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Current conditions

#62 The Smashing Pumpkins

Headliner • 11°TEMPERATURE

The Smashing Pumpkins grade out well because of active cycle, shaky genre fit, agency relationship. There are no major penalty conditions dragging the profile down at the moment.

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Genre Fit

3/3

Agency

IAG

Last Shaky

Never

Festival Fronts

0

Booking outlook

Legacy alternative names still sit at the heart of the Shaky identity.

Artist Bio

The Smashing Pumpkins are associated with Chicago, Illinois and formed in 1988 by Billy Corgan and James Iha. Their music is known for alternative rock blending heavy guitars, dream pop, psychedelia, and ambitious studio production. Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness made the band one of the defining acts of the 1990s and produced songs such as “1979” and “Tonight, Tonight”. Across their career, the project has built its reputation through a combination of recorded work and live performance, making them a recognizable presence in the alternative, rock, or festival world relevant to this forecast.

Signal report

Why This Forecast Works

Legacy-rock weight plus a booking ecosystem Shaky already uses.

  • High ceiling if headliner lane opens
  • Research Batch 11 (PARTIAL): Management and current label resolved. Existing third-party image still lacks a defensible exact credit.
  • Research Batch 11 remaining fields: image_credit.

Forecast factors

Pressure Breakdown

This is the weighted case behind the ranking. It explains where the Forecast Index comes from without pretending the number is a literal probability.

  • Agency relationship+2

    IAG has a meaningful recent Shaky/C3 footprint.

  • Active Cycle+4

    Correlated activity evidence is bundled with diminishing returns: release (3), festival (1).

  • Shaky genre fit+3

    Legacy alternative names still sit at the heart of the Shaky identity.

  • Fresh booking opportunity+2

    Never playing Shaky keeps the booking fresh without losing genre fit.

Forecast Index: 11

Routing map

Festival Fronts

  • No festival fronts are currently on the desk.

Release climate

Music Weather

Album

No title tracked

Status

Unknown

Release

Not announced

2027 Touring

No confirmed 2027 North American tour is currently on the desk

Forecast Impact

+0 release-climate points

This profile does not currently receive any verified release-climate points.

  • No tour conditions are currently on the desk.

Historical conditions

Shaky History

Never playedShaky Knees

Receipts

Sources

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