The Smashing Pumpkins To Celebrate 30 Years Of ‘Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness’ With ‘The Rats In A Cage Tour’

The Smashing Pumpkins will mark the 30th anniversary of the iconic album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness with a 27-city North American tour this fall.

The Live Nation-produced “Rats In A Cage Tour” of U.S. and Canadian arenas will feature two sets: one celebrating the acclaimed 1995 album and the second a career-spanning run through fan favorites and deep cuts across the band’s 40-year career.

“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,” Billy Corgan said. “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 kicks off Sept. 30 at Columbus, Ohio’s Schottenstein Center and plays major markets on both sides of the border before wrapping Nov. 12 at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California.

The Citi and Verizon presales run from 10 a.m. local May 19 to 10 p.m. local May 20. Additional presales will run through the week before general on-sale at 10 a.m. local May 21.

The band is booked by Michael Arfin at IAG and managed by Bruce Eskowitz at Red Light.

Smashing Pumpkins “Rats In A Cage Tour”

Wed, Sep 30 — Columbus, OH — Schottenstein Center

Fri, Oct 2 — Boston, MA — TD Garden

Sat, Oct 3 — Baltimore, MD — CFG Bank Arena

Sun, Oct 4 — Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center

Tue, Oct 6 — Pittsburgh, PA — PPG Paints Arena

Wed, Oct 7 — Hamilton, ON — TD Coliseum

Fri, Oct 9 — Montreal, QC — Bell Centre

Sun, Oct 11 — Madison, WI — Kohl Center

Tue, Oct 13 — St. Paul, MN — Grand Casino Arena

Wed, Oct 14 — Chicago, IL — United Center

Fri, Oct 16 — Charlotte, NC — Spectrum Center

Sat, Oct 17 — Jacksonville, FL — VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena

Sun, Oct 18 — Tampa, FL — Benchmark International Arena

Tue, Oct 20 — Indianapolis, IN — Gainbridge Fieldhouse

Wed, Oct 22 — Nashville, TN — The Truth

Sat, Oct 24 — Oklahoma City, OK — Paycom Center

Sun, Oct 25 — Austin, TX — Moody Center

Tue, Oct 27 — Denver, CO — Ball Arena

Thu, Oct 29 — Salt Lake City, UT — Delta Center

Fri, Oct 30 — Las Vegas, NV — MGM Grand Garden Arena

Sun, Nov 1 — Portland, OR — Moda Center

Tue, Nov 3 — Calgary, AB — Scotiabank Saddledome

Thu, Nov 5 — Vancouver, BC — Rogers Arena

Fri, Nov 6 — Seattle, WA — Climate Pledge Arena

Sun, Nov 8 — San Jose, CA — SAP Center

Wed, Nov 11 — Phoenix, AZ — Mortgage Matchup Center

Thu, Nov 12 — Los Angeles, CA — Kia Forum