Soundgarden has announced a North American headline tour that will kick off on May 3rd in Atlanta, GA at the Fox Theatre. The Pretty Reckless and Dillinger Escape Plan will support select dates.
Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum band Soundgarden returns to Kansas City with special guests The Dillinger Escape Plan for a show at The Starlight Theater on Sunday May 14th, a mere two weeks prior to their headlining performance at Rocklahoma. Tickets for the show are on sale now at kcstarlight.com and they start at just $27.
In addition to currently working on a new album, the band and record legendary label Sub Pop recently announced the release this Friday (03.10.17) of the remixed and expanded reissue of their debut full-length album, Ultramega OK.
Last year, Soundgarden celebrated the 25th Anniversary of their album Badmotorfinger by releasing four special editions of the 1991 album, and re-released a standard single LP vinyl of their second full-length studio album, 1989’s Louder Than Love, as well as a two-LP 180-gram vinyl 20th anniversary reissue of their seminal 1996 album, Down on the Upside. Soundgarden is currently working on a new album.
4/28 Tampa, FL WXTV Rockfest
4/29 Jacksonville, FL Welcome To Rockville
4/30 Ft Myers, FL Fort Rock Festival
5/3 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre*
5/5 Concord, NC Carolina Rebellion
5/6 Tuscaloosa, AL Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre^
5/7 Memphis, TN Beale Street Music Festival
5/10 Indianapolis, IN Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn*
5/12 Council Bluffs, IA KIWR Rockfest
5/13 Somerset, WI Northern Invasion
5/14 Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre^
5/17 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre*
5/19 Columbus, OH Rock on the Range
5/20 Maryland Heights, MO KPNT Pointfest
5/22 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium^
5/25 Houston, TX Revention Music Center^
5/26 Dallas, TX Bomb Factory^
5/27 Pryor, OK Rocklahoma
*w/ The Pretty Reckless
^w/ Dillinger Escape Plan
Hailed as grunge innovators, Soundgarden redefined rock music for a generation. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, its punk ethos, coupled with a brutal metal soundscape and Chris Cornell’s ravenous roar, seduced the masses hungry for something new. Early indie releases, including seminal EP Screaming Life and Grammy®-nominated album Ultramega OK, quickly collected a dedicated indie following as the band toured on both sides of the Atlantic. 1991’s platinum album Badmotorfinger, attracted critical applause from all over the world. Mainstream success came with the 1994 release of Superunknown. An immediate #1 album in the States, it netted Soundgarden two Grammy® Awards, sold millions of albums worldwide, and introduced the band to a mass TV audience with the video for Black Hole Sun. Two years later, Down on the Upside continued the band’s musical development away from alt-metal into hard-edged experimentation. At the dawn of 2010, Soundgarden announced a new beginning. The first 21st century show in front of hometown fans and Seattle greats at the city’s Showbox venue sold out in mere minutes. After headlining the famous Lollapalooza festival, the Chicago Tribune hailed Soundgarden as “one of the last great hard-rock bands to emerge in the last 25 years.” 2010’s Telephantasm was a career-spanning retrospective celebrating the band’s legacy; along with rediscovered ‘90s live set Live on I5, it introduced Soundgarden’s work to a new generation. 2012’s King Animal continued Soundgarden’s courageous musical exploration while maintaining its special identity. The album’s character is rooted deeply within the wild landscape of the Pacific North West – an atmosphere which still resonates strongly for the band. In 2014 Soundgarden visited Australia and New Zealand and released a triple album of B-sides and rarities, Echo Of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across The Path.
