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Smashing Pumpkins ‘Rats in a Cage’ tour coming to Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena
Smashing Pumpkins to perform ‘Mellon Collie’-themed set, along with biggest hits and deep cuts
Updated: 5:47 PM EDT May 18, 2026
The Smashing Pumpkins are celebrating a big anniversary on a new tour that includes a stop in Pittsburgh this fall.The legendary alt-rock band will bring their “Rats in a Cage” tour to PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday, Oct. 6.At the show, the Pumpkins will perform one set that consists entirely of songs from their “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” album, and a second set of the biggest hits, deep cuts and fan favorites from across the group’s career.(PREVIOUS VIDEO ABOVE: Green Day and Smashing Pumpkins fans descend on PNC Park for 2024 tour stop)Last year marked the 30th anniversary of “Mellon Collie,” a 1995 double album that produced the hit singles “1979,” “Tonight, Tonight” and “Bullet with Butterfly Wings.”Tickets for the show will go on sale to the general public Thursday at ticketmaster.com, following presales that begin Tuesday.Smashing Pumpkins are the latest addition to the arena’s 2026 concert calendar, which also includes Dan + Shay, Kacey Musgraves, Benson Boone, Olivia Rodrigo, Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire, Zac Brown Band, Megan Moroney, Bring Me the Horizon, 5 Seconds of Summer, Don Toliver, Andrea Bocelli, Alex Warren, Zach Top, Sombr, The Red Clay Strays, and Disney Descendants, Zombies & Camp Rock.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
PITTSBURGH —
The Smashing Pumpkins are celebrating a big anniversary on a new tour that includes a stop in Pittsburgh this fall.
The legendary alt-rock band will bring their “Rats in a Cage” tour to PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday, Oct. 6.
At the show, the Pumpkins will perform one set that consists entirely of songs from their “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” album, and a second set of the biggest hits, deep cuts and fan favorites from across the group’s career.
(PREVIOUS VIDEO ABOVE: Green Day and Smashing Pumpkins fans descend on PNC Park for 2024 tour stop)
Last year marked the 30th anniversary of “Mellon Collie,” a 1995 double album that produced the hit singles “1979,” “Tonight, Tonight” and “Bullet with Butterfly Wings.”
Tickets for the show will go on sale to the general public Thursday at ticketmaster.com, following presales that begin Tuesday.
Smashing Pumpkins are the latest addition to the arena’s 2026 concert calendar, which also includes Dan + Shay, Kacey Musgraves, Benson Boone, Olivia Rodrigo, Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire, Zac Brown Band, Megan Moroney, Bring Me the Horizon, 5 Seconds of Summer, Don Toliver, Andrea Bocelli, Alex Warren, Zach Top, Sombr, The Red Clay Strays, and Disney Descendants, Zombies & Camp Rock.