# Smashing Pumpkins welcome three guests at Lollapalooza homecoming

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/watch-the-smashing-pumpkins-bring-out-olivia-rodrigo-and-yungblud-for-lollapalooza-2026-headline-set/
- Published: 2026-08-01T11:00:55+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-01T17:12:35+00:00
- Original publisher: NME
- Original article: https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-the-smashing-pumpkins-bring-out-olivia-rodrigo-and-yungblud-for-lollapalooza-2026-headline-set-3960162?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=watch-the-smashing-pumpkins-bring-out-olivia-rodrigo-and-yungblud-for-lollapalooza-2026-headline-set
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Smashing Pumpkins returned to Lollapalooza with three guest appearances.
- Olivia Rodrigo joined Billy Corgan for ‘Thirty-Three’.
- Melissa Auf der Maur played the closing song.

## Summary

The Smashing Pumpkins marked their first Lollapalooza appearance in 32 years with a hometown headline set featuring surprise guests Olivia Rodrigo, Yungblud and former touring bassist Melissa Auf der Maur. The collaborations underlined the Chicago band’s enduring influence across generations, while reconnecting them with an important part of their own history.

The band played 17 songs on the Bud Light Stage on 31 July. Yungblud joined them for ‘Luna’, Rodrigo sang ‘Thirty-Three’ with Billy Corgan on acoustic guitar, and Auf der Maur played on closing song ‘The Everlasting Gaze’; she had also performed it with the group at a pre-festival show two nights earlier.

## Coverage

- [NME: Smashing Pumpkins welcome three guests at Lollapalooza homecoming](https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-the-smashing-pumpkins-bring-out-olivia-rodrigo-and-yungblud-for-lollapalooza-2026-headline-set-3960162?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=watch-the-smashing-pumpkins-bring-out-olivia-rodrigo-and-yungblud-for-lollapalooza-2026-headline-set)
- [Yungblud (news): Olivia Rodrigo and Yungblud Join Smashing Pumpkins for Nostalgia-Fueled Lollapalooza Set - Rolling Stone](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMisgFBVV95cUxQd1lPRzlTUmdQakhsS2p6VjUzYkEtM1BoUWtjdS1qY193RU0wVXg2SmdFVG1YckdHS1FNNG1OWFFCNXFUU1RHeW9pUkdfeHF0b2lPek5yRy04M01ZdlVkYmcxcVh5S1RIQTJqRDNRNi1FcFY2MXVNVEh2N2ZNNGRHbkM2RXQtSzJwYTc0QXZpNzZNa21aVmdYYW14cVhlTi1fUFRZcm5zY0NkRmsxODdkWTN3?oc=5)
- [Far Out: Watch Olivia Rodrigo and Yungblud join The Smashing Pumpkins for Lollapalooza 2026 headline set](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/watch-olivia-rodrigo-yungblud-the-smashing-pumpkins-lollapalooza-2026/)

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