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On the Beat: David Menconi on music

News & Observer music critic David Menconi's random (and we do mean random) musings about all things related to music and culture of the "popular" variety.

Smashing Pumpkins (belatedly) coming to Raleigh

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After repeatedly bypassing the Triangle last year, Billy Corgan's latterday version of Smashing Pumpkins will finally play in Raleigh next month -- Aug. 17 at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at the usual places. 

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About the blogger

David Menconi has been the News & Observer's music critic since 1991. Before that, he spent five years at the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo. He has a masters in journalism from the University of Texas and a B.A. in English from Southwestern University. You can find more of his writing here.

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