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Billy Corgan, James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin, AKA the core trio that makes up legendary rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, are landing in west London this weekend.
Following on from the release of their 13th studio album Aghori Mhori Mei last summer, it’s the first of four open-air shows they’re playing here in the UK, with others lined up for Halifax, Scarborough and Colchester. They last played London in summer 2024, on a joint-headlining bill with fellow US alt-rock legends Weezer.
Gearing up to belt along to ‘1979’, ‘Mayonaise’ and ‘Bullet with Butterfly Wings’? Thinking of making some last-minute plans? Here’s everything you need to know about the gig.
When are Smashing Pumpkins playing Gunnersbury Park?
The band will be headlining at the west London park on Sunday, August 10.
What time do doors open?
Fans can enter the park from 1pm. Last entry will be at 9pm.
What time will Smashing Pumpkins come on stage?
You can expect Smashing Pumpkins’ set to start at roughly 8.05pm.
What’s the setlist?
We can’t say for sure what songs Smashing Pumpkins will play on Sunday but this was the band’s setlist at a recent show in Berlin.
- Glass' Theme
- Heavy Metal Machine
- Where Boys Fear to Tread
- Pentagrams
- Today
- Bullet With Butterfly Wings
- Muzzle
- 1979
- Edin
- Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
- Sighommi
- Mayonaise
- Take My Breath Away (Berlin cover)
- 999
- Disarm
- Tonight, Tonight
- Cherub Rock
- Jellybelly
- If There Is a God
- Bodies
- Ava Adore
- Stand Inside Your Love
- Zero
- The Everlasting Gaze
Are there any support acts?
The band will be joined by special guests Skunk Anasie (on stage at 6.15pm), White Lies (5pm), experiment London-based band Unpeople (3.55pm) and Los Angeles rock band Rocket (3pm).
Speaking about the gig to NME, Billy Corgan said: ‘The nice thing about playing all these years, especially together, is you now know how to handle those bigger moments. I’m really proud that this particular line-up of the band knows how to rise to those occasions.’
Can you still get tickets?
You can still get your hands on some last-minute Smashing Pumpkins tickets on Ticketmaster. General admission starts from £67.20 and VIP tickets begin at £106.40.
Bag policy
Each person can only take in one bag of A4 size (W21cm x H30cm x D8cm) or smaller. There won’t be any cloakrooms or storage facilities for bags to be left at.
Banned items
Lots of the event’s prohibited items are just common sense – no explosives, no knives, no blowtorches, etc. You also won’t be allowed to bring in camping chairs, alcohol or liquids over 100ml. Here’s the full list of Gunnersbury Park’s banned items:
- Aerosols over 250ml
- Air Horns / megaphones
- Alcohol
- All gas canisters of any size (including nitrous oxide)
- Animals (other than registered hearing dogs or guide dogs)
- Any goods for unauthorised trading with unauthorised logos
- Anything that could reasonably be considered for use as a weapon including oversized
- lighters or any item which may cause danger, offence or disruption to any other person
- Audio recorders
- Balloons
- Balaclavas, ski masks, face coverings
- Barbeques, any kind of cooking apparatus and cutlery
- Bicycles
- Blowtorches
- Chairs / stools / inflatable loungers / floor seating / shooting sticks / camping chairs
- Catapults
- Clothing/garments/items which promote cultural appropriation
- Cool bags/boxes (large)
- Drones and other flying devices
- Face covering(s) or balaclavas
- Fireworks/pyrotechnics, flares/distress flares
- Flags, flags on poles, banners
- Food - Excessive amounts of (i.e. more than for personal consumption)
- Gazebos and parasols
- Gas cylinders/canisters
- Generators of any kind
- Glass bottles, jars, containers (including glass makeup and perfume bottles)
- Inflatable furniture of any kind
- Liquids, gels or lotions (over 100ml)
Weather forecast
Sunday promises to be hot and sunny for the Pumpkins gig. The temperature is expected to climb to 26C by 7pm.
Who else is headlining Gunnersbury Park this summer?
Pawsa is at Gunnersbury on August 8, The Libertines on Saturday, August 9 and Texas trio Khruangbin will be there for their biggest headline show to date on Friday, August 15. Then, Martin Garrix is playing in west London on Saturday, August 16 and Annie Mac will be bringing her Before Midnight party on September 12.
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