Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin from the Smashing Pumpkins appeared at London’s flagship Zavvi store to sign copies of American Gothic and Zeitgeist (source), while there one of our Australian forum members (spacebugg) who is currently living in London asked the guys about the upcoming Australian Tour and the possibility of any side shows. Here is the news they found out and posted on the Ozphoria forum “I took the oppurtunity to ask about the Aussie leg of the tour, I asked were they playing extra shows in Australia Billy said”you mean apart from the V festival shows” I said, “Yeah” He said, “Yeah we will be doing some shows on our own in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne. I think they have been announced” When i said they haven’t he said “Well they are definatley on the schedule” He then called the bnads manager over (sorry forgot his name) I had a converstation with him about the tour which boils down to they are playing sideshows, He asked were I was from and when I told him Sydney He said they were playing at the Hordon and it was either the night before or two nights before the V festival date. All dates will be announced very soon.” This is a good indication that it looks like the Smashing Pumpkins will be playing side shows in the 3 major East Coast capital cities along with Adelaide and the V Festival dates. Adding strength to this speculation is that The Hordern Pavilion is free for both nights before the Sydney V festival (Thursday 27th and Friday 28th - March) . We expect to hear something in the next fortnight or so, so keep checking back here and the Ozphoria Forum for the latest news.
