Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, wife welcome baby No. 3

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — The Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan has welcomed a new addition to his family!

According to People Magazine, the 58-year-old frontman welcomed his third child, a baby girl, with his wife Chloé Mendel Corgan on Tuesday, March 18.

Juno Corgan was born at the couple’s home in Highland Park, weighing 9.9 lbs and 22 inches long.

“The kids are absolutely thrilled by their new sister, and being 9 (Augustus) and 6 (Philomena) they can’t wait till she’s old enough to play,” Corgan told People.

Smashing Pumpkins to mark 30 years of “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” at Lyric Opera of Chicago

CHICAGO (WGN) — Chicago native Billy Corgan will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Smashing Pumpkins’ groundbreaking double album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness," a record that has left an indelible mark on the world of music, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s upcoming 2025-26 season. Set for November…

March 12, 2025

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Hundreds of creatives warn against an AI slop future

Around 800 artists, writers, actors, and musicians signed on to a new campaign against what they call "theft at a grand scale" by AI companies. The signatories of the campaign - called "Stealing Isn't Innovation" - include authors George Saunders and Jodi Picoult, actors Cate Blanchett and Scarlett Johansson, and…

January 21, 2026

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Lyric Opera of Chicago will start to reflect John Mangum’s production picks in 2026-27

CHICAGO (AP) — The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2025-26 season will include five productions that first appeared elsewhere and one revival, all picked by the previous general director, Anthony Freud. The current general director, John Mangum, arrived on Oct. 14 from the Houston Symphony after the retirement of Freud, who…

March 11, 2025

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