Gabe on tour with the Smashing Pumpkins
• For anyone who doesn’t know, the Smashing Pumpkins are my all time second favourite band after No Doubt, and I’ve always been looking for some kind of connection that the two had. The other week i found out that Kris Pooley who played keyboards for Gwen’s tour recently married Ginger Reyes, the new bass player for the Smashing Pumpkins (replacing D’arcy).
The following was brought to my attention by another Smashing Pumpkins fan, it turns out that Gabe will be played horns on Sunkissed at a Guitar Hero party the Smashing Pumpkins did over the weekend, and will be playing on their upcoming 20th anniversary tour in the US.
From Keight Beaven.com:
‘I grabbed this poster, and sat down next to Tony something from No Doubt. We started chatting about the Smashing Pumpkins show that I am going to on Sat which went like this:
Keight: This is insane! I love the 90s and to see Jane’s Addiction tonight and then Smashing Pumkins on Sat is like blowing my mind.
Tony: Yeah…wait…Smashing Pumpkins is playing on Saturday? Where?
Keight: At this Gutar Hero party at Best Buy.
Tony: In LA?
Keight: Um yeah.
Tony: How did I not know about this? How did you know about this?
Keight: My friend is throwing the party. I can email him tomorrow if you wanna go.
Tony: I think I’ll be ok, but this is weird. The guy that plays horns in my band is rehearsing with them and going to go on tour with them, so that’s why its weird I didn’t know about the show. Are you sure?
Keight: yes. I have a barcode.’
This video of the Smashing Pumpkins performing their new single G.L.O.W at the Spike Scream Awards looks as though Kris joined them on keyboards. I have yet to find anything with Gabe in it, but I will post some as soon as I do.
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