The Smashing Pumpkins have announced the details of ‘The Rats In A Cage Tour’, celebrating 30 years of their seminal album ‘Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness’.
Set to make its way across North America from September to November, the band will be playing two unique and ambitious sets that not only give the album its moment in the sun but also so many other moments in their 40 years of music-making, with fan favourites, deep cuts and hits aplenty. So expected the unexpected.
Vocalist/guitarist Billy Corgan had this to say about the tour, stating, “Staging a Mellon Collie-themed show is something we’ve discussed for over a decade, and finally the stars have aligned and exactly on the terms I’d set: which was to build a special night around its most enduring aspirations and ideas. With set 1 of the Rats In A Cage tour exclusively featuring Mellon Collie songs in a highly theatrical setting, and set 2 drawing from the rest of our canon so that there’s a decent amount of variance as to what songs we’ll play from night to night: from our first in ‘Gish’ to our last in ‘Aghori Mhori Mei’.”
And here are all of the dates:
SEPTEMBER
30 – COLUMBUS Schottenstein Center
OCTOBER
02 – BOSTON TD Garden
03 – BALTIMORE CFG Bank Arena
04 – BROOKLYN Barclays Center
06 – PITTSBURGH PPG Paints Arena
07 – HAMILTON TD Coliseum
09 – MONTREAL Bell Centre
11 – MADISON Kohl Center
13 – ST PAUL Grand Casino Arena
14 – CHICAGO United Center
16 – CHARLOTTE Spectrum Center
17 – JACKSONVILLE VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
18 – TAMPA Benchmark International Arena
20 – INDIANAPOLIS Gainbridge Fieldhouse
22 – NASHVILLE The Truth
24 – OKLAHOMA CITY Paycom Center
25 – AUSTIN Moody Center
27 – DENVER Ball Arena
29 – SALT LAKE CITY Delta Center
30 – LAS VEGAS MGM Grand Garden Arena
NOVEMBER
01 – PORTLAND Moda Center
03 – CALGARY Scotiabank Saddledome
05 – VANCOUVER Rogers Arena
06 – SEATTLE Climate Pledge Arena
08 – SAN JOSE SAP Center
11 – PHOENIX Mortgage Matchup Center
12 – LOS ANGELES Kia Forum
Tickets will go on sale from May 21 at 10 am local on smashingpumpkins.com
