SMASHING PUMPKINS 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR IN PHOTOS

Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlain have put together a new band and here’s a photo gallery from The Smashing Pumpkins 20th Anniversary Tour

The Smashing Pumpkins have concluded their 20th An neniversary Tour by performing multiple nights in a handful of cities without repeating a song. The band, which contains original members Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlain put together a new group of musicians for their latest album “Zeitgeist” and even expanded their lineup to include a horn section for the 20th Anniversary Tour. Photographer Brian Miller was on hand December 2nd at The Gibson Amp in Los Angeles, California to capture the band performing a mix of old material from the bands extensive catalog along with a few newer songs that clearly showed the band has gelled together on stage and have become a formidable unit.

The past couple of years have been an extremely creative time for The Smashing Pumpkins. After the release of “Zeitgeist” The Pumpkins put out the documentary DVD “If All Goes Wrong,” which chronicled the group’s 2007 small club reunion residences in Asheville, North Carolina and San Francisco, California. The Pumpkins have also released their latest single “G.L.O.W.” directly via MySpace and in a recent interview with The Chicago Tribune after the 20th Anniversay Tour concluded Billy Corgan mentioned the band would nto be putting out any more albums in the future, but would focus more on releasing singles like “G.L.O.W.” Corgan was quoted as saying “We’re done with that [Making Albums]. There is no point. People don’t even listen to it all. They put it on their iPod, they drag over the two singles, and skip over the rest. Our primary function now is to be a singles band, that drives Pumpkins Inc through singles. We’ll still be creative, but in a different form.” Look for the Smashing Pumpkins to take some much deserved time off before announcing another run of tour dates in 2009. Corgan also mentioned the band wouldn’t be touring traditional venues in the future, instead opting for a more intimate setting only smaller venues can provide.