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Smashing Pumpkins to perform headline gig in Essex

Elliot Deady
BBC News, Essex
Jason Renaud A black-and-white photo of the band The Smashing Pumpkins. They are all wearing dark outfits and two of them are wearing sunglasses.Jason Renaud
The Smashing Pumpkins will perform the headline gig in Colchester this August

Grammy Award-winning alternative rock group The Smashing Pumpkins are to perform a headline gig in Essex.

The band are the latest act to announce a performance at Castle Park, Colchester, this August.

The Smashing Pumpkins will be joined on stage by the rock band Skunk Anansie and post-punk band White Lies on 14 August.

Also performing as part of the Colchester Castle Summer Series are noughties pop-punk band Busted, garage singer Craig David, reggae band UB40, rock bands Texas and James, and ska group Madness.

Mark Allan/BBC The pop-punk band Busted looking straight at the camera. Matt Willis is wearing black glasses and a red patterned jacket with his arms folded. Charlie Simpson is wearing a black top and beige coat. James Bourne is wearing a green top, denim jacket, and black sunglasses.Mark Allan/BBC
Busted are also performing in Castle Park this summer

"It's an honour to host an act with such a profound legacy and cultural impact," event organiser Rob Waller said.

Since forming in the United States in 1988, the group have enjoyed global success, picking up two Grammy Awards and gongs at other prestigious ceremonies like the MTV Video Music Awards.

Tickets for The Smashing Pumpkins' tour, which also includes dates in London, Halifax in West Yorkshire, and Scarborough in North Yorkshire, go on sale on Friday.

Castle Park will also be home to the ALB Festival in September, which will feature performances from pop stars Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Pixie Lott.

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