Billy Corgan

Sep 5, 2026

concerts music

Show date: 2 Sept. 2026
Venue: Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall
Setlist

This was an opera reimagining of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. I was kind of expecting a bit more "rock opera" and a little less "opera opera". Honestly, the parts with the opera singers just didn't do it for me. They were great and the arrangements were great but it just didn't click mostly.

The parts that did click though were the parts where Billy came out to sing. His super unique voice blended incredibly well with the orchestra and choir and made the whole thing feel much more like what I was expecting.

The closing rendition of Tonight, Tonight was absolutely phenominal though. Everyone immediately jumped to their feet for a standing ovation.

I'm glad I went to see it. Wouldn't pay to see it again though.

Wide view of the concert hall from the upper tier, with a full orchestra and standing choir on a blue-lit stage beneath a screen showing an abstract blue constellation pattern, as the audience settles in.

Another wide view of the orchestra and choir on stage, this time under a retro-futuristic illustration of airships drifting past a yellow planet projected on the big screen.

A guest vocalist in a shimmering gold gown singing into a handheld microphone at the conductor's podium, surrounded by the orchestra's string section.

Billy Corgan, bald and dressed in a long black coat, singing into a microphone at the conductor's podium with the orchestra arranged behind him.

Billy Corgan at the podium mic with the choir standing behind the orchestra, a glowing art-deco cityscape illustration filling the screen above the stage.

Billy Corgan mid-song at the microphone, hand raised near his chest, lit in warm pink stage lighting with the orchestra around him.

Billy Corgan singing at the podium microphone, framed by the orchestra's string and woodwind sections under warm stage lighting.

Billy Corgan standing at the podium with hands clasped, looking out toward the audience, orchestra and choir behind him bathed in red and pink light.