{"id":804790,"date":"2020-03-02T09:27:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T16:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=960450"},"modified":"2020-03-02T09:27:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T16:27:27","slug":"smashing-pumpkins-plot-sequel-to-1993-rock-invasion-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/smashing-pumpkins-plot-sequel-to-1993-rock-invasion-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Smashing Pumpkins Plot Sequel to 1993 Rock Invasion Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Smashing Pumpkins<\/a> will revisit the spirit of \u201993 this spring when they embark on their Rock Invasion 2 tour. The trek, which will find the group playing more rock-centric setlists that span its discography, kicks off in Louisville on April 23rd and runs through May 8th, when it ends in Greensboro, North Carolina. The group went out on its first Rock Invasion run in support of its breakthrough LP, Siamese Dream<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a good while since we\u2019ve played a straight-up, bare-knuckle rock and roll show \u2014 one that avoids little in the way of raw power,\u201d Billy Corgan said in a statement. \u201cSo note: this tour won\u2019t be for those faint of heart and will certainly echo the dynamic modes in which we built our live reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets for most of the dates will go on sale on Friday at 10 a.m. local time via Live Nation and the group\u2019s website. The band\u2019s gig in East Moline, Illinois, and its appearances at the Beale Street Music Festival and Shaky Knees Music Festival are not part of the Live Nation on sale.<\/p>\n

After the tour, the band will open a run of dates for Guns N\u2019 Roses<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rolling Stone <\/a><\/em>wrote about<\/a> Smashing Pumpkins\u2019 original Rock Invasion tour in 1994, pointing out how its name was similar to the tour titles that Judas Priest or Boston would use \u2014 artists the band seemed at odds with as poster children for the alternative nation.<\/p>\n

Corgan said at the time that that was the point. \u201cAll these alternative bands today are so high up on their punk rock horse that they\u2019re in denial about being huge and playing big shows,\u201d he said. \u201cNot only do we respect the clich\u00e9s, we see the truth in them. So we simultaneously make fun of them and embrace them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smashing Pumpkins Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 23 \u2013 Louisville, KY @ The Louisville Palace presented by Cricket Wireless
April 25 \u2013 Grand Rapids, MI @ 20 Monroe Live
April 26 \u2013 Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
April 28 \u2013 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
April 29 \u2013 East Moline, IL @ The Rust Belt*
May 1 \u2013 Memphis, TN @ Beale Street Music Festival*
May 2 \u2013 Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Music Festival*
May 3 \u2013 Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live
May 5 \u2013 North Charleston, SC @ North Charleston Performing Arts Center
May 6 \u2013 Columbia, SC @ Township Auditorium
May 8 \u2013 Greensboro, NC @ Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts<\/p>\n

* Non-Live Nation shows<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Smashing Pumpkins will revisit the spirit of \u201993 this spring when they embark on their Rock Invasion 2 tour. The trek, which will find the group playing more rock-centric setlists that span its discography, kicks off in Louisville on April 23rd and runs through May 8th, when it ends in Greensboro, North Carolina. The group […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-804790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-20 04:28:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}