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Announce The Rats in a Cage Tour
May 18, 2026 by Jimmy Alvarez
It’s hard to believe the more things change, thankfully there are some things that you can always rely on. Dubbed as nearly four decades of unruly hits and dark treasures, the Chicago natives known as The Smashing Pumpkins will take to the road again for an epic North American tour.
With Billy Corgan behind the mic and guitar, the band has been electrifying us with their music since their epic releases of ‘91’s “Gish” and ‘93’s “Siamese Dream” for decades.
The Pumpkins today feature familiar names aside Corgan. The core group includes guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin.
We have seen them over the years performing everywhere, and regardless of which venue, it always seems like it’s the first time whenever these grungelike shoegazer legends take to the stage.
We have been waiting for this news for a minute and for Pumpkin fans everywhere, the wait is finally over. The band announced, The Rats in a Cage Tour, which may prove to be one of their biggest live shows to date.
The tour launches September 30th in Columbus and zigzags throughout the country hitting stops like Boston, Chicago, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, St. Paul, Tampa, Denver, Las Vegas, and Seattle before wrapping up at the Kia Forum November 12th.
The tour will feature two distinct sets that the band will play. They will celebrate their seminal 1995 RIAA-diamond-certified “Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness,” and the album that started it all, “Gish.”
Songs to look out for during the tour will most likely include “Rhinoceros,” “Tonight, Tonight,” “Bullet with Butterfly Wings,” “Muzzle, “1979,” and “Zero.”
Tickets will be available starting with Citi and Verizon pre-sales beginning May 19th st, itat 10 a.m. local time.
Additional pre-sales will run throughout the week in advance of the general sale which starts May 21st, it starts at 10 a.m. local time and of course… on smashingpumpkins.com.
Photo by Christina Sanchez | Tiny Toyland on IG
Corgan recently said, “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.” The likelihood is they will play songs from their epic catalog from going ‘Gish’ to their last release, “Aghori Mhori Mei.”
Get your tickets for this one, it’s a night you won’t forget no matter which venue you catch them at!
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