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After staging a surprise show at the intimate Hollywood Legion Theater in Los Angeles where they staged a funeral for Billy Corgan\u2019s\u00a0alter ego Zero, Smashing Pumpkins have announced an extensive North American arena tour where they\u2019ll belatedly celebrate the 30th anniversary of their 1995 double LP Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness<\/em>, and play a second set of other songs from their vast back catalog.<\/p>\n \u201cStaging a Mellon Collie<\/em>-themed show is something we\u2019ve discussed for over a decade, and finally the stars have aligned and exactly on the terms I\u2019d set: which was to build a special night around its most enduring aspirations and ideas,\u201d Billy Corgan said in a statement.\u00a0\u201cWith set 1 of the Rats In A Cage tour exclusively featuring Mellon Collie<\/em> songs in a highly theatrical setting, and set 2 drawing from the rest of our canon so that there\u2019s a decent amount of variance as to what songs we\u2019ll play from night to night: from our first in Gish<\/em> to our last in Aghori Mhori Mei<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n The Rats in a Cage Tour kicks off Sept. 30 in Columbus, Ohio, and wraps up Nov. 12 in Los Angeles. The ticket pre-sale begins May 19, and the general on-sale starts May 21.<\/p>\n Prior to the tour kickoff, Corgan will head over to Europe without the rest of the Pumpkins to play a series of \u2018A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness\u2019 theater shows where he\u2019ll play songs from the double LP with a 60-piece orchestra.<\/p>\n The classical re-imagining of Mellon Collie<\/em>\u00a0was unveiled last November <\/a>at the Lyric Opera House in Chicago. \u201cThe success of translating Mellon Collie <\/em>into operatic and classical form has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life,\u201d Corgan said when announcing the U.K. shows. \u201cWhere on each of the 7 sold out nights in Chicago we\u2019d finish within the raucous wave of a standing ovation. So to now take it on the road, and to Europe, too says this magical dream doesn\u2019t have to end.\u201d<\/p>\n The upcoming North American arena tour with the Pumpkins takes place on the 31st anniversary of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness<\/em>. On the 30th anniversary last year, Corgan and the Machines of God, his new solo band, played clubs and theaters across the United States. They played material exclusively from Mellon Collie<\/em>, Machina<\/em>, and Aghori Mhori Mei.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n His original conception for the tour involved the rest of the Pumpkins, but they weren\u2019t into the idea. \u201cI pushed for years and years for the band to invest in what I would call smaller tours that would highlight particular eras of music,\u201d Corgan told Rolling Stone<\/em> in 2025.<\/a> \u201cWe weren\u2019t in agreement about what the purpose of such a thing might be for. And we have this agreement, which has been really helpful over the past seven or eight years, that says if we\u2019re not in alignment about something like that, nobody is going to pull rank and say it has to be done. That was very much the way the business worked back in the day, and solved a lot of problems.\u201d<\/p>\n This year, however, the band members were clearly in agreement about hitting the road to celebrate Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadnes<\/em>s, albeit in much larger venues than the ones Corgan played on his own.<\/p>\n The Rats in a Cage Tour Dates<\/strong> Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. 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