Smashing Pumpkins

Eclectic lineup also featured Sheryl Crow, Nile Rodgers, Duran Duran and an appearance by Sammy Hagar.

"When it's all said and done, I want the Pumpkins standing on the top of the heap of our generation," bandleader said.

The FBI even had to get involved.

Stone Temple Pilots, Rival Sons and Interpol will join them on various dates.

Rockers launched Spirits on Fire Tour with Jane's Addiction in Dallas.

Everything is cyclical is Billy Corgan's world, no entryway ever fully shut. As a wise man once sang, "The End Is the Beginning Is the End."

Bands will perform across North America this fall.

An all-star cast of rockers helped the Starman ring in his 50th birthday in 1997.

It was a year of change in the rock world.

Simultaneous releases from Ozzy Osbourne, Smashing Pumpkins, the Pretenders, Bob Seger and Anthrax captured the respective artists at very different points in their careers.

Frontman had been determined to “be the band we never were, one time.”

Partial reunion lineup release opening track from 'Shiny and Oh So Bright Vol. 1.'