Two people are in prison following the theft from Smashing Pumpkins' rehearsal studio in Chicago of artwork expected to be on the cover of the newly reformed band's comeback album 'Zeitgeist', out this summer. According to reports, the thieves did not take any of the valuable recording equipment in the studio, but purloined the images, which subsequently appeared on a Smashing Pumpkins website.
A statement reads: "Management for the Smashing Pumpkins confirms that the band's rehearsal studio in Chicago was burglarised last week. The two people who are now in jail illegally gained access to the band's private space and stole various items belonging to them over the course of several hours while the band had left for the evening".