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Newly reunited Soundgarden will play its first show since 1997 tonight, April 16, at Showbox at the Market, as Billboard.com reported yesterday. Vocalist Chris Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Ben Shepherd and drummer Matt Cameron have been rehearsing in Seattle in recent weeks as a precursor to their first confirmed reunion performance at Lollapalooza in Chicago in early August. No other dates have been announced for Soundgarden, who split up after headlining Lollapalooza in 1996, but confirmed a reunion on January 1. The group is expected to plan activity around Cameron’s previously confirmed schedule with Pearl Jam, which includes short North American and European tours through July. There’s no word yet if the band is planning to record new material. But on Saturday as part of National Record Store Day, Soundgarden will re-release its first 7-inch vinyl single, “Hunted Down” b/w “Nothing To Say,” which originally came out in 1987 on Sub Pop. Tickets went on sale early this morning and are already sold out.