Billy Corgan Announces Solo Project & U.S. Summer Tour Dates

Billy Corgan, the frontman of the iconic rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, has announced a new solo project titled Billy Corgan and The Machines of God which will commemorate the anniversaries of the legendary albums with sets drawn from Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness and the double album Machina/The Machines of God and Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music as well as the 2024 release, Aghori Mhori Mei with a national U.S. tour set to kick off this summer. The tour, titled “A Return To Zero,” will launch on June 7th and feature the four-piece group also embarking on previously confirmed festival shows.

The “A Return to Zero Tour” will reintroduce a four-piece, two-set guitar lineup in which music from these seminal Pumpkins albums was created. The shows will feature classic tracks and deep cuts from the highly acclaimed records. In addition to Corgan, The Machines of God will feature recently recruited Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Kiki Wong, drummer Jake Hayden, and bassist Kid Tigrrr (Jenna Fournier).

Tickets for the upcoming tour will be available for artist presale beginning Tuesday, April 1st at 10:00 am local time through Thursday, April 3rd at 10:00 pm local time. Following the presale, the general on-sale will begin Friday, April 4th at 10:00 am local time. Please see tour dates below and purchase tickets at Ticketmaster.com.

Along with this touring announcement, The Smashing Pumpkins have revealed the details of the long-awaited and reconstituted release of the 2000 concept albums Machina/The Machines of God and its companion Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music which have been extensively remixed and remastered. Corgan’s Madame Zuzu’s tea shop in Highland Park, IL will exclusively offer this expansive 80-song box set; featuring a 48-track MACHINA plus an additional 32 bonus tracks of demos, outtakes, and live performances, marking the first time these two records will officially be united. Additionally, the rock band will release a 16-song reissue of the original Machina/The Machines of God vinyl on August 22nd, and pre-orders will begin on June 27th.

Billy Corgan and the Machines of God

This year will also celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Smashing Pumpkins era-defining acclaimed album, Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness which set the sound for a generation. To commemorate the album, Corgan has partnered with Chicago’s Lyric Opera to world-premiere “A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness,” a seven-series performance taking place November 21st to 30th, 2025.

These noteworthy music announcements follow on the heels of an already exciting 2025 for Billy Corgan; earlier this year the rock legend also launched his applauded podcast series “The Magnificent Others.”

Beyond these accomplishments, the GRAMMY® Award-winning musician, versatile producer, songwriter, and poet, also serves as the President of the National Wrestling Alliance, owns Madame Zuzu’s, a beloved tea shop in Highland, IL, and remains a devout philanthropist through varying initiatives focusing on animal advocacy and NO KILL shelters.

Tour Dates:

06/07 – Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Soundstage
06/09 – Boston, MA, Paradise Rock Club
06/11 – Muskoka, ON, Kee to Bala
06/12 – Toronto, ON, HISTORY
06/13 – Montreal QC , Beanfield Theatre
06/15 – New York, NY, Irving Plaza
06/16 – Philadelphia, PA, Theatre of Living Arts
06/17 – Allentown, PA, Archer Music Hall
06/19 – Detroit, MI, St. Andrew’s Hall
06/20 – Joliet, IL, Taste of Joliet*
06/21 – Grand Rapids, MI, Intersection
06/23 – Pittsburgh, PA, Roxian Theatre
06/25 – Cleveland, OH, House of Blues Cleveland
06/26 – Cincinnati, OH, Bogart’s
06/27 – Milwaukee, WI, Summerfest*
06/29 – Minneapolis, MN, Varsity Theater
*Festival Performance