The Smashing Pumpkins have announced their “Rats In A Cage” tour, which will take place across North America, beginning Sept. 30. The concert will include two different sets marking 30 years of 2005’s Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness and four decades of “unruly hits and dark treasures.”
“Staging a Mellon Collie-themed show is something we’ve discussed for over a decade, and finally the stars have aligned and exactly on the terms I’d set: which was to build a special night around its most enduring aspirations and ideas,” vocalist/guitarist Billy Corgan says “With set 1 of the ‘Rats In A Cage’ tour exclusively featuring Mellon Collie songs in a highly theatrical setting, and set 2 drawing from the rest of our canon so that there’s a decent amount of variance as to what songs we’ll play from night to night: from our first in ‘Gish’ to our last in ‘Aghori Mhori Mei.’”
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Last night, the Smashing Pumpkins performed a one-off show at the Hollywood Legion Theater in Los Angeles. The concert was a “requiem” for Corgan’s persona ‘Zero,’ which he began using when they released Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
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See the tour dates below.
The Smashing Pumpkins 2026 tour dates09/30 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center10/02 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden10/03 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena10/04 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center10/06 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena10/07 – Hamilton, ON @ TD Coliseum10/09 – Montréal, QC @ Bell Centre10/11 – Madison, WI @ Kohl Center10/13 – St. Paul, MN @ Grand Casino Arena10/14 – Chicago, IL @ United Center10/16 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center10/17 – Jacksonville, FL @ VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena10/18 – Tampa, FL @ Benchmark International Arena10/20 – Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse10/22 – Nashville, TN @ The Truth10/24 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Paycom Center10/25 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center10/27 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena10/29 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Delta Center10/30 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena11/01 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center11/03 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome11/05 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena11/06 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena11/08 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center11/11 – Phoenix, AZ @ Mortgage Matchup Center11/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
