The Smashing Pumpkins are heading back on the road with a major new run of shows titled ‘The Rats In A Cage Tour,’ set to take place from September through November 2026.
The tour will spotlight two different performances each night — one dedicated entirely to songs from the band’s landmark 1995 album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness in honor of its 30th anniversary, and another featuring material spanning nearly four decades of the group’s catalog, including fan favorites, lesser-known tracks, and major hits.
Frontman Billy Corgan said the idea of creating a full Mellon Collie-inspired production had been discussed for years before finally coming together. “Staging a Mellon Collie-themed show is something we’ve discussed for over a decade, and finally the stars have aligned and exactly on the terms I’d set: which was to build a special night around its most enduring aspirations and ideas. With set 1 of the Rats In A Cage tour exclusively featuring Mellon Collie songs in a highly theatrical setting, and set 2 drawing from the rest of our canon so that there’s a decent amount of variance as to what songs we’ll play from night to night: from our first in ‘Gish’ to our last in Aghori Mhori Mei.”
The tour begins in Columbus, Ohio, before making stops across the United States and Canada, including a performance at Denver’s Ball Arena on Oct. 27. Before launching the tour, the band will return to Lollapalooza on July 31 for their first appearance at the festival in more than 30 years, following their last performance during the traveling edition of the event in 1994.
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