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Billy Corgan
Billy Corgan


Background information
Birth name William Patrick Corgan, Jr.
Born March 17, 1967
Born place Elk Grove Village, Illinois, U.S.
Genre(s) Alternative Rock
Years active 1985—present
Label(s) Virgin Records
Reprise Records
Caroline Records
Associated acts Hole
Courtney Love
Spirits in the Sky
Smashing Pumpkins
Zwan
The Jimmy Chamberlin Complex
Starchildren
The Marked
Website Website



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Lady Gaga, Iggy Pop Set For John Lennon Tribute Gigs

September 1, 2010
Lady Gaga, Iggy Pop Set For John Lennon Tribute GigsLady Gaga and Iggy Pop are set to take part in two special gigs curated by Yoko Ono and her son Sean Lennon.

The We Are The Plastic Ono Band shows, at Oprheum in Los Angeles on October 1 and 2, will also feature Wilco's Nels Cline and Wu-Tang rapper RZA.

Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon and Harper Simon will also appear at the gigs, which will be directed by Lennon.

Tickets cost between $60 and $150 and are on sale now.

Meanwhile, Ono has also organised a series of events in Iceland to mark what would have been her husband John Lennon’s 70th birthday.

The celebrations will conclude with a performance by the Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band on October 9.

Lennon would have turned 70 on October 9. He was shot dead in New York in December 1980.

(by Jason Gregory)



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