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Smashing Pumpkins announced via MySpace bulletin this morning that they will release a new album, Zeitgeist, on July 7 of this year. 07-07-07! How'd they land that lucky date? Well kids, it's a Saturday, proving that Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, and whoever the hell else is in the band think they are above and beyond the ways of the music industry (most albums come out on Tuesdays, see). Thanks to various reader tips for keeping us posted on this info.

Since we last reported, the Pumpkins revealed two more European festival dates, one at Nickelsdorf, Austria's Nova Rock Festival, and one at Interlaken, Switzerland's Greenfield Festival.

Dates:

06-02 Nuremburg, Germany - Nürburgring (Rock am Park)
06-03 Nuremburg, Germany - Zeppelinfeld (Rock im Park)
06-15 Nickelsdorf, Austria - Nova Rock Festival
06-17 Interlaken, Switzerland - Greenfield Festival