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The Smashing Pumpkins will play their last ever Irish concert on
November 6th The event is already sold out confirming the bands popularity on the music scene.
The band have decided to break up at the end of the tour, they already lost original bassist D'Arcy Wretzky and their management in January. Lead singer Billy Corgan is showing a very
positive attitude to the breakup, during a recent radio interview he reassured fans "I'd rather look at it as an accomplishment of hanging in there and making some great music ... If you think about all the
positive things, all the good things, it's not sad."
The band have at least another albums worth of previously unreleased material so even tho' they might be no more, fans will have opportunity to experience new pumpkins music. As for future plans, Corgan reports that drummer Jimmy Chamberlin would really like to race cars, guitarist James Iha would like to continue making music, and Corgan isn't sure what he wants to do. "I'm lucky because at least in my personal situation, I can do whatever I want to do. Now whether or not I can do them well or anybody cares is another question. It's been 13 years but who I am on the other side of
that, I don't know."
The band have a lot of history when it comes to gigging in Ireland, who could forget the tragic concert in the Point which resulted in the death of a teenage fan. Since that concert the pumpkins have only played smaller, more intimate gigs here.
Earlier this year fans were treated to a surprise concert in Vicar
Street, before the latest album 'Machina' was released - only the lucky few got tickets. To promote the 'Adore' album the band played in Dublin's Olympia Theatre. The Olympia is a perfect venue for the band, it oozes an atmosphere and style that matches the feel of the band.
The smashing pumpkins are releasing one more single early next month 'Try Try Try' from their highly acclaimed album 'Machina'. The video which is currently on MTV's rotation schedule has received high praise - many consider it a work of art, it follows the story of two homeless lovers, however due to a strong drugs content the censors have had to chop several scenes.
The full uncut video to 'try try try' can be viewed online at
http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/lofi/try.html
Visit the official smashing pumpkins site here
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