I went to the O2 on Saturday night to see a gloriously effective show by Smashing Pumpkins. It’s my 5th - I think? - trip to see them (quick check…
- 1996 at the NEC Arena in Birmingham
- 2005 at the Kentish Town Forum
- 2013 at the Wembley Arena
- 2018 at the Wembley arena (again) and…
- 2024 @ the O2 arena
… yes, that’s 5) and they were brilliant.
I saw this headline “Billy Corgan doesn’t want to play fan favourites at Smashing Pumpkins gigs: “I don’t care if they’re a classic or not” and had some slight trepidation that they were going to play only Atum or Cyr songs. So, I was pleasantly surprised when they opened with The Everlasting Gaze and included bona fide classics such as Mayonaise, Today, Thru the Eyes of Ruby, Disarm and Rhinoceros.
A real treat.