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Saturday, May 2nd

Listen to "Ava Adore" in RealAudio or MP3 -

Hoser was nice enough to send us the realaudio recording he made of Ava Adore and let us use the MP3.

NOTE: Both of these files are the complete versions of "Ava Adore", including the first few seconds.

Your radio station isn't playing the new Pumpkins single?

Well, you can listen to "Ava Adore" in:
Real Audio at http://www.netphoria.org/audio/avaadore.ram
MP3 format at http://www.netphoria.org/audio/avaadore.mp3

Listen to "Perfect" in RealAudio or MP3 -

Many thanks to Hoser for encoding "Perfect", another song that will be on Adore, the upcoming Pumpkins album.

Listen to "Perfect" in:
Real Audio at http://www.netphoria.org/audio/perfect.ram
MP3 format at http://www.netphoria.org/audio/perfect.mp3

Listen to "To Sheila" in RealAudio or MP3 -

Thanks again to Hoser for encoding another song from Adore.

Listen to "To Sheila" in:
Real Audio at http://www.netphoria.org/audio/tosheila.ram
MP3 format at http://www.netphoria.org/audio/tosheila.mp3

Smashing Pumpkins Prepare For Spring/Summer Touring -

taken from sonicnet.com yesterday:

Smashing Pumpkins Prepare For Spring/Summer Touring

A month before the release of their new album, Adore, the Pumpkins are at their Chicago studio rehearsing.
Music News Editor-in-Chief Michael Goldberg reports:

CHICAGO -- The door to Pumpkinland opens. Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan asks who has come knocking. I tell him, and he gestures for me to come inside the warehouse-turned-rehearsal-studio that is the group's base of operations.

"We're a little behind schedule," apologizes Corgan, who is dressed all in black.

Inside, in the front lobby, sit Pumpkins guitarist James Iha and bassist D'Arcy on a slightly frayed green velvet couch, wrapping up an interview with a local reporter. Shutting the front door, Corgan leads me through the lobby and another doorway, into the large rehearsal room. This is where, in a few hours, the Pumpkins will feel their way through a lengthy set packed with songs off their daring new album, Adore (June 2), as they prepare for an upcoming European tour and a "rumored" local club date. The set list also includes older work from previous albums including, of course, their 1995 smash, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. And at least one unexpected cover, the Band's "This Wheel's On Fire."

"We've done the arena-rock thing, it's just time to do something different for a while." -- Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins leader

This time, when they hit the road, the Pumpkins will be showcasing a new sound. Adore, which clocks in at over 72 minutes in length, is a radical, wildly adventurous album. Corgan has set timeless melodies to music that, for the most part, sounds like it is the work of soulful aliens. With the exception of the acoustic guitar that opens the first track, "To Sheila," and the piano that dominates a few tracks, there is hardly a conventional sound on the album. Instead, drum machines, samples, treated drums, treated samples, synths and all manner of odd noises have been used to create an intensely intimate, powerfully revealing work.

Guitars, traditionally a mainstay of the group's old sound, are practically nonexistent. You'd perhaps expect guitarist Iha to have a problem with that. He doesn't. When I join the threesome in the lobby and ask about the sound of the Adore material, it is Iha who answers first, almost playfully.

"Well, kick out one drummer, take out the guitars," he says, looking over at me through a pair of plastic-framed glasses.

"Get another drummer," D'Arcy says. "Kick him out. Get another drummer."

"Add some keyboards," Iha says.

"Play some lame-ass tunes," laughs Corgan. "And that's it!"

The rehearsal studio is a hive of activity. Pumpkins crew members are fussing with electronic equipment, conversing on cell phones, eyeballing faxes that are coming in from the group's New York-based management office. "First it was just one keyboard," says the group's tour manager ("He's really much, much more than that," says the group's publicist, Gayle Fine. "He's Mr. Everything."), who goes by the name Gooch, as he takes a seat behind touring keyboardist Mike Garson's bank of synthesizers. "Now look at them all."

"I guess it had some babies," cracks another crew member.

But the keyboards pale in comparison to the guitars. I stop counting at 40 guitar cases. And that doesn't include the two sitting open on the floor, each containing a shiny Hamer brand guitar. Guitar racks are filled with all makes and models: lots of Fender Strats and a Gibson SG, an old Danelectro and a Gibson Les Paul Jr. Marshall amps seem to be everywhere. In the very center of the room is a music stand. It is from this spot that Corgan leads the band through their paces.

From all accounts, tour rehearsals having been going well. "Smooth," says Stephen Hodges, a percussionist who has worked with Tom Waits. Hodges seems excited to be hitting the road with the Pumpkins. "Smooth" is how he describes the sessions; "evolving" is his take on the live sound of the studio-crafted Adore material.

Hodges says Corgan quickly realized that the loops and samples that work so well on the album aren't exciting enough for live performance. "So there are three percussionists," Hodges says.

In addition to Hodges, drummer Kenny Aronoff (known for his work with John Cougar Mellencamp and John Fogerty) and Garson (who has worked with David Bowie and Trent Reznor), the Pumpkins have enlisted multi-instrumentalist Lisa Germano (a solo artist who once played fiddle in Mellencamp's band) and percussionist Dan Morris.

"I think of us as the flying wedge," Hodges says of the percussion trio. "Kenny is the point of the flying wedge."

Hodges, who is getting ready for the afternoon rehearsal as he chats, says that during the first few rehearsals, Corgan was not bashful about indicating what he liked and what he didn't like. The head Pumpkin was looking to capture some of the powerful mood and feel of Adore.

"He told us what worked," Hodges says. "So you find an area to work in that he likes, and then you work in that area, finding ways to bring things out in the songs.

"We've got everything from a Glockenspiel to congas," he adds, gesturing to his percussion set-up.

Taking the ethereal, late-night sound of Adore, which Corgan has accurately described as "arcane night music," to the stage should be quite a feat. But rather than try to re-create the exact sounds that are on the album, the touring ensemble will be going for the feel, finding ways to convey the emotional resonance of the material.

Love, loss and faith are themes that dominate the new album, returning in song after song. But they are articulated in a very personal way. "You make me real," Corgan sings in the beautiful album opener, "To Sheila." "You make me real/ Strong as I feel/ You make me real."

Later in that same song, he reveals: "Lately I just can't seem to believe/ Discard my friends to change the scenery/ It meant the world to hold a bruising faith/ But now it's just a matter of grace."

While many of the songs are slow and moody, the Pumpkins do up the tempo with the first single, "Ava Adore," which features Matt Walker's industrial drums and, at times, a wall of noise. Priceless lyric: "Lovely girl you're the murder in my world/ Dressing coffins for the souls I've left behind."

"Tear" features an exotic, Zeppelin-style orchestrated sound. "Tear me apart/ Tear me apart from you," Corgan cries out to -- whom? -- a departed lover, a dead lover? "Where is your heart?/ Where has your heart run to?"

In "Appels and Oranjes" (renamed once Corgan remembered there was an early Pink Floyd song called "Apples and Oranges"), Corgan raises the stakes further, asking what would one do if all the most fundamental things that we take for granted could no longer be taken for granted. "What if the sun refused to shine?/ What if the clouds refused to rain?... What if, what is isn't true/ What are you going to do?"

This is heavy, personal stuff. Clearly, Corgan, now at the beginning of his 30s, has grown up, and with Adore, he's delving into some of life's strongest mysteries.

This is a far cry from songs like "Jellybelly" ("We're nowhere, we're nowhere, we're nowhere to be.../ living makes me sick") on Mellon Collie . As Corgan says, "I'm not just speaking to a teen-age heart anymore."

With the album completed, the group is focused on making sure that the world knows about it. After a "rumored" club warm-up date (see related story in May 1 SonicNet Music News), they head off on a 17-date European tour that will find them playing such unconventional locations as the Botanical Gardens in Belgium, the recently opened Guggenheim Art Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark.

And what, exactly, has prompted the group to play such unusual venues?

"I just wanna have fun," D'Arcy says.

"Just fun," agrees Corgan. "We're trying to take the corporate, hyped-up overload thing out of it for a while so we can just play."

"When you tour Europe -- whenever your tour anywhere -- everyone goes to the same places," D'Arcy explains. "These are the places where a rock band plays ... You go to the same places ... It's not interesting. It's a grind; it's a drag. Maybe the first time you go over you're excited, but after that it's just the same, the same and more of the same. We've never been to a lot of these places before."

"We're just trying to change the context in which we play," Corgan adds. "That's the best way to put it."

"Play different kinds of venues," D'Arcy says. "Breathe some life into it."

"We've done the arena-rock thing, it's just time to do something different for a while," Corgan says. "It's a different album, so it just seems like, would you go out and do the same thing?"

The Pumpkins say they're indulging themselves with the European tour. "Absolutely," Corgan says.

" 'Cause we're sure not making any money," D'Arcy says. Then she laughs.

[ Fri., May 1, 12:05 AM PDT ]

"Ava Adore" on the radio -

The following is a list of known stations that have played "Ava Adore" on the radio already:

CFOX 99.3
KROQ (Los Angles)
WBCN 104.1 (Boston)
107.9 The End (Cleveland)
102.1 the EDGE (toronto)
KHTY (Santa Barbara) (scheduled to air)

I looks like Virgin gave the green light to start playing the single early.

Friday, May 1st

Exclusive: Info on Post-Adore Album -

I recieved an e-mail from Maynard James-Keenan who claims to be close the pumpkins and has sent us the following info by e-mail, i'm not sure how accurate this is but i'll let you read it and judge for yourself, it might be a fake:

I am close in The Pumpkins circle and wish to release some disclosed information on the post-Adore album.

-Writing for the 99' album began in March 98', and is continuing through till the SP's enter the studio shortly after the end of their upcoming tour.

-The album is proposed to be approx. 160 minutes in length (2 cd's) and will venture into sonic dimensions more common to SP's live shows with much longer version of songs (some are 15 min long)

-Billy has hired a well known electronics manufaturer to create new guitar effects pedals based on Billy's descriptions of the "sounds" he wishes to aquire from these new pedals.

-The name for the album will likely be "Sonic Slumber"

-Some songs rumored to appear on the album:

-My Pet Alien
-Slow moving dream
-Is this space?
-Goodbye
-Slime
-Malfunktion
-Scooter
-I am me

-These are some things I've seen and heard circulating around the pumpkins camp I hope they can be useful!

Sincerely: Beezle Bub

Exclusive: Adore Info -

Netphoria.org received an e-mail from someone who requested to be referred to only as Mark. The e-mail contained some cool exclusive info about Adore. It seems to be a bunch of promotional info. Here's what the e-mail said:

ADORE

To Sheila
Ava Adore
Perfect
Daphne Descends
Once Upon A Time
Tear
Crestfallen
Appels and Oranjes
Pug
The Tale of Dusty & Pistol Pete
Annie-Dog
Shame
Behold, The Night Mare
For Martha
Blank Page

Adore is a hotly anticipated album from one of the biggest bands in the world today -- The Smashing Pumpkins.

Total world wide sales in excess of 16 million albums, Canada is one of the world's leading markets with sales in excess of 1.5 million copies.

All marketing, promotion and sales surrounding Adore are focused on keeping the profile up through Christmas and beyond. The advance plan that will ensure that Tuesday May 26 is on the brain of all consumers, ensuring an amazing chart debut followed by a healthy chart number throughout 1998 and beyond.

PROMOTION:
- Ava Adore the first single, to multiple formats of radio end of April.
- Video - May [directed by Dean Carr (Tea Party)]
- Mid-May radio-driven "win it before you buy it" contests across Canada.
- Smashing Pumpkins listening parties during the two weeks up to the release date.
- Along with the national radio, print and television coverage of this visit the promotions surrounding the live event are going to be extensive, national & will have a tremendous impact.

PUBLICITY:
- Confirmed to appear on the covers of Rolling Stone, Guitar World, Alternative Press, Profile and Ray Gun; features confirmed in Time, Newsweek, Us, Jane, Access and Details.
- Letterman and Conan O'Brien are targeted
- Advance Canadian media will include exclusive National syndicated radio specials, The Now Music/FAX and a CP wire story.
- Information will be available on the Internet throughout the life of this project (www.virginmuisccanada.com).

ADVERTISING/MERCHANDISING:
- Advance MuchMusic and MusiquePlus 15 second pre-release spots, 3-4 times per day for two weeks before release date.
- 4-color consumer advertising in Rolling Stone, Alternative Press, Option, Ray Gun, Musician, Guitar Player, Guitar, Details, Jane, Seventeen, Entertainment Weekly, Watch, Shift, The Chart, Exclaim, Vice and more
- Regional ads around the release date in, Now, Voir (Montreal & Quebec City), Hour, Id, Georgia Strait, FFWD & Vue
- Extensive co-op campaign upon launch and throughout life of project
- Major outdoor displays upon release will go up in Montreal, Vancouver & Toronto
- Prior to street date, teaser banners will be available

PO.P:
- 4-color 18 X 24 posters - 2-sided 4-color flats - 4' x 6' flyposters. - header cards - listening post cards - Play copy distribution - f-shirts, listening post cards, t- - shirts, window statics and prints of the album cover art will be available

Happy Birthday, D'arcy! -

Today is D'arcy's 30th birthday. Isn't it weird how all the Pumpkins' birthdays are close together? Anyway, go listen to some cool Pumpkins bass riffs in honor of her birthday. :-)

Thursday, April 30th

Smashing Pumpkins at the METRO -

I recieved reports that Q101 in Chicago announced that the Pumpkins will open or close for a CHEAP TRICK show on Saturday. This was supposed to be a seceret so get tickets if you can!

Get Ready to Record -

A DJ at CFNY(a toronto alternative radio statio) said that they will be playing Ava Adore at exaclty 3pm on May 5th.

Adore track listing from MTV.com -

MTV online claims to have the official track listing for Adore:

Billy Corgan Going Solo -

Billy Corgan is working on a Solo Acoustic Project. He has recorded many songs over the years and is finally starting to piece them together for an album. This will not be released for many months though, due to the new album, "Adore".

No Ava Adora, but some Radio Stations have it. -

After talikng to Alan Cross from my local Alternative 102.1 the edge, he told me that they have the Ava Adora radio single and he has personaly heard it and i quote him as saying:

"It's a mid-to-uptempo guitar track similar in feel and style to "Eye" and "The End is the Beginning" but with a cool-sounding drum loop instead of a real drummer. It's going to be big."

From I've learned from the Music director their, they have it but can't play it due to legal reasons imposed by Virgin. The reason they can't play it is because the album Adore is delayed 1 week, that means everthing else is delayed 1 week, the video, the single on cd and the single on the radio. Also I've recieved a few e-mails confirming this, WBCN - 104.1 BOSTON and Q101 in Chicago. Q101 in Chicago played the single once but recieved a "seize and dismiss" order to stop playing it for a few days. I think they will start playing it in a week or less, we'll just have to be patient.
As for the video I speculate that it will be out in 1-2 weeks.

Hear a 5 second clip of Ava Adora from A HORDE fest Ad -

If you would like to hear a 5 second clip on Ava Adora in a H.O.R.D.E. fest radio ad go to: http://www.webzone.net/johnqrs/mp3s.html. This is the studio version of the song not the Viper room and was digitized by John Mulhausen. Hopefully on Monday April 27th, we'll be able to hear the rest of the song.

www.eqsmusic.com - Adore Japan Bonus Track -

www.eqsmusic.com under up-coming releases has Ava Adora the UK single listed for $9.99 but it also has an Adore Japan Import with a Bonus track for $29.99. I wonder what the name of the bonus track is?

Ava Adora on the radio -

I've been hearing reports that radio stations have started playing the single early even though it's not supposed to be on the air till Monday April 27th. From what these people are saying is that it's not acoustic or totaly electronic. If these reports are true it will be an interesting Monday for us Smashing Pumpkins fans. If anyone has a chance to record it please send me the file as a .mp3 or realaudio(.mp3 prefered).

Possible Reason for Adore Delay -

I've recieved reports as to why Adore was delayed. Adore was delayed due to the fact they are adding tracks from the Chicago 97 sessions, a lot of stuff has been added everywhere. This again is a rumor and is not the official reason.

New hosted site: Ground Zero -

Netphoria continues its growth with the addition of another hosted site, Ground Zero. It's a weekly editorial site on a variety of Smashing Pumpkins issues. The site is maintained by MichaelDDay.

Post on A.M.S-P regarding new touring keyboardist -

The following post appeared on the alt.music.smash-pumpkins newsgroup. Is this true or just someone pulling our chain? ... Your guess is as good as mine, but it an interesting bit of news if it is true. Here's the post:

Confirmation of this post's information will appear on this page as soon at it becomes available.

www.sirencd.com, Ava Adora Single -

www.sirencd.com lists Smashing Pumpkins Ava Adore CDS $9.99 with Bonus tracks are "Czarina" & "Once In A While". Release Date: 18-May-98.

Vieuphoria 2: The Infinite Sadness Tour -

The bootleg compilation video by Peter Thornton has been completed and is available for purchase. Check out the web site at www.weir.net/daytamark/vieu2/ for more information.

Australia Release Date -

According to various music outlets all over in Australia, the release date their is set for June 28th, 1998.

CONFIRMED Pumpkins H.O.R.D.E. Appearances!!! -

This one IS official, kiddies. Straight from www.hordefestival.com.

The following dates are CONFIRMED dates for the Smashing Pumpkins' appearances at the 1998 H.O.R.D.E. Festival:

July 14 - Bonner Springs, KS @ Sandstone Amph.
July 15 - Oklahoma City, OK @ All Sports Stadium
July 21 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Theater
July 22 - Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Amph.

Note that the July 9 Somerset, WI date is not mentioned. Keep checking Netphoria.org news for tour updates.

Unconfirmed rumor about Pumpkins H.O.R.D.E. Appearances -

This is not official. Rumor has been spreading on alt.music.smash-pumpkins, the Smashing Pumpkins newsgroup.

An anonymous post to the newsgroup claimed that the following dates are the when and where the Pumpkins will be making their H.O.R.D.E. Fest appearances:

July 9 - Somerset, WI @ River's Edge
July 14 - Bonner Springs, KS @ Sandstone Amph.
July 15 - Oklahoma City, OK @ All Sports Stadium
July 21 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Theater
July 22 - Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Amph.

Please note that these dates are NOT official. Several replies to the original post in the newsgroup claim that these five dates were aired on MTV, but Netphoria.org news has yet to confirm this.

As soon as confirmation for these dates or new dates are brought to our attention, they will be posted here.

http://www.adore.net has opened -

http://www.adore.net has just opened and will provide info about Adore when it comes out. Right now they don't have much but keep in mind they just opened the site recently.

New Backup Webmaster, Michael Day -

Chad Parsons Netphoria's old backup Webmaster has resigned his position due to the fact he is too busy in Real Life. Chad Parsons will still be working with Netphoria doing Imaging and occasionaly updating news.
Michael Day takes his place as the new backup Webmaster and will start his duties soon. In the next little while Michael Day and I will be working hard to make Netphoria a even better site for everyone to enjoy.

Adore Second Single -

"To Sheila" is rumoured to be the second single off the Adore Album acording to Billy Corgan.

Adore 17 tracks? -

It should contain 17 songs and the total playing time will be 78 minutes on a single cd. This could be the longest ordinary cd ever made.
This of course is a rumor and will be confirmed later when the tracklist is released.

Adore previewed in London on April 15th -

A source confirmed today that the New Smashing Pumpkins Album 'Adore' was played last night to the music press and record label executives at the Eve Club in London's Regent Street. The Track listing for this has not been released yet as soon as we have this it will be posted here.

Tour dates are still being organised and will be announced on this site as soon as we get confirmation from the their record label.
The band may be doing a few live performances on UK TV, possible shows may include TFI Friday Later with Jools Holland and Top of the Pops.

It has also been confirmed that the release date of the first Single will be released in the UK on 11th May 1998 and the album on 2nd of June 1998.

EXCLUSIVE: Adore Cover and CD art Info -

I've recieved information from someone who knows and is close to Raymond Thomas, Raymond Thomas is in charge of designing the cd and has also seen the cover of the Adore album. This of course is unofficial.

Here's the info:

Pumpkins to Play at 2 Eupopean Rock-Festivals -

The Smashing Pumpkins are announced to play on two eupopean rock-festivals:

FRI. 05/29/98, Germany, Rock am Ring festival, Center Stage
MON. 06/01/98, Netherlands, Pinkpop festival, Center Stage

Some SP News from France -

I recieved this e-mail from Denis Bourdon, saying that he has some news. You can read his e-mail:

Adore delayed according to http://www.cdworld.com/ -

http://www.cdworld.com/ is reporting that Adore will be available on June 2, 1998 and Ava Adora will be available on May 26. You can buy it now on pre-order, Adore is $17.97 and Ava Adora is $12.99.
What we really need is a confirmation from Virgin Records itself as to if it's delayed and why?

Billy Corgan Biography Book Deal -

Billy's friends Marilyn Manson, Dennis Rodman, and Courtney Love have done it. So Billy Corgan has been asked to write his biography about his life. The publishing company Regan Books has offered to Billy publish his book. At this time, we do not know if Billy Corgan has accepted or rejected the book deal, but it is a large sum of money to pass up, we'll see what happens.

I've just been informed that Billy had already started writing one, but scrapped the idea because he thought that writing a tell all grunge book was a few years too late and the music scene has some what changed. But who knows?

Adore Delayed??? -

I'm getting conflicting reports from people that Adore may be delayed till June 2, 1998. Can any one confirm this?
I've talked to many radio stations and music stores and most don't know when it's coming out or they say in May so I'm guessing that the release dates are not set in gold yet and may be subject to change.

Virgin Records Sweden now reports that the single will be released on May 11th instead of May 4th.

http://southlandcd.com -

http://southlandcd.com is now selling Ava Adora for pre-order at $6.

Get MTV to play Rhinoceros -

This message was sent to me and I was asked to put it on my page to support what they are doing. Personaly I have never seen Rhinoceros and would like to see it so try helping them.

New Hosted Site - MidiPhoria -

Netphoria has a new hosted site called MidiPhoria, this site is the largest midi sound collection on the internet so check it out.
http://www.netphoria.org/midiphoria/

Double Door Show -

There are far too may rumors going around about this show, at the moment it is all just talk and rumor with little truth. Until I recieve more accurate information i won't post any more info about the double door rummored show.

New Newsgroup - alt.binaries.smash-pumpkins -

alt.binaries.smash-pumpkins
I helped create this newsgroup with help from Richard Bryant at:
richard.bryant@ukonline.co.uk
I'd like to thank him for helping me create the newsgroup. The newsgroup will not be moderated and is for posting video, audio clips and pictures. If you can't already get this group then contact your ISP administrator to get it added to your newsgroup list. Once you got it, feel free to post.

http://www.tunes.com update -

According to Cliff at tunes.com, adore and ava adora that is listed on their site is for pre-order. They cannot give it out until it is offically released, they don't even have it in stock yet. You might as well just wait until it hits the stores.

http://www.tunes.com -

http://www.tunes.com has Adore and Ava Adora listed for sale. Adore is listed for $15.85 and Ava Adora is listed for $10.63. I'm guessing that this is for pre-order.

Adore Info/News page Added -

An Adore Info/News page has been added to Netphoria. It shows an overview of the information we know so far about the new album. I will be adding more and more to it as time goes on and more info is released, check it out.

New Touring Drummer! -

Drummer Aronoff (far right) tells students
that he won job by working out a new tune
with Smashing Pumpkins in the studio.
Photos of Pumpkins by Jay Blakesberg

Page Updates -

CD NOW images updated. Did you know... section updated, Recording Sessions was updated. Also a new Poll Question was added, check it out and cast your vote and added MAC fonts.

James Iha Interview -

Smashing Pumpkins guitarist and solo artist in his own right talks Simpsons, Courtney, and an alternative career as a bike courier in a frog costume at Blockbuster video. Possibly.

Old News Re-Organized -

The Old News part of the site has been re-organized to be easier accessed. The old news page was getting too big so it has been split into 4 pages. You can see what i mean by visiting the Old News.

Double Door Update -

It looks like the Pumpkins will not be playing the Double Door Show, it was suspected that they would because it was booked by "unknown" but later it seems to be a band called "Santa Sabrina" and they are charging $25 a ticket, Double Door says it's a Mexican Charity event but the pumpkins have been know to pull a suprise concerts under a different band name, don't give your hopes up but it looks unlikely. I'd like to thank Tony Bailey for providing this info.

Aeroplane Flies High AGAIN??????????? -

At Music Boulevard they have something listed there as Aeroplane Flies High and is set for a release date of 01/01/99. What's interesting is that it says it's under Island not Virgin. Is this whole thing a mix up, mistake or april fool's joke?
Can someone please confirm this for me.

Tour Info Update -

Co-manager Cliff Burnstein said the Pumpkins will spend 6 to 10 weeks promoting "Adore". Not many U.S. dates will happen, but more promo dates will take place in Europe. There will NOT be a full scale tour for Adore, but there is an expected tour to launch after the 1999 album release.

Double Door??? -

Another Double Door show in Chicago is rumored to happen with the release of "Adore." The venue is booked by an unknown band for Thursday, May 28th. The Double Door will not comment on who is playing. There is no definite word that this band is in fact the Pumpkins.