Watch The Smashing Pumpkins’ bemusing performance on Disney holiday special

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The Smashing Pumpkins have appeared on Disney’s holiday special The Wonderful World Of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration to perform Christmas-themed music.

The special, which aired on ABC on Sunday (November 26), was broadcasted from Walt Disney World in Florida. Frontman Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha, and drummer Jimmy Chamberlain, were joined by Sierra Swan (who filled in for bassist Jack Bates) to perform an unreleased Christmas song, ‘Evergreen’, and the 1950 Bing Crosby carol, ‘Silver Bells’ in front of the Cinderella Castle at the famed Magic Kingdom theme park.Watch the quartet’s acoustic guitar-driven, stripped back rendition of ‘Silver Bells’ below:Disney#holidayspecial#smashingpumpkins#silverbells ♬ original sound – James Matthew Givens The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration is available for viewing on-demand on Disney+.

Other musical guests featured on the program included DJ Khaled, Andra Day and Tori Kelly.A post shared by ABC (@abcnetwork)In an interview ahead of the performance, Billy Corgan professed his love for all things Disney, expressing that he and his family visit its theme parks regularly. “I work in the world of professional wrestling and when you’re a big fan of professional wrestling, they call you a mark.

So I’m a Disney mark,” said Corgan.“I collect old Disneyland items. I have stuff as far back as the opening day in 1955. So when they called me to come play Disney, I’m like, ‘Whatever you need’”.