THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
The Rats in a Cage Tour
Two Unique Sets Celebrating Mellon Collie at 30 and Nearly Four Decades of Unruly Hits and Dark Treasures
KOHL CENTER | MADISON, WI
Sunday, October 11th

6:30pm: Doors
8p-9:15p: Set 1 – Mellon Collie songs
9:15-9:35: Intermission
9:35-11: Set 2 – Hits from other albums and deep cuts

Tickets go on sale Thursday, May 21st at 10am

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The iconic, GRAMMY® Award-winning rock band The Smashing Pumpkins announce The Rats In A Cage Tour, one of their most ambitious live shows yet. Kicking off in September and running through November 2026, The Rats In A Cage Tour will feature the band playing two distinct sets: one celebrating the seminal 1995 RIAA Diamond certified Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness’ recent 30th anniversary, and one a career-spanning journey through nearly four decades’ worth of beloved hits, deep cuts, and fan-favorites alike.

The Smashing Pumpkins The Rats In A Cage Tour will make a stop at Kohl Center in Madison, WI, on October 11, 2026.

Watch The Rats In A Cage Tour announcement video HERE.

Tickets will be available starting with Citi and Verizon presales beginning on Tuesday, May 19 at 10 am. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning on Thursday, May 21 at 10 am atsmashingpumpkins.com. Fans will also have access to an exclusive presale through the band’s official fan club, VIZ CLUB, beginning on Wednesday, May 20 at 9 am until Wednesday, May 20 at 10 pm. Join VIZ CLUB here.

To celebrate The Rats In A Cage Tour, The Smashing Pumpkins will offer one of a kind VIP ticket packages that will include a special pre-show acoustic performance and Q&A with the band, VIP lounge access, memorabilia, exclusive VIP merchandise, and priority merchandise shopping. Pre-sale will begin on Tuesday, May 19 at 10 am.

Citi is the official card of The Rats in A Cage Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning on Tuesday, May 19 at 10 am until Wednesday, May 20 at 10 pm through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.

Verizon will offer customers an exclusive presale for the Smashing Pumpkins in the U.S – no strings attached, simply for being a Verizon customer. The presale for select shows runs from Tuesday, May 19 at 10 am to Wednesday, May 20 at 10 pm, Visit myAccess in the My Verizon app for more details. Learn more about Verizon Access here.

“Staging a Mellon Collie-themed show is something we’ve discussed for over a decade, and finally the stars have aligned and exactly on the terms I’d set: which was to build a special night around its most enduring aspirations and ideas,” Billy Corgan said. “With set 1 of the Rats In A Cage tour exclusively featuring Mellon Collie songs in a highly theatrical setting, and set 2 drawing from the rest of our canon so that there’s a decent amount of variance as to what songs we’ll play from night to night: from our first in ‘Gish’ to our last in ‘Aghori Mhori Mei’.”

Last night, after dropping hints for several days, the band hosted a Requiem For ZERO at the Hollywood Legion Theater in Los Angeles. The intimate hall allowed 300 guests to witness the funeral for ZERO, the avatar Billy Corgan first inhabited 30 years ago on Mellon Collie.

Before the tour kicks off, The Smashing Pumpkins will headline their hometown’s famed Lollapalooza on July 31 for the first time in over 30 years, marking their long-awaited return to the festival since its touring iteration in 1994. Then, in September, the Rats In A Cage tour opens in Columbus. OH, before visiting multiple major markets throughout America and Canada. With the Pumpkins’ shows forever known for delivering raw performances on an epic emotional scale, theRats In A Cage tour and its journey through the decades promises to showcase the kaleidoscopic range the band has wielded from Gish all the way to their most recent album release, Aghori Mhori Mei.

The Rats In A Cage Tour follows a multi-faceted 2025 anniversary blowout for Mellon Collie, including a deluxe vinyl reissue featuring previously unheard live recordings from the world tour supporting the album, a special reimagining of Mellon Collie’s iconic hits and beloved fan-favorites onstage with the Lyric Opera Of Chicago, and culinary collaborations with Vosges Haut-Chocolat and Erewhon. Released the same year as Machina/The Machines Of God’s 25th anniversary reissue, the Mellon Collie celebration continued what has been a furiously productive decade for The Smashing Pumpkins, with a flood of inspiration producing 2020’s Cyr, 2022/2023’s triple-album Atum: A Rock Opera In Three Parts, and 2024’s Aghori Mhori Mei.

Alongside all of his Pumpkins activity, the ever-prolific Corgan has remained busy in other ventures as well. Entering its second year, his widely praised podcast The Magnificent Others has recently featured candid conversations about creativity and legacy with Courtney Love, Billy Idol, Nancy Wilson, and Yungblud. Corgan also made his Coachella debut, joining Sombr onstage for a surprise performance. Most recently, in his capacity as president of the National Wrestling Alliance, Corgan led the hallowed athletic institution to a landmark deal with Comet TV, bringing NWA back to free broadcast TV nationwide for the first time since the early ‘90s. The new chapter of NWA dawned on May 1, marking the latest moment in a standout year for Corgan and the Pumpkins.