Believe in me

Ben US

Irving Plaza, NYC 2022 – Amazing show!

During Tonight, Tonight Billy sang “Believe in me as I believe in you” and pointed at me, I was transported back to my teenage self and hearing those inspiring words for the first time. It meant so much to me then and now.

Thank You and Happy Birthday Billy!

Christine F Las Vegas, NV, US

My best memories of SP have to be of my mom reliving her teenage years listing to all the albums, fully letting go knowing shes safe now. I love watching her have the chance to be a kid again, listening to her favorite SP songs (which are ALL OF THEM) and telling me about the happy parts of her childhood and teenage years. She always said in high school listening to SP wasn’t cool but its what helped her for normal, describe what she felt and who she was. Its an honor to watch her glow and live her authentic self listening to the SP, knowing that they helped shape my childhood into adulthood as well.

Disarm

Miriam Mexico city , MX

I’m just going to say thank you for saving my life through this beautiful song.

-Disarm you with a smile.

HBD Billy<3

Birthdays Past and Present

Shay Deney Beaverton, US

Happy birthday WPC!!! I remember making my friends celebrate your birthday every year in my teens. I would throw a huge birthday party in your favor every year and I would write letters to your fan club and beg you to call me so you could hear our birthday wishes. I was so naive and cringe back then. But I had good taste in music and you’ve kept me going ever since. I am so grateful for your existence as you have helped me more than you could ever know on some of my most darkest days. Thank you. I hope you enjoy your day, Billy ❤️ you deserve it.

Grand Ole Opry 2016

Shaun Rabe Kansas City, US

Front row at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, April 2016

Billy Corgan looking at me at Gunnersbury Park on August 10th 2025

Samuel Parry Tywardreath, UK, GB

Billy looked and pointed at me later on in the show in London back in august. Best moment of my life

Bogotá 2024

Alejandra Molano Granados Bogota, CO

I still can’t believe I got barricade for SP’s concert back in 2024. This day means a lot to me, your music means a lot to me. Thank you for existing, thank you for resisting, thank you for your music and sharing so much with us. Happy Birthday ♥️

Karen Indianapolis, IN, US

Happy birthday! I’m loving the Magnificent Others. Thanks for being WPC.

A dream

Denice CDMX, MX

First time seeing SP last Sunday and it was AMAZING. You really took my breath away… (yep, that was fun!). HB Billy!

“They throw things because they like you”

David Branstetter Evansville, IN, US

I attended my first concert at the horde festival in OKC, July ‘98. Darcy says “my friend Rachel just turned 6 today and she says they throw things at you because they like you. Well we’re not 6 anymore and neither are you.” To which you replied “I don’t know what you’re talking about”, with a wry grin.

My First SP Concert

Marco Mexico City, MX

Last weekend was my first time in a SP concert

You guys are awesome!!

HB WPC!!!

Always in love

Lilian Mexico City , Mexico, MX

Always there, Always making me feel good, even in the lowest moments

Los Pumpkins en mi vida!

Sergio Cruz Becerra Mexico, MX

Mi primera vez que los ví en vivo fue cuando trajeron a México la gira Adore Tour en 1998. Y desde esa fecha, todas las veces que han venido, he ido a verlos. Excepto, la ocasión que tocaron en el Auditorio Nacional en un evento privado. El año pasado fuí a Chicago y fuí al bar Metro para tomarme una foto ahí.

Justin Reeves Lehi, Utah, US

I only got to see the Pumpkins once when I was in High School in 2000. When they reformed and played the Filmore I flew out with a friend, slept on the sidewalk all day, and then stood in the front of a packed house for 3 hours of the greatest songs ever written. Opened with Gossamer. I’ve seen Billy play several times since. Met him a couple of times. Such a nice guy. Happy Birthday!

CAMO Bogotá, CO

Happy Birthday, Billy.

There was a time when I was probably one of the most devoted Smashing Pumpkins fans in Colombia. I collected almost your entire catalog. I grew up listening to those endless layers of sound you created — guitars that felt like atmospheres, melodies suspended somewhere between fragility and epic intensity. A universe where a mellotron, analog synths, and raw emotion could coexist.

I’m a Pisces too, so maybe that’s why your music always felt like it was speaking from another dimension — melancholic, cosmic, deeply honest. You changed the way I understood contemporary rock and pop. You showed me that sensitivity could be powerful.

When you first came to Colombia, I made this video with a friend while working for a magazine. We ended up talking about the moon, the music industry, and the future of rock. Years later, I realized something: you weren’t being pessimistic — you were simply seeing further ahead than the rest of us.

Maybe rock didn’t die; maybe it just transformed. But here we are, still celebrating something more important — your music keeps being born every time someone discovers it for the first time.

Thank you for the noise, the beauty, and the vision.

Happy Birthday — and thank you for continuing to inspire across generations.

— CAMO. Bogotá. Colombia

Andrew Chicago, US

Sometimes words cannot describe something so magical. That night was everything. A love letter to our home and the soundtrack for so many lives.

Happy BDay WPC

Newton New York, US

Happiest of birthdays to WPC. Saw my first show back in 1991 to Mexico City recently for Viva Latino. It has been a fun journey pushing 3 decades. “Travel the world, traverse the skies” WPC

Memories for the heart

Chio Carr Cancun, MX

Happy Birthday Billy! My memory is about that, after 25 years, I was finally able to travel from Cancun to Mexico City for the SP concert. It truly touched my heart because, along with the music that brings back memories of my youth, I got to reunite with dear friends from my hometown. I can’t wait to see SP on stage again!

Happy Birthday, sir.

Hitomi Hirahata Tokyo, JP

Our lives are all tied up with your music and you, like Christmas.いつもありがとうございます。

Matthew Elkton, MD, US

Happy Birthday William Patrick Corgan! Ever since my dear friend whose now passed for many years first shared your music with me, SP has been my favorite band! Thank you for everything!

SP back in Rotterdam

Marcel VDS Rotterdam, NL

The first gig of The Smashing Pumpkins in The Netherlands was in Rotterdam. The most recent The Smashing Pumpkins gig in the Netherlands was also in Rotterdam!

Zero

Anahí Ciudad de México, MX

Happy Birthday, Billy Corgan! 🎂💫

Wishing you a wonderful day surrounded by the love of your family. I’m beyond grateful for your music—it has brought true friends into my life & created the most beautiful memories.

I’ve been to every single show in Mexico City, but the most special one was attending with my mom. She’s a fan now too! Every time you play “Disarm,” it takes us back to a very special place. Thank you for the magic & the art. 🎸🌹

Vive latino 2026

Alexa Cuautla, Morelos, MX

Happy birthday to one of the best artists I’ve ever known, the one who wrote all those songs that have always been with me and that I’ve had on repeat for most of my life. Seeing the Smashing Pumpkins live was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had; all the songs from my teenage years in one night is something I can’t simply put into words. Your music evokes feelings I can’t even describe. Happy birthday, Billy, we love you!

Dyson Russell Melbourne , AU

Your music saved my life in my teens, and remains a constant source of inspiration and evidence of the power of creativity.  SP was my first concert in 2010 as a 15 year old in Melbourne – now up to 10 and 2 solo.  I flew to Chicago for the shows in 2018 in arenas, and saw you perform in the gem bar in Melbourne in front of maybe 100 people – thanks for answering my question during that event!  SP has been a soundtrack to my life – so thank you for sharing your gift with the world

This Wasn’t Just a Phase

Holly US

15 years old and already changed forever. Copies of covers to protect the originals (still tucked away), handmade Zero jewelry, and hours spent memorizing every word from a cassette insert that never made it back to the library.

That was the moment, when something clicked, and I felt seen in a way I never had before. An instant connection I knew would last a lifetime.

Thank you for the music, the insight, the feeling. It’s meant everything.
Grateful, always.
Happy Birthday WPC

Gratitude

Jess Peterborough, ON, CA

Your words, your music, are the greatest gift given. I cannot offer such a powerful gift to you in return, but I can send my gratitude, love, light and well wishes for a Happy Birthday, and a year ahead full of good health, happiness, love, memories made, and continued success, for yourself and your beautiful family. I met you once in Toronto. You held my hand as I sputtered my gratitude to you. You quietly kissed my hand, and told me it was your pleasure and honour to have met me. That kindness shown, meant the world to a kid forgotten and abused by the world, to come from the one who kept her going with his beautiful creations.

Thank you for the soundtrack of my life. May every birthday be one you feel loved and appreciated.