Smashing Pumpkins: Rats In A Cage Tour

The Smashing Pumpkins bring their Rats In A Cage Tour to Charlotte, offering a live set from the band that helped push alternative rock into the mainstream. Formed in Chicago in 1988 by Billy Corgan, the group has long balanced heavy, guitar-driven riffing with dreamy, shoegaze textures, drawing on gothic rock, grunge, psychedelia, and progressive rock over the course of its career.

For longtime listeners, the show is a chance to hear songs that span the band's history, from the underground breakout Gish and the landmark Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness through later, more electronic-leaning projects. With a current lineup that includes Corgan alongside James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin, the Rats In A Cage tour offers an expansive, densely layered evening for fans old and new.