The Orange Peel’s First 25 Years Put Asheville on the Map. Now, Staffers Hope to Buy It

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For two weeks in 2007, Billy Corgan wandered the streets of Asheville, N.C. He was handing out concert tickets to unsuspecting residents and teens for one of two Smashing Pumpkins residencies that summer. Corgan and his bandmates chose San Francisco’s nearly 100-year old Fillmore and one of the coolest new indie venues in the country, […]

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