Smashing Pumpkins Celebrate 17th Anniversary of 'Gish'

Ah, the 17th anniversary -- a milestone one tends to hold with high regard. It's suggested that furniture is the best gift for such an occasion, so all you Smashing Pumpkins fans should keep that in mind as the band celebrates the 17th anniversary of the release of their debut album, 'Gish.'

According to a sparse posting on the Pumpkins' official website, the band -- now officially down to frontman/brainchild Billy Corgan and loyal drummer Jimmy Chamberlain -- will reissue the effort "sometime in 2008" and launch a full tour this year, where the band will play the original disc in its entirety to celebrate the unconventional milestone.

In addition to a box set of both pre-'Gish' and 'Gish'-era material, the Pumpkins plan to celebrate twenty years together (although sans original guitarist James Iha and bassist D'Arcy for the last decade or so) with an array of outtakes, rarities, demos, live tunes and the like.

Specifics are scant, however, with SmashingPumpkins.com saying: "What is to be included on here, no one knows for sure." In May, Corgan and Chamberlains announced a forthcoming DVD chronicling the band's 2007 residency at the Fillmore in San Francisco.

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