Billy Corgan is a married man!
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman (56) married his longtime partner Chloe Mendel. Speaking to WGN at the band’s 30th anniversary album celebration Siamese dreamCorgan revealed that he and Mendel tied the knot on Saturday.
His good news came as he hosted a pop-up shop and performed a special acoustic concert at Madame Zuzu, a teahouse, vegan restaurant and performance space in Highland Park, Illinois, that Corgan and Mendel co-own.
According to WGN, the celebration included two concerts that recreated the group’s 1993 party at Tower Records. Updated band merchandise and vinyl records are also available.
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Billy Corgan, daughter Philomena and son Augustus.
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This is the second marriage for Corgan, who was briefly married to art conservator Chris Fabian between 1993 and 1995.
He and Mendel (31) have been together since 2012, and got engaged in September 2022 on Mendel’s 30th birthday. “The day ended with a wedding proposal,” read Mendel’s Instagram caption at the time. “Of course I said yes ❤️.”
Mendel is the creative director and co-founder of Maison Atia, a luxury outerwear brand. Her father is Gilles Mendel, a French atelier and designer and director of the luxury fashion brand J. Mendel, which has been in the Mendel family for five generations.
She and Corgan share daughter Philomena, 5 in October, and 7½-year-old son Augustus.
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Chloe Mendel and Billy Corgan. Gabriel Grams/Getty Mini Pumpkin! Billy Corgan says his son Augustus, 2½, ‘watches my music videos every day’
Earlier this month, Corgan spoke about a 10-date tour with his two children without Mendel. “As for the two people next to me in this photo, I’ve had them on this tour for about 10 days with no help other than the tour staff (thanks!) to look after them for those two hours on stage; otherwise they were my ‘problem’ sorting mornings, noon and night,” Corgan wrote in an Instagram post at the time.
In the photo, Corgan posed with two peace signs while his two children stood on the bench he was sitting on and wrapped their arms around him.
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