Soundgarden Announce US Tour
First few dates on the band\'s first reunion tour revealed
Billboard.com reports that after a 13-year absence, Soundgarden will finally return to the road this summer. The reunited grunge outfit has revealed the first four dates of its upcoming U.S. trek, which will head to Toronto, Philadelphia, Denver and Los Angeles this July, with more dates to be announced soon.
Soundgarden's first tour since 1997 follows the band's 2010 reunion after more than a decade apart, which led to a one-off show at Seattle's Showbox at the Market last April as well as a headlining set at Lollapalooza in August.
Here are the initial dates for Soundgarden's 2011 summer tour:
July 2: Toronto, Ontario (Molson Canadian Amphitheatre)
July 13: Philadelphia, Pa. (Festival Pier at Penn's Landing)
July 18: Denver, Co. (Red Rocks Amphitheatre)
July 22: Los Angeles, Calif. (The Forum)
Guitarist Kim Thayil revealed this week that the band would be moving away from their grunge sound for their forthcoming new album.
Speaking to Kerrang!, Thayil said: "We want to make sure the material excites us. The last thing we want to make is another grunge or metal record."
He added that the Seattle band want to record an album with "material that excites us."
Thayil said that there was no target release date for the album yet, only adding that the band want to record and release the album "as soon as possible", but that singer Chris Cornell's solo tour and drummer Matt Cameron's commitments with Pearl Jam have to come first.
He said: "Everything is contingent on the primary careers of the band. Everyone wants the album to come out as soon as possible, but at the moment, there's no reason to rush anything."