Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan and wife Chloé Mendel welcomed their third child, daughter Juno, on Tuesday (March 18).

Now, frontman Billy Corgan is teaming up with Lyric Opera of Chicago to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary. It's a prospect Corgan didn't really see coming. "Along the way, different people ...

Billy Corgan is teaming with the Lyric Opera to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Smashing Pumpkins’ epic double LP “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” for a week of performances in late ...

"I am excited for both fans of my music and traditional opera fans to hear some truly inspired work," says Corgan.

There was a period where I completely resisted nostalgia, and I was punished for it,” The Smashing Pumpkins frontman says.

(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) Billy Corgan, left, and avery r. young talk after introducing their new shows “A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness” and “safronia” on March 11 ...

Billy Corgan’s band produced classics in the 1990s, but the dawn of the 21st century turned them into an experimental and ...

Billy Corgan, the bold rocker of Smashing Pumpkins fame, is entering his opera era. Corgan will stage a world-premiere show at Lyric Opera of Chicago in November. The new project, announced ...

Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan and wife Chloé Mendel welcomed ... Collie and the Infinite Sadness at the Lyric Opera of Chicago for seven evenings beginning Nov. 21; tickets for the ...

Smashing Pumpkins perform onstage at the Double Door, Chicago, Illinois, March 5, 1995. Pictured are, from left, D'Arcy ...

Plus, the Lyric is commissioning and producing the work of two Chicago icons: alternative rocker Billy Corgan and Chicago Poet Laureate avery r. young. The current general director, John Mangum ...