Smashing Pumpkins bringing ‘Plainsong’ tour to Chicago

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The Smashing Pumpkins — Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlain and Jeff Schroeder — are heading out on the road this spring in the just-announced reboot of their 2015 In Plainsong Tour, which will make a stop in Chicago on April 14 at the Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker.

Tickets (49.50-$75) for the 7:30 p.m. “acoustic-electro” concert, which will feature Liz Phair as the opener, will go on sale at 11 a.m. Feb. 5 at the theater box office, by phone at (800) 745-3000 or at ticketmaster.com

Citi cardmembers can access a special pre-sale from 8 a.m. Feb. 2 until Feb. 4 at citiprivatepass.com

The tour kicks off March 22 in Portland, Ore. The band is reportedly setting its sights on recording a new album once the tour ends in April.

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