1 of 3 | Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins performs during Live Earth, the concerts for a climate in crisis, on July 7, 2007. The band announced a new, "acoustic-electro" tour with Liz Phair serving as opening act. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI |
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PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The Smashing Pumpkins are ready to hit the road again on a new tour, this time with singer Liz Phair as their opening act.
Announced Monday, the band's acoustic focused In Plainsong tour will kick off a 19-city trek starting March 22 in Portland, Ore. and commencing a month later on Apr. 20 in Houston, Tex.
The tour follows The Smashing Pumpkins previous acoustic tour last summer before they joined up with Marilyn Manson.
"Building on their fans' demands for more of last year's brief, but critically acclaimed In Plainsong tour, The Smashing Pumpkins return to the road this spring to bring the Acoustic-Electro Evening across the country for a full run of classic North American theaters," the group said on their official website.
"Last year's shows sold out in a matter of minutes, and the iconic venues the band picked for the performances proved the perfect intimate settings for an evening of acoustic based music and electronic soundscapes that allowed the Pumpkins to explore their whole song catalog in a unique way," the statement continued.
Following the tour, The Smashing Pumpkins will record a new album to follow up 2014's Monuments to an Elegy.
This will be Liz Phair's first full tour of the U.S. in six years.
Tickets for the In Plainsong tour are set to go on sale, Friday, Feb. 5, at 9 a.m. EST.