THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
ANNOUNCE 2023 NORTH AMERICAN
THE WORLD IS A VAMPIRE TOUR
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS INTERPOL, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS & RIVAL SONS
GENERAL ON–SALE STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 31 AT 10AM LOCAL
RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘SPELLBINDING’
CONFIRM FINAL ACT OF TRILOGY ALBUM ATUM
TO BE RELEASED MAY 5
PERFORMED ‘1979’ AND ‘EMPIRES’ ON SIRIUSXM’S
THE HOWARD STERN SHOW THIS MORNING
LISTEN
THE WORLD IS A VAMPIRE – NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
07/28 – The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan – Las Vegas, NV
07/30 – The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan – Las Vegas, NV
08/01 – USANA Amphitheatre – Salt Lake City, UT*
08/03 – Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, CA*
08/05 – White River Amphitheatre – Auburn, WA*
08/06 – Hayden Homes Amphitheater – Bend, OR*
08/07 – Toyota Amphitheatre – Wheatland, CA*
08/09 – FivePoint Amphitheatre – Irvine, CA*
08/10 – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre – Chula Vista, CA*
08/11 – Yaamava’ Resort & Casino – Highland, CA**
08/13 – Isleta Amphitheater – Albuquerque, NM^
08/15 – Dos Equis Pavillion – Dallas, TX^
08/16 – Walmart AMP – Rogers, AR^
08/17 – The Orion Amphitheater – Huntsville, AL^
08/19 – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre – West Palm Beach, FL^
08/20 – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre – Tampa, FL^
08/22 – PNC Music Pavilion – Charlotte, NC^
08/24 – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ^
08/25 – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion – Gilford, NH^
08/30 – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater – Wantagh, NY^
08/31 – Jiffy Lube Live – Bristow, VA^
09/02 – Budweiser Stage – Toronto, ON^
09/03 – Canadian Tire Centre – Ottawa, ON^
09/06 – Pine Knob Music Theatre – Clarkston, MI^^
09/08 – FirstBank Amphitheater – Franklin, TN^
09/09 – Ruoff Music Center – Noblesville, IN^
^ w/ Interpol & Rival Sons
* w/ Stone Temple Pilots & Rival Sons
**w/ Stone Temple Pilots
^^ w/ Interpol
The Smashing Pumpkins, today announced their 26–date North American THE WORLD IS A VAMPIRE
TOUR. Produced by Live Nation, the tour is set to start on Friday, July 28 at The Chelsea at the
Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. The tour will feature special guests Interpol, Stone Temple Pilots and
Rival Sons as support on various dates, as well as some of the world’s biggest champions from the
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), who will be competing in most cities. THE WORLD IS A VAMPIRE
TOUR has already sold–out 30k plus capacity shows in Mexico City this year, as well in cities across
Australia this spring, and is set to expand to more countries in the future. Artist pre–sale begins Tuesday,
March 28 at 12pm local until Thursday, March 30 at 10pm local. General on–sale starts Friday, March
31 at 10am local. For more details go to: https://smashingpumpkins.com/tour/
“I grew up in a world where I needed to know bands like Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Cure
existed, it meant there was a place for people like me to hang out and belong. That’s what The World Is A
Vampire is about. Bringing back that sense of community. If you don’t fit in, you belong here. It’s about
having a shared experience and respecting others, but ultimately having fun. A true alternative festival,
where all the self–proclaimed weirdos and outsiders of the world can get together and have a party” –
Billy Corgan
existed, it meant there was a place for people like me to hang out and belong. That’s what The World Is A
Vampire is about. Bringing back that sense of community. If you don’t fit in, you belong here. It’s about
having a shared experience and respecting others, but ultimately having fun. A true alternative festival,
where all the self–proclaimed weirdos and outsiders of the world can get together and have a party” –
Billy Corgan
Along with news of their upcoming tour, the band released their brand–new single Spellbinding which
received its radio debut this morning during a very special live appearance on The Howard Stern Show,
revealing details of their upcoming tour and the release date for their highly anticipated third and final act of ATUM, which is set for release on May 5. Act 3 will come with a special edition boxset featuring all 33 album tracks plus 10 additional unreleased songs, and is available for pre–order HERE.
The band performed ‘1979’ and ‘EMPIRES’ live in the studio.
ATUM features 33–tracks in 3 acts and is the sequel to 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
and 2000’s Machina/Machine of God. ATUM was written and produced by Corgan over the past 4
years. 22 tracks have been released to date, with Beguiled continuing to climb at both Active Rock
(peaked at #6) and Alternative Radio Charts (#12).
In other news, Corgan’s popular podcast series Thirty–Three with William Patrick Corgan continues to
quench the thirst of dedicated Pumpkins fans all over the world, offering listeners the chance to hear
never–before–released ATUM tracks, as–well as diving into various aspects of the band’s illustrious
history. Thirty–Three with William Patrick Corgan is distributed by iHeartPodcasts and available on
iHeartRadio and everywhere podcasts are heard.
When The Smashing Pumpkins first emerged out of Chicago in 1988, the world had never heard a band
quite like them. They spun together rock, pop, shoe–gaze, metal, goth, psychedelia, and electronic into a
kaleidoscope of saccharine melodies, fuzzy distortion, bombastic orchestration, incendiary fretwork,
eloquent songcraft, and unshakable hooks. Upon their formation, their sound was different, iconoclastic,
and wholly new—and it still is today. As a result, they’ve sold over 30 million albums worldwide and
collected two GRAMMY® Awards, two MTV VMAs, and an American Music Award. Their catalog is
highlighted by the platinum Gish , the quadruple–platinum Siamese Dream , diamond–
certified Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness , platinum Adore , and gold Machina/The
Machines of God . In 2018, they embarked on one of their most successful tours ever, the Shiny
and Oh So Bright Tour, followed by SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT, VOL. 1 / LP: NO PAST. NO
FUTURE. NO SUN. Meanwhile, 2020 saw the release of the band’s eleventh full–length and latest double
album, CYR. As prolific as ever, The Smashing Pumpkins are currently working on new music. More
details to come.
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