Smashing Pumpkins Announce Gunnersbury Park Open-Air Show

The Smashing Pumpkins have announced a huge open-air show taking place this summer at London’s Gunnersbury Park on Sunday, August 10th, 2025, with special guests Skunk Anansie and White Lies.

The Smashing Pumpkins are one of the most iconic, iconoclastic, and influential bands of all time, shaping alternative music and culture. Since forming, the group has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and garnered two GRAMMY® Awards, seven MTV VMAs, and an American Music Award. Their back catalogue includes seminal offerings such as the platinum Gish (1991), the quadruple-platinum Siamese Dream (1993), the diamond-certified Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995), the platinum Adore (1998), and the gold Machina/The Machines of God (2000).

In 2018, The Smashing Pumpkins unveiled SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT, VOL. 1 / LP: NO PAST. NO FUTURE. NO SUN. and launched the immensely successful Shiny and Oh So Bright Tour, which packed out arenas. Maintaining this momentum, the band released their eleventh full-length double album CYR (2020), representing yet another evolution, and more recently, ATUM (2023), the sequel to 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and 2000’s Machina/Machine of God. The band’s 2024 album, Aghori Mhori Mei, written in the immediate aftermath of ATUM, sees a return to form for original members Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, and James Iha and harkens back to the band’s early canon; where guitars, bass, drums, and spiking vocals ruled – and fans will be able to watch it all come to life when The Smashing Pumpkins take to the stage at Gunnersbury Park this summer.

British alternative rock quartet Skunk Anansie are trailblazers. Formed in 1994, they played their first gig at London’s Splash Club in March of the same year and released their debut album, Paranoid and Sunburnt. Their outspoken lyrics detailing their experiences in modern Britain, alongside the band’s legendary unapologetic live performances, contributed to them becoming one of the most important bands of their generation and quickly led to global success. Announcing their return with brand new music in 2025, their new single “An Artist Is An Artist” is a witty, provocative, pulsating slice of spiky, new-wave brilliance which has been greeted with a rapturous reception from fans and critics alike. To this day they continue to play electrifying live shows across the world, showcasing an enthralling spectacle which is sure to captivate West London this August.

White Lies emerged as one of Britain’s most important guitar bands with their debut album, To Lose My Life, in 2009, a record which garnered multiple accolades, including reaching Number One in the UK Album Chart. Since then, the band have moved from strength to strength, releasing five more studio albums and playing shows everywhere, from their London hometown to some of the most prestigious venues and festivals around the world. Now, they return to the capital for a special performance this summer.

West London’s Gunnersbury Park has become established as one of the capital’s favourite outdoor venues and will play host to a series of day shows offering an eclectic mix of music genres in August 2025, including previously announced shows with Khruangbin, The Libertines, PAWSA and Martin Garrix. In 2024, the park hosted stellar, 5-star appearances from KoRn, PJ Harvey, Peggy Gou, Tom Grennan and FISHER.

Smashing Pumpkins 2025 Gunnersbury Park Poster