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If you’ve missed the Smashing Pumpkins, then this might be the show for you. In February, Billy Corgan’s Grammy-winning, pioneering alt-rock group announced the band’s first tour in nearly two decades, and while this show doesn’t feature original bassist D’arcy Wretzky (who played on the group's most beloved salad-days works), it does feature a more than 30-song setlist that touches almost every corner of the Pumpkins’ nearly 30-year discography. Just don’t expect to hear “Daydream” or any other song Wretzky — who is currently in an entertaining internet feud with Corgan — sang on. Listen to the band's new single, Solara (the cover art features art-direction from a Tampa-based company, TNSN DVSN), below. 

Smashing Pumpkins w/Metric, Wed. July 25, 7 p.m. $29-$125. Amalie Arena, 400 Channelside Dr., Tampa. Tampa. amaliearena.com.

See even more of the Tampa Bay live music lineup by visting cltampa.com/musicweek every Thursday morning.

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This article appears in Jul 19-26, 2018.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...