Smashing Pumpkins Reunion: Corgan to tour with core of original band

There were rumours flying last year that the original and classic line up of The Smashing Pumpkins were getting back together.  The rumours were fuelled by Billy Corgan himself who hinted at doing something with old and familiar faces.

It has finally been announced that Corgan, along with guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin will tour the US this summer.  It’s promised to be a show “unlike any [the band] have ever done”, according to Corgan, with material culled from the band’s first five albums.

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Star Shaped Festival 2018: Official line-up announced

Just under a week ago, it was announced that the guys at StarShaped would make a big announcement on Tuesday 13th February.   Here at Real Gone, we had a couple of serious hunches with regards to this year’s festival line-up, so we offered those for discussion, alongside a couple of less likely contenders in an ultimate Britpop festival wish-list.

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Feel ‘Half Hearted’ with fantastic new track from The Desert

Male/female dreampop duo The Desert started to make waves in 2017 and seem set to continue their rise in popularity during 2018.

They’ve just released a no-frills new video shot in their hometown of Bristol, which acts as a great downbeat visual aid for their single ‘Half-Hearted’. The full video can be streamed below.

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The Cars ‘Shake It Up’ and ‘Heartbeat City’ to be reissued in expanded deluxe editions

Following last year’s expanded reissues of The Cars’ ‘Candy-O’ and ‘Panorama’,  Rhino are set to continue their Cars reissue campaign with expanded reissues of 1981’s ‘Shake It Up’ and 1984’s pop classic ‘Heartbeat City’.

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