This marks the first time The Smashing Pumpkins will unveil songs from the upcoming \'Zeitgeist\" (Martha\'s Music/Reprise), to be released medio juli 2007. The new album was produced by Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin, with Roy Thomas Baker and Terry Date working separately on various tracks, and represents the culmination of two years of work.

After the Paris show, The Smashing Pumpkins will headline major European festivals from May 28 at Holland\'s Pinkpop festival through June 17 at Switzerland\'s Greenfield Festival, returning to England August 24 (Leeds Festival) and August 26 (Reading Festival). Stay tuned for more information about North American tour dates beyond the V Festivals confirmed in Washington, DC (August 5) and Toronto, ONT (September 8).

The Smashing Pumpkins have created one of the most acclaimed bodies of work in music history. Formed in Chicago in 1988, they released Gish, their influential (and platinum) debut in 1991, which was followed by more platinum and multi-platinum albums including the nine-times platinum Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness and the four-times platinum Siamese Dream. The pivotal group\'s many hits include \"Disarm,\" \"Today,\" \"Cherub Rock,\" \"1979,\" \"Tonight, Tonight\" and \"Bullet With Butterfly Wings\"--songs that defined the alternative music era and continue to resonate on modern rock radio, influencing a whole new generation.

Here are the initial tour dates:

Date:	City:		Venue:

Tue 5/22	Paris, France	Grand Rex

Mon 5/28	Landgraaf, Neth.	Pinkpop (Near Heerlen)

Thu 5/31	Barcelona, Spain	Primavera Sound Festival

Sat 6/2	Nurburgring, Ger	Nurburgring Race Track

Sun 6/3	Nuremberg, Ger	Zeppelinfeld

Sat 6/9	Lisbon, Portugal	Super Rock

Tue 6/12	Madrid, Spain	Las Ventas

Fri 6/15	Nickelsdorf, Austria	Nova Rock

Sat 6/16	Imola (Venice), Italy	Heineken Jammin\' Festival

Sun 6/17	Interlaken, Swtz.	Greenfield Festival

Sun 8/5	Washington, DC	V Festival at Pimlico Park

Fri 8/24	Leeds, England	Leeds Festival

Sun 8/26	Reading, England	Reading Festival

Sat 9/8	Toronto, ON	V Festival