Billy Corgan Stormed Off Stage

Former Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan threw a fit during his performance in Melbourne and stormed off stage after the audience yelled for Smashing Pumpkins songs, reports Australia's Undercover News.

One fan who who was at the show said that at one stage when an audience member yelled "play some Pumpkins," Corgan snapped back "Can I live my life for today?"

At another time, someone yelled, "We want rock", and Corgan told him to ask for his money back, the fan said.

Towards the end of the show, after another call for more "Pumpkins," Corgan is said to have said "F--k this," put his mic down and walked off.

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Comments

[puncturedlung24]

wt a dik. cors ppl r gna ask 4 pumpkins songs.

[guitar_freak523]

i cant blame him,but i thought he wanted to bring back the smashing pumpkins

[mustaine]

thats like askin jason newsted to play sum tallica, its unfair

[excalibur672]

Still, you shouldn't storm off the stage.

[Shallow Wake]

EGO KILLS ART....

[The AfterLight]

Kind of feel bad for him, but I'm a Pumpkins fan and I would've thought he'd try and take it better. Sucks.

[sinterpol]

the fans are stupid

[ANGERisaGIFT]

If you go to a Billy Corgan show for his solo album, don't expect him to start playing songs from his former bands. That's like going to a Dio show and commanding Sabbath. Try telling Mustaine to play some of his early Metallica work. When you go to a show/concert, you are a spectator. You are NOT the show/concert director.

[Diabolic Clown]

^Yeah. Also in the latest Guitar World with the Edge (From U2) on the cover, he said he was trying to move past the Pumpkins.

[lwnovember]

thats really disrespectful.. fans should realize when your going to a solo show ur not gunna get the band songs

[Zach Strife]

XD This kinda makes me think of Corgan as that Squeaky Shoes guy from Kung Pow.

[Bam_HIM_Bassist]

Corgan sucks anyway, people only get his album n go to his shows BECAUSE he was in the pumpkins!

[fingerpkngood]

I've been told that Billy Corgan is a d@#kh@$d. I guess this proves it. I can't blame him for not wanting to play Smashing Pumpkins songs, but storming off the stage like a spoiled kid is not a mature or logical response. No way to treat the fans....especially the ones who really wanted to listen to his solo stuff.

[ld zppln904]

aawww..

[metaljunkie]

lets see its kind of a give take situation....i mean it is his concert and his songs so he should be able to play his solo stuff, but on the other hand he is still and always will be known for the Pumpkins and just ignoring it won't make it go away, and those are his fans from the Pumpkins and from the solo, so he should respect them more then they respect him...he should have just played one or two Pumpkins songs just to appease the crowd...

[Tregxander92]

People have been screaming for Pumpkins songs since he first started the tour. I don't blame him for leaving. He's touring for his solo album, not for The Pumpkins. It's the dickhead fans who ruin it for everyone else.

[im not mental]

corgan is a jerk. he did the same thing in san diego at a record store appearance back when he was with the pumpkins. (but the SD fit was uncalled for.)

[metaljunkie]

i guess it shows you that he is in it for the money and for the adoration, not for the music or the fans....

[pdawg]

jeepers...thats like asking to foo fighters to play sum nirvana!!

[Unourrit01]

i think what is did was right. last time i remember, the performer choses what songs to play.

[heartbreaker101]

I'm defending him, but hendrix did basically the same thing once, when he wanted to play some new stuff, they kept calling for foxey lady

[heartbreaker101]

oops ** not defending him

[DorkusMalorkus]

i cant blame him,but i thought he wanted to bring back the smashing pumpkins

I think he does, but he doesn't want to do it during his solo tour, while the other members aren't there.

I don't blame him. He is obviously trying to forget and move past the pumpkins. Which is a little hard if everyone wants him to do those songs more than his solo songs.

I do hope they do a reunion tour though.

[EV0L]

the man should be able to live his own life. All the power to you Corgan

[BigBassFishing]

It's a concert for his solo album. Not the ***ing pumpkins. The fans know this and should quit bitching at him to play songs of a band he's not a part of.

[lost_it_again]

ahahaha drama queen

[Alucard II]

yet again a few stupid fans spoil everyone elses fans

[Alucard II]

^^that should say fun...

[Clarkinator]

Kinda hard not to sympathize with both, Corgan shouldn't be heckled over his choice of what songs to play. At the same time, he is best known for his Pumpkins work, thats what got him famous so...I dunno

[928GTS]

I don't blame him. He is obviously trying to forget and move past the pumpkins. Which is a little hard if everyone wants him to do those songs more than his solo songs.

Why would he want to forget about The Pumpkins and the fabled past they had when he stated in one of his announcements "I want my songs back,I want my band back."? Sounds like he wants to relive it again from the looks of it.

Either way I think what he did was a tad touchy. I mean he has to understand how popular the Pumpkins really were. I think the fans weren't doing it to be a pain in the ass,rather they just wanted to hear some classic Pumpkins tunes and apparently it struck a nerve with Billy.

[The Doc]

I think Corgan should mix in some Pumpkins songs. If any of you ever see Paul McCartney in concert he plays his solo material, Wings material, and Beatles material.

[Legionairre]

I think billy shouldn't have acted like a spoiled child and stormed off stage like that, he needs to act his age, be alot more mature than that. But also fans shouldn't be demanding smashing pumpkins songs when he is on his solo tour. If fans want pumpkins songs they can wait and see if they do a reunion tour, until then just go to the concerts for the music they play, not to go there to demand music, thats how the position of DJ was invented

[ShadowRelcuse]

Billy Corgan's solo work is genious. Why would you even want to hear Pumpkins songs without the whole band? I probably would have done the same thing. And Corgan is all about th fans, for anyone who says otherwise. He is the only performer I know of his magnitude that has a spontaneous acoustic street show. He went on a tour last year to promote his book, and pretty much everyone who attended got to meet him. He even let fans into the studio while he was recording.

[PumpkinsPunk]

You know this is what Jimi Hendrix had a problem with, when he wanted to play some of he's new songs, and the audience just wanted like Foxy lady or something he threw a fit, broke he's guitar in half and threw it at the audience, And In Billy's case, and well first of all its F'n Billy Corgan, he's case is exactly the same. I'd want him to play some pumpkins songs but you just dont say that to someone who wants to do thier own thing.

[phoenix_88]

audioslave plays rage and soundgarden stuff...

i understand why he wouldn't want to play that but still...

you don't just stop a concert.

[DeezNutz2162]

HAHA thats funny right there! Without the pumpkins the guy wouldnt be anything. grow up I can understand wanting to have his own idenity but please he wouldnt have the oppertunity he does if it wasnt for them.

[HarmlessMarvin]

Ozzy Plays Sabbath stuff, you know why? Cause that's what got him where he is, and he knows the people want to hear it. Billy could have easily said, this is my new band and honestly as a band we don't know any Smashing Pumpkins songs. There's a big Difference between what Jimi Hendrix did and what he did, Jimi gave the people what they wanted, they didn't like what he was playing so he gave them a show. It takes awhile to smash a guitar, and it's not like he said screw you guys now you get nothing, cause every person there remembers the night they saw Jimi destroy his guitar. Billy's fans are gonna remember the night he cried like a baby and ran away from the reality that he's solo career is just an extension of the Pumpkins.

[weedmasta76]

Of course the fans are going to ask for Pumpkins songs because they where listening to shit the whole night. What a little bitch.

lol...funny.

[JustRock'n'Roll]

Corgan acted irrationally. It's true. But it's probably a pretty sore subject for him. The pumpkins broke up under fairly unpleasant circumstances, and they've not gotten around to reconciling. It's easy to sit back and judge someone when you don't know what's going on inside his head. Also, this was not an isolated incident. Every show on this tour he has been heckled to play pumpkins' songs. For one who is trying to move on, that would start to wear a little thin after a while. Can't really blame him, we all let our emotions carry us away sometimes.

[toolfan1337]

Haha, if someone asked for some older stuff I'd be like "Fuck you I'll play what I want" Ya know?

[Covin]

He's a different person and that's why he doesn't want to do it. The lyrics are meaningless to him now. I can understand his position, and i agree with previous comments that an audience is there to spectate.

[BLACKRAVEN]

i dnt remember ozzy, lemmy, slash duff scott and matt in VR ever storming off a stage just coz fans ask for older music. the music is still his so wjhy not ask for what u wanna hear any good band will listen even if they dnt play it.

[Diceman42]

1. A good deal of the fans give a shit about his solo stuff simply because of his Smashing Pumpkins fame.

2. Music is created for the artist himself AND the public/fans/spectators EQUALLY. Musianship is his profession and thus must perform it in a professional manner, where he needs to deliver a good show (in this case, play a few Smashing Pumpkins songs amidst his solo stuff.)

3. GnR had a horrible and bitter "breakup" yet Velvet Revolver makes sure to play Mr. Brownstone and It's so Easy.

4. Learn from Axl. He pulled shit like this and heavily contributed to the downfall of one of the greatest bands ever.

[nOtReGiStErEd]

in addition to the irrational emotional reasons for his reactions, which i agree with completely (the audience has no right to make demands, and billy has always been clear that his solo project is NOT hte pumpkins) it should be pointed ou t that pummpkpins songs might not translate well to percussion and keyboards..... :P

[nOtReGiStErEd]

additionalyy, at the pumpkinn's final show, they swore they would never play pumpkins songs onstage unless the band was together again.

[Kornbizkit5190]

i feel that was a low and dirty thing on the fans behalf, let the man be, it's not pumpkins, don't got to a show expecting pumpkins, and don't go to a Danzig Show(exculding this next tour) and expect misfits to be played, just take what he gives..

[cochise15]

doesn't sound like he "threw a fit" it sounds like he just walked off quietly

[bongrips]

why would you pay to see a billy corgan show anyway?

[southern_stylin]

It's one thing to play songs from your old band(s) as 'covers' like Audioslave does and a whole different thing to start a new band and rely on your old bands songs like Wings. Would anybody give a shit about Billy Corgan if he hadn't been the frontman for the Pumpkins? Probably not.

puncturedlung24:
wt a dik. cors ppl r gna ask 4 pumpkins songs.

Don't be cursing at me in no foreign language, dick.

[mogwai777]

I think he wasn't being that irrational, the show was almost over anyways, and he should be only playing his solo stuff, because thats the album he's trying to promote.

[atc228]

he "put his mic down and walked off"....i mean who "puts" their mic down? gosh, he cant even throw a fit right....

[jimmypage5290]

well i see both points it wasnt a "smashing pumpkin" show, it was billy corgan but..... he shouldnt have been such a dick, they like his old stuff but its still his stuff, with out fans likeing smashing pumpkins, he probably wouldnt be where he is today- i mean, i saw velvet revolver and they did some guns N roses cuz they new most VR fans are GNR or STP fans- but if hes trying to "get away" from his past stuff then i understand (i guess) but its still why hes even having a solo career now... dick...

[jimmypage5290]

**knew (not new)

[las7]

corgan can do whatever he wants ..his fans and the people who hate him can say whatever they want ,dosnt change the world if he storms out of a show does it

[jetsboy27]

i thoguht that he wante dto reunite the pumpkins. what a douche. i mean of course people are gonna ask for pumpkin songs. thats the band he was in.

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[DannyCarey]

my dad knew his cousin, and she said he was a big crybaby, and had a major ego.... my two cents...

[Mr.Brightside]

hahahaha, billy corgan sucks.

Hollywood is not a place for a nice person to live,
egos get as big as Billy Corgan's. - NOFX

(pretty sure those are the lyrics)

[minimanson]

mustaine:
thats like askin jason newsted to play sum tallica, its unfair

how? jason was never an important member of the band, he was a replacement, not a founder of a band, and not vocalist and guitaist - undoubtedly the most important members of any band.

[razorkiss]

CORGAN is God so people should step the *** back.
( even though he's a asshole)

[Paroxysm]

When you go to a Billy Corgan show, you expect some of his solo stuff, not Smashing Pumpkins' songs. He choose what to play, not you. With that said, he shouldn't stop the concert. Could have at least, say he doesn't do Pumpkins' songs on his tour and continue.

[Dark_Sanity]

i feel sorry, for him but he wouldn't be where he is today if it wasn't for his fans. so he shouldn't have acted the way he did. danzig plays misfits songs and they broke up YEARS ago. but it's what the people want.

[redshademotion]

I side with Corgan.

[Goshdangit88]

On one hand, he is there to entertain the fans, but on the other it is his art and he can pick what he wants to use to entertain his fans with.

[crawlingfaster]

why would you go to a billy corgan show after he just released a solo album and then expect him to play pumpkins songs? hes supposedly bringing them back together so wait until then to hear them.

[Davidleerothsha]

What a bitch. He should respect the fans enough to play a couple of the old songs, but play mostly his new stuff. After he has a couple more solo albums, and maybe a hit song, then he should play only solo garbage.

[Calvero]

Well i'm a fan of The Smashing Pumpkins i think they were one of the best rock/alternative rock bands out there, and really i would rather watch a smashing pumpkins concert than watch a billy corgan's solo concert (even though i liked his album). And hey, people bought their tickets to a Billy Corgan concert, not smashing pumpkins, dont go in expecting to listen to pumpkins songs... Yeah, Billy kinda overreacted, but he had his reasons. Picture yourself on his situation, you're trying to show people some new work, and they keep asking you to play songs when you're not even on the same band. I would at least be angry about it.I side with Billy for now...

[urthunderstruck]

i started reading an article in guitar world about him. hes pretty moody guy...

[dalla]

Holy shit, I was going to go to that with my mate. That's funny as.

[JimmieRayVai]

AXL!AXL!AXL! the 2000s needed a whiney bitch like Mr. Rose, and now we have found an apt replacement

[Kartman]

wow

[Pjking]

Corgan just wants to do his own thing know

[ledsoldier]

billy mustaine....or
billy rose...which sounds more assholish to you?

[Nirvana_rocks73]

I think if you asked Grohl to play some Nirvana he would ingore it and keep playing not have an "Axl Rose hissyfit" which we ALL know Axl Rose had(enen though I like Guns N Roses)I think the musician should of ingored them and continue what they're there for MUSIC not hissyfits!!!There was people there that wanted to hear Billy Corgan so he should've kept playing for them and let security take charge of the fans that kept yelling.(I think Corgan's a jerk)

[ndat]

People... I would have been pissed too, but the show must go on. I'm sure there were people there that wanted to hear his new stuff he should have played for them and ignored the dumb ***s.

[GnRrelease_it]

"I think if you asked Grohl to play some Nirvana he would ingore it and keep playing not have an "Axl Rose hissyfit""


took the words right outta my mouth dude.

[megamanxzero35]

i would think its kinda expected, audioslave does rage and soundgarden songs, so cant billy do a couple pumpkin songs

[sithian476]

Shouldn't expect previous work from previous bands, but also should be mature enough to be able to handle asshole fans.

[Blood_Covered]

i love corgan

[Dead_Can_Dance]

that would be ***in embarassing lol

[AvengedUNEARTH]

THats Stupid. Corgan's tryin to do his own thing and the fans should be there for him and not the former band he was in. But I must say, I am a Pumpkins Fan and Corgan's new stuff. I just cant get into it. So I say bring back the pumpkins but let Corgan do his thing.

[Skin_2_Liquid]

He sounds like a sissy, cant take 10 minutes out of your precious rockstar time and please the crowd? Play a couple of smashing pumpkin tunes and shut the f*ck up mary.

[AnnaPlaysGuitar]

It's understandably, but really immature.

[AnnaPlaysGuitar]

Totally not fair to the 99% of people that paid to hear Billy Corgan and didn't yell like idiots.

[AnnaPlaysGuitar]

*understandable

[dooda]

wat a wanker, pumpkins got him where he is.

[Submerged]

I flew from Adelaide to see that show. I was more pissed at the moron fans than at Billy Corgan. I don't blame him for walking off, however unhappy I was... damn audience.

[Tom Martin]

Surely this can't be the first time people have asked him to play Pumpkin songs though?

[demonic_fishie]

Divas.

Pfft.

[dan_the_pie]

fans at concerts are rude and stupid. i commend you billy

[Pumpkins4Life]

you go to a billy corgan show to hear billy corgan, as much as i hate to say it the pumpkins are over, lets move on, i think billy was right.

[JustRock'n'Roll]

It goes back to fans being douchebags for no good reason. For example, I was at the Alkaline Trio/Rise Against show two days ago(if you don't like the bands, I don't care, nor does anyone else, that's not the point), and some moron spit right in Matt Skiba's face. You could tell he was incensed by it, but he tried to blow it off with a casual f*** you. His exact words were, "I've always wondered why you would pay $20 for a ticket to see a band and then spit at them." The point is, even the most adamant "Corgan's a pussy" posters in here have done something in the heat of the moment that upon close examination was not justified. It's easy to sit at your computer and criticize him because no one can see you at home being a hypocritical arse.

[LatinRoller89]

man, billy corgan must be pissed off now

[DisturbedIbanez]

He's just mad because he is devoid of anything that could be mistaken for talent.

[Submerged]

His solo stuff is sort of like a much worse version of Adore...with no instruments. It's not too bad, but Adore was sweet. 'Mina Loy' and 'The Cameraeye' are pretty okay.

[disasterpiece11]

The Pumpkins were his brighter days, I think this one is the fans fault though. Your paying for a Billy Corgan show, not a Pumpkins show. If you don't like it then tough shit, his Pumpkin days are behind him.

[eran123]

walk with pride corgan.
the audience were just jerks.

[dethskar0]

wat a pussy

[Adorsoma319]

I think the majority of you guys are being a little ignorant towards billy corgan. Of course I can justify this because as a musician and as a kid the smashing pumpkins were my all-time favorite band and they still are to this day. But people must see and realize that Corgan would want to start the Pumpkins again and of course we all would want to see a reunion like the all shit Motley Crue but you guys must realize that there were tensions between the four of them that proves the statment that the pumpkins will never get back together. As a solo artist, Billy Corgan is exactly what he says he is - an artist. Therefore the guy tries to reach new dimensions and explore new ways of developing music. he does what he hasn't tried yet. And it's obvouisly not going to be The Smashing Pumpkins. I still respect Billy Corgan as an artist for writing some of the greatest songs I've ever heard. Even if he walks off, the people wanted The Smashing Pumpkins - not Billy Corgan. That's like telling hey Robert Plant, get with Led Zeppelin.

[KaiserX]

I don't know about being pissed for requests of his old band... but I guess it's frustrating trying to showcase your new music and having people constantly demand old stuff, kinda makes you feel like they don't care for your new stuff. But! being the lead singer of any popular broken up band, it's something you'd expect.

[Metal_Strat6]

mustaine wrote:

thats like askin jason newsted to play sum tallica, its unfair

If he did, you know Lars would sue him.

[Skadge_101]

^ haha!