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Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan and Wife Expecting Third Child


Smashing Pumpkins' leader Billy Corgan and his wife, Chloé Mendel Corgan, announced that they are expecting their third child.

“It’s an exciting time for us, although unexpected!” Corgan, 57, added, “On Sunday, we shared the news with our children, Augustus Juppiter and Philomena Clementine. The couple — who began dating in 2012 and got married in Sept. 2023 at their lakeside home in Chicago’s Highland Park — run the cozy tea shop Madame Zuzu’s in their neighborhood and Mendel is the CEO and co-creative director of the fashion line House of Gilles. The Pumpkins released their 13th studio album, Aghori Mhori Mei, earlier this month, with the collection topping Billboard’s new music poll for the week ending August 2.

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