In this exclusive chat, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan sits down with Triple M's Brendan Annakin to preview the band's 'The World Is a Vampire' Festival hitting Aussie shores in April.

They'll take an in depth look at the Pumpkins' new three-part rock opera ATUM; discuss the new found harmony within the band and you'll discover why some of the band's catalogue has disappeared.

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