Ozphorian forum member ‘middleearthguy’ has flown all the way from Australia to the USA for the Smashing Pumpkins tour. After last nights show at Ruth Eckerd Hall - Clearwater he managed to catch Billy speaking with a bunch of fans after the show. The video is dark, but you get to hear Billy talk about the current line up of the band and the possibility of the (not so new) members of the Pumpkins line up recording with the band.
A big thankyou to Guy (middleearthguy) for getting this for us, expect some other surprises soon.
Special prices for Smashing Pumpkins on iTunes Australia August 17th, 2008
This week saw some special prices appear for Smashing Pumpkins video’s on the iTunes Australia store. All Smashing Pumpkins video’s are now available as both normal purchases and iTunes Plus purchases, allowing you to transfer the video files to as many computers, iPods, iPhones or Apple TV’s you want.
Also in a somewhat extremely delayed release the Australian store has both the video’s for Tarantula and That’s the Way (My Love Is) for sale again, completing all Pumpkins videos on the digital retailers store. The video’s have been absent from the online store for over 5 months now.
In the final bit of Apple / Smashing Pumpkins news for the week, Zeitgeist is now at a sale price of $12.49 so if you’re after an extra digital copy, want to buy that special someone a copy of Zeitgeist or just want the booklet artwork as a PDF - you can now get it cheaper than ever.
The one sale price the Australian iTunes store didn’t receive this week, unlike the US iTunes Store, was the sevre price cut to the BSides and Rarities collection. The Compliation released in 2005 is just what the title says, a complete collection of all 114 songs that were released as bsides during the Pumpkins time at Virgin Records America. Currently this item is on sale in the US iTunes store for $119 … not the $209.99 we have to pay in Australia.
James Iha: Not in Marilyn Manson’s Live Band (Yet) August 15th, 2008
Back in May 2008 Ozphoria reported that Marilyn Manson announced James Iha would be appearing on his new record as a guest guitarist. This news also lead to much speculation that James Iha would be joining the live line up of Manson, just like he did with A Perfect Circle a few years ago.
However yesterday Undercover.com.au reported that ex Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Bordland has joined the new live line up for Marilyn Manson, therefore putting a (somewhat) end to the rumors of James Iha joining the Manson group. As we all know though, things can change quickly in the circles of Marilyn Manson, so never say never.
As for news on James, besides the recent lawsuit against Virgin Records there hasn’t been much to report on besides the follow up to Let It Come Down which has been in production for a number of years now.
New footage from 5th April, Melbourne V Festival 2008 August 13th, 2008
Ozphorian forum member middleearthguy has uploaded some great footage filmed at the Melbourne V Festival in April 2008. This special concert was the last performance of Set the Controls with Billy’s brother Jesse Corgan, the song who Spaceboy is written about. Throughout the Australian tour Jesse joined the band on stage to play this Pink Floyd classic, yet this was the only show where Billy introduced the crowd to his brother. Make sure to watch the video till to end to hear Jesse say thankyou to the Australian crowd.
Set the Controls to the Heart of the Sun
Saturday 5th April 2008 - V Festival, Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne
Added to this video release is also the first full performance of Zero from the Melbourne V Festival, the only show to get Zero on the entire Australian tour. Zero was scheduled to be played at the Adelaide show a few nights earlier, but had been dropped in favor of ‘If All Goes Wrong‘, the yet to be released song written during 2007. However with Zero, as soon as the opening chords started the crowd was sent into a frenzy, reminding people that the last time Zero had been played in Australia was in Melbourne on the Adore tour, one of the few cities to get the song played on the Adore focused tour. Those that were there, you can relive the magic:
Zero
Saturday 5th April 2008 - V Festival, Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne
A side note from Sunky.
Even though Ozphoria has always been a news service, and not a personal blog, I just wanted to take this chance to post this. For me personally and a few other Ozphorian’s this was greatest day and show of the tour. We had the pure luck of being at the same restaurant as Billy and Jesse earlier that day (read about it here) and were given sneak peeks into the future plans of the band before it became common knowledge elsewhere. So you would think nothing could add to making that day any better but you would be wrong. It was also the final show that most of the Ozphorian crew would all attend after 2 weeks of travelling together. The emotion of the tour ending for some brought both tears or joy and sadness that night, being at a concert surrounded by 20 or so hardcore fans and friends was truly something special.
Most importantly the energy they played with on this tour, and especially this show, was the same energy I’m now hearing fans from the US talk about on the current August Tour. The band were on stage having fun and crowd loved every minute of it, Im glad other fans are getting to experience this era of the band now.
That was the greatest day, and watching those video’s again was a clear reminder of just how special it was. A special thanks to Guy for filming these and sharing them with us all. You can see other videos from the Australian tour on Ozphoria’s YouTube Channel: Channel Ozphoria and also I’m sure more video’s will appear on Guy’s YouTube Channel too.
Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin interview on Mancow.com August 12th, 2008
Before they set off on their August tour and just after recording G.L.O.W, Jimmy and Billy were interviewed on the radio show mancow.com on August 4th. They talk about the new single G.L.O.W, The lawsuit with James and D’Arcy, the future of the band and much more.
New recordings of The Smashing Pumpkins August Tour 2008 August 10th, 2008
Two new recordings from the first two shows from the current Smashing Pumpkins tour have surfaced. Thank you for all the effort from these tapers to get these recordings out to everybody as quickly as possible.
Hear the full live version of Smashing Pumpkins - G.L.O.W August 9th, 2008
Thanks to Ozphorian, Nezz, for alerting us to the full live recording of the Smashing Pumpkins yet to be released song, G.L.O.W. Originally posted over at Netphoria by Bullet1979.
First live video of Smashing Pumpkins G.L.O.W August 9th, 2008
The first video of the new Smashing Pumpkins song G.L.O.W to appear on YouTube, although not the entire song Im sure we’ll have more over the next few days to allow us to hear this new song in full. YouTube user malder83 (PistolPete from ThePumpkins.net) seems to be currently uploading videos from last nights performance. There is also this video of G.L.O.W that has also surfaced.
With the first show down the Smashing Pumpkins played a surprising setlist, with 9 old songs that have not been played since they reformed last year. Here is the full setlist from the 08/08/08 - Adler Theatre - Davenport, IA show.
Smashing Pumpkins - 08/08/08 - Adler Theatre - Davenport, IA
Tarantula
G.L.O.W.
Siva
Eye
Mayonaise
Tonight, Tonight
Speed Kills
Transformer
Superchrist
United States
Once Upon a Time (Acoustic Performance)
Again Again Again (Acoustic Performance)
The Rose March (Acoustic Performance)
Today
Bullet With Butterfly Wings
The Beginning is the End is the Beginning
Heavy Metal Machine > White Rabbit
Glass Theme
Set the Controls [Pink Floyd]
Encore Break
We Only Come Out at Night
In the Summertime [Mungo Jerry]
You can discuss the current shows on this tour on our forum and see all the videos we find: Ozphoria: Tour Discussion
And finally a special thanks to those hipsters at Hipsters United for a live blog from tonights show.
