The Smashing Pumpkins announced their 20th Anniversary Tour, including four nights in Chicago across two venues. While, I haven’t kept up on the Pumpkins for years, I did spend many hours with Gish, Siamese Dream, and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness back in the day. Because of that, and the close proximity of the aforementioned Chicago shows, I’m contemplating making a trip to the windy city for a night.

What complicates things a little is that each run of two nights promises “that no songs will be repeated” over the course of each “Black Sunshine” and “White Crosses” set. I really don’t want to make the monetary investment to catch two nights, nor do I want to make the wrong decision and end up with an evening of MACHINA/The Machines of God or Zeitgeist “classics.”

Chicago Shows:

Tuesday, November 18 at The Chicago Theatre – “Black Sunshine”
Wednesday, November 19 at The Chicago Theatre – “White Crosses”
Friday, November 21 at The Auditorium Theatre – “Black Sunshine”
Saturday, November 22 at The Auditorium Theatre – “White Crosses”

Tickets:
On Sale: Monday, October 13th @ 10am

Related: Listen/Download an impressive collection of live Smashing Pumpkins shows here.

Discuss: Anybody else a current or former Smashing Pumpkins fan? What are your favorite albums? Have you seen them live recently? Are you going to any shows on the upcoming tour, and, if so, how will you decide which show to see?

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