i of the mourning
Friday, February 09, 2007
ZEITGEIST
Monday, June 19, 2006
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Wednesday, June 07, 2006
i of the mourning
Reliable source "Charlie NYC" and the POLARBEAR website mention Eric Avery will be working with the smashing pumpkins. Eric writes - "i am slowly closing in on a finish line with a few songs. should be done in a couple of weeks. i will absolutely keep you abreast of anything i do. ive been distracted by a real job. it looks like i will be working with the smashing pumpkins. "
Wikipedia: Eric Avery Source: Charlie NYC / Netphoria Thanks: Charlie
Wikipedia: Eric Avery Source: Charlie NYC / Netphoria Thanks: Charlie
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Billy to play with Courtney Love
Courtney Love makes shock live appearance'You could have heard a pin drop' she tells NME.COMCourtney Love made her live comeback in Los Angeles this weekend(April 29), with a little help from her famous friends.Love was joined by Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan andsongwriting guru Linda Perry, formerly of the 4 Non Blondes, both ofwhom are collaborators on her upcoming solo record.The unlikely threesome teamed up for the Gay and Lesbian CommunityCentre benefit at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, andCourtney took the opportunity to give a live airing to newsongs 'Sunset Marquis' and 'Pacific Coast Highway'.Talking exclusively to NME.COM, Love said: "Billy and me have neverbeen onstage before and it was intense. His guitar parts are hauntingand beautiful. It was me, him, Linda and 2000 lesbians and the songsare dramatically different from the demos. It was fucking historic,Billy played 'Can't Find My Way Home' by Blind Faith and Lindaplayed 'Beautiful' and 'What's Going On'. It was such a cool livingroom vibe. The songs are smashing now. I wouldn't fuck around here,this is the best shit I've done since the 'Live Through This' period."She continued: "It's hard to sell six-minute new songs and you couldhave heard a pin drop although apparently there was speculation aboutwhether I was wearing underwear. Look I've been wearing short skirtsonstage forever and and obviously I wear panties. Christ!"Courtney Love is currently working on songs for her second soloalbum, which carries the working title 'How Dirty Girls Get Clean'.The comeback process is being filmed for a Channel 4 documentary.
Sunday, April 23, 2006
I read a news today oh boy!
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Smashing Pumpkins' Reunion?
Rumors of a Smashing Pumpkins reunion have been rife ever since bandleader Billy Corgan took out a full-page ad in a Chicago newspaper saying he wants the group to re-form. And according to onetime Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur as well as a
source close to the situation, the rumors are true.
In fact, Auf Der Maur said Corgan has been working on material that will, at some point, surface in the form of a new Smashing Pumpkins album.
"From what I understand, Billy [will be] making a Pumpkins record over the next little while," Auf Der Maur told MTV News last week. "Everyone knows Billy doesn't need too many people to make a Pumpkins record, other than Jimmy [Chamberlin, longtime Pumpkins drummer] — who he has [on board]."
A spokesperson for Azoff Management confirmed Thursday (February 2) that Corgan and Chamberlin have signed on with the firm as Smashing Pumpkins, and that the two are writing new music. A source close to the situation told MTV News that the duo plan to record over the summer and that the new Pumpkins could surface before the end of the year — however, no definitive plans are set.
Auf Der Maur said she's not sure whether Corgan has reached out to guitarist James Iha or bassist D'Arcy Wretzky to complete the band's original lineup, but she said she's told Corgan that she'd be happy to pitch in if he needs her; Auf Der Maur replaced Wretzky in 1999 and worked with the group until it disbanded in 2000 (see "Pumpkins Circus Folds Up With Epic Show").
"My services are there for him whenever he needs them," she said. "Assuming I'm not on tour — but even then, we can cross paths. I love the Pumpkins, and to play those songs again would be nothing but fun for me. It was a big part of my life."
Still, Auf Der Maur said it wouldn't be a true Pumpkins reunion without D'Arcy's bass. "The coolest thing would be if D'Arcy was around, but I don't know where she's at and I don't think [Corgan or Chamberlin] do either," she said. "But I feel very comfortable being second best."
The bassist worked with Corgan several months ago on a track called "Took Me Apart" that's slated to appear on her forthcoming, as-yet-untitled second solo disc, which is tentatively scheduled to come out late this year. Since Corgan's proclamation in June that he'd re-form the group (see "Billy Corgan Says He Wants To Re-Form Smashing Pumpkins"), there's been little in the way of actual confirmed news. But that hasn't stopped the rumor mill from cranking, nor has it deterred the dissemination of misinformation.
Last week, for instance, a Web site popped up that claimed the band's forthcoming disc would be out in April, that it would be called Drawn and would feature backing vocals from Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard. Of course, the site was a hoax — and its timing couldn't have been better, coming after weeks of online speculation that had the Pumpkins reuniting for a headlining spot on this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
Speculation that Corgan's seminal rock troupe would be taking Coachella's stage in late April was at least partially quashed on Wednesday, when the event's organizers released the two-day concert's Pumpkin-less official bill (see "Tool And Franz Ferdinand Will Rock Coachella"). That same afternoon, rumors began circulating that the Pumpkins would be headlining Lollapalooza this summer. However, according to the source, if Lolla does come back, "You can take it to the bank [that the Pumpkins] won't be on it."
Chamberlin responded enthusiastically to Corgan's announcement in June (see "Smashing Pumpkins Drummer On Reunion: 'I'm In, And I'm Excited' "), but no further details followed. The drummer has also had an uneasy relationship with Corgan at times, having left the band in the wake of his heroin addiction before rejoining in 1999. Chamberlin also played in Corgan's post-Pumpkins unit Zwan.
Corgan's reunion plans were first revealed in June via an ad printed in his hometown's newspaper, the Chicago Tribune, which contained no information on what form the band would take or which members would be involved; his relationships with Iha and Wretzky have been reported as strained. Corgan has remained mum since taking out the ad, posting only occasional (and nebulous) messages on his MySpace blog. The last, dated December 12, promised, "The surprise I have in store for you all will be announced soon enough. Hold on to your horses. After all, good things surely come to those who wait. Don't you just love the suspense?"
Whether or not she's involved, Auf Der Maur says she just wants the band's reunion to be done right. "I hope they don't rush it, 'cause the record should be the absolute best it can be. [And they should] then strategize, because as we know, grunge is about to come back: The '80s trend is almost done and we're about to hit 1990 again. It's scary to think, but very true."
Corgan, Chamberlin, Iha and Wretzky could not be reached for comment at press time.
source close to the situation, the rumors are true.
In fact, Auf Der Maur said Corgan has been working on material that will, at some point, surface in the form of a new Smashing Pumpkins album.
"From what I understand, Billy [will be] making a Pumpkins record over the next little while," Auf Der Maur told MTV News last week. "Everyone knows Billy doesn't need too many people to make a Pumpkins record, other than Jimmy [Chamberlin, longtime Pumpkins drummer] — who he has [on board]."
A spokesperson for Azoff Management confirmed Thursday (February 2) that Corgan and Chamberlin have signed on with the firm as Smashing Pumpkins, and that the two are writing new music. A source close to the situation told MTV News that the duo plan to record over the summer and that the new Pumpkins could surface before the end of the year — however, no definitive plans are set.
Auf Der Maur said she's not sure whether Corgan has reached out to guitarist James Iha or bassist D'Arcy Wretzky to complete the band's original lineup, but she said she's told Corgan that she'd be happy to pitch in if he needs her; Auf Der Maur replaced Wretzky in 1999 and worked with the group until it disbanded in 2000 (see "Pumpkins Circus Folds Up With Epic Show").
"My services are there for him whenever he needs them," she said. "Assuming I'm not on tour — but even then, we can cross paths. I love the Pumpkins, and to play those songs again would be nothing but fun for me. It was a big part of my life."
Still, Auf Der Maur said it wouldn't be a true Pumpkins reunion without D'Arcy's bass. "The coolest thing would be if D'Arcy was around, but I don't know where she's at and I don't think [Corgan or Chamberlin] do either," she said. "But I feel very comfortable being second best."
The bassist worked with Corgan several months ago on a track called "Took Me Apart" that's slated to appear on her forthcoming, as-yet-untitled second solo disc, which is tentatively scheduled to come out late this year. Since Corgan's proclamation in June that he'd re-form the group (see "Billy Corgan Says He Wants To Re-Form Smashing Pumpkins"), there's been little in the way of actual confirmed news. But that hasn't stopped the rumor mill from cranking, nor has it deterred the dissemination of misinformation.
Last week, for instance, a Web site popped up that claimed the band's forthcoming disc would be out in April, that it would be called Drawn and would feature backing vocals from Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard. Of course, the site was a hoax — and its timing couldn't have been better, coming after weeks of online speculation that had the Pumpkins reuniting for a headlining spot on this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
Speculation that Corgan's seminal rock troupe would be taking Coachella's stage in late April was at least partially quashed on Wednesday, when the event's organizers released the two-day concert's Pumpkin-less official bill (see "Tool And Franz Ferdinand Will Rock Coachella"). That same afternoon, rumors began circulating that the Pumpkins would be headlining Lollapalooza this summer. However, according to the source, if Lolla does come back, "You can take it to the bank [that the Pumpkins] won't be on it."
Chamberlin responded enthusiastically to Corgan's announcement in June (see "Smashing Pumpkins Drummer On Reunion: 'I'm In, And I'm Excited' "), but no further details followed. The drummer has also had an uneasy relationship with Corgan at times, having left the band in the wake of his heroin addiction before rejoining in 1999. Chamberlin also played in Corgan's post-Pumpkins unit Zwan.
Corgan's reunion plans were first revealed in June via an ad printed in his hometown's newspaper, the Chicago Tribune, which contained no information on what form the band would take or which members would be involved; his relationships with Iha and Wretzky have been reported as strained. Corgan has remained mum since taking out the ad, posting only occasional (and nebulous) messages on his MySpace blog. The last, dated December 12, promised, "The surprise I have in store for you all will be announced soon enough. Hold on to your horses. After all, good things surely come to those who wait. Don't you just love the suspense?"
Whether or not she's involved, Auf Der Maur says she just wants the band's reunion to be done right. "I hope they don't rush it, 'cause the record should be the absolute best it can be. [And they should] then strategize, because as we know, grunge is about to come back: The '80s trend is almost done and we're about to hit 1990 again. It's scary to think, but very true."
Corgan, Chamberlin, Iha and Wretzky could not be reached for comment at press time.
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Tear
i of the mourning
Friday, January 13, 2006
Sunday, January 01, 2006
speech...speech...
Long Way To The Top
Saturday, December 31, 2005
Glynis
Friday, December 30, 2005
Smiley
Wooohooo!!!! Billy ROCKS!!!!
Friday, December 23, 2005
The World's Fair
Monday, December 12, 2005
MySpace Message from Billy
Patience, Patience....
The surprise I have in store for you all will be announced soon enough....hold on to your horses. Afterall, good things surely comes to those who wait....Don't you just love the suspense?
Love,
bc
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Billy Corgan in Masters Of Horror
Former Smashing Pumpkins singer and guitarist Billy Corgan will score an episode of the upcoming Showtime series, Masters Of Horror, according to Fangoria.com. Corgan will compose the music for a segment titled "Dance Of The Dead," which is being directed by Tobe Hooper, director of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist. Series creator Mick Garris said, "It's a very extreme episode, and I expect the music will be pretty hard-hitting."
"Dance Of The Dead," based on a 1954 short story by Richard Matheson, is set in a post-apocalyptic future where reanimated corpses are used to entertain the living.
Corgan has previously contributed music to the 1999 film, Stigmata. His first solo album, TheFutureEmbrace, came out this past June.
Masters Of Horror, an anthology of 13 one-hour episodes each directed by a renowned horror filmmaker, will debut on the Showtime cable network on October 28th.
A soundtrack album featuring System Of A Down singer Serj Tankian, Mudvayne, Rise Against, Thursday, Shadows Fall and others arrives on October 18th.
You can see the series' Showtime trailer at www.mastersofhorror.net
"Dance Of The Dead," based on a 1954 short story by Richard Matheson, is set in a post-apocalyptic future where reanimated corpses are used to entertain the living.
Corgan has previously contributed music to the 1999 film, Stigmata. His first solo album, TheFutureEmbrace, came out this past June.
Masters Of Horror, an anthology of 13 one-hour episodes each directed by a renowned horror filmmaker, will debut on the Showtime cable network on October 28th.
A soundtrack album featuring System Of A Down singer Serj Tankian, Mudvayne, Rise Against, Thursday, Shadows Fall and others arrives on October 18th.
You can see the series' Showtime trailer at www.mastersofhorror.net
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
TheFutureEmbrace
TheFutureEmbraceby BillyCorgan
Billy Corgan: The Future Embrace (2005)Nifty songlets, trippy visuals, heavy-duty narration--Billy jumpstarts the rock opera with one fell swoop. Well, actually there are a number of swoops in this soaring 18-minute collage/montage of rock and electronica, techno-gizmo fascination and Victorian wonder. It's a distillation of his new solo disk and a thing unto itself. And did we mention that Billy's superhottie queen bee is back?
Walking Shadebilly corgan, TheFutureEmbrace
Billy Corgan: The Future Embrace (2005)Nifty songlets, trippy visuals, heavy-duty narration--Billy jumpstarts the rock opera with one fell swoop. Well, actually there are a number of swoops in this soaring 18-minute collage/montage of rock and electronica, techno-gizmo fascination and Victorian wonder. It's a distillation of his new solo disk and a thing unto itself. And did we mention that Billy's superhottie queen bee is back?
Friday, June 24, 2005
POLL QUESTION
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
A MESSAGE TO CHICAGO FROM BILLY CORGAN
Today is a special day in my life as it marks the release of my very first solo album 'TheFutureEmbrace.' For over 17 years I have been proud to represent Chicago as an artist through my words and music, and am continually humbled by the undying love that I have been shown from this city as one of its native sons. I'd like to take this moment to address all that is going on in my musical life, from the new album and the current tour, to the future of The Smashing Pumpkins.
I had the opportunity to record 'TheFutureEmbrace' CD here in Chicago, and its embers bear witness to this town's unique soul. I have done my very best to create something fresh and exciting to listen to, and hope you get the chance to check it out. Having just returned from a tour of Europe, I am now set to play 18 additional dates in North America, beginning tomorrow in Atlanta. After that we head to Japan, and then Australia and New Zealand for the first time since 1998.
'TheFutureEmbrace' is an album of hope, and represents fully my desire to make music to stand and to fight for. Encouraged by the musical progress of the record, I have already begun writing new songs for a subsequent solo album I hope to start by the end of this year. Plans are still in the works to finish my 'ChicagoSongs' DVD, a group of songs about the city. I'm also in the progress of writing my life story on-line, updated almost daily and not so ironically entitled 'The Confessions of Billy Corgan.' It truly has been a creative time for me, with many new revelations.
Many have assumed that the decisions that I have made over the last few years have been to try to get away from something. But what I have been really trying to do is find that same kid again, the one who believed he could change the world with a song. There is an old saying that goes "you can't go home again," but I believe that your home is wherever your heart lies.
When I played the final Smashing Pumpkins show on the night of December 2, 2000, I walked off the Metro stage believing that I was forever leaving a piece of my life behind. I naively tried to start a new band, but found that my heart wasn't in it. I moved away to pursue a love that I once had but got lost. So I moved back home to heal what was broken in me, and to my surprise I found what I was looking for. I found that my heart is in Chicago, and that my heart is in The Smashing Pumpkins.
For a year now I have walked around with secret, a secret I chose to keep. But now I want you to be among the first to know that I have made plans to renew and revive The Smashing Pumpkins. I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams. In this desire I feel I have come home again.
'TheFutureEmbrace' represents a new beginning, not an ending. It picks up the thread of the as-yet-unfinished work and charter of The Smashing Pumpkins. I know this city gave me the gift of my music, and it is my honor to share this love that I have with you from the bottom of my heart. There is still so much work to do, and as always, so little time!
Rock on and may God bless you!
Billy Corgan
BillyCorgan.com
SmashingPumpkins.com
mySpace.com/BillyCorgan
Monday, June 20, 2005
HisSpace on MySpace
What people are saying about TheFutureEmbrace...
"Anyone who polarises opinion to the degree that Corgan manages is worth a listen and on 'TheFutureEmbrace' the case is made convincingly. Commercial and uncommercial, this features some of the finest songs ('All Things Change', 'Walking Shade') Corgan has penned for years. It's an album that deserves to be heard: the work of a man who has managed to grow and to avoid the categorisations that have haunted others of the grunge generation." -- Ian Winwood, NME
"This is the record Corgan should have written after the demise of the Pumpkins... an extensively layered wash of contoured, majestic, paranoid and strangely beautiful sound -- dense and claustrophobic in construction but not in scope." -- Tom Bryant, Kerrang
"[TheFutureEmbrace] is cloaked in reverb and flange, a bit industrial and compressed like a smashed aluminum can, blown up again with studio fireworks..." -- Julianne Shepherd, Pitchforkmedia
"An often bracing extension of the sweeping, striving rock and emotional vulnerability that made Corgan a beacon of alternative rock in the '90s…Corgan summons a liturgical grandeur that makes this an almost religious embrace." -- Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times (three stars)
"He has crafted his most distinctive and consistent music...[he is]...just an artist expressing what all of us feel, and doing it better than most." --Jim DeRogatis, Chicago Sun Times (three and a half stars)
"Among his strongest works… He's taken yet another bold step toward establishing a solo career as intriguing as his once-Smashing life." -- Ben Wener, Orange County Register (Grade: B+)
"Trading in his '70s-metal-guitar onslaught for something more subdued but no less forceful. The highlight is an odd, electronically bent cover of the Bee Gees' ‘To Love Somebody.’" --Aidin Vazira, San Francisco Chronicle
“Nowhere is Corgan's one-foot-in-the-past, one-in-the-future posture more apparent than when he reprises the Bee Gees' ‘To Love Somebody’ in duet with the Cure's Robert Smith. The pair retooled this tune with minor-key sadness." -- Dan Aquilante, New York Post (three stars)
"...some deliciously dark rockers..." -- Sandra Barrera, Los Angeles Daily News (three stars)
“The mostly upbeat songs, highlighted by ‘All Things Change,’ ‘Mina Loy (M.O.H.)’ and ‘A100’ effortlessly flow together.” -- Katy Kroll, Billboard
“The album is a strangely beautiful electro-rock detour from the massed guitars of the Pumpkins and Zwan…” -- Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune
“You don’t merely hear TheFutureEmbrace , you touch it as well. Your senses tingle alive on ‘All Things Change,’ a watery cascade of keyboards that washes over the listener to a metallic synthdrum backbeat.” -- Tom Lanham, Illinois Entertainer
...more coming soon!
"This is the record Corgan should have written after the demise of the Pumpkins... an extensively layered wash of contoured, majestic, paranoid and strangely beautiful sound -- dense and claustrophobic in construction but not in scope." -- Tom Bryant, Kerrang
"[TheFutureEmbrace] is cloaked in reverb and flange, a bit industrial and compressed like a smashed aluminum can, blown up again with studio fireworks..." -- Julianne Shepherd, Pitchforkmedia
"An often bracing extension of the sweeping, striving rock and emotional vulnerability that made Corgan a beacon of alternative rock in the '90s…Corgan summons a liturgical grandeur that makes this an almost religious embrace." -- Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times (three stars)
"He has crafted his most distinctive and consistent music...[he is]...just an artist expressing what all of us feel, and doing it better than most." --Jim DeRogatis, Chicago Sun Times (three and a half stars)
"Among his strongest works… He's taken yet another bold step toward establishing a solo career as intriguing as his once-Smashing life." -- Ben Wener, Orange County Register (Grade: B+)
"Trading in his '70s-metal-guitar onslaught for something more subdued but no less forceful. The highlight is an odd, electronically bent cover of the Bee Gees' ‘To Love Somebody.’" --Aidin Vazira, San Francisco Chronicle
“Nowhere is Corgan's one-foot-in-the-past, one-in-the-future posture more apparent than when he reprises the Bee Gees' ‘To Love Somebody’ in duet with the Cure's Robert Smith. The pair retooled this tune with minor-key sadness." -- Dan Aquilante, New York Post (three stars)
"...some deliciously dark rockers..." -- Sandra Barrera, Los Angeles Daily News (three stars)
“The mostly upbeat songs, highlighted by ‘All Things Change,’ ‘Mina Loy (M.O.H.)’ and ‘A100’ effortlessly flow together.” -- Katy Kroll, Billboard
“The album is a strangely beautiful electro-rock detour from the massed guitars of the Pumpkins and Zwan…” -- Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune
“You don’t merely hear TheFutureEmbrace , you touch it as well. Your senses tingle alive on ‘All Things Change,’ a watery cascade of keyboards that washes over the listener to a metallic synthdrum backbeat.” -- Tom Lanham, Illinois Entertainer
...more coming soon!
Thursday, June 16, 2005
More Pics!!!!
Monday, June 13, 2005
Say Cheese! Enjoy!
June 13th: Amsterdam
June 9th: Belgium
June 9th: Belgium
Monday, May 30, 2005
Billy Corgan's Band Members
The Fellowship of Broken Toys is: Matt Walker, Brian Liesegang, Linda Strawberry, Billy Corgan
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Hear a sneak preview from Billy Corgan's TheFutureEmbrace
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
WORLD TOUR
News bits are everywhere, with energy ramping up for the release of Billy Corgan's first solo album TheFutureEmbrace on June 20th internationally and June 21st in the US. The album was produced by Corgan along with Bjorn Thorsrud and Bon Harris, mixed by Alan Moulder, and recorded in Chicago. The album contains 11 Corgan originals plus a cover of the early Bee Gees classic "To Love Somebody," which dovetails with Corgan's own themes of devotion and features Robert Smith of the Cure on backing vocals. Elsewhere, former Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin plays on "DIA."
Dates for the supporting world tour are coming together, with European dates currently on sale and the public on sale for the US dates starting May 21st for most shows. Fans who are members of this mailing list will receive first crack at a limited number of tickets for each US show starting May 18th... more information will be announced soon. The currently confirmed dates are as follows:
Wed 6/1 - Lisbon, Portugal - Aula Magna
Sat 6/4 - Barcelona, Spain - Apolo
Mon 6/6 - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz Club
Wed 6/8 - Gent, Belgium - Vooruit
Thu 6/9 - Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
Fri 6/10 - Paris, France - La Cigale
Sat 6/11 - Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall
Wed 6/15 - London, England - Forum
Thu 6/16 - London, England - Forum
Fri 6/17 - Dublin, Ireland -The Ambassador
Wed 6/22 - Atlanta, GA - Earthlink
Fri 6/24 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
Sat 6/25 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
Mon 6/27 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
Tue 6/28 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
Thu 6/30 - Boston, MA - Avalon
Sat 7/2 - Toronto, ON - The Carlu
Tue 7/5 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
Wed 7/6 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
Thu 7/7 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
Fri 7/8 - Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room
Mon 7/11 - San Diego, CA - Soma
Tue 7/12 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
Wed 7/13 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
Fri 7/15 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
Sat 7/16 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
Mon 7/18 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
Tue 7/19 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
Those looking to hear a song from the new album can watch the video for the first single "Walking Shade," which premiers today on the Yahoo! Launch music page... http://music.yahoo.com. Mini-vignettes from the long form version of the video will also be released soon in various places across the internet, complete with original soundtrack recordings available nowhere else. Keep your eyes and ears and minds open.....
For the latest happenings, please check both http://www.billycorgan.com and http://www.myspace.com/billycorgan. In addition to news updates and tour information, Billy has been busy writing his autobiography and posting pieces almost daily. Signup to be his friend on MySpace to receive impromptu fan meet up information and access to ticket giveaways for the coming shows... http://www.myspace.com/billycorgan
www.billycorgan.com
Dates for the supporting world tour are coming together, with European dates currently on sale and the public on sale for the US dates starting May 21st for most shows. Fans who are members of this mailing list will receive first crack at a limited number of tickets for each US show starting May 18th... more information will be announced soon. The currently confirmed dates are as follows:
Wed 6/1 - Lisbon, Portugal - Aula Magna
Sat 6/4 - Barcelona, Spain - Apolo
Mon 6/6 - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz Club
Wed 6/8 - Gent, Belgium - Vooruit
Thu 6/9 - Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
Fri 6/10 - Paris, France - La Cigale
Sat 6/11 - Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall
Wed 6/15 - London, England - Forum
Thu 6/16 - London, England - Forum
Fri 6/17 - Dublin, Ireland -The Ambassador
Wed 6/22 - Atlanta, GA - Earthlink
Fri 6/24 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
Sat 6/25 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
Mon 6/27 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
Tue 6/28 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
Thu 6/30 - Boston, MA - Avalon
Sat 7/2 - Toronto, ON - The Carlu
Tue 7/5 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
Wed 7/6 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
Thu 7/7 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
Fri 7/8 - Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room
Mon 7/11 - San Diego, CA - Soma
Tue 7/12 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
Wed 7/13 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
Fri 7/15 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
Sat 7/16 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
Mon 7/18 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
Tue 7/19 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
Those looking to hear a song from the new album can watch the video for the first single "Walking Shade," which premiers today on the Yahoo! Launch music page... http://music.yahoo.com. Mini-vignettes from the long form version of the video will also be released soon in various places across the internet, complete with original soundtrack recordings available nowhere else. Keep your eyes and ears and minds open.....
For the latest happenings, please check both http://www.billycorgan.com and http://www.myspace.com/billycorgan. In addition to news updates and tour information, Billy has been busy writing his autobiography and posting pieces almost daily. Signup to be his friend on MySpace to receive impromptu fan meet up information and access to ticket giveaways for the coming shows... http://www.myspace.com/billycorgan
www.billycorgan.com
MTV Pick Of The Week 2005-05-09
BILLY CORGAN: WALKING SHADE
look at you now
look at you torn estates
took forever couldn’t wait on words, on sound
I just want you so
you’re everything, so cold
the perfume of your rose in bloom
I just want you so
anywhere I go
the chase, the bells below
taken from my soul
on the 9th day God created shame
I’m out walking shade
to brush these fires aside
to calm the rising fight
to build you a new life
should you choose
I’ve picked the best for you
it’s your turn and my time to test
I’ll second guess the rest
look at you now
look at you nothin’s faced
took advantage of my faith and called me out
I just want you so
you’re everything I’m told
dumb enough to scold this tongue
I just want you so
anywhere I go
a kingdom for your rain
a pocket for your soul
I just want you so
you’re everything although
the risk is getting close to you
I’m out walking shade
the sun is going out
the word is getting round
that I just want you so
MTV PICK OF THE WEEK 2005-05-09
Every week, we here at MTV sit down and decide what's hot, and what's not. If you've ever been watching the screen and noticed a little green bar in top left corner, that reads Fresh - it means it's FRESH. MTV's Pick Of The Week is played once an hour during music hours, and all other interesting info about the current Pick Of The Week can be found right here.
Artist: Billy Corgan
Video: Walking Shade
Director: P.R Brown
Album: The Future Embrace
Story: In this artistic video directed by P.R Brown we finally get Billy Corgan solo. We have seen him concur the world with massive success in 90's band Smashing Pumpkins and later a shorter project with not long lasting Zwan. Now it is just Billy. The video is beautifully directed with Billy wearing very old-fashioned outfits. Paper birds, flower tears and Billy also ride one of those pre-historic bicycles with one huge wheel and one really small. P.R Brown has worked with Billy and Smashing Pumpkins before and also Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails. This is a wonderful video and a fantastic comeback from Billy Corgan. Enjoy!
What else: Billy Corgan and friends started up Smashing Pumpkins, an alternative rock group with no boundaries. Smashing Pumpkins went straight to the heart of most alternative rockers in the 90's. Billy Corgan is the son of jazz guitarist. He grew up in Chicago, USA. By the age of 19 he went down to Florida to try out his luck with band The Marked. Billy has also worked in a used records store in Chicago, after returning from failing with The Marked. When being the guest at Swedish Television show "Studio Pop", Billy revealed that since he doesn't want his intellectual mind take over in his creative process, some of the songs on the new album where made in just a couple of hours. First taste of "The Future Embrace" comes here. Go ahead and enjoy the walking shade of Billy Corgan!
Walking Shadebilly corgan, TheFutureEmbrace
look at you now
look at you torn estates
took forever couldn’t wait on words, on sound
I just want you so
you’re everything, so cold
the perfume of your rose in bloom
I just want you so
anywhere I go
the chase, the bells below
taken from my soul
on the 9th day God created shame
I’m out walking shade
to brush these fires aside
to calm the rising fight
to build you a new life
should you choose
I’ve picked the best for you
it’s your turn and my time to test
I’ll second guess the rest
look at you now
look at you nothin’s faced
took advantage of my faith and called me out
I just want you so
you’re everything I’m told
dumb enough to scold this tongue
I just want you so
anywhere I go
a kingdom for your rain
a pocket for your soul
I just want you so
you’re everything although
the risk is getting close to you
I’m out walking shade
the sun is going out
the word is getting round
that I just want you so
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Artist: Billy Corgan
Video: Walking Shade
Director: P.R Brown
Album: The Future Embrace
Story: In this artistic video directed by P.R Brown we finally get Billy Corgan solo. We have seen him concur the world with massive success in 90's band Smashing Pumpkins and later a shorter project with not long lasting Zwan. Now it is just Billy. The video is beautifully directed with Billy wearing very old-fashioned outfits. Paper birds, flower tears and Billy also ride one of those pre-historic bicycles with one huge wheel and one really small. P.R Brown has worked with Billy and Smashing Pumpkins before and also Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails. This is a wonderful video and a fantastic comeback from Billy Corgan. Enjoy!
What else: Billy Corgan and friends started up Smashing Pumpkins, an alternative rock group with no boundaries. Smashing Pumpkins went straight to the heart of most alternative rockers in the 90's. Billy Corgan is the son of jazz guitarist. He grew up in Chicago, USA. By the age of 19 he went down to Florida to try out his luck with band The Marked. Billy has also worked in a used records store in Chicago, after returning from failing with The Marked. When being the guest at Swedish Television show "Studio Pop", Billy revealed that since he doesn't want his intellectual mind take over in his creative process, some of the songs on the new album where made in just a couple of hours. First taste of "The Future Embrace" comes here. Go ahead and enjoy the walking shade of Billy Corgan!
