Listen up fans of music from the rainy American North West – to coincide with Soundgarden’s upcoming European tour, the band are reissuing their seminal albums and a live LP in a vinyl box set. Soundgarden – Classic Album Selection will contain Louder Than Love (1989), Badmotorfinger (1991), Superunknown (1994) and Down on the Upside (1996) plus Live on I-5, an album of recordings from their 1996 West Coast tour released last year. All of them will be on mini-LPs with gatefold sleeves featuring new artwork by their long-time collaborator Josh Graham – have a gander above.
The band have been in the studio producing some new material, too. They’ve recorded a track for the new Avengers Assemble movie, ‘Live to Rise’, which appears on the film’s soundtrack, released yesterday. There’s also an album – as yet unnamed – in the works, which is set for a release in autumn.
Before then, there’s the European tour, which culminates in their mega-gig at Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park, London. Here are the dates:
MAY
25th – Madrid, Spain, Sonisphere Festival
27th – Heerlen, The Netherlands, Pinkpop Festival
28th – Werchter, Belgium, Werchter Boutique Festival
29th – Paris, France, Le Zenith de Paris
31st – Berlin, Germany, Zitadelle
JUNE
1st – Nürburg, Germany, Rock Am Ring
3rd – Nuremberg, Germany, Rock Im Park
4th – Milan, Italy, Arena Concerti Fiera Milano
7th – Sölvesborg, Sweden, Sweden Rock Festival
10th – Donington, Download Festival
JULY
13th – London, Hard Rock Calling
For more information, head over to their site. The vinyl box set gets a release on 21st May – in the meantime, have a listen to Superunknown’s ‘Black Hole Sun’ below.
