Billy Corgan Reunites With Melissa Auf Der Maur To Perform Smashing Pumpkins’ “The Everlasting Gaze”

Billy Corgan is currently performing alongside his new band, the Machines of God, on their A Return to Zero Tour, where they are playing various Smashing Pumpkins hits from the band’s later albums. During a show at Théâtre Beanfield in Montreal on Friday (June 13), the band was joined by onetime Pumpkins touring bassist – and former Hole band member – Melissa Auf der Maur, who surprised the audience by joining the band onstage for their encore performance of the Pumpkins’ 2000 track, “The Everlasting Gaze.” Auf der Maur joined the Pumpkins in 1999 as a replacement for original bassist D’arcy Wretzky, and remained with the band through December 2020. The Machines of God tour concludes on June 29 in Minneapolis, with Corgan set to rejoin his Smashing Pumpkins bandmates for an upcoming tour across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East that begins in late July. (Rolling Stone)