Smashing pumpkins

The 18-date jaunt kicks off in May

The frontman played material circa 1985-1990 at a run of intimate gigs

The track was released on the Pumpkins’ second album, 1994’s Siamese Dream

The band's second archival release comes from a Billy Corgan acoustic set

From the album Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun, out November 16

They played "Love Will Tear Us Apart" at the band's 30th anniversary concert in New Jersey

It's the first song since 2000 by three-quarters of the 'classic' line-up

From Gish and Mellon Collie to Oceania, Billy Corgan reveals all about his torturous journey to stardom

Billy Corgan has told Uncut that he regrets not quitting Smashing Pumpkins when drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was sacked in 1996.

Smashing Pumpkins' 1996 box set The Aeroplane Flies High is to be reissued on July 23 with 90 bonus tracks. The original 1996 edition was a five-disc set featuring expanded versions of the five singles from the band's Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness album, which came out the previous year. The bumper reissue adds a total of 90 unreleased demos, alternate versions and live recordings and everything has been fully remastered.