Smashing Pumpkins: Melissa Auf der Maur live with Billy Corgan
Waiting to return to tour again with the Smashing Pumpkins, who will also pass from Italy for a date in Milan and Rome, Billy Corgan He is currently engaged in a tour in North America with his solo project – The Machines of God – To celebrate both the 30th anniversary of his group’s third album, “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness”, and the 25 years after their double record “Machina/The Machines of God”. Although no other member of the Smashing Pumpkins participated in the shows for the anniversary, during the last concert June 13 in MontréalCorgan surprised the public by inviting the former bassist of the group to join him on stage Melissa auf der maur.
The 53 -year -old musician, who joined the band between 1999 and 2000 after leaving Hole, met with Billy Corgan for the last song of the evening. Together the two then proposed “The Everlasting Gaze“.”Merci in Melissa Auf der Maur for joining The Machines of God tonight in Montréal, “wrote Corgan on social media after their performance.
As evidenced by some videos, such as the one taken from NME and re -proposed below starting from the 29:50 am, pRhythm of Performance Melissa Auf der Maur greeted the audience of his hometown, speaking a little in French before going to English and He remembered he met Corgan for the first time in 1991.
The Smashing Pumpkins will kick off the summer tour “The Agehori Tour”, in support of their thirteenth studio album “Aghori Mhori Mei” (here our review), on 27 July by Plovdiv in Bulgaria. In Italy, the band will perform on 30 July in Milan and follow on August 1 in Rome.
