The Smashing Pumpkins Announce 2024 North American Tour Dates

Alt-rockers The Smashing Pumpkins will be performing live across North America this summer. They’re doing dates with Green Day, The Glorious Sons, and Pvris, in addition to the OSHEAGA Festival in Montreal on August 3rd. Tickets to all shows are available at smashingpumpkins.com!

  • 7/29 – Washington, DC – Nationals Park^
  • 7/31 – Bala, ON – The KEE to Bala
  • 8/1 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre^
  • 8/3 – Montreal, QC – OSHEAGA Festival 2024*
  • 8/4 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheater+
  • 8/5 – Queens, NY – Citi Field^
  • 8/7 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park^
  • 8/9 – Philadelphia, PA – Citizens Bank Park^
  • 8/10 – Hershey, PA – HersheyPark Stadium^
  • 8/13 – Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field^
  • 8/14 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre#
  • 8/16 – Springfield, IL – Illinois State Fair#
  • 8/17 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Field^
  • 8/18 – Sioux City, IA – Battery Park#
  • 8/20 – Waukee, IA – Vibrant Music Hall+
  • 8/21 – Maryland Heights, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre#
  • 8/22 – Cincinnati, OH – Great American Ballpark^
  • 8/24 – Milwaukee, WI – American Family Field^
  • 8/27 – Simpsonville, SC – CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park#
  • 8/28 – Atlanta, GA – Truist Park^
  • 8/30 – Nashville, TN – GEODIS Park^
  • 9/1 – Pittsburgh, PA – PNC Park^
  • 9/4 – Detroit, MI – Comerica Park^
  • 9/7 – Denver, CO – Coors Field^
  • 9/10 – Southaven, MS – BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove#
  • 9/11 – Arlington, TX – Globe Life Field^
  • 9/14 – Inglewood, CA – SoFi Stadium^
  • 9/18 – Phoenix, AZ – Chase Field^
  • 9/20 – San Francisco, CA – Oracle Park^
  • 9/21 – Reno, NV – Grand Theatre at Grand Sierra Resort+
  • 9/23 – Seattle, WA – T-Mobile Park^
  • 9/24 – Airway Heights, WA – BECU Live Outdoor Venue+
  • 9/25 – Portland, OR – Providence Park^
  • 9/27 – Las Vegas, NV – BleauLive Theater#
  • 9/28 – San Diego, CA – Petco Park^

^ The Saviors Tour w/Green Day, Rancid, The Linda Lindas

* Festival

+ w/The Glorious Sons

# w/Pvris

New Music (12/9 — 12/15)

Rage: “Chasing the Twilight Zone”

Upon A Burning Body: “Reinventing Hatred”

PVRIS: “Old Wounds”

Nita Strauss: “Alegria”

Annihilator: “Armed To The Teeth”

Mystic Prophecy: “Eye To Eye”

Nanowar of Steel ft. Angus McFife: “Valhalleluja”

Tommy Cash: “SDUBID”

Demons & Wizards: “Diabolic”

Our Mirage: “Unseen”

Scandroid: “Purified”

Black Swan: “Shake The World”

Silversun Pickups: “Don’t Know Yet”

Apocalyptica: “En Route To Mayhem”

ASP: “Tintakel”

Brian Fallon: “You Have Stolen My Heart”

The HU ft. Jacoby Shaddix: “Wolf Totem”

Bonded: “Suit Murderer”

Ihsahn: “Stridig”

Set It Off: “Catch Me If You Can”

Theory: “Say Nothing”

God Dethroned: “Illuminati”

Band-Maid: “Blooming”

Biff Byford: “School of Hard Knocks”

shYbeast: “no 1 else”

Icon For Hire: “Blindside”

Neaera: “Torchbearer”

Noija: “Rebirth (Re-imagined)”

Our Last Night: “When Humans Become Our Gods”

Orville Peck: “Nothing Fades Like The Light”

Home Tonight, So Here’s An Update

My mom and I spent the majority of the day at the nursing home with my grandmother. There has been no change, except her blood pressure has dropped slightly (no cause for concern, according to Hospice) and they are now having to suction out her throat and esophagus at least two or three times a day. So, please continue praying/sending us positive thoughts, if you would.

In other news, it’s October — my favorite time of the year! (I know we’re already 13 days in, but I’ve been distracted.) I have no idea what I’m going to be for Halloween. I’m leaning toward a variation on Harley Quinn, the girl on the cover of Mindless Self Indulgence’s Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy, or Tim Sköld. I haven’t had the chance to indulge in many horror movies so far; however, my best friend and I have binge-watched “Light as a Feather” on Hulu.

Other highlights of October: it’s finally below 1000 degrees here in Alabama, and my favorite college football team, the Alabama Crimson Tide, is undefeated. Oh, and Alter Bridge is playing a show within two hours of me on the 17th.

Given that this is a music blog, I guess I should mention something about music, huh? Ha! Okay. Here are a few upcoming releases:

  • Super Junior – Time Slip (10/14)
  • Shane Eagle – Dark Moon Flower (10/15)
  • Alex Vargas – EGO (10/18)
  • Alter Bridge – Walk the Sky (10/18)
  • Cody Jinks – The Wanting (10/18)
  • HXXS – Year of the Witch (10/18)
  • Jimmy Eat World – Surviving (10/18)
  • The Lacs – Rise and Shine (10/18)
  • Third Eye Blind – Screamer (10/18)
  • Cigarettes After Sex – Cry (10/25)
  • Fit For An Autopsy – The Sea of Tragic Beasts (10/25)
  • Jinjer – Macro (10/25)
  • Night Flowers – Fortune Teller (10/25)
  • Norma Jean – All Hail (10/25)
  • PVRIS – Hallucinations EP (10/25)
  • Scarlett Rose – Welcome to Wonderland (10/31)

I’m trying to schedule some posts in my free time so that my blog isn’t lacking content for consecutive days, or even a full week. I hope to resume the playlist challenge and choose a featured band on the 21st.

New Music (8/12 — 8/18)

Starset: “Manifest”

PVRIS: “Hallucinations”

Strvngers: “Death Is The Only Way Out”

Young Other: “Love Blind”

Annisokay: “Good Stories”

Opeth: “Svekets Prins”

While She Sleeps: “I’ve Seen It All”

The Darkness: “Heart Explodes”

Courage My Love: “Harlequin Romance”

Highly Suspect: “Upperdrugs”

Highly Suspect: “16”

Illenium ft. Goldn: “That’s Why”

Capstan: “We’ll Always Have Paris”

Proposal: “Arrhythmia”

Mono Inc.: “Louder Than Hell”

Wednesday 13: “Bring Your Own Blood”

Une Misère: “Sermon”

Boys Of Fall: “Fake Smiles”

Shadow Of Intent: “Embracing Nocturnal Damnation”

Dawn Of Disease: “Procession Of Ghosts”

FRND: “What If I Fall Apart”

Depeche Mode: “Freelove”

Gutalax: “Shitbusters”

Chelsea Wolfe: “Be All Things”

Michael Sweet ft. Jeff Loomis: “Better Part Of Me”

Abraham Alexander: “Stay”

Waterparks: “Watch What Happens Next”

EBEN: “Plastic Angels”

You Me At Six: “What’s It Like”

Iggy Pop: “James Bond”

New Music (7/8 — 7/14)

Visions Of Atlantis: “Heroes Of The Dawn”

Ghost: “Faith”

Wage War: “Who I Am”

Underoath: “Loneliness”

Opeth: “Heart In Hand”

Alien Weaponry: “Blinded”

War of Ages: “Miles Apart”

Suicidal Angels: “Endless War”

Dream State: “Primrose”

Thousand Below: “Chemical”

Lusine ft. Jenn Champion: “Not Alone”

Banks: “Contaminated”

We Are Fury ft. Runn: “Memories”

Foxblood: “Mess Like Me”

Too Close to Touch: “F.I.N.E.”

Painting Promises: “Something To Believe”

Scott Stapp: “Gone Too Soon”

Young Other: “Between The Few”

Ruins: “It’s Not Unusual”

Asking Alexandria: “The Violence”

Ed Sheeran & Travis Scott: “Antisocial”

Exhorder: “My Time”

Jeremy Renner: “Main Attraction”

Of Monsters & Men: “Wild Roses”

The Score: “Stay”

PVRIS: “Death of Me”

Phoebe Ryan: “Build Me Up”

The Continual ft. Michael Lessard: “Take Me Home”

5 Bands/Artists You Should Be Following (#19)

1. Plastic Tears

Glam rock from Finland. For fans of Poison, KISS, Hanoi Rocks, etc. Plastic Tears recently released their latest album, Angels With Attitude, and the positive press has been rolling in. The guys are currently booking shows to promote the album. Check out “Miss Stumbling Legs” and “Secret Society.”

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2. Mechanical Vampires

Dark pop/electronic/alternative from New Jersey. For fans of Crywolf, 30 Seconds to Mars, PVRIS, etc. Mechanical Vampires is currently working on new music. In the meantime, listen to “Gemini” and “Forget About Me.”

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3. Modern Echo

Progressive/hard rock from Wisconsin. For fans of Nothing More, A Perfect Circle, Gemini Syndrome, etc. Modern Echo has just reached their goal on their Indiegogo campaign. They are using the funds to finish the upcoming album, In Division. Here are “Break in the Sky” and their cover of Soundgarden’s “Fell on Black Days,” a tribute to Chris Cornell.

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4. Seven Year Witch

Rock & roll from South Carolina. For fans of Jack White, Silvertide, Beitthemeans, etc. Seven Year Witch will be touring relentlessly this summer and fall, opening for such acts as Buckcherry and Gin Blossoms. Check out the live performances of “Rags to Riches” and “Salty.”

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5. Morning Robots

Alternative/indie rock from France. For fans of The Black Keys, The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, etc. Morning Robots’ debut EP, Nothing Like Tile For a Tango, was released in June. Here is the latest single, “Meet Me Later.”

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