Smashing Pumpkins: Lost in Richmond
7.13.2010 (Richmond, Va.)
How do you know when you’re on tour?
A short anecdote: I woke up this afternoon and decided to get some coffee and breakfast at the hotel restaurant. The meal and coffee was better than expected. I read an interesting article in the New Yorker (yeah, yeah, yeah …) about North Korea on my Kindle (I actually like that thing). Overall, I was in a nice mood. I paid my bill and was about to head back to my room when I realized I had no idea what room I was staying in. So, embarrassingly, I had to go to the front desk and ask for my own room number. Strange looks indeed.
More to come soon …
Smashing Pumpkins: A newbie on the tour bus
[As he did during 2008's 20th anniversary tour,Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder will be sharing his thoughts and observations with Buzz Bands readers as Billy Corgan and his (50% new) crew embark on a 15-date U.S. tour, which kicked off Tuesday. The Pumpkins, touring as a four-piece with Corgan, Schroeder and newest members Mike Byrne and Nicole Fiorentino, will be back in L.A. Aug. 28 to headline the Sunset Strip Music Festival. When he's not with the Pumpkins, Schroeder, an O.C. native, is a grad student at UCLA.]
7.7.2010 2:02am (on the way from Cleveland to Grand Rapids)
First of all, I’d like to thank Buzz Bands for asking me to do another blog series for this Smashing Pumpkins tour. It’s really hard to believe it was 2008 the last time we did this (touring and blogging).
The first show last night was pretty solid. Not too much to say, other than that Cleveland is such a great rock city. I always like playing here, even though we couldn’t find the House of Blues’ stage at first. Had to say that.
One of the most exciting things about this tour is watching Mike Byrne (our new drummer is 20 years old) get to experience all of this for the first time. For example, this is his first tour bus, and he just admitted to me that he’s pretty blown away by it. Six months from now, he’ll probably be so over all of it. He doesn’t know I’m writing about him, and he’ll most likely be a little annoyed. But who cares? I treat him like my little brother: a little mean, but mostly nice. I just wish he’d stop playing video games all the time.
See everyone in Grand Rapids.
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