The Smashing Pumpkins Announces Special Guests For 30th Anniversary Show Next Month Including Deftones’ Chino Moreno, Courtney Love, AFI’s Davey Havok and More

The Smashing Pumpkins are pulling out all of the stops for their upcoming show. The Grammy Award-winning band have announced a numerous amount of special guests in celebration of their 30th-anniversary show, set to take place August 2nd at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ. The list of guests includes AFI’s Davey Havok, Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook, Killers members Dave Keuning and Mark Stoermer, Courtney Love, Mark McGrath, and Deftones frontman Chino Moreno. The guests will join the band throughout their performance that night. In a press release, the special show will feature a career-spanning setlist, covers, never before seen production, and even more surprises. Canadian rock band Metric will open the show. Tickets are still available for the show at the band’s website, and LiveNation.com

The band recently kicked off their Shiny and Oh So Bright North American Tour in Glendale, AZ, where the band covered David Bowie’s “Space Oddity,” and the Led Zepplin classic “Stairway to Heaven.”   The show was also praised by critics, with Loudw ire calling it “an uplifting spectacle” and the Arizona Republic saying it was a “triumphant performance.” Check out the rest of the tour dates below. It is the group’s first tour in nearly 20 years.

Announced special guest Chino Moreno and his band Deftones also announced a special show recently. The band announced their new inaugural music festival, “Dia de Los Deftones Festival.” The one- day festival will take place November 3rd at Petco Park at The Park in San Diego, CA. The group will headline, with Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, Future, Rocket from the Crypt, H09909, Doja Cat, Voww and Vein set to perform as well.

Smashing Pumpkins 2018 North American Tour Dates 
07/31 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
08/01 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
08/02 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
08/04 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
08/05 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
08/07 – Montreal, QC – Centre Bell
08/08 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
08/11 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center
08/13 – Chicago, IL – United Center
08/16 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
08/17 – Indianapolis, IN – Bankers Life Fieldhouse
08/19 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
08/20 – Omaha, NE – CenturyLink Center
08/21 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford Premier Center
08/24 – Seattle, WA – KeyArena
08/25 – Portland, OR – Moda Center
08/27 – Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena
08/28 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
08/30 – Los Angeles, CA – The Forum
09/01 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena
09/02 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena
09/04 – Salt Lake City, UT – Vivint Smart Home Arena
09/05 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
09/07 – Boise, ID – Ford Idaho Center

Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat