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Smashing Pumpkins' debut album Gish turns 17 this year, and it looks like the band-- or what remains of it, anyway-- is planning a big ol' birthday celebration to usher Gish toward the cusp of adulthood.

As has become typical of Pumpkins news of late, details are scarce, but according to a recent post on the band's website, we can expect both a "pre-Gish/Gish box set" and a "Gish tour" "sometime in 2008."

Whether the Gish tour and the previously reported Pumpkins 20th anniversary shows are one and the same isn't entirely clear, though I wouldn't put it past Mr. Billy Corgan, never one for subtlety, to pile on the milestones. Much less likely: the Gish-era Pumpkins lineup turning up for the Gish tour.

The Pumpkins also have a DVD in the works, which their site suggests will arrive before the year is out, and a new, non-album single on the way, due in September.

Finally, some Windy City love: on June 28 at L.A.'s Hollywood Bowl, Cheap Trick and an orchestra will roll through the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band LP with a number of special guests, including Billy Corgan.