NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — If you’re a alt-rock music fan, today might be “the greatest day you’ve ever known” — The Smashing Pumpkins have announced they’ll be bringing a brand new tour to Nashville this fall.
The rock legends announced they’re hitting the road in celebration of their 1995 classic album “Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” and their 30-plus year career.
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The “Rats in a Cage” tour will hit arenas and coliseums across the country, including a stop at Live Nation’s new venue The Truth on Thursday, Oct. 22.
According to lead singer Billy Corgan, the tour will include two unique sets at each stop along the way.
“Staging a ‘Mellon Collie’-themed show is something we’ve discussed for over a decade, and finally the stars have aligned and exactly on the terms I’d set: which was to build a special night around its most enduring aspirations and ideas,” Corgan said. “With set 1 of the Rats In A Cage tour exclusively featuring Mellon Collie songs in a highly theatrical setting, and set 2 drawing from the rest of our canon so that there’s a decent amount of variance as to what songs we’ll play from night to night: from our first in ‘Gish’ to our last in ‘Aghori Mhori Mei’.”…