According to The Pulse of Radio, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have announced a 14-date tour of "intimate" venues that will begin on July 6 in Cleveland and finish up on July 24 in Memphis. This will be the band's first live appearances since December 2008 and will also introduce new members Nicole Fiorentino on bass and Mike Byrne on drums alongside guitarist Jeff Schroeder and founder/frontman Billy Corgan. The shows will feature "a balance of classics, a few obscure ones, and new 'Teargarden' material," according to Corgan.

Last week, the PUMPKINS released the four-song "Teargarden By Kaleidyscope Vol.1: Songs For Sailor" EP, the first of 11 specially-packaged, limited edition EPs that will eventually collect all 44 songs from the band's "Teargarden By Kaleidyscope" album, which is in the process of being recorded.

The four songs were originally issued one at a time as free downloads, before being bundled in the extras-laden boxed EP.

The PUMPKINS are planning to invite selected fans to attend their soundchecks on the tour, with Corgan explaining, "We are going to do something unique, which is play an invite-only set during sound check of almost all new, unreleased songs. We're still figuring out a way to make it possible for some of the fans who'll be in the line outside waiting to get in for that."

Confirmed SMASHING PUMPKINS tour dates (subject to change):

July 06 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
July 08 - Grand Rapids, MI - Orbit Room
July 09 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
July 10 - Louisville, KY - Forecastle Festival
July 12 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
July 13 - Richmond, VA - The National
July 15 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva
July 16 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore
July 17 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm
July 19 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues
July 20 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
July 21 - Tampa, FL - The Ritz
July 23 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
July 24 - Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall

-blabbermouth.net