Hey there fellow Pumpkinheads... I did a search and found this thread, so I figured I'd revive it, since I'm a HUGE Pumpkins fan and the new album is only a couple months away. If you head over the blamo.org/sp/ (the BEST internet site for Pumpkins news), you can see they posted the track listing for the new album. It looks like Billy and Co. may have gone political this time around, which could be interesting if it's anything like NIN's new album Year Zero.
Supposedly James Iha won't be back in the band and hasn't spoken to Corgan in years, and there is no news on D'arcy one way or the other but her replacement for the Machina tour (Melissa auf Der Maur) said she'd be happy to join Corgan again in the Pumpkins if he wants her to. She's a good player and a hottie (though not as hot as D'arcy back in the day) so I'd be cool with her coming back. As for Iha, I really don't care that much. He's a good guitar player, but considering that Billy basically TAUGHT him how to play, he's not really necessary. Billy and Jimmy were the ones that mattered most and they're back, so I could live without the others. It will be interesting though to see who they will bring on as the other guitarist for the tour (they HAVE to... Pumpkins songs are notorious for having WAY more than one guitar part).