The Smashing Pumpkins, who seven weeks ago did a secret show for 300 guests at an American Legion Hall in Hollywood, performed Saturday (7/4) in a stadium 200x larger just 11 miles away.

The Chicago rockers were on the unusually billed America 250 LA Fourth of July Concert that also featured Maren Morris, Queen Latifah, and Chris Stapleton.

Despite tickets being sold for just $17.76, sales were slow until 73-year-old Chaka Khan was added to the program.

For the Pumpkins, the LA Memorial Coliseum, home of the USC Trojans football team, and where track and field of the 1984 (and 1932) Olympics took place, became the largest audience in Los Angeles they've played in front of.

7/4/26, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 77,500 opening for Stapleton
10/31/98, Dodger Stadium, 56,000 opening for KISS
9/14/24, SoFi Stadium, 49,000 opening for Green Day
11/19/22, Hollywood Bowl, 17,500 with Jane’s Addiction
12/8/18, The Forum, 17,500 with Thirty Seconds to Mars
8/31/18, The Forum, 17,500 with Metric
8/30/18, The Forum, 17,500 with Metric
12/18/96, The Forum, 17,500 with Garbage
12/3/08; Gibson Amphitheatre, 6,251
12/2/08, Gibson Amphitheatre, 6,251

Despite the fact they played to so many Angelenos, a lot of the draw could have been coming from both Stapleton, Khan, and the fact ticket prices were so low.

For some reason concerts in the US on the Fourth of July this year were not in all that great of demand.

The few ticketed shows that drew over 14k fans or more on the 4th were Ed Sheeran at Mile High Stadium (76,125); Ye at the Alamodome (61,000); Brandy & Monica, Babyface, and Patti LaBelle at Caesars Superdome (50,000); and Willie Nelson, Billy Strings, and Wilco at Germania Insurance Amphitheater (14,000).

Apparently Americans like to barbeque, watch a few fireworks, and take it easy on their three-day weekend.

Which is why it was a head scratcher that such an odd collection of excellent artists were put together to fill such an unspectacular venue for music in LA.

It might be why the Pumpkins (for the exception of truly stoked guitarist Angeleno Kiki Wong) didn't seem to be thrilled with the cavernous, soulless stadium with the hodgepodge lineup.

They played five of their greatest hits, a newer song, and booked it out of there after singing how today was the greatest day.

It isn't that the Coliseum is incapable of bringing music magic. But those moments were well-planned.

In August '72, Wattstax went down at the stadium. Later known as “Black Woodstock,” the landmark Stax Records benefit concert brought Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, Albert King and others together for a solid day of soul.

In the fall of 1985, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band brought the Born in the USA Tour back to LA for four huge nights as he transitioned from an arena rocker into a stadium act.

Two years later in 1987, U2 sold out two nights the Coliseum on The Joshua Tree Tour.

In July of '88, the Monsters of Rock tour gave LA hometown heroes Van Halen, along with Metallica, Scorpions, Dokken and Kingdom Come.

More recently Kanye West and Drake packed the place with the Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert, a one-night show on a cold and cruddy night that defied everything reasonable and knocked out a solid night of two of hip-hop’s biggest stars.

But the joint was also the notorious scene in October of 1981 where a young Prince famously opened for The Rolling Stones and the crowd pelted the Purple One during the first show of the two-night stand and Mick Jagger had to convince him to return for the second.

So not everything goes swimmingly at the Coliseum, as the USC football team could attest to.

Let's hope the next time the Pumpkins are asked to help fill up a stadium they get to play with their peers like Nine Inch Nails, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam and Weezer.

The Pumpkins' Rats in the Cage Tour kicks off in October and wraps up in back in California in November with a show at the Fabulous Forum followed by a headlining festival spot in Huntington Beach alongside Morrissey, Bad Religion, Buzzcocks, and many others.

Get your tix on the Smashing Pumpkins website.

Smashing Pumpkins The Rats in a Cage Tour

JULY
31 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza

SEPTEMBER
30 – Columbus, OH @ The Schottenstein Center

OCTOBER
2 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
3 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
4 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
6 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
7 – Hamilton, ON @ TD Coliseum
9 – Montréal, QC @ Centre Bell
11 – Madison, WI @ Kohl Center
13 – Saint Paul, MN @ Grand Casino Arena
14 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
16 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
17 – Jacksonville, FL @ VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
18 – Tampa, FL @ Benchmark International Arena
20 – Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse
22 – Nashville, TN @ The Truth
24 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Paycom Center
25 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center
27 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
29 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Delta Center
30 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena

NOVEMBER
1 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
3 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
5 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
6 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
8 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
11 – Phoenix, AZ @ Mortgage Matchup Center
12 – Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
14 – Huntington Beach, CA @ Darker Waves