans and such acts as the Who. Now, it returns to Pimlico Race Course with an expanded, two-day lineup of big names such as the Police and Amy Winehouse. EPA/SHAWN THEW EDITORIAL USE ONLY
The Smashing Pumpkins - currently headlining festivals and their own shows in Europe for the second time this year-have just released "That's The Way (My Love Is)," the second single from ‘Zeitgeist’ (Martha's Music/Reprise), their critically acclaimed and worldwide chart-topping album. “That's The Way (My Love Is)” follows the success of “Tarantula,” which peaked at #2 on Billboard's "Modern Rock Tracks" chart.
Meanwhile, look for the Paul Brown-directed video of “That's The Way (My Love Is),” recently shot in Los Angeles, to emerge in the coming weeks.
On the road, main singer-songwriter and guitarist Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin have welcomed Jeff Schroeder (guitar) and Ginger Reyes (bass) to the line-up, which is supported by keyboardist Lisa Harriton.
These shows were marked by acoustic versions of Pumpkins material that gave the songs different dimensions as well as sprawling electric improvisatory flights that took the band-and the audience-in exciting new directions.
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