The Smashing Pumpkins live in concert.
ON TOUR

The Smashing Pumpkins

272
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

71
%
Based on 
272
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
73
%
Based on 
32
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

Real Live Certified badge for artists with consistent, high quality live performances and broad critical acclaim.

Critic Consensus

Based on 272 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that The Smashing Pumpkins is rated as a decent live performer, with shows that lack distinction. The Smashing Pumpkins concert reviews describe live shows and performances as expansive, alluring, incredible, masterful, mesmerizing, psychedelic, and meaningful.

ON TOUR

Arena BRB Nilson Nelson, Brasília, Brazil (November 1); Espaço Unimed, São Paulo, Brazil (November 3); Movistar Arena, capital federal, Argentina (November 5); Explanada Ciudad Empresarial, Santiago, Chile (November 8); Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru (November 10); Coliseo General Rumiñahui, Quito, Ecuador (November 12); Movistar Arena, Bogotá, Colombia (November 14); Parque Viva, San José, Costa Rica (November 16)

Latest Release

Sighommi (30 August 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Chicago, United States (1988 - present)
Bio
The Smashing Pumpkins are an alternative rock band, formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1988. Billy Corgan and James Iha met in a record store, and began performing in local nightclubs with their bassist, D'arcy Wretzky, using a drum machine.
Has Performed With
Marilyn Manson, Wolfmother, Metric, Gerard Way, City Riots, Anberlin, Jane's Addiction, Weezer, Green Day

Critic Concert Reviews

Star Tribune (USA)

August 18, 2024
%
Billie Joe Armstrong’s trio played two of its albums in full for the sold-out Target Field crowd.

Chicago Tribune (USA)

August 15, 2024
%
Green Day brings new urgency to its Wrigley Field concert with Smashing Pumpkins

Chicago Concert Reviews (USA)

August 13, 2024
%
Pop/punk “Saviors” Green Day give Wrigley “Dookie,” “American Idiot” and side of Smashing Pumpkins

Music-News.com (UK)

August 10, 2024
80
%
The Boston music landscape has always had a burgeoning punk scene dating back to the 1970s. Long-gone clubs as The Channel and The Rat hosted many punk shows which featured local legends as Slapshot and Gang Green.

Rolling Stone (USA)

August 6, 2024
%
Green Day and Smashing Pumpkins Turn the Clock Back to 1994 (And 2004) at New York’s Citi Field

Reflections of Darkness (Germany)

June 25, 2024
88
%
Smashing Pumpkins, The - Monchengladbach 2024

Buzz Magazine (UK)

June 17, 2024
80
%
SMASHING PUMPKINS & WEEZER (mostly) give the people what they want in Cardiff Castle

Past critic reviews published in

Creative Loafing Charlotte (USA), Gapers Block (USA), Creative Loafing Charlotte (USA), Honest Tune (USA), The Austin Chronicle (USA) and more

Image Credit

Kriss Likes [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons