New SMASHING PUMPKINS Single “Panopticon” Arrives on Radio; Tour Kicks Off in October

As THE SMASHING PUMPKINS prepare for their U.S. fall arena tour launching October 10 at the Comcast Arena in Everett, WA, their new single "Panopticon" has just arrived at radio.

The U.S. leg of the OCEANIA worldwide tour includes stops in Los Angeles October 14, Chicago October 19 and New York City October 31. The U.S. tour will wrap November 4 in Connecticut. Joining the PUMPKINS--singer/guitarist Billy Corgan, guitarist JEFF SCHROEDER, drummerMIKE BYRNE and bassist NICOLE FIORENTINO--on the first half through October 20 are FlorIda Rock outfit Anberlin. On October 23, in Detroit, Michigan, Morning Parade will join the PUMPKINSfor the remainder of the tour.

At the upcoming arena shows, the PUMPKINS will perform OCEANIA in full and for the second half of the show they'll play classics and deep cuts from their body of work. The PUMPKINS will be backed by visuals prepared by Sean Evans, whose most recent project was assisting Roger Waters on the newest staging of "The Wall." THE PUMPKINS will be using new technology in video-mapping to create something new and previously unseen.

The PUMPKINS' U.S. fall arena tour dates are:

	*Date*	*City*	*Venue*
Wed	10/10	Everett, WA	Comcast Arena
Fri	10/12	San Francisco, CA	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Sat	10/13	San Diego, CA	Viejas
Sun	10/14	Los Angeles, CA	Gibson
Tue	10/16	Denver, CO	1stBank Center
Thu	10/18	St. Louis, MO	Chaifetz Arena
Fri	10/19	Chicago, IL	Allstate
Sat	10/20	St Paul, MN	Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Tue	10/23	Detroit, MI	Palace of Auburn Hills
Sat	10/27	Boston, MA	Agganis
Wed	10/31	Brooklyn, NY	Barclays Arena
Fri	11/2	Camden, NJ	Susquehanna Bank Center
Sat	11/3	Fairfax, VA	Patriot Center
Sun	11/4	Uncasville, CT	Mohegan Sun

OCEANIA (Martha's Music/EMI Label Services/Caroline Distribution) was created by the band at Corgan's private studio in Chicago as a true album experience for listeners to fully immerse themselves in. The powerful 13-song collection was produced by Corgan and Bjorn Thorsrud and mixed by David Bottrill. It entered the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart at #4 and earned the #1spot on the Independent Albums Chart this past June.

About THE SMASHING PUMPKINS:
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have created one of the most acclaimed bodies of work in musical history having sold more than 30 million albums, and won multiple Grammy Awards in the process. Formed in Chicago in 1988, they released Gish, their influential and platinum debut in 1991, which was followed by albums including the nine-time platinum Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness and the four-time platinum Siamese Dream, as well as the platinum certified 1998 album Adore. The pivotal group's many hits defined the alternative music era and continue to resonate on modern rock radio, influencing a whole new generation. The PUMPKINS returned in 2007 with their acclaimed sixth album Zeitgeist. They have since remained on the cutting edge of music and technology with various online releases. In June 2012, the band released the album Oceania, via Martha's Music/EMI Label Services/Caroline Distribution. Marking THE SMASHING PUMPKINS' 7^th studio record, it is "an album within an album," part of their 44-song work-in-progress Teargarden By Kaleidyscope.