THE SMASHING PUMPKINS

CONFIRM TWO RESIDENCY STANDS:



NINE SHOWS AT ASHEVILLE, NC'S ORANGE PEEL JUNE 23-JULY 5



AND EIGHT SHOWS AT THE FILLMORE IN SAN FRANCISCO JULY 22-AUGUST 1

As they get ready to release ZEITGEIST--their sixth album and first of new material since 2000--THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have announced two sets of residency gigs: nine unprecedented shows at the Orange Peel in Asheville, NC (June 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30 and July 2, 3, and 5) plus eight shows at the historic Fillmore in San Francisco (July 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30 and 31 and August 1).

At these very special and intimate residencies, the band will vary set lists from night to night. They'll perform songs from Zeitgeist and Pumpkins classics plus retool songs that didn't make it onto Zeitgeist and even offer tunes written the day of the show. The shows will give fans a unique opportunity to see the Pumpkins inside the process of creation and operating in the spur of the moment. The band will be taking chances in the hope of taking fans, and their music, to new places.

The eight concerts in San Francisco mark the first time the band has returned to The Fillmore since April of 1994 when they were invited to be the band to re-open the historic venue. The Asheville shows mark the first time the Pumpkins will have played a residency since their four gigs at the Double Door in Chicago in 1994 before the release of Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness. Fans attending the Fillmore and Orange Peel shows are invited to capture the concerts with audio and video recorders.

General admission tickets for these all-ages shows go on sale Sunday, May 20. The San Francisco tickets ($25.00 each) and will be available at 10:00 AM Pacific via www.ticketmaster.com and www.livenation.com. For the Asheville show, tickets ($20.00 each) will go on sale at 1:00 PM Eastern at www.theorangepeel.net or www.ticketweb.com.

PLEASE NOTE: Tickets for both shows will be available through internet ONLY. Tickets will NOT be available at either box offices, charge-by-phone or ticket outlets. Two-ticket limit per person. Purchaser must pick up tickets at the box office night-of-show only. Ticket-holders must immediately enter the venue. Photo ID required for ticket pick-up. Tickets are non-transferable. No refunds or exchanges. A service charge is added to each ticket price.

ZEITGEIST (Martha's Music/Reprise)--out July 10--is their first album of new material since 2000's Machina/The Machines of God and the free, digital-only release Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music. ZEITGEIST was produced by Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin, with Roy Thomas Baker and Terry Date working separately on various tracks, and represents the culmination of two years of work.

Look for the band's world tour to get underway May 22 in Paris, France with an intimate show at the historic and elegantly appointed Grand Rex--their first live performance since December 2, 2000. The Grand Rex show sold out within minutes of going on sale.

The Smashing Pumpkins have created one of the most acclaimed bodies of work in music history. Formed in Chicago in 1988, they released Gish, their influential (and platinum) debut in 1991, which was followed by more platinum and multi-platinum albums including the nine-times platinum Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness and the four-times platinum Siamese Dream. The pivotal group's many hits include "Disarm," "Today," "Cherub Rock," "1979," "Tonight, Tonight" and "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"--songs that defined the alternative music era and continue to resonate on modern rock radio, influencing a whole new generation.

Catch up with the band at:

www.smashingpumpkins.com

www.myspace.com/smashingpumpkins


Initial Tour Dates For 2007 (with major headliner slots to follow in Europe and North America all summer and fall):


Date: City: Venue:

Tue 5/22 Paris, France Grand Rex

Thu 5/24 Luxembourg, LUX den Atelier

Sat 5/26 Brussels, Belgium Ancienne Belgique

Mon 5/28 Landgraaf, Neth. Pinkpop

Thu 5/31 Barcelona, Spain Primavera Sound Festival

Sat 6/2 Nurburgring, Ger Rock Am Ring

Sun 6/3 Nuremberg, Ger Rock Im Park

Wed 6/6 Berlin, Germany Columbiahalle

Sat 6/9 Lisbon, Portugal Oeiras Alive!

Tue 6/12 Madrid, Spain Pepe World Festival

Fri 6/15 Nickelsdorf, Austria Nova Rock

Sat 6/16 Imola (Venice), Italy Heineken Jammin' Festival

Sun 6/17 Interlaken, Swtz. Greenfield Festival

Sat 6/23 Asheville, NC Orange Peel

Sun 6/24 Asheville, NC Orange Peel

Tue 6/26 Asheville, NC Orange Peel

Wed 6/27 Asheville, NC Orange Peel

Fri 6/29 Asheville, NC Orange Peel

Sat 6/30 Asheville, NC Orange Peel

Mon 7/2 Asheville, NC Orange Peel

Tue 7/3 Asheville, NC Orange Peel

Thu 7/5 Asheville, NC Orange Peel

Sat 7/7 East Rutherford, NJ Live Earth

Sun 7/22 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
Tue 7/24 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
Wed 7/25 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
Fri 7/27 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
Sat 7/28 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore

Wed 7/30 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore

Tue 7/31 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore

Thu 8/1 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore

Sun 8/5 Washington, DC V Festival at Pimlico Park

Fri 8/17 Hasselt, Belgium Pukkelpop

Fri 8/24 Leeds, England Leeds Festival

Sun 8/26 Reading, England Reading Festival

Sat 9/1 Istanbul, Turkey Rock 'n Coke Festival

Sat 9/8 Montreal, QC Osheaga Music Festival
Sun 9/9 Toronto, ON V Fest



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