Via Blabbermouth
Look at that face. It's got an uncomfortable expression that combines utter contentment and severe constipation. And that should more or less summarize the Smashing Pumpkins fan's reaction to today's double helping of Corgan & Co. news. Billy Corgan has finally announced that FRANCE is the lucky winner of the un-publicized "Have Your Country Host the Next Smashing Pumpkins Reunion Gig That Is Rumored to Not Feature Half of the Original Band!" contest - the band will play for the first time in six years at The Grand Rex in Paris on May 22nd. And it's a sure sign that Virgin hasn't really tapped into the cultural Zeitgeist that, as previously reported, they've planned a lame-o publicity stunt surrounding the release of Zeitgeist, the first SP album in seven years: it comes out on July 7th at 7:07, the seventh minute of the seventh hour of the seventh day of the seventh month of the 7th year of the 21st century. Let's ignore that July 7th is a Saturday, and some of us won't be asleep yet after our July 4th festivities, let alone interested in pushing through our hangovers to buy a faux-reunion album by a band many of us stopped rooting for ten years ago.