Smashing Pumpkins coming to the Kohl Center
May 18, 2026 | General News
Concert set for Sunday, October 11
MADISON, Wis. – The iconic, GRAMMY® Award-winning rock band The Smashing Pumpkins have announced The Rats In A Cage Tour, one of their most ambitious live shows yet. The tour is set to make a stop at the Kohl Center in Madison on Sunday, October 11.Â
Kicking off in September and running through November 2026, The Rats In A Cage Tour will feature the band playing two distinct sets: one celebrating the seminal 1995 RIAA Diamond certified Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness' recent 30th anniversary, and one a career-spanning journey through nearly four decades' worth of beloved hits, deep cuts, and fan-favorites alike.
Watch The Rats In A Cage Tour announcement video HERE.
Tickets will be available starting with Citi and Verizon presales beginning on Tuesday, May 19 at 10 am local. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning on Thursday, May 21 at 10 am local on smashingpumpkins.com. Fans will also have access to an exclusive presale through the band's official fan club, VIZ CLUB, beginning on Wednesday, May 20 at 9am local until Wednesday, May 20 at 10pm local time. Join VIZ CLUB here.
To celebrate The Rats In A Cage Tour, The Smashing Pumpkins will offer one of a kind VIP ticket packages that will include a special pre-show acoustic performance and Q&A with the band, VIP lounge access, memorabilia, exclusive VIP merchandise, and priority merchandise shopping. Pre-sale will begin on Tuesday, May 19 at 10 am local.
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Citi is the official card of The Rats in A Cage Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, May 19 at 10 am local until Wednesday, May 20 at 10pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.
Verizon will offer customers an exclusive presale for the Smashing Pumpkins in the U.S – no strings attached, simply for being a Verizon customer. The presale for select shows runs from Tuesday, May 19 at 10 am local to Wednesday, May 20 at 10pm local time, Visit myAccess in the My Verizon app for more details. Learn more about Verizon Access here.
ABOUT SMASHING PUMPKINS:Â
The Smashing Pumpkins are one of the most iconic, iconoclastic, and influential bands of all time, shaping alternative music and culture. Since forming in Chicago in 1988, the group has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and garnered two GRAMMY® Awards, seven MTV VMAs, and an American Music Award. Their catalog includes seminal offerings such as the platinum Gish [1991], the quadruple-platinum Siamese Dream [1993], the diamond-certified Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness [1995], the platinum Adore [1998], and the gold Machina/The Machines of God [2000]. Rolling Stone cited both Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness among its "500 Greatest Albums of All Time." It would also be impossible to envision alternative music and culture without their signature iconography such as the idyllic album artwork for Siamese Dream, the black Zero shirt, the laissez faire bliss of the "1979" music video, the gothic metamorphosis of "Ava Adore," or the multi-dimensional live shows that sell out worldwide to this day. 2018 saw The Smashing Pumpkins unveil SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT, VOL. 1 / LP: NO PAST. NO FUTURE. NO SUN. and launched the immensely successful Shiny and Oh So Bright Tour, which packed arenas. Maintaining this momentum, the band released their eleventh full-length double album, CYR [2020], representing yet another evolution, and more recently, ATUM[2023], the sequel to 1995's Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and 2000's Machina/Machine of God. The band's 2024 album, Aghori Mhori Mei, written in the immediate aftermath of ATUM, sees a return to form for original members Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, and James Iha, and harkens back to the band's early '90s canon, where guitars, bass, drums, and spiking vocals ruled.
