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“He's smoking and making jokes, and he goes, ‘You play, right? Let me see what you got.’ What am I gonna play him? I'm not gonna play Van Halen…” Billy Corgan on the time Eddie Van Halen asked him to showcase his chops – during a Guitar World interview

Turns out EVH was impressed by the Smashing Pumpkins frontman's guitar skills

Guitar World

Billy Corgan: Black Sabbath's final concert will be magical

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan is delighted to be performing at Black Sabbath's final ever concert this summer as the rockers are his "favourite" band of all time.

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Sharon Osbourne confesses ‘biggest mistake’ with husband Ozzy

Manager and TV personality appeared on her friend Billy Corgan’s podcast, where she opened up about the ‘error’

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"He would have been perfect! Maybe it's not too late!": Ozzy was once asked to audition for Pirates Of The Caribbean but Sharon wouldn't let him

Sharon Osbourne says turning down the Pirates Of The Caribbean opportunity was her biggest mistake

Metal Hammer

Everything you need to know about the Black Sabbath reunion and Ozzy Osbourne’s final concert

Why are Black Sabbath coming back? Who else is on the bill? Can I still get tickets? We answer all your questions about this summer’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza

Metal Hammer

“Hard to believe that rehearsals begin a week from Monday. We begin again. Every time a rebirth. Every time an adventure”: Another former Smashing Pumpkins bassist is joining Garbage on tour

Nicole Fiorentino follows in the footsteps of Ginger Pooley and Eric Avery in being part of both camps

Guitar World

“Somebody will get mad at me, but it’s the closest thing to Beck, Clapton and Page. What was in the water we were all drinking?” Billy Corgan names himself and two other ’90s guitar gods as the ‘metal Yardbirds’

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman shared near-identical early experiences with two other players close to his local area, but they all ended up going down different avenues – not unlike the Yardbird legends

Guitar World

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Watch Tom Morello cover AC/DC with Slash and System Of A Down’s Shavo Odadjian at California wildfire benefit shows

The Rage Against The Machine guitarist held two star-studded charity gigs earlier this month

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The Smashing Pumpkins announce huge outdoor London concert

The Smashing Pumpkins are set to rock Gunnersbury Park this summer.

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Smashing Pumpkins announce UK headline shows including London date

The alternative rock group will perform at four venues with special guests this summer

Evening Standard

The Smashing Pumpkins announce 2025 UK tour including a huge London show at Gunnersbury Park with Skunk Anansie and White Lies

The Smashing Pumpkins are set to play a series of incredible venues on their Aghori tour this summer with shows in Gunnersbury Park, Colchester Castle and more

Louder

“This guy comes in, plugs in, and starts playing while we’re talking to another guy. I said, ‘Buddy, you better sit down before I knock you out’”: Ace Frehley interrupted the band when he auditioned for Kiss – and Gene Simmons was ready to throw fists

Although the guitarist eventually aced his audition, his relationship with Simmons and the rest of the band got off to a rather rocky start

Guitar World

“Tom Morello is going to play with the drummer from Tool and they’re going to have Billy Corgan with them”: Sharon Osbourne spills details on running order for Black Sabbath’s farewell show

“You’re going to see one icon playing with another icon, doing a Sabbath song and one or two of their own songs, and people playing with each other that you never thought you’d see”

Metal Hammer

“AI is about as close to reality as you can ever imagine”: Gene Simmons discusses the prospect of a virtual KISS and says the “future of entertainment is here”

Appearing on Billy Corgan’s new podcast, Simmons says people will be “blown away” by the AI experience and envisages a future in which live and AI performances exist side by side

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'Our admiration runs deep!' Metallica 'can't wait' to perform at Black Sabbath's final show

Heavy metal band Metallica "can't wait" to perform at Black Sabbath's last-ever concert in July, because their "admiration" for the legendary group "runs deep".

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“It’s one of the only love songs I’ve ever written”: inside Stand Inside Your Love, the last classic Smashing Pumpkins single

The Machina standout, which turns 25 next month, marked the beginning of the end for the alt-rock heroes’ first phase

The Independent UK

Bill Burr fumes after being tricked into meeting Billy Corgan over ‘half brother’ rumors

The musician and comedian met for the first time, months after Corgan claimed they may be related

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“The fact that he said he can’t sing, I think, disproves that we’re related, ’cause I’m not funny": Billy Corgan comes face to face with comedian Bill Burr and admits that he probably isn't his half brother after all

Burr meets the Smashing Pumpkins frontman and proves eager to scotch Corgan's theory that they're brothers

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Guitar World

“The loss overall is awful and unspeakable”: Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith and Primus guitarist Larry ‘Ler’ LaLonde among thousands who have lost homes in L.A. wildfires

Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan and Anthrax’s Scott Ian share their first-hand experience of the devastating impact of one of the biggest natural disasters in Los Angeles’ history

Louder

Watch Billy Corgan sing Take Me Out To The Ballgame for 40,000 fans in an icy stadium in Chicago

Smashing Pumpkins provided the entertainment at this year's hockey Winter Classic

Guitar World

“I never thought little ol’ 15-year-old me playing metal guitar in the bedroom would amount to this moment”: After 10,000 applicants, Kiki Wong landed the Smashing Pumpkins guitarist gig

2024 Year in Review: Billy Corgan and co hosted the biggest guitarist search of the year – and there could only be one winner

Guitar World

“I don’t think James would rip anything off from me, but the first time I heard that song, I was like, ‘That’s awfully close’”: Billy Corgan reckons this Metallica track sounds suspiciously similar to a Smashing Pumpkins deep cut

Corgan says Hetfield has “written some of the greatest, most amazing riffs” of all time, but one cut from 1997 sounds awfully familiar...

Guitar World

“He turned it up, and it was uncontrollable”: Eddie Van Halen on the time Billy Corgan played through his rig – and why his setup shocked the Smashing Pumpkins frontman

Finding EVH's rig almost impossible to wrangle, Corgan figured, mistakenly, that there was something he could quickly disable to tame it

MusicRadar

“She’s brilliant at what she does. She’s a true artist": Billy Corgan might not be a fan of pop music, but he’s got a lot of respect for Chappell Roan

“I tend to look at the talent and the brilliance of what the artist is trying to put together"

Guitar World

“This band has allowed me to diversify my playing 10-fold. I would consider myself a one-trick pony prior to joining”: Kiki Wong on how playing with Smashing Pumpkins has made her a better guitar player

From bedroom riffing with a Line 6 Spider to playing through tube amps in stadiums, Wong says her time in the band has opened her eyes to a whole new world of tone

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