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Olivia Rodrigo Joined Smashing Pumpkins at Lollapalooza, 32 Years After the Band Last Played the Festival

Updated 2 weeks ago, August 1, 2026

Olivia Rodrigo sang “Thirty-Three,” a Smashing Pumpkins song from 1995 that’s older than she is.

Olivia Rodrigo performing on stage at Lollapalooza during The Smashing Pumpkins set — Olivia Rodrigo takes the Lollapalooza stage with The Smashing Pumpkins to perform “Thirty-Three” on July 31, 2026. Photo by Greta Cross / USA TODAY via Reuters Connect.

Olivia Rodrigo keeps ending up on stage with the rock stars she grew up worshipping, and they keep saying yes.

Smashing Pumpkins performing live at Lollapalooza in 1994 — Smashing Pumpkins performing at Lollapalooza in 1994. Photo by Ebet Roberts / Redferns via Getty Images.

The Smashing Pumpkins closed out the second day of Lollapalooza on July 31 with a run of their biggest hits, then started pulling guests up one at a time. Rodrigo took “Thirty-Three,” a Mellon Collie deep cut from 1995. YUNGBLUD came out for “Luna,” and former guitarist Melissa Auf der Maur returned for “The Everlasting Gaze.”

Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins performing on stage at Lollapalooza — Billy Corgan leads Smashing Pumpkins through their Lollapalooza set on July 31, 2026. Photo by Greta Cross / USA TODAY via Reuters Connect.

Corgan is only the latest. At Glastonbury 2025 she brought out Robert Smith for “Just Like Heaven” and “Friday I’m in Love.”

Robert Smith of The Cure performing at Splendour in the Grass 2016 in Byron Bay, Australia — Byron Bay, Australia hosted Splendour in the Grass on July 23, 2016, with The Cure’s Robert Smith performing on stage. Photo by Mark Metcalfe / Getty Images.

A year later she and Smith cut “What’s Wrong With Me” together, her first-ever featured collaboration on an album, and debuted it live at a surprise Primavera Sound set in June. She’s called Smith a personal hero for years and name-checks Cure songs across her catalog.

Olivia Rodrigo performing on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury festival in Somerset, England — Olivia Rodrigo takes the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury’s closing day in Pilton, Somerset on June 29, 2025. Photo by Oli Scarff / AFP via Getty Images.

At Governors Ball in June 2025 she brought out David Byrne for “Burning Down the House,” trading verses and doing the Byrne dance moves next to him. He later covered “drivers license” for the song’s fifth anniversary, and they put the live collab on a limited 7-inch.

Billy Corgan performing on stage with Smashing Pumpkins at Lollapalooza 2026 — Billy Corgan performs with Smashing Pumpkins at Lollapalooza on July 31, 2026. Photo by Chad Wadsworth / Reuters Connect.

At her own Lollapalooza headline set in August 2025, she told the crowd Weezer was the first concert she ever attended, then brought Rivers Cuomo and the band out for “Buddy Holly” and “Say It Ain’t So.” That one got a blue 7-inch too.

Then there’s Jack White, who she’s called her “hero of all heroes.” At the White Stripes’ 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, she performed “We’re Going to Be Friends” acoustic with Feist right after Jack’s speech. He’s left her handwritten notes, including one hidden in her SNL dressing room.

Olivia Rodrigo performing on stage at Spotify's Billions Club Live show in Barcelona, Spain — Olivia Rodrigo takes the stage at Spotify’s Billions Club Live event in Barcelona, Spain, on May 8, 2026. Photo by Xavi Torrent / Getty Images.

The set leaned on the classics: “1979,” “Bullet with Butterfly Wings,” “Today,” “Disarm,” “Cherub Rock,” “Zero.” Corgan’s mic cut out for the first few seconds of “1979” before it got fixed. Rain moved in about 45 minutes in, enough for fans to pull on ponchos and for some to head out early. It cleared in under 20 minutes.

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