The Smashing Pumpkins have announced a series of major UK headline shows as part of their Aghori tour this August.
The US alternative rock group - comprised of Billy Corgan, James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin - will perform at four venues off the back of their 2024 album, Aghori Mhori Mei
The trio will be joined by British rock legends Skunk Anansie and post-punk indie band White Lies.
The Grammy-winning band will take the stage at London’s Gunnersbury Park on Sunday, August 10, and The Piece Hall in Halifax on Tuesday, August 12, before heading to Scarborough Open Air Theatre on Wednesday, August 13, and concluding at Colchester Castle on Thursday, August 14.
Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday, February 14 via ticketmaster.co.uk.
Since forming in Chicago in 1988, The Smashing Pumpkins have garnered 30 million album sales worldwide, as well as two Grammy Awards, seven MTV VMAs, and an American Music Award.
Their tour announcement comes after America's Got Talent judge Howie Mandel was forced to apologise to lead singer Corgan last week for attempting a reunion with actor Bill Burr on his podcast.
Corgan had revealed to Mandel in November that Burr could be his half-brother, as his stepmother had once told him Burr "might be one of your father's illegitimate children".
She reportedly told him: "Bill Burr might be one of the children that your father sired in his days being a travelling musician”.
Corgan’s father was the blues musician, William Corgan Sr.
Mandel staged a meeting between the pair on the January 21 episode of his podcast, Howie Mandel Does Stuff.
Burr blasted Mandel over the surprise encounter, calling him an "a**hole" and a "Hollywood w****" who "doesn't care what happens," when he later appeared as a guest on The Rich Eisen Show.
Mandel apologised for the incident last week, saying on his podcast: “I want to apologize. I feel horrible, and I’m sorry, Bill. I’m sorry, Billy. I only tried to do something good.”
He continued: “I legitimately thought I was doing something nice, I swear to you. I thought it was funny.”
Mandel said he had “no idea” that Burr would be so affected by the stunt, and that “The truth of the matter is, if he feels bad, I feel bad.”
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