Smashing Pumpkins tour Australia 2008

The very fact that Smashing Pumpkins have reformed brings a tear to the eyes of most music lovers – so the notion of seeing them live is enough to cause hysterical crying from the average punter. Now news that the Pumpkins are serving up sideshows to their V Festival appearance will be enough to get most of us running into the streets crying in sheer jubilation. Expect pandemonium.

Ever since the Chicago band first landed on the scene back in 1988 with their best selling album Gish, Smashing Pumpkins have been at the fore of the alt rock scene. With albums such as Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness, the Smashing Pumpkins are already set in music history for timeless albums. When the band took an extended hiatus from the year 2000, tears were shed – with many thinking this was the end of Smashing Pumpkins. When the band reemerged in 2007 with a new album Zeitgeist it debuted in the top ten in the US and Australia and heralded the return of one of alt rock’s most beloved acts.

The Smashing Pumpkins undertook an extensive worldwide tour throughout 2007 to introduce fans to the live experience of Zeitgeist and reacquaint them with why this band are held in such high regard as a live force. Now Aussie fans will finally get a taste of the new Smashing Pumpkins live experience.

Michael Coppel presents The Smashing Pumpkins

Sydney, Hordern Pavilion – March 27
Brisbane, Convention Centre – March 31
Melbourne, Festival Hall – April 4

Tickets on sale next Friday February 29

www.smashingpumpkins.com

V Festival sideshows 2008

The upcoming V Festival has music geeks excited, and with good reason. There are some fine fine acts on the bill. Michael Coppel Promotions has just announced that most of the line up are doing sideshows too.

Im only going to name the ones worth seeing. So, Smashing Pumpkins, Air, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Queens of the Stoneage, Modest Mouse + Hot Hot Heat and CSS will all play headline shows.

Tickets to all shows go on sale Friday February 29 (unless you have signed up to enjoy the presale tix)

Sideshow dates are:

SMASHING PUMPKINS

MARCH
27 – Horden Pavillion, Sydney
31 – Convention Centre, Brisbane

APRIL
4 – Festival Hall, Melbourne

QUEENS OF THE STONEAGE

MARCH
27 – The Arena, Brisbane
28 – Big Top Luna Park, Sydney

APRIL
1 – Palace Theatre, Melbourne

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN

APRIL
1 – The Arena, Brisbane
2 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney
3 – Palace Theatre, Melbourne

AIR

MARCH
27 – Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Perth
31 – The Tivoli, Brisbane

APRIL
2 – Palais Theatre, Melbourne
3 – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide
6 – Opera House, Sydney

MODEST MOUSE + HOT HOT HEAT

MARCH
31 – The Arena, Brisbane

APRIL
2 – The Palace Theatre, Melbourne
3 – Big Top Luna Park, Sydney

C.S.S

APRIL
4 - Prince Bandroom, Melbourne
6 - The Esplanade, Perth

www.vfestival.com.au

V Festival Adelaide?

Not quite.

While the V Festival won't be making its way to Adelaide, some of the bands will.

Smashing Pumpkins and Queens of the Stone Age will be heading to South Australia in April.

Queens of the Stone Age will also play Hobart on April 4.

Dates are:

April 2, Adelaide Entertainment Centre – Smashing Pumpkins and Queens of the Stone Age
April 4, Hobart City Hall - Queens of the Stone Age

Tickets go on sale February 11.

www.vfestival.com.au
www.qotsa.com

www.smashingpumpkins.com

V Festival 2008 announced

The 2nd annual V Festival was announced today with a myriad of rock gods filling the first announcement.

As previously reported on Music Universe, Smashing Pumpkins will be headlining, but the festival will also feature 80s pop legends Duran Duran, the iconic Jesus and Mary Chain, French insomnia curers Air, the ballsiest rock 'n' roll band in the world today Queens of the Stone Age, brazil's latest electro-rock sensation CSS, Australia's latest dance duo The Presets and more .

Most importantly, this year's festival won't feature the debarcle of last year's "Best Of the V Festival", where Melbourne and Adelaide were given a split version of the festival over two days and charged almost the same amount as other cities for each show.

This time Adelaide will miss out, but Melbourne and Perth will get the full festival treatment.

The full list of bands is: Smashing Pumpkins, Duran Duran, Jesus and Mary Chain, Air, Queens of the Stoneage, The Presets, CSS, Mika, The Tough Alliance, Plug In City.

Dates are:

MARCH
29 – Centennial Park, Sydney
30 – Avica Resort, Gold Coast

APRIL
5 – Showgrounds, Melbourne
6 – The Esplanade (City), Perth

Tickets are on sale Thursday December 6 from www.vfestival.com.au.

Smashing Pumpkins for V Festival 2008?

Smashing Pumpkins are tipped to headline the 2nd annual V Festival in Australia, starting March 29, 2008 in Sydney.

Billy Corgan resurrected a new version of the Pumpkins in '07 with fellow original member Jimmy Chamberlain.

In July '07, the Pumpkins released "the comeback album" 'Zeitgeist.

While capturing the sound of the original Smashing Pumpkin, fans have been somewhat guarded of the band because of the exclusion of original bass player D'Arcy Wretzky and guitarist James Iha.

V Festival dates are:

March 29, 2008 – Sydney
March 30, 2008 – Gold Coast
April 5, 2008 – Melbourne
April 6, 2008 – Perth