{"id":213899,"date":"2026-01-02T22:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T22:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/213899\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T22:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T22:55:08","slug":"yungblud-teams-up-with-smashing-pumpkins-for-new-version-of-zombie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/213899\/","title":{"rendered":"Yungblud Teams Up with Smashing Pumpkins for New Version of &#8220;Zombie&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/yungblud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Yungblud<\/a> has joined forces with <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/the-smashing-pumpkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Smashing Pumpkins<\/a> for a new version of his hit ballad \u201cZombie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song doesn\u2019t stray too far from the original for the first minute and forty seconds, with the UK vocalist singing the first verse and initial chorus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stubhub.prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100l9Pt3\/pubref:yungblud*pumpkins-button\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fyungblud-tickets%2Fperformer%2F100274467\" class=\"button button-ticket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get Yungblud Tickets Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The alt-rock legends then put their stamp on the tune when Billy Corgan takes on lead vocals for the second verse, and the Pumpkins\u2019 signature heavy layered guitar sound powers the final minute of the track.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>Yungblud will embark on a <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/10\/yungblud-2026-north-american-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">North American tour<\/a> beginning May 1st in Sterling Heights, Michigan. The outing <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/10\/yungblud-sells-out-2026-north-american-tour-one-minute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sold out immediately<\/a>, but tickets are available via <a href=\"https:\/\/stubhub.prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100l9Pt3\/pubref:yungblud*pumpkins\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fyungblud-tickets%2Fperformer%2F100274467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">StubHub<\/a>, where where your purchase is 120% guaranteed through StubHub\u2019s Fan Protect program.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the music video for Yungblud and The Smashing Pumpkins\u2019 \u201cZombie\u201d below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yungblud has joined forces with The Smashing Pumpkins for a new version of his hit ballad \u201cZombie.\u201d The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-213899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}