Smashing Pumpkins perform on Rats in a Cage Tour

The Smashing Pumpkins are performing their Rats in a Cage Tour, a series of concerts celebrating the 30th anniversary of their 1995 double album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

During recent performances at the Moody Center and TD Garden, the band delivered multi-hour sets featuring iconic tracks such as ‘1979’, ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’, ‘Thirty-Three’, and ‘Tonight, Tonight’. Frontman Billy Corgan described the band as the ‘best sad band in the world’, noting that sorrow and anger serve as central themes of their music.

The shows feature high-production elements, including strobe lighting, visual graphics inspired by art such as Botticelli’s ‘The Birth of Venus’, and technical arrangements designed to build tension between songs. The tour highlights the enduring popularity of the band's mid-90s discography.