In the wake of the Smashing Pumpkins' 20th anniversary tour and the recent release of the band's newest album Zeitgeist, frontman Billy Corgan made an announcement that will change the face of the Smashing Pumpkins forever: no more albums. Corgan recently told the Chicago Tribune that although the Pumpkins are not breaking up, they will not release any more full-length albums in the band's tenure, claiming listeners prefer singles over albums in today's music realm. Corgan made a statement to the Tribune that “there is no point. People don't even listen to it all. They put it on their iPod, they drag over the two singles, and skip over the rest.”



Corgan's announcement for the Smashing Pumpkins is not to say the band is breaking up or slowing down, but the rock band is now focusing on singles only, picking up a hardened shell of an attitude while trying to adapt to the changing fads in the music industry. The Pumpkins are coming off huge record sales from their most recent release and 2007 “reunion” album Zeitgeist, a number two-scoring album on the Billboard 200, and while the hit single “Tarantula” is still dominating radio waves around the country, Corgan and the Smashing Pumpkins are now headed in a different direction coming off their 20th anniversary tour. Smashing Pumpkins fans waited years for the band to come back as strong as they were in the late ‘90s, and the blowout success of their recent tour has given fans with Smashing Pumpkins tickets from http://www.stubhub.com/smashing-pumpkins-tickets something to hold onto in the midst of the band's current evolution.

The Smashing Pumpkins have been a dominant force in rock music ever since their rowdy entrance onto the scene in the early 1990s, when frontman Billy Corgan used his explosive angst and incredible guitar skills to make noise in the music industry alongside bandmates James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin and D'Arcy Wretzky. The Smashing Pumpkins emerged onto the music scene with the smash debut single “I Am One,” quickly gaining momentum with their 1991 tour before the breakout album Siamese Dream led the way to massive success for the band in 1993, as singles “Cherub Rock,” “Today,” “Rocker” and “Disarm” led the release to the forefront of the nation's attention with a number 10-charting album on the Billboard 200.

The rest of the 1990s were a cakewalk for the Smashing Pumpkins, who skyrocketed into superstar status with the release of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, a double-disc that debuted at number one on the charts, holding onto phenomenal singles “Bullet with Butterfly Wings,” “Tonight, Tonight,” “Zero” and “1979.” The late ‘90s were a time of change for the Smashing Pumpkins, as the band saw constant changes in its lineup and a slowdown of albums. By the early 2000s, the Pumpkins were seemingly at the end of a monumental career, and the band even launched a farewell tour in 2000. Despite band members working on solo projects, Corgan announced in 2005 that the Smashing Pumpkins would reunite. In the end, only Chamberlin joined Corgan to resurrect the Pumpkins, and together the two assembled a new batch of band members and released Zeitgeist in 2007, embarking upon an anniversary tour thereafter. The Smashing Pumpkins are back, and to get in on all the live action of the incredible rock band look for concert tickets from http://www.stubhub.com/.