Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/October 11, 2007

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The Smashing Pumpkins[edit]

The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago in 1988. While the group has gone through several lineup changes, The Smashing Pumpkins have consisted of Billy Corgan (vocals/guitar), James Iha (guitar/vocals), D'arcy Wretzky (bass/vocals), and Jimmy Chamberlin (drums/percussion) for most of the band's recording career. The Smashing Pumpkins broke into the musical mainstream with their second album, 1993's Siamese Dream. The group built their audience with extensive touring and their follow-up, 1995's double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, debuted at number one on the Billboard charts. With approximately 18.3 million albums sold in the United States alone as of 2006, The Smashing Pumpkins were one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands of the 1990s. However, internal fighting, drug use, and diminishing sales hampered the band in their later years and led to a 2000 break-up. In April 2006, the band officially announced that they were reuniting. Returning members Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin were joined by new additions Jeff Schroeder (guitar/vocals), Ginger Reyes (bass/vocals), and Lisa Harriton (keyboard/vocals) in 2007 to tour behind their new release, Zeitgeist. (more...)

A recent FA promotion (March 15), it would be very timely for this article to appear on the main page on July 7, 2007, since the band will release their first album in seven years on that date (Zeitgeist). Teemu08 20:14, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yea, that would be just peachy. :) -- Reaper X 16:30, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Go for it :-) -- UKPhoenix79 10:34, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can't think of a more appropriate date, so why not?--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 17:26, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I concur -- Aixime 2:20, 9 June 2007

The album release date is 7/10/07 not 7/7/07. --ScottyBoy900Q 13:25, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]