Out now is “Empires,” Smashing Pumpkins‘ latest video from their soon-to-be released Atum: Act 3 album, which drops on May 5th. “Empires” has become the Number One most added song to Active Rock radio. The band’s track, “Spellbinding,” is also currently the Number One most added to Alternative Rock radio.

Act 3 is the third volume in its Atum trilogy. The “three-act rock opera” follows 1995’s Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness and 2000’s Machina/Machines Of God.

Leader Billy Corgan told us a while back that he puts a painstaking amount of effort into every song he records: [“I’m more detail-oriented probably than anybody I’ve worked with. People commonly call it perfectionism, but I feel a little bit like a painter, because as the person who sort of generates the original idea and writes the song, I have to sort of put it all together. So, it’s like, if some element is not supporting another element that I’m intrinsically involved in, then there’s some part of me getting disappointed.”] SOUNDCUE (:18 OC: . . . me getting disappointed)

  • Smashing Pumpkins North American tour dates (subject to change):
    May 25 – Napa, CA – JaM Cellars Ballroom
    July 28, 30 – Las Vegas, NV – The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan
    August 1 – Salt Lake City, UTUSANA – Amphitheatre (with Stone Temple Pilots & Rival Sons)
    August 3 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre (with Stone Temple Pilots & Rival Sons)
    August 5 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre (with Stone Temple Pilots & Rival Sons)
    August 6 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater (with Stone Temple Pilots & Rival Sons)
    August 7 – Wheatland, CA – Toyota Amphitheatre (with Stone Temple Pilots & Rival Sons)
    August 9 – Irvine, CA Five – Point Amphitheatre (with Stone Temple Pilots & Rival Sons)
    August 10 – Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre (with Stone Temple Pilots & Rival Sons)
    August 11 – Highland, CA – Yaamava’ Resort & Casino (with Stone Temple Pilots)
    August 13 – Isleta Amphitheater – Albuquerque, NM (with Interpol & Rival Sons)
    August 15 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavillion (with Interpol & Rival Sons)
    August 16 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP (with Stone Temple Pilots, Interpol & Rival Sons)
    August 17 – Huntsville, AL – The Orion Amphitheater (with Interpol & Rival Sons)
    August 19 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre (with Interpol & Rival Sons)
    August 20 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre (with Interpol & Rival Sons)
    August 22 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion (with Interpol & Rival Sons)
    August 24 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center (with Interpol & Rival Sons)
    August 25 –  Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion (with Interpol & Rival Sons)
    August 30 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater (with Interpol & Rival Sons)
    August 31 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live (with Interpol & Rival Sons)
    September 2 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage (with Interpol & Rival Sons)
    September 3 –  Ottawa, ON – Canadian Tire Centre (with Interpol & Rival Sons)
    September 6 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre (with Interpol & Rival Sons)
    September 8 – Franklin, TN – FirstBank Amphitheater (with Interpol & Rival Sons)
    September 9 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center (with Interpol & Rival Sons)
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