The Smashing Pumpkins – (from left to proper) James Iha, Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin – will carry out in India in October 2025. Picture: Courtesy of the artist
Chicago-origin band the Smashing Pumpkins are set to play two exhibits in India this October, marking the alt-rock act’s debut within the nation.
As a part of their Rock Invasion 2025 Asia Tour, the band—comprising vocalist-guitarist Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin—will carry out in Bengaluru on Oct. 11, 2025, at Terraform Enviornment and in Mumbai on Oct. 12, 2025 at Jio World Backyard.
The tour is offered by stay occasion firm EVA Reside, which has beforehand introduced down the likes of Canadian rock nice Bryan Adams, and also will convey Enrique Iglesias to India in October 2025.
The band says in an announcement, “We’re thrilled to be lastly coming to India, some 36 years after we began in Chicago. Our music has been unmistakably formed by this nice and mighty tradition, and so will probably be an honor to play for you, and loudly! For what we hope would be the first of many, many journeys to return.”
Along with founding members Corgan, Iha and Chamberlin, the Smashing Pumpkins are rounded out by stay members bassist Jack Bates, multi-instrumentalist Katie Cole and guitarist Kiki Wong. Finest recognized for songs like “Bullet With Butterfly Wings,” “Zero,” “Tonight, Tonight” and “1979” amongst others, Smashing Pumpkins have been a key a part of the Nineties rock period, significantly for his or her first three albums, Gish (1991), Siamese Dream (1993) and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Disappointment (1995).
Whereas the band known as time on their profession in 2000, which led to members creating music with different seminal acts like A Excellent Circle and Zwan, Corgan and Chamberlin reunited round 2005. They went on to launch a number of albums that escaped straightforward categorization, even amid shuffling lineups. They most just lately launched their album Aghori Mhori Mei in 2024.
The Smashing Pumpkins’ India arrival marks but another excuse for cheer within the nation’s rock group. The place festivals like Bandland and Mahindra Independence Rock have capitalized on rock fandoms throughout generations, exhibits by Weapons N’ Roses, Bryan Adams, and extra have given followers a lot to lift their horns to.
EVA Reside’s founder and managing director Deepak says in an announcement, “To convey The Smashing Pumpkins to India for the very first time is a landmark achievement for the stay music ecosystem on this nation. India is able to welcome one in every of different rock’s most influential bands, and we promise an unforgettable expertise.”
Ticket registrations are actually open through the District app, with an early access window for Mastercard customers from Aug. 5 to 7, 2025. A second spherical of presales will observe, operating from Aug. 7 to 12 on the app.
Common ticket gross sales will start on Aug. 12, 2025 at 4:30 pm, on District by Zomato.