Corgan: We’ll play Chicago, NYC, L.A. this fall
March 26th, 2008 by jjbtags: tour, legal, record labels, revival, interview, billy corgan, releases
Smashing Pumpkins fans in America’s three largest (sorry, “global”) cities may finally be able to highlight a page on their calendars. Jonathan Cohen of Billboard.com has the news straight from bandleader Billy Corgan:
After a summer break, look for the Pumpkins to return to the road in September for shows in New York, Los Angeles and its Chicago hometown.
Cohen also explains why Corgan and his Pumpkins are taking Virgin Records to court over “Pepsi Stuff”:
The suit says Virgin breached its contract with the band by using the Pumpkins in a “Pepsi Stuff” promotion without its permission. Corgan insists the group has veto power over such deals and has turned them down several times in the past. A Virgin spokesperson said the company does not comment on pending litigation.
Corgan says he has been feuding for years with Virgin over the handling of the Pumpkins’ back catalog, but that the Pepsi/Amazon.com promotion “crosses the Rubicon. You’re going to see more of this playing fast and loose with the rules, hoping they don’t get caught. At face value, it’s not a huge deal. But in terms of precedent, it is, because there will be much more of this coming.”
Read the full Billboard article for more details on the Virgin lawsuit as well as Corgan’s tentative plans to release music from the band’s archives.
March 26th, 2008 at 11:59 am
where’s happy birthday jaymz eeha, bitches?
March 26th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I wonder how this lawsuit will affect Billy’s plans to open the archives? If Virgin owns the rights to the back catalog, does that include demos of released songs? It would be a shame if petty bickering deprived the masses from hearing the Marquis in Spades demo (”Somethin’ somethin’….YEAH!”).
March 26th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
maybe billy will get it right this time and play a show on my birthday in sept. now THAT would be a great way to bring in the new decade. i feel a trip comin’ on…
March 26th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Shaniqua - I can’t speak for my fellow HU brethren, but I figure any birthday post is rather l4m3 (and yes, I said the same about bolly’s).
March 26th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
The Billboard article says the suit “won’t stop” the archival releases. I’m guessing the renegotiated deal with Virgin referenced in the article gave the band full power to do what they wished with “unreleased” materials.
March 26th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
It was really a post about the seemingly impending coincidental birth of Q-Dog’s daughter, and that I have to explain that to you (again) is what’s lame. Oh, snap. (So, Shaniqua, tell me you’re having a kid today, and I’ll post!!! Jaymz iz f0rty!!0)
March 27th, 2008 at 12:10 am
[…] I started reading this just now, and my internal reaction was something like, “Wow, these two random people upon which I just stumbled via Google blog search are going into a lot of detail as they speculate about what recordings might be among the archival releases tentatively planned by Billy.” […]
March 27th, 2008 at 9:29 am
well me and my bf’s 3 year anniversary was the day before… sine?
March 28th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Would a Corgan/Yahoo!/Pepsi cross-promotion undermine his credibility with fans if he used the opportunity to buy hot dogs for a busload of them?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPvkKe9qKzo
April 1st, 2008 at 4:06 pm
I guess it’s safe to say… he prefers coke.
The mystery is finally solved.
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