Both Billy Corgan’s tea store is in a foul location traffic-wise, or folks aren’t digging the Smashing Pumpkins frontman’s scones. On Tuesday (April twenty ninth), a automobile crashed into Madame Zuzu’s in Highland Park, Illinois, for the second time in six months.
Fortunately, in contrast to the incident in October, nobody was harm this time round, and the injury to the storefront wasn’t practically as extreme. In accordance with WGN9, the alt-rock musician’s spouse, Chloe Mendel Corgan, reported that it was “an trustworthy accident” and that there was “some exterior injury.”
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A press release on the store’s official Instagram web page learn, “Earlier at present, there was an accident exterior of Madame Zuzu’s involving a car that struck the entrance of the café. Fortunately, nobody was injured. Thanks to everybody who checked in and provided help.”
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By the point WGN9’s helicopter was over the scene, the automobile had been moved from the realm, with just some injury to the store’s brick facade seen.
Billy himself posted a photograph of the injury on X/Twitter, with the caption, “Are you able to consider somebody drove into the entrance of Madame Zuzu’s AGAIN?” The rocker could be seen taking the picture within the window’s reflection.
The outcome was far worse in October, when a purple Mini Cooper crashed into Madame Zuzu’s, injuring Billy’s mother-in-law, along with his son narrowly avoiding hurt. The store’s home windows had been fully blown out as a result of that incident.
The Pumpkins singer-guitarist initially opened the tea store in Chicago’s Ravinia neighborhood in 2012. After shutting it down in 2018, Billy and Chloe re-opened the shop at its present Highland Park location in September 2020. Along with promoting tea, Madame Zuzu’s gives a largely vegan menu of meals objects.
On the music entrance, Corgan is as busy as ever. He lately introduced a solo tour celebrating the Smashing Pumpkins albums Mellon Collie and the Infinite Disappointment (thirtieth anniversary) and Machina/The Machines of God, plus its sequel Machina II/The Buddies & Enemies of Fashionable Music (each 25 anniversary). That outing kicks off June seventh in Baltimore and runs via June twenty ninth in Minneapolis, with tickets out there right here.
Moreover, Corgan is teaming up with the Lyric Opera of Chicago for a collection of live shows reimagining Mellon Collie and the Infinite Disappointment in November.
Watch WGN9’s report on the newest automobile crash at Madame Zuzu’s, and see Billy Corgan’s tweet of the injury, beneath.
Fortunately nobody was injured pic.twitter.com/DPmOdmqjgy
— William Patrick Corgan (@Billy) April 29, 2025