Smashing Pumpkins playing Venezuela, Colombia later this month 9:44 pm // Thursday, June 7, 2012
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The Smashing Pumpkins have been tipped for two South American dates for the last week of June. According to a press release from Buchanan’s, makers of Scotch whisky, the Pumpkins will be participating in the brand’s “Share Yourself” charity. The venture invites residents of Caracas and Bogotá to volunteer four hours of their time toward local education initiatives, and in return receive tickets to attend a performance by the band. According to a Facebook update by Buchanan’s, the band is to play Caracas’s Centro Internacional de Exposiciones Caracas on June 26 (the Pumpkins’ first-ever Venezuelan show) and Bogotá’s Royal Center on June 29.
In other tour news, earlier today we learned the Pumpkins are to play their first-ever show in the Philippines on August 7.
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It’s a damn shame the show is only for members of the Share Yourself charity thing, people actually volunteered already, so it means the fans who wanted to attend the show in Caracas and the rest of Venezuela got screwed over and the audience will consist of mostly people who don’t even know the band. This sucks. Big time.
great to see charity and SP together. glad to see Pumpkins are working to promote Oceania outside US
@ Alex.Where does it say this is an exclusive show, only for the Share Yourself charity? I’m sure anyone can purchase a ticket and attend but free tickets are available to those that volunteer.
I think this is awesome. More bands should do shows on a barter type system for good causes like this.
[...] week, the Smashing Pumpkins played two South American tour dates as part of a charitable initiative organized by the makers of Buchanan’s Scotch whisky. In Caracas on Tuesday, and in Bogotá on Friday, the band performed free of charge for [...]