Billy talks with @foxchicago about the history of the Smashing Pumpkins and now, plus you can hear slight clips of studio versions of ‘Pinwheels’ and ‘Oceania’ tracks from the yet to be released album ‘Oceania’.
Our copy of the Smashing Pumpkins Flexi Disc of Blissed arrived.
The special flexi disc SPRC is for fans who experienced shipping issues with the Gish/Siamese Dream resissues ordered from smashingpumpkins.com.
Smashing Pumpkins Australian ‘Oceania’ Tour tickets on sale today!
Secret Sounds Presents
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
With Special Guests WOLFMOTHER*
Presented by triple j, Max Street Press Australia & fasterlouder.com.au
(Wolfmother play Sydney and Melbourne only)
PERTH
Thursday 26 July – Challenge Stadium, Perth
With Special Guests to be announced
Tickets: ticketmaster.com.au, 136 100
SYDNEY
Tuesday 31 July – Entertainment Centre, Sydney
Special guests - Wolfmother
Tickets: ticketmaster.com.au, 136 100
MELBOURNE
Thursday 2 August – Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Special guests - Wolfmother
Tickets: ticketek.com.au, 132 849
AUCKLAND
Saturday 4 August - Vector Arena, Auckland
Tickets: ticketmaster.co.nz
Tickets on sale at 9am on Wednesday 9 May
Pre-order ‘Oceania’ for a special price with every ticket purchase.
‘Oceania’ will be released on June 22, 2012 through Create/Control.
If you didn’t receive a Ticketmaster email with the special pre-sale link, or are an Australian resident traveling for the show, you can purchase here:
Auckland My Ticketmaster Smashing Pumpkins Pre-sale
New Zealand Smashing Pumpkins fans, if you’re signed up to receive My Ticketmaster event emails, your special access should be emailed to you with a hidden link for the Auckland pre-sale.
Auckland pre-sale is tomorrow.
Start: Tue 08/05/12, 09:00 NZST
End: Tue 08/05/12, 17:00 NZST
If you haven’t signed up, do so now at the Ticketmaster.co.nz site and add the Pumpkins to your favourites.
We love our community and so do Smashing Pumpkins, so we’re very humbled to be able to pass on this special fan pre-sale opportunity to Australian fans and Ozphoria followers. Details are as follows:
OZPHORIA AUSTRALIAN PRE-SALE
Starts 12pm Monday 7 May – 12pm Tuesday 8 May (Local Venue Time)
The pre-sale password is TEARDROPS
(please note this is only for the Australian shows listed below)
PERTH
Thursday 26 July – Challenge Stadium, Perth
With Special Guests to be announced
Tickets: ticketmaster.com.au, 136 100
SYDNEY
Tuesday 31 July – Entertainment Centre, Sydney
Special guests - Wolfmother
Tickets: ticketmaster.com.au, 136 100
MELBOURNE
Thursday 2 August – Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Special guests - Wolfmother
Tickets: ticketek.com.au, 132 849
A huge thank you to Smashing Pumpkins and Secret Sounds for enabling us to pass this information on to fans.

In addition to playing the sold out Splendour in the Grass festival, we’re excited to announce that Smashing Pumpkins will be playing very special sideshows in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, and Auckland.
For these headline performances, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS will be debuting a unique stage design in Australia created to reflect the visual themes to go along with the full presentation of their new album, “Oceania” – which is set for release on June 22, 2012, through Create/Control – as well as playing plenty of classic Pumpkins catalogue.
Said Billy Corgan of the new show: “Australia is the perfect place to usher in a new era of The Smashing Pumpkins, where we look to combine an epic rock show with the latest in visual mapping technology to create a one-of-a-kind experience for our fans.”
Secret Sounds Presents
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
With Special Guests WOLFMOTHER*
Presented by triple j, Max Street Press Australia & fasterlouder.com.au
(Wolfmother play Sydney and Melbourne only)
PERTH
Thursday 26 July – Challenge Stadium, Perth
With Special Guests to be announced
Tickets: ticketmaster.com.au, 136 100
SYDNEY
Tuesday 31 July – Entertainment Centre, Sydney
Special guests - Wolfmother
Tickets: ticketmaster.com.au, 136 100
MELBOURNE
Thursday 2 August – Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Special guests - Wolfmother
Tickets: ticketek.com.au, 132 849
AUCKLAND
Saturday 4 August - Vector Arena, Auckland
Tickets: ticketmaster.co.nz
Tickets on sale at 9am on Wednesday 9 May (local venue time)
Pre-order ‘Oceania’ for a special price with every ticket purchase.
‘Oceania’ will be released on June 22, 2012 through Create/Control.
secret-sounds.com.au
smashingpumpkins.com
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Stay tuned, Ozphoria followers. We’ve got more exciting announcements to come!
The bio for Smashing Pumpkins on Ticketmaster’s site has been updated a short while ago to include details of a tentative ticket sale date (edit: since been removed) and support band for the bands Splendour sideshow dates.
According to Ticketmaster’s write-up of Secret Sounds’ press release, Wolfmother will play support to the band on two of the dates.
Stay tuned for more info with the official announcement to come this afternoon.
Just over 2 weeks ago The Smashing Pumpkins were confirmed for Splendour in the Grass and most fans have waited patiently while other headline acts have been confirmed for sideshows around Australia.
It’s with great excitement we are pleased to announce the Smashing Pumpkins will be adding a few extra shows onto their tour down under in July. Apart from playing the closing night (Sunday 29th July) of Splendour in the Grass you will also be able to catch the Smashing Pumpkins on the following dates:
Perth - July 26th
Challange Stadium
Ticket information
Other dates to be announced later today.
Twitter user @richardhomer posted the above picture, which seems to be a copy of the special flexi disc SPRC are sending out to fans who experienced shipping issues with the Gish/Siamese Dream resissues ordered from smashingpumpkins.com.
The track on the disc is known as Blissed, a previously unreleased song.
Most fans we’ve heard from in the US are still waiting on their copies to arrive, with most people reporting their copies shipped on the 30th of April. Not expecting our copy to arrive in Australia for at least a week or so, so please let us know if you receive yours early.