The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer UK & Ireland Tour 2024

On 16 October 2023, he American rock bands The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer jointly announced a concert tour of the British Isles planned for June 2024, with five shows in the United Kingdom and one in the Republic of Ireland.{{Cite web |last=Yates |first=Jonny |date=16 October 2023 |title=The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer announce co-headline tour dates |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/16/the-smashing-pumpkins-weezer-tour-uk-tickets/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202141620/https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/16/the-smashing-pumpkins-weezer-tour-uk-tickets/ |archive-date=2 December 2024 |access-date=2 July 2025 |website=PinkNews}}{{Cite web |last=Mata |first=William |date=16 October 2023 |title=Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer tour: how to get tickets and when is the London show? |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/smashing-pumpkins-weezer-tour-tickets-london-b1113815.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241114215553/https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/smashing-pumpkins-weezer-tour-tickets-london-b1113815.html |archive-date=14 November 2024 |access-date=2 July 2025 |website=Evening Standard |issn=2041-4404 |oclc=1058501423}}{{Cite web |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=16 October 2023 |title=The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer announce 2024 UK and Ireland tour |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-smashing-pumpkins-and-weezer-announce-2024-uk-and-ireland-tour-buy-tickets-3515603 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120195947/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-smashing-pumpkins-and-weezer-announce-2024-uk-and-ireland-tour-buy-tickets-3515603 |archive-date=20 January 2025 |access-date=2 July 2025 |website=NME |issn=0028-6362 |oclc=60624023}} The two bands had previously both co-headlined the BeachLife Festival in California in 2022. The tour would be The Smashing Pumpkins' first in the United Kingdom since 2019,{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Tamlyn |date=8 June 2024 |title=Smashing Pumpkins at Utilita Arena Birmingham reviewed |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/smashing-pumpkins-utilita-arena-birmingham-29306085 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609191040/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/web/20240609191040/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/smashing-pumpkins-utilita-arena-birmingham-29306085 |archive-date=9 June 2024 |access-date=2 July 2025 |website=Birmingham Mail |publisher=Reach plc}}{{Cite web |last=Ruskell |first=Nick |date=4 June 2024 |others=Photography by Paul Elledge and Jason Renaud |title=Billy Corgan: "I don't play any songs I don't want to play. I don't care if they're classic or not" |url=https://www.kerrang.com/billy-corgan-i-dont-play-any-songs-i-dont-want-to-play-i-dont-care-if-theyre-classic-or-not-smashing-pumpkins-weezer-tour-new-music-kiki-wong-nostalgia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250430131733/https://www.kerrang.com/billy-corgan-i-dont-play-any-songs-i-dont-want-to-play-i-dont-care-if-theyre-classic-or-not-smashing-pumpkins-weezer-tour-new-music-kiki-wong-nostalgia |archive-date=30 April 2025 |access-date=2 July 2025 |website=Kerrang! |issn=0262-6624 |oclc=32328241}} and according to the online magazine Consequence, the band was using the tour to promote their latest album, Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts.{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Scoop |date=16 October 2023 |title=Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer Announce Co-Headlining Tour Dates |url=https://consequence.net/2023/10/smashing-pumpkins-weezer-tour-dates/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222004227/https://consequence.net/2023/10/smashing-pumpkins-weezer-tour-dates/ |archive-date=22 December 2023 |access-date=2 July 2025 |website=Consequence}} In a June 2024 interview with Kerrang!, The Smashing Pumpkins' lead vocalist Billy Corgan discussed the tour and stated that, despite the fact that both bands were popular in the 1990s, the tour would feature a collection of songs from both their older and more recent albums. Tickets for the show were made available via Ticketmaster, See Tickets, and, later, Viagogo.

Teen Mortgage served as an opening act for the tour.{{Cite web |date=9 June 2024 |title=The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer deliver electrifying sold-out show at The O2, London |url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/smashing-pumpkins/weezer-play-the-o2-london-8-june-setlist-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250214151358/https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/smashing-pumpkins/weezer-play-the-o2-london-8-june-setlist-review/ |archive-date=14 February 2025 |access-date=3 July 2025 |website=Radio X |publisher=Global Media & Entertainment}}{{Cite web |last=Geddes |first=Jonathan |date=14 June 2024 |title=Smashing Pumpkins / Weezer, OVO Hydro, Glasgow review - double-bill of unlikely bedfellows makes a racket |url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/smashing-pumpkins-weezer-ovo-hydro-glasgow-review-double-bill-unlikely-bedfellows-makes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250328054659/https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/smashing-pumpkins-weezer-ovo-hydro-glasgow-review-double-bill-unlikely-bedfellows-makes |archive-date=28 March 2025 |access-date=3 July 2025 |website=The Arts Desk}} Additionally, at the Birmingham show, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine served as a supporting act.

Weezer performed first, followed by The Smashing Pumpkins.{{Cite web |last=Ormerod |first=Peter |date=8 June 2024 |title=Weezer and Smashing Pumpkins Birmingham review - Contrasting bands embrace life's strangeness in triumphant fashion |url=https://www.birminghamworld.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/weezer-and-smashing-pumpkins-birmingham-review-contrasting-bands-have-lifes-strangeness-covered-in-triumphant-fashion-4658357 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207103453/https://www.birminghamworld.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/weezer-and-smashing-pumpkins-birmingham-review-contrasting-bands-have-lifes-strangeness-covered-in-triumphant-fashion-4658357 |archive-date=7 February 2025 |access-date=3 July 2025 |website=BirminghamWorld |publisher=National World}} The decoration on the stage for this act consisted only of a representation of the band's logo. In addition to a number of their original songs, the band also played "Celebrity Skin", a song originally performed by Hole, in reference to the fact that Corgan was a co-writer of the song.{{Cite web |last=Goggins |first=Joe |date=14 June 2024 |title=Review: The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer deliver a ferocious and diverse set |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/reviews/review-smashing-pumpkins-weezer-deliver-29353328 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250702222204/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/web/20250702222204/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/reviews/review-smashing-pumpkins-weezer-deliver-29353328 |archive-date=2 July 2025 |access-date=2 July 2025 |website=Manchester Evening News |publisher=Reach plc |issn=0962-2276 |oclc=500150526}} In total, Weezer's performance lasted about 75 minutes.{{Cite web |last=Steel |first=Andrew |date=17 June 2024 |orig-date=14 June 2024 |title=The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer review: Keening angst and power pop rock |url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/whats-on/reviews/smashing-pumpkins-weezer-review-keening-29354560 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720010000/https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/web/20240720010000/https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/whats-on/reviews/smashing-pumpkins-weezer-review-keening-29354560 |archive-date=20 July 2024 |access-date=2 July 2025 |website=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |publisher=Reach plc |issn=0962-1644 |oclc=500150503}}

The Smashing Pumpkins were the closing act for the tour. The band's lineup consisted of founding members Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, and James Iha alongside Katie Cole and new guitarist Kiki Wong.{{Cite web |last=Kilmartin |first=Danny |date=11 June 2024 |title=The Smashing Pumpkins at 3Arena, Dublin |url=https://www.goldenplec.com/live-reviews/the-smashing-pumpkins-at-3-arena-dublin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321101854/https://www.goldenplec.com/live-reviews/the-smashing-pumpkins-at-3-arena-dublin/ |archive-date=21 March 2025 |access-date=3 July 2025 |website=GoldenPlec}} Additionally, Corgan's children accompanied him onstage for part of the band's performance. In total, the band's performance lasted about two hours.

The tour received mostly positive reviews from critics, with many saying that the bands were an odd pairing that worked well together. Rich Hobson of the website Louder rated the tour 4.5 out of 5 stars, calling it a "Gen-X wet dream",{{Cite web |last=Hobson |first=Rich |date=10 June 2024 |title="For 90s alt rock fans, this is the holy grail": Weezer and The Smashing Pumpkins kick off their UK tour with setlists that are a Gen-X wet dream |url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/weezer-and-smashing-pumpkins-birmingham-review-2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250318204845/https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/weezer-and-smashing-pumpkins-birmingham-review-2024 |archive-date=18 March 2025 |access-date=3 July 2025 |website=Louder |publisher=Future plc}} while Danny Kilmartin similarly called the tour a "Gen-X and millennial alternative rock fan’s dream" in a positive review for GoldenPlec. The Birmingham Mail, The Irish Times, and the Manchester Evening News all gave the tour 4-star reviews in their coverage of the events.{{Cite web |last=Power |first=Ed |date=11 June 2024 |title=The Smashing Pumpkins in 3Arena review: Scintillating, self-absorbed, inspired – and loud |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2024/06/11/the-smashing-pumpkins-in-3arena-review-scintillating-self-absorbed-inspired-and-loud/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621212825/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2024/06/11/the-smashing-pumpkins-in-3arena-review-scintillating-self-absorbed-inspired-and-loud/ |archive-date=21 June 2024 |access-date=3 July 2025 |website=The Irish Times |issn=0791-5144 |oclc=137350020}} Jonathan Geddes of The Arts Desk gave the tour a rating of 3 out of 5 stars, commenting that "[b]oth 90s favourites went hard and heavy, if occasionally too bludgeoning". However, Ian Gittins of The Guardian was more critical of the tour, giving the Weezer portion a rating of 3 stars and The Smashing Pumpkins portion 2 stars, criticizing the later band's set list as being "uneven" and calling the co-headliners "mismatched 90s rockers".{{Cite news |last=Gittins |first=Ian |date=10 June 2024 |title=Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer review – mismatched 90s rockers bore and charm |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jun/10/smashing-pumpkins-and-weezer-review-02-arena-london |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226140337/https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jun/10/smashing-pumpkins-and-weezer-review-02-arena-london |archive-date=26 December 2024 |access-date=3 July 2025 |work=The Guardian |issn=1756-3224 |oclc=60623878}}

The following set list was obtained from the concert held on 8 June 2024 at The O2 Arena in London.

Weezer

1. My Name Is Jonas
2. Beverly Hills
3. Dope Nose
4. Undone – The Sweater Song
5. Pork and Beans
6. All My Favorite Songs
7. Pink Triangle
8. Island in the Sun
9. Perfect Situation
10. The Good Life
11. Celebrity Skin (Hole cover)
12. Burndt Jamb
13. In the Garage
14. Anonymous
15. Say It Ain't So
16. Run, Raven, Run
17. Hash Pipe
18. Only in Dreams
19. Surf Wax America
20. Buddy Holly

The Smashing Pumpkins

1. The Everlasting Gaze
2. Doomsday Clock
3. Zoo Station (U2 cover)
4. Today
5. Thru the Eyes of Ruby
6. Spellbinding
7. Tonight, Tonight
8. What Which Animates the Spirit
9. Ava Adore
10. Disarm
11. Springtimes
12. Mayonaise
13. Bullet with Butterfly Wings
14. Empires
15. Beguiled
16. 1979
17. Birch Grove
18. Panopticon
19. Shame (only a snippet)
20. Jellybelly
21. Rhinoceros
22. Gossamer
23. Cherub Rock
24. Zero

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