Q101 and The Smashing Pumpkins Will Salute The Metro’s 40th Anniversary By Broadcasting the Show Live on Q101

CHICAGO, IL, SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 – Cumulus Media’s Chicago Alternative Rock station Q101/WKQX-FM announces that it will present The Smashing Pumpkins Takeover starting Tuesday, September 13^th at 6:00am and running through Tuesday, September 20^th at 5:00pm. Every half hour every day, the station will give away a pair of tickets to a special live concert event at The Metro – the legendary club where it all started for The Smashing Pumpkins. “Q101 Presents An Evening With The Smashing Pumpkins” will be held on Tuesday, September 20^th at 8:00pm at The Metro. The only way in is to win with Q101 – every half hour, starting Tuesday, September 13^th. Q101 and The Smashing Pumpkins will salute The Metro’s 40^th Anniversary of housing live music for Chicago by broadcasting the show live on Q101 for Chicagoland starting at 8:00pm that evening and streaming worldwide at www.q101.com.

Q101 will be selling commemorative Smashing Pumpkins/The Metro/Q101 t-shirts at The Metro concert event, with all proceeds donated to the Highland Park Community Foundation’s 4^th of July Highland Park Shooting Response Fund.

Troy Hanson, Program Director, Q101, VP/Operations, Cumulus Chicago, and VP/Programming, Rock Formats, Cumulus Media, said: “It’s an honor to bring together three iconic Chicago brands to celebrate a night of ‘All Things Chicago’ – The Smashing Pumpkins, The Metro and Q101!”

This unique promotional event leads right into The Smashing Pumpkins/Jane’s Addiction North American Tour, featuring a tour stop at United Center on Saturday November 5^th. Tickets to that show are available at www.livenation.com. The Smashing Pumpkins will debut their new single, “Beguiled,”

Tuesday, September 20^th, on Q101.

For more information, visit: www.q101.com.

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Contact:

Jeannine Moose
Marketing Director, Cumulus Chicago
312-245-1228 / Jeannine.Moose@cumulus.com