Smashing Pumpkins The World is a Vampire Tour 2023: Tickets, presale, where to buy, dates, venues and more

Smashing Pumpkins at the Beale Street Music Festival at Liberty Park on April 30, 2022 in Memphis, Tennessee (Image via Getty Images)

Smashing Pumpkins have announced another leg of their The World is a Vampire Tour for this year, with the North American leg of the tour scheduled to take place from July 28 to September 9, 2023, in venues across North America. The North American leg of the tour will be preceded by the Australian leg of the tour.

The band announced this new tour, which will also feature performances by Interpol, Stone Temple Pilots, and Rival Sons, via a post on their official Instagram profile.

Live Nation Presale, which can be accessed with the code OPENER, starts on March 30, 2023. General tickets will be available from March 31, 2023, at 10 am local time. Prices are yet to be announced for North American tickets. Tickets will be available from www.ticketmaster.com

Tickets are also available for the Australian leg of the tour from https://www.viagogo.com and are currently priced at $179 plus processing fees, depending on the venue.

Interpol, Stone Temple Pilots to join Smashing Pumpkins on tour

Joining Smashing Pumpkins on tour will be the American rock band Interpol, who rose to prominence with their third studio album, Our Love to Admire, which was released on July 10, 2007, and peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Also present will be the San Diego-based rock band Stone Temple Pilots, who are best known for their second studio album, Purple, which peaked as a chart-topper on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Alongside Interpol and Stone Temple Pilots will be Long Beach-based rock band Rival Sons, who achieved major commercial success with their 2019 album, Feral Roots, which peaked at number 4 on the Swedish, Scottish, and Swiss album charts.

The full list of dates and venues for the Smashing Pumpkins tour is given below:

April 15, 2023 – Wollongong, Australia at Stuart Park
April 16, 2023 – Bribie Island, Australia at Sandstone Point
April 18, 2023 – Sydney, Australia at Hordern Pavilion
April 19, 2023 – Newcastle, Australia at Entertainment Centre
April 22, 2023 – Mornington Peninsula, Australia at Hastings Foreshore
April 23, 2023 – Ballarat, Australia at Kryal Castle
April 26, 2023 – Adelaide, Australia at Entertainment Centre
April 27, 2023 – Port Melbourne, Australia at PICA
April 28, 2023 – Penrith, Australia at Nepean Aerospace Park
April 30, 2023 – Gold Coast, Australia at Broadwater Parklands
May 26, 2023 – Napa Valley, California at BottleRock Napa Valley
July 28, 2023 – Las Vegas, Nevada at The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan
July 30, 2023 – Las Vegas, Nevada at The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan
August 1, 2023 – Salt Lake City, Utah at USANA Amphitheatre
August 3, 2023 – Mountain View, California at Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 5, 2023 – Auburn, Washington State at White River Amphitheatre
August 6, 2023 – Bend, Oregon at Hayden Homes Amphitheater
August 7, 2023 – Wheatland, California at Toyota Amphitheatre
August 9, 2023 – Irvine, California at FivePoint Amphitheatre
August 10, 2023 – Chula Vista, California at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
August 11, 2023 – Highland, California at Yaamava’ Resort & Casino
August 13, 2023 – Albuquerque, New Mexico at Isleta Amphitheater
August 15, 2023 – Dallas, Texas at Dos Equis Pavillion
August 16, 2023 – Rogers, Arkansas at Walmart AMP
August 17, 2023 – Huntsville, Alabama at The Orion Amphitheater
August 19, 2023 – West Palm Beach, Florida at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
August 20, 2023 – Tampa, Florida at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
August 22, 2023 – Charlotte, North Carolina at PNC Music Pavilion
August 24, 2023 – Holmdel, New Jersey at PNC Bank Arts Center
August 25, 2023 – Gilford, New Hampshire at Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
August 30, 2023 – Wantagh, New York at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
August 31, 2023 – Bristow, Virginia at Jiffy Lube Live
September 2, 2023 – Toronto, Ontario at Budweiser Stage
September 3, 2023 – Ottawa, Ontario at Canadian Tire Centre
September 6, 2023 – Clarkston, Michigan at Pine Knob Music Theatre
September 8, 2023 – Franklin, Tennessee at FirstBank Amphitheater
September 9, 2023 – Noblesville, Indiana at Ruoff Music Center

Tracing Smashing Pumpkins and their music career

Smashing Pumpkins was formed by Billy Corgan after the dissolution of his previous band, The Marked, and released their debut studio album, Gish, in 1991. The album was a minor success, charting at number 6 on the Billboard Heatseekers album chart.

Smashing Pumpkins broke into the mainstream music scene with their second album, Siamese Dream, which was released on July 27, 1993. The album peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart and sold over 4 million copies in the US.

It was their third album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, which gained Smashing Pumpkins critical acclaim. The album was not only a major commercial success but also gained the band a Best Hard Rock Performance award for the single Bullet with Butterfly Wings at the 1997 Grammy Awards.

Edited by Vinay Agrawal