The band reportedly set for Coachella.Smashing Pumpkins' return is looking more and more likely, with this year's Coachella Festival rumoured as their comeback gig.
Frontman Billy Corgan kicked off speculation back in June
[read: Corgan returns 'home' to The Smashing Pumpkins] with an open letter in the Chicago Tribune, his hometown city:
"When I played the final Smashing Pumpkins show on the night of December 2, 2000, I walked off the Metro 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 for. I found that my heart is in Chicago, and that my heart is in the Smashing Pumpkins."
Earlier this week, Corgan posted an ambiguous message on his website, which reads;
The surprise I have in store for you all will be announced soon enough," he said "Hold on to your horses. After all, good things surely comes to those who wait....Don't you just love the suspense?"
Today, the NME have issued a report which puts the 90's alt rock act as rumoured headline act for Coachella 2006.
Smashing Pumpkins split in 2000 following the release of their final album 'Machina'.
