The Smashing Pumpkins will be back on the road in the UK this summer for their Aghori tour. Tickets will be available to purchase from Friday February 10 at 10AM via Ticketmaster. It will mark the band’s first UK show since the surprise release of their album ‘Aghori Mhori Mei’ back in August.
The alt-rock band will be in the UK this summer for a set of four shows, including a special open-air gig in West London’s Gunnersbury Park. The tour will see them stop in Halifax, Scarborough, and Colchester to celebrate their latest album.
Billy and co. will be joined by famous London-based band White Lies as their support across all dates. They will also be joined by another British-rock band as their special guest, Skunk Anansie, in London and Colchester, the latter having recently made a triumphant return to the industry with new single ‘An Artist Is An Artist’.
The 90s band hasn’t performed in London since 2024 where lead singer, Billy Corgan brought his children to the stage at their sold-out O2 Arena show where he played some of the band’s new tracks.
As well as tracks from ‘Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts’, fans got to hear classics such as ‘Zero’, ‘Today’, ‘Tonight, Tonight’, ‘1979’ and ‘Bullet with the Butterfly Wings’.
During an interview with Kerrang!, the ‘Mayonnaise’ singer admitted he refuses to give in to the pressure of having to play some of the band’s old hits, he said: “I don’t play any songs I don’t want to play. I don’t care if they’re a classic or not. If I don’t want to play it, I just don’t play it. I don’t put that on the audience like, ‘Well, I’ve got to play this one for you.’ I think that’s kind of cheese.”
Moreover, as part of Record Store Day, The Smashing Pumpkins announced the re-release of their 1993 album ‘Siamese Dream’ in limited edition on vinyl, also in the original 1993 packaging and with signed versions, only available at Madame Zuzu’s.
The UK tour dates for The Smashing Pumpkins will be:
10/08/25 – Gunnersbury Park – London
12/08 – Piece Hall – Halifax
13/08 – Open Air Theatre – Scarborough
14/08 – Colchester Castle – Colchester
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan is also scheduled to make an appearance at Black Sabbath’s final show extravaganza on July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham.
