As previously reported, the Smashing Pumpkins will
alternate between two completely different sets of songs throughout their fall
tour. The band will switch between a set of songs dubbed "Black
Sunshine" and another selections of songs called "White Crosses" in cities
where the group plans to host multi-night engagements. A special two-night
ticket bundle will be available for all multi-night engagements.
In addition to the group’s vast catalogue,
Smashing Pumpkins have been covering “Set the Controls For the Heart of
the Sun” from Pink Floyd’s second album, A
Saucerful of Secrets. The group is said to stretch the psychedelic epic to
the 20-minute mark.
“Last evening we were able to play for the first time as a 9-piece version of the band, which is very exciting,” Billy Corgan wrote in his
blog today. “The more we let go of how the band is supposed to appear
numbers-wise and more of what it is supposed to sound like heart-wise, the
closer we get to a present kind of truth. It is very exciting to be making
music again for the times we are living in. Playing live is such a big part of
that. I had forgotten that in the fallow years of non SP, that connecting with
the diverse backgrounds of our audience that has everything to do with finding
that voice. I cannot thank those who attend our shows enough.”
The group has also been covering what Corgan calls “a 2012 version”
of Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Sounds of Silence.”
“We've rehearsed now for 3 weeks for the 20th Anniversary
tour, so I trust we have a few more surprises,” Corgan continues. “That is, if
you dare come to watch us piss on our own grave….We absolutely, without
reservation, honor [former members] James and D'arcy. There is no qualification
to that statement. We honor them IN FULL.
They were there, then. And together we did some incredible things. But let me
go one step further. When Jimmy and I decided to move forward and begin again
with SP we very openly addressed the question of James and D'arcy returning. We
spoke honestly with each other about our feelings and personal reservations,
and decided together that the door was open to them to return. Because it was
the right thing to do. Honestly though it wasn't surprising to us that they
didn't want to return, because that was consistent with their general position
to date (and continues to be I might add), which is they see the band as
something that they got away from for their own reasons. There were no
conditions ever put on a return. They simply didn't even want the conversation
with us…And to the credit of Bruce Hornsby on the whim of a memory, some things
will never change. We are who we are. I know what I see. I see what I know. And
nothing I know compares to you.”
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