SMASHING PUMPKINS: GISH 17 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

SMASHING PUMPKINS: GISH 17 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Smashing Pumpkins' debut album Gish turns 17 this year, and it looks like the band-- or what remains of it, anyway-- is planning a big ol' birthday celebration to usher Gish toward the cusp of adulthood.

As has become typical of Pumpkins news of late, details are scarce, but according to a recent post on the band's website, we can expect both a "pre-Gish/Gish box set" and a "Gish tour" "sometime in 2008."

Whether the Gish tour and the previously reported Pumpkins 20th anniversary shows are one and the same isn't entirely clear, though I wouldn't put it past Mr. Billy Corgan, never one for subtlety, to pile on the milestones. Much less likely: the Gish-era Pumpkins lineup turning up for the Gish tour.

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