Wisely ditching the "Zwan" project, Billy Corgan will start a world tour June 1st in Portugal in support of his debut solo album: TheFutureEmbrace, due out June 21 on Warner Bros. Records.

Over the course of eight weeks, Corgan and his band (which I hope includes the bassist from Zwan) will hit 11 countries--the U.S., Canada, Portugal, England, France, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Holland, Belgium, and Spain--before wrapping at the end of July.

TheFutureEmbrace was produced by Corgan along with Bjorn Thorsrud and Bon Harris, mixed by Alan Moulder and recorded in Chicago. The album contains 11 Corgan originals plus a cover of the early Bee Gees classic "To Love Somebody," which features Robert Smith of the Cure on backing vocals. Former Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin plays on "DIA."

Initial dates:

Wed 6/1 Lisbon, Portugal Aula Magna
Sat 6/4 Barcelona, Spain Apolo
Mon 6/6 Milan, Italy Alcatraz Club
Wed 6/8 Gent, Belgium Vooruit
Thu 6/9 Amsterdam, Holland Paradiso
Fri 6/10 Paris, France La Cigale
Sat 6/11 Cologne, Germany Live Music Hall
Wed 6/15 London, England Forum
Thu 6/16 London, England Forum
Fri 6/17 Dublin, Ireland The Ambassador