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Saturday, 31. July 2010. |
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Smashing Pumpkins play secret acoustic show in Berlin John Doe Smashing Pumpkins performed a secret acoustic show to 200 fans at
Berlin venue Die Zitadelle last night (June 5)--followed by a
question-and-answer session with the crowd. The new lineup performed a two-hour set, including classic tracks
"Tonight, Tonight" and "Today," alongside a wealth of new material. Latest single "Tarantula," a song not best suited to an unplugged environment, was received with good-humored laughter and the biggest applause of the evening as frontman " name="c1" /> News | News Photos | Images | Web" name="c3" /> Billy Corgan heroically, if unsuccessfully, attempted to replicate its climatic solo on his acoustic guitar.
In a series of minor blunders the frontman tripped over his microphone stand, accused his leather stool of trying to humiliate him, and compared a problem with his guitar to "a " name="c1" /> News | News Photos | Images | Web" name="c3" /> Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction." In spite of this, Corgan's perfectionist reputation remained intact, as he turned around to drummer Jimmy Chamberlin mid-set and requested he "keep it down."
Post-show the group's two original members remained onstage to answer questions from the audience. Corgan declared the creation of new album Zeitgeist as "a long, laborious process to perfection," before elaborating on the Pumpkins' return. He said: "When the band broke up in 2000 a lot of people were saying it was a bad idea. But I felt we had to do it. Now we had to come back. We believe in the power of intention and prophecy."
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