Smashing Pumpkins To Celebrate 20th Anniversary

Reformed rockers Smashing Pumpkins are set to make 2008 another busy year after a 20^th anniversary US tour was announced on their website last Tuesday (May 22^nd).

No dates or cities have been announced yet for the August and September jaunt, but as the post reveals: “Expect the band to revisit a few specific places that were missed during the last U.S. tour," which would include New York and Chicago.

 A commemorative DVD is also planned. Frontman Billy Corgan told artisannews.com: “We're working on a DVD that's sort of a documentary of our residency [at legendary San Francisco venue] Fillmore shows.

Corgan said the documentary will capture the crowd’s reaction to last year’s small club tour, in which the band tried to road-test new and rare material that did not always get a good reception.

Corgan also mentioned a new album would be worked on by next year.

Last year, Corgan was reunited with old bandmate Jimmy Chamberlain and the Pumpkins’ sixth studio album, ‘Zeitgeist’, ended a seven-year hiatus.