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Billy Corgan, Dave Navarro Debut 10 Songs

The duo's Spirits in the Sky rock a Long Beach book store -- and cover the Grateful Dead and Velvet Underground!
Spirits in the Sky / Photo by Laurie Scavo

"You've done a lot of things, but you've never rocked a bookstore, have you?" Billy Corgan asked Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro.

Billy Corgan, Dave Navarro Launch Tour in California

Nineties guitar heroes unite on opening night of Corgan's Spirits in the Sky tour. Click here for details!
Billy Corgan and Dave Navarro / Photo Courtesty <a href="http://twitpic.com/ffgcj" target="_new">davenavarro6767</a>

Smashing Pumpkins main man Billy Corgan launched his latest endeavor, Spirits in the Sky, last night at the tiny, 225-capacity Cellar Door in Visalia, California, with Jane's Addiction axeman Dave Navarro, fresh from his band's massive tour with Nine Inch Nails, joining in on guitar.

Smashing Pumpkins Name New Drummer

19-year-old Portland, OR, native Mike Byrne replaces longtime sticksman Jimmy Chamberlin.
New Smashing Pumpkins' drummer Mike Byrne

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WATCH: Smashing Pumpkins Debut New Song!

Watch frontman Billy Corgan's tribute to late Seeds singer Sky Saxon.
Billy Corgan

A Billy Corgan-fronted group called Spirits in the Sky performed a new Smashing Pumpkins song at a tribute concert for psych-rock pioneer Sky "Sunlight" Saxon in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Your Next Lunch Date: Billy Corgan!

Benefit charity and bid on the chance to chow down with the Smashing Pumpkin. But bring your pocket book -- you're picking up the bill!
Billy Corgan

After the lucrative four-way release of Smashing Pumpkins' "reunion" album, cashing a fat check for his Super Bowl advert., and

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