Jack Bates, Hook’s son, pulls double-duty as bassist of each the Smashing Pumpkins and Peter Hook & The Gentle at Mexico Metropolis’s World Is a Vampire fest
The Smashing Pumpkins headlined Saturday evening at their very own The World Is a Vampire fest in Mexico Metropolis, a competition that additionally featured Peter Hook and the Gentle on the lineup. Each of these bands share the identical bassist — Jack Bates, Hook’s son — so it was solely pure that “Hooky” be a part of Billy Corgan and firm for a set-ending efficiency of Pleasure Division’s “No Love Misplaced.”
Hook and the Pumpkins beforehand partially collaborated in 2021 when Hook, Bates and guitarist Jeff Schroeder re-recorded Pleasure Division’s “Ceremony” to lift funds for Candy Aid. Hook additionally joined the Smashing Pumpkins onstage in 2018 to carry out Pleasure Division’s “Transmission.”
The Pumpkins’ The World Is a Vampire fest will subsequent head off to Australia for 10 dates with Jane’s Dependancy, Amyl & The Sniffers and Corgan’s Nationwide Wrestling Alliance in tow. After that trek, the Smashing Pumpkins will launch the ultimate installment of their large Atum three-part rock opera on April 21, adopted by a headlining gig at Napa Valley’s BottleRock competition in Could.
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