Any scottish fans here?

First SP Show in Scotland!!

As they prepare for the launch of their sixth album, Zeitgeist, their first album since 2000, The Smashing Pumpkins have just announced they will play Glasgow's Carling Academy on Wednesday 22nd August!

This second coming of the Pumpkins is also one of those rare examples of actual truth in 21st Century Advertising. Two years ago - on the release date of his first solo album - Corgan made headlines around the alternative rock universe by taking out ads in his hometown papers the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times, an open letter publicly declaring his desire and intention to try "renewing and reviving" the Smashing Pumpkins. "I want my band back," he wrote, "and my songs, and my dreams."

And that's just what's happening!

Tickets for this legendary show are on sale tomorrow @ 9am, don't miss your chance to see one of the most respected bands on the planet live!

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
Glasgow, Carling Academy
Wednesday 22nd August

Tickets available on line via www.gigsinscotland.com , www.ticketmaster.co.uk or by calling 0870 169 0100, tickets are limited to 2 per person.

- Taken from scottish pumpkins myspace thing...

Damnit I really wish they would play more dates in England such as the Birmingham NEC cause that would be closest to me & come on, they would sell out in minutes surely!!

Everyones always complaining to play closer to them i read someone flew from USA to france for there first show! Why cant you drive take a train or bus to one of there shows its not hard to do!!

Cus I'm not gonna go alone. My friends will only go to shows that are close & plus it costs a whole lot of money. For starters if I went & saw them in their London show I would have to get the train which would be about £15 then I would have to get taxis around London which would probably be about £30 then I would have to find accomodation for the night which would probably be about £100 then I would have to get food, more taxis etc etc. As you can probably guess thats alot of money I'm not willing to spend for a trip I'm making alone & plus as a student I barely have any money at all as it is. You clearly haven't thought this through at all so !

glassonglass link=topic=1560.msg25806#msg25806 date=1181611359]
Everyones always complaining to play closer to them i read someone flew from USA to france for there first show! Why cant you drive take a train or bus to one of there shows its not hard to do!!


Its not hard, but not everyone has a money tree in their garden.
also some of us have other responsibilities such as family and children which take presedence over anything....including taking two days out seeing the greatest band on the planet.

On the other hand you cant expect the Pumpkins to play every city in the world.
Im just hoping they do put on a show in middle of UK, Birmingham, Nottingham, even Manchester would be OK. but if they dont, well thats just my bad luck.

I really hope they announce a Manchester show! Or anywhere else in the north. Yes I know I could have fought for London/Glasgow tickets and paid for hotel and train fare but there has to be a point where fandom stops and real life kicks in

Dont wait for them you must go to them! Thats what im doing
they annouced NC shows in the usa its a 11 hour drive and if these are the only shows they are doing this year so be it i will be there for 2 of em!
dont risk not seeing them because your worried about REAL LIFE! im going to the shows to be out of REAL LIFE!!!!!!

Meh I'll be seeing them at Reading Festival anyway. So its not as if I won't be seeing them at all. I just wish I could see them twice !!

Yeah I'll be seeing them at Leeds Festival... its all very well to say disregard real life, but if you don't have the money to travel cross-country (im a skint student) then thats that! As depressing as that may be

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Yeah I'll be seeing them at Leeds Festival... its all very well to say disregard real life, but if you don't have the money to travel cross-country (im a skint student) then thats that! As depressing as that may be



Basically exactly the same as me. I'm 18 & have had to take out a friggin' loan for my course next year & people reckon that I can afford to travel to scotland? me thinks not

Its just one time put it on a credit card pay it off! come on people it is not that hard to go see one show a few hours away and if you play it right will cost less if you travel there and back int he same night

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Its just one time put it on a credit card pay it off! come on people it is not that hard to go see one show a few hours away and if you play it right will cost less if you travel there and back int he same night


A few hours?! Scotland would at least take me a day to get to. I think I would most likely have to swap trains about 5000000000 billion times as well !! Plus hold on, 22nd August is only 2 days before Reading Festival!! I think I could probably wait...

& seriously dude I have no money. I'm still paying off my Reading ticket!!!

How old are you guys? i guess you are the newer generation fans and still in school

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How old are you guys? i guess you are the newer generation fans and still in school


I'm 18 so I'm in college. Well in college in England anyway, I am aware the college system in America is alot different. So yeah as you can possibly gather money is rather thin on the ground for me ha ha!! In all fairness though I have been a Pumpkins fan for 10 years so I dunno if you could count that as new generation?

Im 22, been a fan since 95 (mellon collie era) I don't know if that still makes me new generation or not

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Im 22, been a fan since 95 (mellon collie era) I don't know if that still makes me new generation or not




Doubt it! Then again maybe the 'old generation' is from like 1988 on-wards ha ha !!

when i was 18-19 i went to see the pumpkins 25 times on the machina tour
so age and school should not matter, i guess its the money situation. It was always good to be on melissa guest list for free shows !

well, there you go you lucky git!

I saw them once on Machina tour, but MAdM did give me the bracelet she wore at the Manchester Apollo gig, so I don't feel too deprived