The Smashing Pumpkins Reschedule ‘Oceania’ Northeast U.S. Tour Dates Due To The Aftermath Of Hurricane Sandy

The Smashing Pumpkins have been forced to reschedule their ‘Oceania’ Northeastern U.S. tour dates due to the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. You can check out the details after the break.

This Halloween,

were set to perform in New York City at Brooklyn’s new Barclay’s Arena, but due to the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the show is being rescheduled.  Details of the new date to be announced soon.

Having heavily disrupted the Northeast, Hurricane Sandy has also forced the band to reschedule their shows in Camden, NJ for December 8and  Fairfax, VA  for December 9.  The SMASHING PUMPKINS show in Uncasville, CT is also being rescheduled with the date to be announced very soon.  All tickets from the original shows will be honored at:

TBA Brooklyn, NY Barclays Arena
12/8 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
12/9 Fairfax, VA Patriot Center
TBA Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun

:At these arena shows, the PUMPKINS–singer/guitarist BILLY CORGAN, guitarist JEFF SCHROEDER, drummer MIKE BYRNE and bassist NICOLE FIORENTINO—are performing their new

CD in full and for the second half of the show they play classics and deep cuts from their body of work.  The

are backed by visuals prepared by Sean Evans, whose most recent project was assisting Roger Waters on the newest staging of “The Wall.” THE

are using new technology in video-mapping to create something new and previously unseen.   Joining the PUMPKINSfor these shows is Morning Parade.

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

, their influential and platinum debut in 1991, which was followed by albums including the nine-time platinum

and the four-time platinum

, as well as the platinum certified 1998 album

.   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

.  They have since remained on the cutting edge of music and technology with various online releases. In June 2012, the band released the album

, 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

.