It’s been a giant week for Smashing Pumpkins. They shared the beforehand unreleased ATUM monitor “Spellbinding,” plus and a slew of North American The World Is A Vampire tour dates, which kick off in July in Vegas. Also this week, Billy Corgan stopped by Howard Stern, the place he advised a narrative involving his father not directly profitable the lottery.
“[My father] showed up — new clothes, new car. I said, ‘Did you rent this car?’ He laughed and said, ‘Sorta,’” Corgan stated. Later, Corgan came upon his father had come into some cash: “His wife’s aunt had won the Florida state lottery — $27 million, clean … but my father didn’t want me to know because [he thought] I would ask him for my money back that he stole from me,” Corgan stated. “That’s how my father’s brain worked.” (Corgan’s dad stole from him ceaselessly, the singer advised Stern.)
Also throughout the interview, Corgan spoke concerning the late Lisa Marie Presley, who he co-wrote “Savior” with in 2003. Corgan additionally carried out at Presley’s funeral. “She was awesome – that was a tough one,” he stated. “That was really hard for me because she was a one-of-a-kind person and the world really didn’t know her because they of course always knew her as Elvis’ daughter, but she was a really, really, cool, unique person.”
Watch Corgan’s sit-down with Stern under.