Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan and wife Chloé Mendel welcomed their third child on Tuesday (March 18). The couple shared the news with People magazine, revealing that Juno Corgan was born during the “wee hours” at the couple’s Highland, Park, IL home and weighed 9.9 lbs. and was 22 inches long.
“My wife, Chloé is doing well and recovering, and baby Juno is happy, healthy, and nursing with gusto,” Corgan told the magazine. “We are so touched by all the kind wishes of support and love, and thank those who helped Chloé and baby have such a safe, and peaceful, home birth.” The rocker added that the couple’s other children, son Augustus Juppiter, 9, and daughter Philomena Clementine, 6, are “absolutely thrilled by their new sister [and]… can’t wait till she’s old enough to play.”
The couple revealed last August that they were expecting their third and shared a picture with the newborn with People, in which Juno is snuggled between them as Corgan cradles an acoustic guitar.
Just weeks before Juno was born, Corgan spoke with Billboard Australia about making sure his children know what he wants them to do with his massive archive of released, and unreleased music when he’s gone. “I want to make sure that if anything happens to me, my affairs are put in order in a way that my children cannot only benefit from my hard work, but also know what to do with it,” Corgan said. “You know, there are at least 100 unreleased songs. And I think I’ve released 350 or so. But understanding that those are valuable things, don’t be in a big hurry to dump them out into the world. You know, they have to be protected, like works of art.”
Seeing how other artists, and their families, have dealt with precious catalogs, Corgan said having his music protected is crucial. “There are other situations where the family can’t wait to sell everything, and the artist’s legacy is destroyed because they just dump everything on the market and it is a complicated situation,” he said without naming names. “But… it does influence me, particularly given the difference in age between my children.”
In addition to diaper duty, Corgan has a lot of other irons in the fire, including owning the National Wrestling Alliance and recently launching the Magnificent Others podcast, where he’s had long-form chats with everyone from KISS bassist/singer Gene Simmons, to Tom Morello, Sharon Osbourne, Wolfgang Van Halen, songwriter Diane Warren and Howie Mandel.
He also announced earlier this month that he is planning to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Pumpkins’ landmark double-album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness with an event he’s calling A Night of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness at the Lyric Opera of Chicago for seven evenings beginning Nov. 21; tickets for the event will go on sale on April 11.
In the meantime, the Pumpkins continue their Aghori Tour, with a run of dates in Europe slated for July and August.
The post “Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan and Wife Chloé Mendel Welcome Third Child” by Jessica Lynch was published on 03/20/2025 by www.billboard.com