Billy Corgan has unveiled a new solo project, Billy Corgan and the Machines of God, and he announced a June 2025 North American tour with the band.
Billed as “The Return to Zero Tour,” the outing will see Corgan and company celebrating the Smashing Pumpkins‘ opuses Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (30th anniversary) and Machina/The Machines of God, plus its sequel Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music (both 25 anniversary). Setlists will draw from those albums, with tour dates kicking off June 7th in Baltimore and running through June 29th in Minneapolis.
A Live Nation ticket pre-sale for select dates begins Wednesday (April 2nd) at 10 a.m. local time using the code DANCE. General ticket sales start Friday (April 4th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
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Corgan’s backing band on the tour features new Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Kiki Wong, along with drummer Jake Hayden, and bassist Kid Tigrrr (Jenna Fournier).
Along with the tour announcement, Smashing Pumpkins will be rolling out 25th anniversary reissues of the Machina duology, including a 80-song box set that reconstructs the albums together and features a plethora of bonus tracks (the box set will be available exclusively through Corgan’s Madame Zuzu’s tea shop in Highland Park, Illinois). A 16-song reissue of the original Machina/The Machines of God album is also coming on vinyl on August 22nd, with pre-orders starting June 27th.
Meanwhile, Corgan is also celebrating the 30th anniversary of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by partnering with Chicago’s Lyric Opera for the world-premiere of “A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness,” a seven-series performance taking place November 21st through the 30th. Find more info via the Lyric Opera website.
Below you can see a teaser trailer for Billy Corgan and the Machines of God, as well as the June tour dates.
Billy Corgan and the Machines of God’s 2025 Tour Dates:
06/07 – Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage
06/09 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
06/11 – Muskoka, ON @ Kee to Bala
06/12 – Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
06/13 – Montreal QC @ Beanfield Theatre
06/15 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
06/16 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
06/17 – Allentown, PA @ Archer Music Hall
06/19 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
06/20 – Joliet, IL @ Taste of Joliet
06/21 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Intersection
06/23 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre
06/25 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues Cleveland
06/26 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
06/27 – Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
06/29 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
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