Billy Corgan Solo Album

News bits are everywhere, with energy ramping up for the release of Billy Corgan's first solo album TheFutureEmbrace on June 20th internationally and June 21st in the US. The album was produced by Corgan along with Bjorn Thorsrud and Bon Harris, mixed by Alan Moulder, and recorded in Chicago. The album contains 11 Corgan originals plus a cover of the early Bee Gees classic "To Love Somebody," which dovetails with Corgan's own themes of devotion and features Robert Smith of the Cure on backing vocals. Elsewhere, former Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin plays on "DIA."

Dates for the supporting world tour are coming together, with European dates currently on sale and the public on sale for the US dates starting May 21st for most shows. The currently confirmed dates are as follows:

06/01 - Lisbon, Portugal - Aula Magna
06/04 - Barcelona, Spain - Apolo
06/06 - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz Club
06/08 - Gent, Belgium - Vooruit
06/09 - Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
06/10 - Paris, France - La Cigale
06/11 - Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall
06/15 - London, England - Forum
06/16 - London, England - Forum
06/17 - Dublin, Ireland -The Ambassador
06/22 - Atlanta, GA - Earthlink
06/24 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
06/25 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
06/27 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
06/28 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
06/30 - Boston, MA - Avalon
07/02 - Toronto, ON - The Carlu
07/05 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
07/06 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
07/07 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
07/08 - Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room
07/11 - San Diego, CA - Soma
07/12 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
07/13 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
07/15 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
07/16 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
07/18 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
07/19 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom

Those looking to hear a song from the new album can watch the video for the first single "Walking Shade," which premiers today on the Yahoo! Launch music page. Mini-vignettes from the long form version of the video will also be released soon in various places across the internet, complete with original soundtrack recordings available nowhere else.

Comments

[backup]

For once I'm first. This should be interesting. Billy Corgan actually does have talent.

[Estranged_1]

the first pumkins album was good but ..... thats about it.

[wallyyfm]

he does, but his band was better than just him, james iha was weird and good, and the chick bassist was great, he's a self serving dick that cant get enough of himself

[DrivenTooFar]

[he's a self serving dick that cant get enough of himself]

That was a hilariuos way to describe him wallyyfm and it does seem true. I heard he went to some cafe and did a poetry reading but it was god awful. All these SP fans were there to hear him but all they got was crap.

[lukef]

Should be good

[Clarkinator]

Billy Corgan is awesome, I loved the pumpkins. Even if he cant sing, I really dug their guitar playing. Be interesting to see what the guitar is like without Iha and D'arcy on bass...

[KSM]

You guys forget Billy wrote virtually all the music, including bass, and played lead guitar most of the time rather than James.

[TestForEcho]

Billy was the Smashing Pumpkins.

I'm defintely buying the album.

/me is upset because he isn't coming to my city.

[[gui]bson]

and billy CAN sing BTW, i bet you can't cover him

[dre-0]

Great another album i must buy lol. Anyways i saw that video last week and i liked it. My only problem is that he is going to play in WEBSTERS HALL(that place is horrible)

[cochise15]

^^That's very true he may "sing out his nose" a bit but he has a unbelievable range

[cochise15]

sorry when i typed that it was in refrence to
[gui]bson:
and billy CAN sing BTW, i bet you can't cover him

[frying nemo08]

im not a big billy corgan fan

[5ironaudiorage]

His lyrics are amazing. And he literally WAS the pumpkins as Test said. He wrote the music for all the instruments excluding just a few songs (Mayonaise and a few others that James helped out on). There was also rumors, taht are probably true? That he played most of the instruments on Siamese Dream.

[Blood_Covered]

Ive heard the leaks, and their AWESOME. A Must have. Im going to see him @ the Soma in San Diego. CAnt wait!

Billy Corgan is my favorite musician of all time, i own all of his work, and a load of bootlegs.

[pumpkins_rule]

Gish was actaualy the worst pumkins album. It's definitely the worst lyricaly and I think Machina is a tad better, al;though most think otherwise. Besides Gish has the weakest b-sides by far (not counting starla.) SD-Adore eras were amazing as hell.

[TrappedUnderIce]

I actually saw the video, kinda ironic that there was on article on UG. It was quite good.

[HeadLikeAHole]

^^ pumpkins_rule

actually i like gish alot because it has its own 'sound' you know?

[La_Deux_Machina]

Gish was an amazing album, as all smashing pumpkins albums do, but this isnt smashing pumpkins...this is billy corgan. HE has his own style and its amazing as was the pumpkins. He will forever rule

[idontknow]

The Pumpkins rocked. Never really got into Zwan though, they didn't really get anywhere. Will give this a try though, sounds like it could be good.

[NowTheWorld]

Hmm the song seems a little tired, methinks... Wayyyy too synthey (although thats to be expected) but he's using pretty much the same hooks as Machina I&II. I'm disappointed, and I'm a huge Pumpkins fan. Oh well, I'm sure the rest will be good.

[TempoTantrum]

Awesome, he's coming to Toronto. I may have missed seeing the Pumpkins live, but I'm certainly not passing this up!

[redshademotion]

You people are insane. Billy Corgan has (in my opinion) the best voice in rock. And he's an amazing lyrcisist. The pumpkins are amazing, and he's coming to St. Louis so I'm deffinitely going to go see him.

[lmntry_bass-ics]

Billy has a great voice that fits his style. I couldn't see it any other way. I love the Smashing Pumpkins, but Billy's new song I did not like.

[4evermetal]

he's whiny

[RHCPhysco8]

billy crogan kicks ass
cant wait for the solo album!

[4evermetal]

4evermetal:
he's whiny

I agree

[?§îLëÑT_§Äm¿]

i thought the pumpkins kicked ass and im definitly lookin forward to this album

[Tragicalsorrow]

" The songs, Billys idea. The sound, Billys Idea. Me being Asian? *looks at billy, Billy gives James the evil eye* Billys idea" - James Iha..

lmao did anyone see that behind the music that sucks of Smashing Pumpkins, James was billys slave.. so funny. Billys a very talented man whos full of himself, If he could of played all the instruments at once live he would of and the Smashing Pumpkins would of been " the Billy" or something weird. but this album should be interesting

[dub_1211]

the Pumpkins were the tits back in the day, then billy boy got a little too drama-fag. talented none-the-less, but drama-faggy. james is good at what he does, jimmy is a smack-head, but he can swing the sticks.

[dub_1211]

....and billy looks like a penis with teeth and ears.

[Komusha]

Smashing Pumpkins wern't all Billy Corgan. James and Jimmy are very good musicians. And who says Billy can't sing. He has an awesome voice, its difrent but at least he's not trying to be like everyone else. I hope the solo CD will be good. Zwan wasn't but I have hope for this new one.