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The Smashing Pumpkins play Chicago gig to benefit injured musician

Ray Padgett — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:59:58 +0000

These days the “Smashing Pumpkin” (aka Billy Corgan and revolving door of randoms) make an easy target for ridicule, but any band going out of their way to help a hurting musician deserves commendation. The current incarnation of the Pumpkins do just that on July 27 at a Chicago gig to benefit Matthew Leone, bassist for local band Madina Lake. The Chicago musician suffered brain damage last month after trying to protect a woman from her abusive husband and he needs help paying his medical bills. Like many musicians, he has no insurance.

The show goes down at Chicago’s historic Metro venue, with fellow Chicagoans Kill Hannah opening. When you hear “benefit gig,” you think $200 tickets, but there’s a nice twist here. While there are some $100 and $500 slots available, the majority of the tickets will be raffled off for $10. Starting today at noon you can buy as many raffle tickets as you want at the Metro website, with all proceeds going to the Matthew Leone Fund at Sweet Relief. Anyone’s got a shot at this club gig and, even if you don’t win, your money’s in a good place.

Leone’s brother (and bandmate) Nathan posts updates on Matthew’s condition on the band’s blog. From a post made last night, it seems Matthew went into surgery at 6:30 this morning. We hope he pulls through and we hope benefits like this help him and his family pay for it when he does.

Smashing Pumpkins 2010 Tour Dates:
07/21 – Tampa, FL @ Ritz
07/23 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
07/24 – Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall
07/26 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
07/27 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
08/05 – Singapore, SG @ Fort Canning Park
08/07 – Tokyo, JP @ Summer Sonic
08/08 – Osaka, JP @ Summer Sonic
08/10 – Tokyo, JP @ Tokyo Studio Coast
08/11 – Tokyo, JP @ Tokyo Studio Coast
08/14 – Seoul, KR @ Chamsil Gymnasium
08/26 – Mexico City, MX @ Auditorio Nacional
08/28 – Hollywood, CA @ Sunset Strip Festival
09/18 – Denver, CO @ Comfort Dental Amphitheater (Big Gig 2010)

Odd couple of Papa Roach and JET hit the road for winter wonderland

Chris Coplan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:45:06 +0000

Music and entertaining the masses must have a pretty powerful grip on the musicians whose songs fill up our lives and airwaves. Nothing else explains how Cali alt-metal rockers Papa Roach are co-headlining a winter tour with Aussie retro redux rockers JET.

The cross-country tour looks to be kicking off sometime in October (the first confirmed date is October 25th in Amarillo, TX). Promoters of the tour promise a festival feel with five bands total, including opening acts Morningwood, Kill Hannah, and Aranda, all for under $40. Hopefully that’s with fees and taxes included.

Papa Roach will be touring with material off their fifth studio release, Metamorphosis. Released in March, the album is already on its fourth single, “Had Enough”, which was confirmed by singer Jacoby Shaddix during recent live shows. JET released its third album, Shaka Rock, in August and already are planning to hit the road something hard.

“It’s just so good to be out on the road playing our new music,” said Jet’s drummer Chris Cester. “The band expects to ‘tour our asses off’ for at least the next 18 months.”

While only a few dates have been announced, we’ll be certain to pass along the rest. Tickets for the first shows go on sale September 25th and September 26th through the respective bands’ websites.

Papa Roach & JET 2009 Tour Dates (so far):
10/25 – Amarillo, TX @ Aztec Music Hall
10/26 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
11/05 – St. Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkins Amphitheater
11/14 – Jacksonville, FL @ Metropolitan Park

Members of Kill Hannah, Alkaline Trio, Local H unite, shame giant robots everywhere

Chris Coplan — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:00:03 +0000

What is it about this year and popular bands combining members to form awe-inspiring super groups? First it was the likes of The Dead Weather, then the jaw-dropping line up of Them Crooked Vultures, and then came along the newly-reunited 7 Worlds Collide. Joining that list now, however, is the nameless amalgamation of Kill Hannah, Alkaline Trio and Local-H members. It’s like one Chicago deep dish… um… band.

Thanks to AltPress.com, we’ve learned that Greg Corner and Jonny Radtke of Kill Hannah, Matt Skiba and Derek Grant of Alkaline Trio, and Scott Lucas of Local H will be playing a show tonight, August 18th at the Debonair Social Club in Chicago. For now, the group will be a covers-only act. What covers exactly? According to the Chicago Reader blog, the band should work their way through some Fugazi, Mission of Burma and Misfits tunes. Stay tuned if they decide to indulge our fanaticism and actually release some original material.

If this year’s any indication, they probably will.