Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone’s Chris Cross recaps the Soundgarden reunion show that happened Friday, April 16 at the Showbox at the Market. “It may have been their first time on stage together in a dozen years, but Soundgarden’s reunion show on Friday, April 16, dug deep into their catalog, back to their earliest, pre-grunge days. ‘This is our first show in 14 years, so it’s a lot of old songs,’ Chris Cornell said at Seattle’s Showbox. ‘But it’s not just songs that we stopped playing in 1998 – it’s songs we stopped playing in 1990.’” To read the full recap and see the set list, follow the above link.
SOUNDGARDEN’S FIRST REUNITED SHOW TO HAPPEN TONIGHT
Billboard.com
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.
