# Smashing Pumpkins Bring Out The Brady Bunch’s Barry Williams and Melissa Auf der Maur at Lollapalooza Pre-Show

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/smashing-pumpkins-bring-out-the-brady-bunchs-barry-williams-and-melissa-auf-der-maur-at-lollapalooza-pre-show/
- Published: 2026-07-30T16:58:24+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-30T17:08:11+00:00
- Original publisher: Consequence
- Original article: https://consequence.net/2026/07/smashing-pumpkins-barry-williams-melissa-auf-der-maur-lollapalooza/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Barry Williams sang a Brady Bunch song with Smashing Pumpkins.
- Melissa Auf der Maur joined the closing song.
- The band returns to Lollapalooza after 32 years.

## Summary

Smashing Pumpkins brought actor Barry Williams, known for playing Greg Brady in The Brady Bunch, on stage during their Lollapalooza pre-show at Chicago’s Riviera Theatre. Williams joined the band for “It’s a Sunshine Day”, creating an intentionally incongruous moment against the group’s darker visual style; it also reflected his recent appearance on Billy Corgan’s podcast.

Former bassist Melissa Auf der Maur also appeared for the closing performance of “The Everlasting Gaze”, continuing a reunion that resumed in Montreal just over a year earlier after a long gap. The band additionally played “Thirty-Three” for the first time since 2018, “Dorian” for the first time since 2015, and debuted “War Dreams of Itself” live; they are due to play Lollapalooza on Friday for the first time in 32 years.

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