SOUNDGARDEN To Headline London's Hard Rock Calling
March 27, 2012, 12 years ago
SOUNDGARDEN will headline the 2012 Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park in London, England on July 13th with special guests IGGY & THE STOOGES and COLD CHISEL. More acts will be added to the bill in the coming weeks. Get pre-sale tickets starting Wednesday, March 28th at 9am local time before they are available to the general public beginning Friday March 30th, also at 9am local time.
Catch Soundgarden live throughout Europe this spring/summer:
May
25 – Madrid, Spain – Sonisphere Festival
27 – Landgraaf, Netherlands – Pinkpop Festival28 – Werchter, Belgium – Werchter Boutique
29 – Paris, France – Le Zenith de Paris
31 – Berlin, Germany – Zittadelle
June
1 – Nürburg, Germany - Rock Am Ring3 – Nuremberg, Germany – Rock Im Park
4 – Milan, Italy - Arena Concerti Fiera Milano
7 – Sölvesborg, Sweden – Sweden Rock Festival
10 – Donington Park, England, UK – Download Festival
July
13 – London, England, UK – Hyde Park- Hard Rock CallingA brief snippet of the new Soundgarden single 'Live To Rise' - from the major motion picture The Avengers - can be heard below:
The Avengers soundtrack will be available on iTunes on May 1st. The Avengers is scheduled for theatrical release on May 4 in 2D and 3D.
Soundgarden entered singer Chris Cornell's studio in Los Angeles last March with producer Adam Kaspar (who worked on 1996's Down On The Upside) to begin recording the band's first album in 15 years. The album is expected later this year.
Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell spoke to ARTISTdirect late last year about the sound of the new album. "Well, no matter what, Soundgarden is always going to be heavier," he says. "However, I also think musically the new Soundgarden stuff is different than anything we've ever done. Having said that, I think that's a theme we've always had. I think every time we've made a record it wasn't really that easy to compare it to the previous one—other than that we're the same band. I think may be some moments that are sort of sonically quieter and more stripped-down. On the whole, it's a rock record. That's what we do."
