The Smashing Pumpkins plot world tour, including UK dates
-Photo by Paul Elledge.
The new-look Smashing Pumpkins are set to tour the world during 2013 in support of their recent album Oceania.
With a line-up featuring guitarist Jeff Schroeder, drummer Mike Byrne and bassist Nicole Fiorentino, the Billy Corgan-led outfit will play a handful of old material and some newer cuts.
Among the slew of dates is UK outings at London’s Wembley Arena on 22 July and gigs in Manchester and Glasgow earlier in the month. Check the schedule in full below:
March
23 Veracruz, Mexico – Cumbre Tajin Festival
April
29 Melbourne, FL – King Center for the Performing Arts
May
2 St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheater
3 Tampa, FL – Funshine Music Festival
5 Memphis, TN – Beale Street Music Festival
7 Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater *
8 Charlotte, NC – Time Warner Amphitheater *
10 Atlanta, GA – Chastain Amphitheater
11 Gulfport, MS – Gulfport Music Festival
14 Dallas, TX – Palladium
18 Columbus, OH – Rock on the Range
June
20 Cologne, Germany – Live Music Hall
21-23 Tuttlingen, Germany – Southside Festival
21-23 Scheessel, Germany – Hurricane Festival
24 Paris, France – Le Zenith de Paris
25 Nantes, France – Le Zenith Nantes Metropole
27 Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz
28 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain – Azkena Music Festival
July
1 Manchester, England – Academy
2 Glasgow, Scotland – Academy
4 Lille, France – Le Zenith de Lille Grand Palais
5 Belfort, France – Eurockeennes Festival
6 Herouville-St.-Clair, France – Beauregard Festival
9 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg – Rockhal
10 Vienna, Austria – Open Air Arena
12 Trencin, Slovakia – Pohoda Festival
14 Rome, Italy – Rock in Roma Festival
16 Vienne, France – Theatre Antique
17 Carcasonne, France – Festival de Carcassone
18 Porto, Portugal – Mares Vivas Festival
20 Bern, Switzerland – Gurtenfestival
21 Dour, Belgium – Dour Music Festival
22 London, England – Wembley Arena
August
10 Osaka, Japan – Summer Sonic
11 Tokyo, Japan – Summer Sonic
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