Song appears on forthcoming Atum
The Smashing Pumpkins have shared the official music video for “Empires.” The video comes as the song continues to make waves at radio, being the No. 1 most added song to active rock. “Spellbinding” is also currently the No. 1 most added to alternative rock. Atum is set for release on May 5th and is the sequel to 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and 2000’s Machina/Machine of God. Featuring 33-tracks in three acts Atum was written and produced by Corgan over the past four years. Twenty-two tracks have been released to date, with “Beguiled” continuing to climb at both active rock and alternative radio charts. Act 3 will come with a special edition boxset featuring all 33 album tracks plus 10 additional unreleased songs.
The Smashing Pumpkins recently announced their 26-date North American The World is a Vampire Tour. Produced by Live Nation, the tour is set to start on Friday, July 28th at The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. The tour will feature special guests Interpol, Stone Temple Pilots and Rival Sons as support on various dates, as well as some of the world’s biggest champions from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), who will be competing in most cities. The trek has already sold out 30k plus capacity shows in Mexico City this year, as well in cities across Australia this spring, and is set to expand to more countries in the future.
This week, Disney+ revealed special guests for the upcoming mockumentary series The Muppets Mayhem, which includes Billy Corgan. The entire first season will be available to stream on Wednesday, May 10th.
In other news, Corgan’s popular podcast series Thirty-Three with William Patrick Corgan continues to quench the thirst of dedicated Pumpkins fans all over the world, offering listeners the chance to hear never-before-released Atum tracks, as-well as diving into various aspects of the band’s illustrious history.
