Former Smashing Pumpkin Billy Corgan has said that he wants to reform the band, who split in 2000 following the release of (maybe not) final album 'Machina'. The singer, whose solo album 'TheFutureEmbrace' was released on Monday, has taken out a full page ad in the Chicago Tribune, saying that his heart remains with this old band.
Corgan wrote "When I played the final Smashing Pumpkins show on the night of December 2, 2000, I walked off the stage believing that I was forever leaving a piece of my life behind. I naively tried to start a new band, but found that my heart wasn't in it. I moved away to pursue a love that I once had but got lost. So I moved back home to heal what was broken in me, and to my surprise I found what I was looking or. I found that my heart is in Chicago, and that my heart is in the Smashing Pumpkins. For a year now I have walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to keep. But now I want you to be among the first to know that I have made plans to renew and revive the Smashing Pumpkins. I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams. In this desire I feel I have come home again."