When Smashing Pumpkins takes the stage this summer, part of the band’s mission will be to raise awareness of the plight of US military veterans.
For the The End Times tour, the band will work with the Easter Seals Dixon Centre on a joint venture called “New Beginnings: Reaching America’s Vets.”
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan doesn’t see it as a partisan issue. Rather, he thinks the alt rockers can help some veterans and their families that simply fall through the cracks.
Corgan says he wants to raise awareness of what’s going on in veterans’ communities and wants to support their families.
He made the comments Tuesday at a Live Nation event promoting National Concert Day.
