Close, but no Pumpkins in Chicago
PREVIEW | Hammond is only area gig
The reunited but reconfigured Smashing Pumpkins have finally announced a local concert date -- but it's not in Chicago.
The band will perform at Harrah's Horseshoe Casino in Hammond on Aug. 9. The $83 tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster.
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Guitarist-vocalist Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin resurrected the Smashing Pumpkins name and released the album "Zeitgeist" in July 2007.
In contrast to earlier tours in the '90s -- when the band often premiered its new albums in Chicago, or even previewed new material at local venues before recording it -- the Pumpkins Mach II have yet to perform here. And band insiders are taking pains to point out that the casino gig is not the group's long-awaited "Chicago show."
Apparently, with typical dramatic flair, Corgan has been waiting to time the band's big homecoming to its 20th anniversary sometime in November or December. No word yet on exactly when or where that gig will take place.