On 8 December, the band was announced as the Saturday co-headliner alongside Arctic Monkeys at the 2022 iteration of the Reading and Leeds Festival , headlining the bill for the first time ever.
On May 11, 2022, the Smashing Pumpkins announced the Spirits on Fire Tour, a 32-date trek across America with Jane’s Addiction, starting in Dallas on October 2 and wrapping up in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl on November 19. After contracting COVID-19 in December 2021, Dave Navarro continued to…
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The album has sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. and was certified platinum on November 23, 2021.
A new single was released November 11 entitled ” Start the Healing “, with the music video debuting in a YouTube premiere.
At the same time, the band revealed the album cover and the track list.
On 10 November, the band officially released “Echo Chamber”, the lead single from their sixth studio album, Obsidian , which was released on 22 April 2022, along with its music video.
To promote the album, the band also announced their upcoming Australia tour which will start in June 2022 with Plini , Sleep Token and ALT as supports.
In a March 17, 2021, interview with Loudwire, Pete Loeffler states that despite the band selling over six million albums, they haven’t gotten any money out of it. The money all went back to Epic. He blames it on signing a bad contract early on in his career. On May…
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In November 2021, former band member Tim Skold announced he was again working on new material with Marilyn Manson.
Thornhill released the single “Casanova” on 28 October 2021, premiering on Triple J. “Casanova” showed the band combining metalcore with dance and pop elements.