The Smashing Pumpkins — Araneta Coliseum, Manila, 2025

Full live concert by The Smashing Pumpkins at the Araneta Coliseum in Manila, the Philippines, on 29 September 2025, as part of the Rock Invasion 2025 tour — their return to the country after thirteen years away. Billy Corgan and his bandmates move through the Chicago alternative-rock group’s major eras, from the 1990s grunge explosion to recent productions. The setlist runs from unifying classics (“Today”, “1979”, “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”, “Tonight, Tonight”, “Cherub Rock”) to the ballads “Disarm” and “Mayonaise”, by way of newer tracks such as “Edin”. This 4K filmed live performance captures the band’s signature swing between walls of distorted guitars and suspended, fragile moments, carried by Corgan’s instantly recognizable voice. A full show ideal for reliving a Smashing Pumpkins live concert in front of a galvanized Filipino crowd, and for measuring the stage vitality of a band that has shaped alternative rock across the last three decades, still faithful to its sonic identity and to the intensity of its live performances.