Hilton Buzz

In their efforts to regain the popularity they enjoyed in the ’90s, alt-rock gods the Smashing Pumpkins have apparently released their CD single of “Tarantula” (from their upcoming July 10 album, Zeitgeist) in the U.K. with Paris Hilton on the cover. The recently freed heiress is posing with her BlackBerry dressed as a 19th-century saloon employee. The band seems to be making a bold statement about our culture with this cover — that people use BlackBerrys.

Moreover, Frontman Billy Corgan said he took the photos of Hilton, who he had met previously.

He told MTV News: “The original idea was we were gonna see if Lindsay (Lohan), Britney (Spears) and Paris would all shoot..(but) Paris I knew personally and hung out with her a few times, and so I asked her…and God bless her, she came, she showed up at 10am on a Sunday morning, sat in the chair, got made up and (I) shot her.”

[Source & Photo Credit: Paris Hilton Online]