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  REVIEW: Smashing Pumpkins' New Song

  December 7, 2009 – Billy Corgan has released the first song from Smashing Pumpkins' new 44-track album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope -- and it's a classic rock epic that may surprise fans. …
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  Avril Lavigne's Crotch, Billy Corgan's New Religion

  September 17, 2009 – Here's some of the strangest music news to hit the Internet this week: Nick Cave describes Avril Lavigne's, ahem, crotch area in his new book. Hey, Nick, as luck would have it she's newly single! [Scotland On Sunday] Courtney Love tweets something about how women's "sphincters have cameras," thus reminding us that she's definitely not a doctor. …
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  Smashing Pumpkins Announce Free 44-Track Album!

  September 16, 2009 – Smashing Pumpkins fans still peeved about the "reunited" alt-rock band's lackluster 20th anniversary tour, well, this might ease your pain: Billy Corgan has just announced the release of Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, a new 44-track (!)album, which will be rolled out in a series of EPs over the coming months. The best part: It's free! …
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  Billy Corgan, Dave Navarro Launch Tour in California

  August 27, 2009 – 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. There's very little information available about the new songs Corgan played last night, save for a few bad cellphone videos and a diligent live-blog accou …
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  Smashing Pumpkins Name New Drummer

  August 18, 2009 – The life and times of Smashing Pumpkins is like a daytime soap opera. On the latest episode: frontman and guru Billy Corgan reveals that 19-year-old Portland, OR, drummer Mike Byrne has become the permanent replacement for Jimmy Chamberlin, the once heroin-addled sticksman who left the alt-rock legends this past spring -- his second departure from the band in 12 years! …
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  WATCH: Smashing Pumpkins Debut New Song!

  July 27, 2009 – 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. Corgan was joined onstage by new Smashing Pumpkins drummer Mike Byrne, a 19-year-old freshman at the Berklee College of Music, who replaced original drummer Jimmy Chamberlain when he left the band in March. …
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  Weezer, No Doubt, Pumpkins on 'Guitar Hero 5'

  July 22, 2009 – The Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, and No Doubt have joined an already extensive (and eclectic) list of artists whose songs will appear on Guitar Hero 5, due in stores September 1. The Pumpkins' "Bullet With Butterfly Wings," Weezer's "Why Bother?," and No Doubt's "Ex-Girlfriend" will all be available on the video game, which allows players to step into the shoes of their favorite rock stars and jam out on plastic guitars to songs new and  …
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  Your Next Lunch Date: Billy Corgan!

  June 25, 2009 – After the lucrative four-way release of Smashing Pumpkins' "reunion" album, cashing a fat check for his Super Bowl advert., and plotting his money-making scheme to release new music, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has a favor to ask: Will you buy me lunch? Wow, what a jerk, right? …
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  Courtney Love Declares War on Cobain Estate Robbers

  April 8, 2009 – Today, April 8, 2009, is the 15th anniversary of the discovery of Kurt Cobain's body at his home outside Seattle, WA. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  April 4, 2009 – It was a big week for concerts: Bruce Springsteen and Lily Allen both knocked 'em dead at their U.S. …
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