Smashing Pumpkins, whoever they might be, storm Europe

How the Smashing Pumpkins will spend the early part of their summer is no longer a mystery. Who exactly comprise the Smashing Pumpkins still is.

The seminal '90s band this morning announced 14 tour dates -- all but two in Europe -- surrounding the July release of their sixth album "Zeitgeist." The tour kicks off May 22 in Paris and visits the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Portugal, Austria, Italy and Switzerland by mid-June. For North American fans, there are appearances at the V Festivals on Aug. 5 at Pimlico Park in Baltimore and on Sept. 8 in Toronto.

But who are the Pumpkins? The band's announcement names only half the original lineup, Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin, along with a couple heavy-hitting producers -- Roy Thomas Baker and Terry Date, who worked "separately on various tracks." Stay tuned.