Smashing Pumpkins and Billy Corgan have been among the many performers bringing festive cheer to the gang at this yr’s Winter Traditional, the annual NHL sport that takes hockey into out of doors stadiums on New Yr’s Eve.
At this yr’s occasion, held in entrance of 40,000 followers at Wrigley Discipline in Chicago – residence of baseball’s Chicago Cubs – the St. Loius Blues defeated native favourites the Chicago Blackhawks 6-2, with St. Louis defenceman Can Fowler scoring twice.
In the meantime, the leisure was offered by Likelihood The Rapper, who carried out through the first intermission, and Smashing Pumpkins, who performed In the present day and Sighommi earlier than a televised Tonight, Tonight through the participant introductions. The most important shock, nevertheless, got here when Pumpkins chief Billy Corgan led the gang led the gang in singing the baseball basic Take Me Out To The Ballgame earlier than the third interval, signing off with an enthusiastic “Let’s get some balls!”
“I’ve all the time been a fan of aggressive sports activities, and I feel the ethos of hockey matches very well with the ethos of rock music,” Corgan instructed the Chicago Tribune in 2017. “It’s all about overcoming adversity, being part of a workforce, and coping with the ups and downs of success.”
Smashing Pumpkins ended the night time by enjoying a personal present for NHL workers on the Home Of Blues in Chicago, performing an 11-song set that included covers of U2‘s Zoo Station and David Bowie‘s Ziggy Stardust in addition to Pumpkins classics like Tonight, Tonight, Bullet With Butterfly Wings, 1979 and Cherub Rock.
