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Grunge-era stars Smashing Pumpkins announce concert in Columbia

Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins performs in this file photo, and the band is coming to Columbia in 2020.
Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins performs in this file photo, and the band is coming to Columbia in 2020. Invision/AP

One of the biggest rock bands of the 1990s is coming to Columbia for a concert.

Smashing Pumpkins will perform at the Township Auditorium as part of the group’s “Rock Invasion 2” spring tour, concert promoters said on Twitter.

The May 6 show is sure to include several of the biggest hit songs of the grunge era of music. Some of those songs include “Today,” “1979,” “Disarm,” and “Tonight, Tonight.”

Tickets will go on sale Tuesday at 10 a.m. They will be available online at Ticketmaster.

Ticket prices range from $45 to $129.50, according to the Township Auditorium website.

“Prepare for an all-out sonic assault,” promoters tweeted.

The concert at the Township is sandwiched in between shows in North Charleston (May 5) and Greensboro, North Carolina (May 8).

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This story was originally published March 2, 2020 at 10:22 AM.

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