For Smashing Pumpkins, 2025 is a significant year. Not only is it the 30th anniversary of the release of the band's epic and hugely successful Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness double album (which emerged on October 23, 1995 in the UK, and one day later in the US), but two other albums in the Chicago band's catalogue - Machina/The Machines Of God, and it's follow-up Machina II/The Friends & Enemies Of Modern Music - will turn 25.
The band's leader Billy Corgan has already announced that he will be reimagining Mellon Collie... "for an immersively original sonic and visual experience that blurs the boundaries of opera, rock, and performance art." Which sounds delightful. And as if that weren't exciting enough, Corgan has revealed new plans to celebrate the landmark release, and the Pumpkins' brace of 2000 albums, by performing songs from all three records, plus selections from last year's Aghori Mhori Mei, on tour.
But, er, not with Smashing Pumpkins.
