Ever since those “Billy Corgan dating Jessica Simpson” rumors caught the eye of the online gossip newsbeast, it’s been hard to keep up with all the Corgan headlines of late. (Hey, romantic relationship or not, at least the pair recorded a “pop-y” TV theme song with an “alternative rock edge.”) In more important SP-related news, however, Corgan, former Smashing Pumpkins drummer Matt Walker, and a band dubbed Zoom performed in Chicago last Thursday night at a benefit concert for NorthShore University HealthSystem’s Integrative Medicine Program.
According to the Chicago Tribune’s review, Corgan and company played an easygoing 35-minute set, which featured new Teargarden by Kaleidyscope track “Widow Wake My Mind,” a James Iha diss, and a handful of covers, including the Beatles’ “Nowhere Man,” Neil Young’s “Cinnamon Girl,” Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting for the Man,” and Donovan’s “Season of the Witch.”
Check out the Tribune’s review here and a decent quality video of Corgan, Walker, and Zoom covering the Beatles below (via HU).
In other Corgan news, watch the SP mastermind and ex-Sex Pistol Steve Jones talk HAARP, GMO foods, and a host of socio-political topics here.