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Smashing Pumpkins to Join Costa Rica Festival Line Up


Written by Claire

Smashing Pumpkin’s lead singer Billy Corgan
The Smashing Pumpkins are scheduled to play in Costa Rica

Inside sources from the 2008 Imperial Festival organizers told Costa Rica Pages that it has been “99% confirmed” that the Smashing Pumpkins will be joining the line up for the music festival that will take place on April 19 and 20th in Alajuela, Costa Rica. The official announcement will be made this weekend as part of the “festival route”, in which other guests are expected to be revealed as well.

The Smashing Pumpkins, a popular 90s alternative rock band with a distinct meloncholy sound, are known for hits “Tonight, Tonight” and “Bullet with Butterfly Wings”. The band broke up in 2000 due to a number of internal problems, but regrouped in 2006 with lead-singer Billy Corgan, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin and various new faces to record the 2007 album Zeitgeist.

They will be joining the 80s group Duran Duran who also made a recent comeback, and popular rock group Incubus in the international music festival that is sponsored by Costa Rica’s principal beer brewer, The Cervezería.

The “Festival Route” is a series of concerts that will take place in the three months leading up to the main event. This Friday night, Costa Rican music groups The Movement in Codes and Le Pop are scheduled to play in a concert that starts at 8pm in Retrovisor (a club behind the San Pedro Mall). On Saturday at 7pm, Kurt Dyer and Porpartes will perform at La Vereda in Terramall in eastern San Jose.



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    • Filed under: Costa Rican Music on February 21st, 2008

    17 Responses to “Smashing Pumpkins to Join Costa Rica Festival Line Up”


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    1. troz, on February 21st, 2008 at 3:29 pm Said:

      Best rock festival in Central-America!!

    2. sp, on February 21st, 2008 at 4:34 pm Said:

      whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
      :D

    3. candela, on February 21st, 2008 at 5:10 pm Said:

      despichame la calabazaaaaaa

    4. Noelia, on February 22nd, 2008 at 9:33 am Said:

      Maeee no le creeeeeeeeeeeeeoooo WAAAAAAAA!!!

    5. EL Gallito Inglés, on February 22nd, 2008 at 9:45 am Said:

      Increíble que vengan a Costa Rica! y más increíble aún que resulta que eran en los 90’s un grupo GRUNGE!!! siempre pensé que era un grupo de rock alternativo que definitivamente se distanciaba de toda la propuesta de música grunge. Live the Mighty SP!

    6. veertigo, on February 22nd, 2008 at 11:16 am Said:

      y depeche nadie sabe nada aun???

    7. Mariel, on February 22nd, 2008 at 11:19 am Said:

      excelente, al fin hay un festival q valga la pena en nuestro pais, no necesitamos ir al extranjero para disfrutar de musica de verdad!!
      Ya era hora que se pusieran a organizar algo tuanis aqui en tiquicia!!!

    8. JOSUE, on February 22nd, 2008 at 11:32 am Said:

      DEPECHE NO VA A VENIR ERA SOLO UN RUMOR YA SUPERENLO!

    9. Tico, on February 22nd, 2008 at 11:55 am Said:

      Pumpkins are D.O.N.E. Give it up Corgan, you are living in the past.

    10. Anonymous, on February 22nd, 2008 at 11:58 am Said:

      lol a los q al chile se creen esta “Noticia” XD

    11. Claire, on February 22nd, 2008 at 12:01 pm Said:

      ya se lo confirmo La Nacion… no publicamos ‘chismes’ sin prueba — tambien viene Enrique Iglesias

    12. Hipsters United // a blog about the Smashing Pumpkins » Blog Archive » Latin American tour rumors swell, on February 22nd, 2008 at 12:56 pm Said:

      […] from Costa Rica Pages claims to have the inside scoop on a Pumpkins appearance at Festival Imperial, which goes down April 19-20 in […]

    13. Cyril, on February 22nd, 2008 at 4:46 pm Said:

      te tenemos entre ojos “Anonymous”….

      jk :D

      este va a ser un 4/20 bien bueno!

    14. Cyril, on February 22nd, 2008 at 4:49 pm Said:

      the show has also been confirmed here:

      http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/tour

    15. Shir, on March 1st, 2008 at 6:12 pm Said:

      demasiado bueno va a estar

    16. Tom, on March 3rd, 2008 at 12:23 pm Said:

      Check out the forums for more discussion on the Festival Imperial….let us know who you’re going to see and if you managed to get your hands on some the tickets to what could turn out to be the music event of the year!

      http://www.costaricapages.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=78

    17. Lineup Grows for Imperial Festival 2008 in Costa Rica, on March 7th, 2008 at 1:29 pm Said:

      […] On Saturday, the concert will open with Mexican group Café Tacuba, followed by Costa Ricans LePop, Argentinians Babasonicos, Incubus and Smashing Pumpkins. […]

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