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Tentatively Confirmed: Smashing Pumpkins and Kanye West to Headline Bang Music Festival 2007

Rumors of the dual headliners have been swirling at Miami Nights and Cool Junkie for a couple weeks now, but I can confirm this more or less. I received a press release from a nice lady at Epic Records this morning, pushing an interview with Automatic Loveletter, a pretty solid female-fronted rock band out of Clearwater. That press release led me to Automatic Loveletter's MySpace site, where the upcoming shows includes "Nov. 11, 8 p.m., Bicentennial Park w/Smashing Pumkins and Kanye West."

I wouldn't call that definitive confirmation, but it's as close as we'll get before an official announcement.

My reaction? Meh. This isn't the real Smashing Pumpkins, it's a Billy Corgan vanity band (whether the original was the same thing is certtainly open for debate, admittedly), and Kanye West would be cool to see, but it'll take an impressive second-tier lineup to make this festival pop.

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meh...

nothing they can possibly book can top daft punk's set from last year.

Scooter --

True. Nothing else needs to be said.

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